Benwiskin Centre, Ballintrillick, Co. Sligo - Hostel & Self Catering
tel. / fax. +353 (0)71 91 76721 email us here
Class Schedule - EASTER 2010
Classes extended after Easter
Courthouse Restaurant, Kinlough, Co. Leitrim
10% discount at this award winning Restaurant for Benwiskin Centre guests
ACTIVITY BREAKS
Accommodation & Activity
Internet Access
Free to Guests
Venue: Durkin’s Bar, Ballinacarrow, Co. Sligo.
Starting at 9:00pm
Tel: +353-87-6489057
Email: tradsing@eircom.net
Cultural Centres - Year Round
Model Niland
Sligo Art Gallery
FESTIVALS AND EVENTS
Western Drama Festival
March 5th - 13th
THE 67TH Western Drama Festival takes place in St. Brigid’s Hall, Tubbercurry. Check back for details of programme.
Web site: www.adci.ie
Feis Shligigh
March 13th – 31st
Feis Shligigh 2010
Irish Dancing
Radisson Blu Hotel
Sat.13th, Sun.14th March 2010
English Verse Speaking
Sligo Southern Hotel
Fri. 12th, Sat.13th, Sun.14th March 2010
Comortaisi Gaeilge
Sligo Southern Hotel
Sat. 20th, Sun. 21st. March 2010
Traditional Music
Sligo Southern Hotel
Sat. 20th, Sun. 21st March 2010
Classical Music
Sligo City Hotel
Sat. 27th, Sun.28th March 2010
Drama
Hawk’s Well Theatre
Sun. 28th, Wed. to 31st March 2010
Enquiries: Kevin Carroll. Tel: 071-9168197
email: feisshligigh@gmail.com
Web site: www.feis-shligigh.ie
Sligo Saint Patrick`s Day Parade
March 17th
The Sligo St. Patrick’s Day Pageant upholds the traditions of all great carnivals that revel in undermining, if just for one day, the boundaries of authority. Street jesters, face-painters, green revellers and masked impersonators join in a mệlée of Irish compatriots, from all over the world, who flock to the celebration. The parade is led by St. Patrick, Ireland’s emblem of Christianity, while the revellers that follow display equal respect for the mythological past and ancient pagan traditions.
Telephone: +353 (0)71 9160041 Joe McCann
So Sligo Food Festival
March 19th – 21st
Programme of events coming soon.
The Chopin Experience on the 200th anniversary of his birth
March 27th
Miceal O'Rourke - piano Venue: Canis Major.
The Clarion Hotel 8p.m.
Tickets: Hawk’s Well Theatre 071 9161518
Book on line: www.hawkswell.com
Web site: www.con-brio.org
Sligo Feis Ceoil
April 5th - 8th
Sligo Feis Ceoil was founded in 1903. It has a proud tradition of fostering a love of the arts in Sligo and throughout Ireland. Many talented performers have found a first platform here, before starting a professional career, and thousands of young people have gained enormous benefit by competing and receiving adjudication on our stages.
Web site: www.sligofeisceoil.ie
Sligo New Music Festival
April 16th - 19th
Programme of events to follow!
Web site: www.modelart.ie
South Sligo Spring Walking Festival
April 17th - 18th
Ceiliuradh an Earraigh
April 30th - May 2nd
This traditional music festival to celebrate Spring and the ancient Bealtine Festival brings to one venue the cream of traditional music performers in Ireland today.
Web site: www.colemanirishmusic.com
Sligo Races
May 2nd
Sligo Racecourse is situated on Cleveragh Road, half a mile from the town centre, just off the Dublin-Sligo Road. It is a right-handed track situated on 56 acres overlooking Ben Bulben in the heart of Yeats country. Flat and National Hunt Racing.
Web site: www.countysligoraces.com
Cos Cos Sean Nos Dance Festival
May 7th - 9th
Rathcormac, Drumcliffe
The Festival promotes the oldest of our Irish art forms through workshops, concerts, ceili, sessions in dance, music, singing, lilting, storytelling, bodhran and bones.
Web site: www.coscos.ie
Sligo Field Club Conference
May 7th - 9th
Programme details to follow
Web site: www.sligofieldclub.ie
Sligo Races
May 19th
Evening Event
Sligo Racecourse is situated on Cleveragh Road, half a mile from the town centre, just off the Dublin-Sligo Road. It is a right-handed track situated on 56 acres overlooking Ben Bulben in the heart of Yeats country. Flat and National Hunt Racing.
Web site: www.countysligoraces.com
Paddy Killoran Traditional Music Festival
June 17th - 20th
Ballymote
The music festival commemorates the memory and legacy of Paddy KIilloran and his contemporaries.
Concerts, workshops in Fiddle; Flute; Whistle; Concertina; banjo and singing.
Session trail and lots more...
Contact: Michael: 086 6036243 for detailed information.
Web site: www.comhaltas.ie
Open Week Enniscrone Golf Club
June 21st - 26th
Web site: www.enniscronegolf.com
Sligo Races
June 29th
Evening Event
Sligo Racecourse is situated on Cleveragh Road, half a mile from the town centre, just off the Dublin-Sligo Road. It is a right-handed track situated on 56 acres overlooking Ben Bulben in the heart of Yeats country. Flat and National Hunt Racing.
Web site: www.countysligoraces.com
Cairde Summer Festival
July 3rd - 10th
Blue Raincoat Theatre Company present Cairde, a community based arts festival offering a diverse programme of events including performance, music, workshop, exhibition and seminar.
Web site: www.cairdefestival.com
Seisun Summer Music Sessions
July 4th - August 28th
Wed & Saturdays Traditional music, song & dance shows – Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday each week at 9pm. Audience participation welcome.
Web site: www.colemanirishmusic.com
Sligo Races
July 11th
Sligo Racecourse is situated on Cleveragh Road, half a mile from the town centre, just off the Dublin-Sligo Road. It is a right-handed track situated on 56 acres overlooking Ben Bulben in the heart of Yeats country. Flat and National Hunt Racing.
Web site: www.countysligoraces.com
Sligo Stages Rally
July 11th
The Sligo Stages Rally, the first event took place in 1981 and with the exception of 1990 and 2001 the event has taken place every year since.
Please click on our web link below to download an entry form and regulations.
Web site: www.connachtmotorclub.com
Sligo Jazz 2010
July 20th - 25th
Web site: www.sligojazz.ie
51st Yeats International Summer School 2010
July 24th - August 6th
The 51st Yeats International Summer School 2010 Director: Professor James Pethica (Williams College, MA)
Saturday 24th July - Friday 6th August (Departure Saturday 7th) Cost: 650 euro for Tuition (Lectures, Seminars, Drama Workshop, Receptions, Outings, and much of the social programme). Accommodation, food and certain optional tours extra. Come to `the Yeats Country` - If Yeats may be studied in an international context, he is best studied in Ireland, the country of his deepest attachment - and within Ireland, in Sligo, where he commemorated the landscape in his poetry and wrote it into our imaginations once said ``The place that has influenced my life most is Sligo``. Make it the same for you.
The Yeats International Summer School is now in it`s 50th year and has become one of the most prestigious in Europe, attracting students from around the world. The school strives to maintain an Irish ambiance with an international feel that is always personal and welcoming, informal and unpretentious.
Web site: www.yeats-sligo.com
James Morrison 18th Traditional Music Festival
July 30th - August 1st
James Morrison Traditional Music Festival commemorates the musical genius of Sligo fiddler James Morrison and his contemporaries. The Festival consists of a concert, street ceilis, workshops, symposium and continuous sessions. This festival is one of Ireland’s most popular traditional music events.
Web site: www.morrison.ie
Carmel Gunning International Summer School
August 2nd - 7th
IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC, SONG & DANCE
CLASSES IN TIN WHISTLE, FLUTE, FIDDLE, BODHRAN, TRADITIONAL SINGING, PIPES, BUTTON ACCORDION, MANDOLIN SET DANCING AND SEAN NOS DANCING.
Morning Classes: 10:00am - 12.00MD .
Afternoon Classes: 12.30pm - 2.30pm
Afternoon Classes: 3.00pm - 5.00pm
CLASSES HELD ON A DAILY BASIS IN MUSIC AND SINGING.
ALSO MUSIC SESSI0NS, LECTURE,WORKSHOPS,TRAD SINGERS EVENING,CONCERT & SETS CEILI.
Web site: www.carmelgunning.com
Sligo Races
4th August
Evening Event
Sligo Racecourse is situated on Cleveragh Road, half a mile from the town centre, just off the Dublin-Sligo Road. It is a right-handed track situated on 56 acres overlooking Ben Bulben in the heart of Yeats country. Flat and National Hunt Racing.
Web site: www.countysligoraces.com
Sligo Races
August 5th
Evening Event
Sligo Racecourse is situated on Cleveragh Road, half a mile from the town centre, just off the Dublin-Sligo Road. It is a right-handed track situated on 56 acres overlooking Ben Bulben in the heart of Yeats country. Flat and National Hunt Racing.
Web site: www.countysligoraces.com
Sligo Yacht Club host the Mirror European Championships
August 16th - 20th
Following on the success of the 2006 GP14 World Championships, and with the largest Mirror Fleet in the country, Sligo Yacht Club is pleased to hold such a large event. As well as hosting the 2003 and 2007 Mirror Nationals, Sligo has also hosted a number of regional Mirror events in the past. Check back here soon as more details of the event become available.
Web site: www.sligoyachtclub.org
Sligo Races
August 24th
Evening Event
Sligo Racecourse is situated on Cleveragh Road, half a mile from the town centre, just off the Dublin-Sligo Road. It is a right-handed track situated on 56 acres overlooking Ben Bulben in the heart of Yeats country. Flat and National Hunt Racing.
Web site: www.countysligoraces.com
The Warriors Run Festival
August 26th - 28th
The Warriors run is a gruelling 10 mile road and hill race from the beach front at Strandhill to the top of Knocknarea mountain and back again. The run attracts competitors from around the world and spectators can enjoy live music and street entertainment. A fun walk and junior warrior races also take place on the day.
Web site: www.warriorsfestival.com
Coleman Traditional Festival
August 27th - 29th
This traditional festival is held to honour the great fiddle player, Michael Coleman, who was born in Knockgrania, Killavil in 1891 and died in New York in 1945.
Web site: www.colemanirishmusic.com
Sligo Races
September 29th
Sligo Racecourse is situated on Cleveragh Road, half a mile from the town centre, just off the Dublin-Sligo Road. It is a right-handed track situated on 56 acres overlooking Ben Bulben in the heart of Yeats country. Flat and National Hunt Racing.
Web site: www.countysligoraces.com
Sligo Races
September 30th
Sligo Racecourse is situated on Cleveragh Road, half a mile from the town centre, just off the Dublin-Sligo Road. It is a right-handed track situated on 56 acres overlooking Ben Bulben in the heart of Yeats country. Flat and National Hunt Racing.
Web site: www.countysligoraces.com
4th Annual Sligo Traditional Singing Weekend 2010
October 1st - 3rd
Sligo Traditional Singers Circle will host the 4th Annual Traditional Singing Weekend. A special welcome to all traditional singers and listeners. It will be a weekend of singing sessions, lectures and field trips.
There is no charge for any of the singing sessions or lectures.
Web site: www.sligotradsingers.ie
Sligo Festival of Baroque Music
October 3rd - 5th
Programme details to follow!
Web site: www.modelart.ie
Sligo Live Festival
October 21st - 25th
Sligo Live is a national festival celebrating traditional, roots and acoustic music. Now in its sixth year, it has carved out a niche as one of the most relaxed, intimate and enjoyable music festivals in Ireland. Check this space for 2010 line up.
Web site: www.sligolive.ie
South Sligo Autumn Walking Festival
October 23rd - 24th