Laois Live Well Expo 2025 shaping up to be an essential day out
Free Portlaoise expo with experts, arts, activities and 100 exciting stands
Mark your calendars because Laois Live Well Expo is about to take over Portlaoise College for a whirlwind free community day.
The expo, organised by Age Friendly Laois, Healthy Laois and Laois County Council takes place next Wednesday, April 23 in the college on the Mountrath Road.
They have just confirmed that 100 stands will be filled this year, by Laois community groups, public organisations, support charities, adult education, banks and businesses.
The Live Well Expo supports Laois people into older age. It welcomed around 2,000 attendees in 2024, including community groups from around the county.
Laois Age Friendly Ambassador Anna May McHugh, National Ploughing Association MD will again open the expo at 12.30pm. It will run all day until about 6pm.
Attendants can choose to sit and drink a cuppa and listen to expert speakers, with the latest wisdom on health, gardening and technology.
Meeting Laois community Gardaí at the 2024 Laois Live Well Expo. Photo: Leinster Express
In the Creative Play Area, learn how to play Whist, Bridge, 25s and beginners Chess, or make your own art with the guidance of professional Laois artists who are also displaying their works.
There is an extra Portlaoise public bus put on for the event, running from Kilminchy to serve the PL2 route bus stops all the way to Portlaoise College and back, every 15 minutes from noon to 7pm. The Portlaoise service is free to oaps.
The event is in Portlaoise College, Mountrath Road, Portlaoise, County Laois R32 N795. Find out more: https://laois.ie/.../live-well-health-wellbeing-expo
Contact the Live Well Expo on email to [email protected], or phone Tom 086 0363426, or Emma 086 0665215.