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Culture
Performing Arts[edit source] The county's largest theatre is the Dunamaise Theatre in Portlaoise which opened in 1999. There are many festivals held in Laois each year including:


 * Durrow Die-Cast Model and Toy Show
 * Halloween Howls Comedy Festival
 * Laois Bealtaine Festival
 * Half Door Club Music & Set Dance Festival
 * Rose of Tralee Regional Finals
 * Laois Fleadh
 * Heartlands Rally
 * Gordon Bennett Classic Car Run
 * Laois Walks Festival
 * Festival Francais Portarlington
 * Durrow Scarecrow Festival
 * Stradbally National Steam Rally
 * National Ploughing Championships
 * Electric Picnic
 * Maureen Culleton Festival of Dance
 * B.A.R.E in the Woods
 * Fisherstown Trad Festival
 * Ossory Agricultural Show
 * William Edmundson & Friends Gathering
 * Mountmellick Drama Festival
 * Laois International Golf Challenge
 * Laois Fleadh