7 days of music, theatre, film, street performances, family events, poetry, exhibition and workshops
Delighted to hear the programme for this year’s Cairde Summer Festival Programme has been announced.
Cairde Summer Festival programme launched for this year. Click for more details
‘Cairde celebrates diversity and community and in this year’s programme we particularly celebrate Sligo – a richly diverse, creative and multi-cultural town. We have collaborated with a number of community organisations throughout the year, with much of this work being showcased during Cairde.’
This year Cairde have an extensive programme of events, working with a wide range of community groups. Check their guide for full details
As the rain hopefully disappears for the weekend, we hope you can leave the brollys behind and make it to some of the events below from the Vogler Spring Festival, to the Sligo Races, Jazz and Theatre -there is plenty going on! And don’t forget, the much-longed for Garavogue Bar re-opens this weekend! If you are on twitter, don’t forget to follow us for daily updates through-out the week.
Tonight,9pm, Barrys Public House Grange… Donal Murphy, Steve Cooney & Gino Lupari
Tonight Fri 17th April, The Clarence, 11pm, Messiah & The Expert
Tonight, 7.30pmEuropean Ballet presents Cinderella Hawks Well Theatre, A sumptuous version of Prokoflev’s great classical ballet. Tickets €22/€18/€16 under 16s
Sat 18th April, 8pm Hawkswell Theatre “EBB & FLOW”- A musical voyage through lands and seas, €22
Sat April 18th, 8pm, Congolese Musician Niwel Tsumbu to play The Factory Performance space, Sligo Tickets €15
Sat April 18th, 8.30pm At The Racket Play the Glens Centre
Sun April 19th, 8pm, The Factory Performance Space, Duck Baker, Blues, Ragtime, Swing, Jazz, Celtic
Sun April 19th, 3pm Tobergal Lane Café, 3pm: Mike Nielsen Guitar, Eddie Lee Bass, Ken McDonald Tobergal Lane Café
Wed 22nd April, Tobergal Lane Café, Sean Nos Dancing with cos Cos from 9pm
Every Wednesday! Sligo Gaiety Cinema, €4.80 per ticket..wicked wednesday special
Thurs 23rdAprilThe Glens Centre,8.30pm The St. Kilda Tapes(Scotland) Silent films from Scotland with live music written & performed by David Allison €15/€12
Thurs 23 April,Enterprise Information Day,Glasshouse Hotel hosted by Sligo’s County Enterprise Board-aim to attract new enterprise to Sligo
Friday 24 April, 10.30pm Tobergal Lane Café, adm free: The Soupcat Bluff Bandfeaturing Susan Tomelty: Susan Tomelty, vocal and percussion, Tony Travers, drums, Karl Burthom guitar and Patrick Cereghetti double bass
Make sure you get your tickets for….
Tues 28th April CoisCéim Dance Theatre Presents Boxes, by David Bolger, The Hawks Well Theatre
Sun 15th March – Sun 3rd May Signals in the Dark: Art in the Shadow of War, 2009.This Exhibition takes place at the new Model Satellite space in Castle House, 9 Castle Street, Sligo.
Saturday 18th April // The Hawks Well Theatre // 8pm // €22
“Ebb & Flow” is a travelling musical show presented on the format of a small festival that will help audiences experience the rich musical heritage of different cultures from both sides of the Atlantic. With three acts and a total of eight musicians on stage, “Ebb & Flow” is a powerful 2 ½ hours show of music from the Appalachians to the Andes, from Portugal to Finland and from the Mediterranean to the Caribbean, a blend of traditional tunes and original material
Sat 18th April, 'Ebb & Flow', The Hawks Well Theatre
Sat 4th April, from 10am. Kate’s Kitchen, Castle Street, Cafe Cuba coffee tasting in the shop, All welcome
Sat 4 April, 7.30pm Baroque Concert, The Presbyterian Church, Sligo Tickets at the door €10
Sat 4 April, 7-9pm, Ruarch Rythms – Community Drumming & Singing Workshop. Proceeds of workshop go to ‘Ally’ a support project for asylum seekers in Ireland. For bookings call the Factory on 071 917 0431. info@blueraincoat.com. Factory Performance Space Tickets €10.00
Every Saturday, 9am-1pm, Sligo Farmers Market, IT Sligo, Wide range of organic & artisan foods. Craft also features during the summer months
Sun 5th April, International Multicultural Day celebrating Emigration and Migration at Sligo Folk Park, Riverstown between 1pm and 6pm. On the day a free courtesy bus service will operate between Sligo and Riverstown, buses will depart from the Tesco Car Park at 12.30pm, 1.15pm, 2pm and 2.45pm. Return journeys to Sligo will depart Riverstown from 4.30pm onwards.
Sun 5th April 8.30pmO Carolan’s Dream with Cormac De Barra & Karin Leitner, The Glens Centre, Manorhamilton Adm: €15/12
Mon 6th April, National Youth Theatre production will be The Seagull by Anton Chekhov at the Peacock Theatre Dublin from 24th – 29th August. Auditions are open to youth theatre members. Audition forms have been sent to all youth theatres. Contact 071 9138 489 or email sligoyt@gmail.com for information.
Wednesdays, The Gaiety Cinema have recession busting cinema tickets, €4.50 every wednesday
Wed 8th April, 8.30pm, Mick Flannery, The Dock , Carrick On Shannon €20/€18
Thurs 9th April, 8.30pm Leitrim Laughs host Colin Murphy, (the Panel, RTE 1) The Dock, Carrick On Shannon €20
Thurs 9th April 8pm Waltz With Bashir. Israel /Germany/France | 2008 | 90min | Documentary/Animation Dir Ari Folman. As part of the Model Nilands exhibition “Signals In The Dark: Art in The Shadow of War”
http://modelart.ie/signals_film.html
Fri 10th April,5pm Save Sligo Cancer Services Rally, O’Connell Street. The campaign is holding its biggest protest yet, starting at O’Connell st. and marching up to Sligo General Hospital. All are welcome to join us and we’re inviting other groups similar to us to join in
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Signals in the Dark: Art in the Shadow of War, Sun 15th March – Sun 3rd May 2009.This Exhibition takes place at the new Model Satellite space in Castle House, 9 Castle Street, Sligo.
