The Connacht Council of Comhaltas Ceoltoirí Éireann (CCE) has awarded the 2023 Connacht Fleadh to Ballina to coincide with the 300th centenary of the town. The Moy Valley and Bofield branches of Comhaltas have joined forces to stage the event which will be held from 23rd June to 2nd July. Around 2,000 competitors will compete in the Fleadh competitions in a bid to qualify for the All-Ireland Fleadh. In addition to the competitions, a […]
Ballina 2023, together with The Mary Robinson Centre, Mayo County Council and the University of Galway, will hold a week-long international sustainability assembly in July 2023, supported by a broad group of national and regional stakeholders. The programme will focus on the theme of sustainable development and enabling grassroots community climate action, exploring the international perspective and the local perspective in Ballina, connecting communities, practitioners, agencies and government with academics and researchers, through dialogue, deliberation, […]
Macnas Parade Galway The internationally acclaimed spectacle and street theatre company Macnas' work is renowned for its unique hybrid of professional artists and volunteers collaborating on an event. Throughout 2023, the company will work with local community members to develop and deliver one of its renowned parades on the streets of Ballina. Workshops will begin Spring 2023. A Partnership with Ballina Salmon Festival and Ballina Chamber of Commerce. This event is supported […]
Ballina 2023 is collaborating with the French Embassy, Ballina District Council and In Humbert’s Footsteps to commemorate the 'Year of the French' . The events organised will take place throughout the year including a Festival running August 19 - 22, 2023 and will mark 200 years since the death of General Humbert, and 225 years since his landing in Killala Bay. The Year 2023 will also celebrate 30 years of our twinning with Athis-Mons in […]
RHA West at Ballina Civic Museum
Renowned Mayo based artist Tom Meskill will work with Ballina 2023 to create a magical series of hand made light sculptures that will form an installation animating a unique location in Ballina. This event is supported by The Arts Council.
St. Muredach’s Cathedral Choir, under the direction of Choral Director Regina Deacy will perform, for the first time in Ballina, Handel’s Messiah with guest orchestra and soloists. A ticketed event, tickets will be released in September 2023. St Muredach’s Cathedral Choir has been an institution at St Muredach’s Cathedral on the banks of the famous River Moy, since the mid- nineteenth century. The SATB choir has a membership of over forty choristers and is […]