During the month of May each year Sligo celebrates the contribution of arts to the well being of older individuals, communities, life-long learning and active citizenship in the county.
Bealtaine is a festival that is celebrated nationally for the entire month of May and Sligo has participated in this national festival for nine years.
Sligo County Council Arts Service in partnership with the Health Promotion Office of the Health Service Executive West and the national organising body Age and Opportunity, support and fund a range of arts activities and artist residencies that take place in arts venues, community venues, care settings and within active age groups throughout the county and throughout the year.
These activities are showcased and celebrated during the month of May. Alongside the groups that are supported and funded in this way there are a number of groups that organise their own events, largely on a voluntary basis for this Bealtaine Festival in Sligo. All events are listed on the same festival brochure.
Bealtaine Festival Sligo - current information
Project Artists
Visual Artist Catherine Fanning
Writer Maura Gilligan
Singer Cathy Jordan
Photographer James Fraher
Sound Recording Perry Blake
Special Thanks to
Johnny Frank Mahon
Tessy Pugh
Ray McSharry
Mary Mannion
Winnie Mullen
Participants of Avalon Centre
Participants of Gurteen Active Age
Participants of Skrenn Day Centre
Participants of Enniscrone Health Centre
DVD filmed and edited by Caroline Clancy
Pink Lime Video Productions
