Sligo has been transformed into a kaleidoscope of colourful cultural happenings this week as visual artists, performers, musicians, comedians and writers continue to descend on Sligo town for Cairde Sligo Arts Festival. The festival’s third annual open submission exhibition, Cairde Visual, opened on Tuesday evening at the Hyde Bridge Gallery and continues Monday to Saturday […]
Sligo will host the Irish debut of an award-winning US play “The Baltimore Waltz” later this month. Blue Heart Theatre is a new Irish theatre company whose members include Sligo actors Niamh Denyer and Brian Higgins. They bring “The Baltimore Waltz” – a bittersweet farce – to the Irish stage for the first time. In […]
Blue Raincoat have built a reputation on pushing boundaries, of driving a pickaxe into previously unbroken ground, but few ventures were as ambitious as their endeavours this weekend gone. A Country Under Wave delivered 26 performances in 26 locations over two days (Saturday and Sunday, August 1-2) spread throughout the North West. Venues – from […]