creative
Communities
Dates
18th Jul 2024
to 21st Jul 2025
Age Range
All ages
Venue
Ballybunion Beach
Address
Railway Bar
V31A521
Type
Performance
Ballybunion Arts Festival
Ballybunion Arts Festival is an annual multidisciplinary arts event for the town’s communities and visitors. It celebrates Ballybunion’s natural environment and its built, cultural and linguisticheritage. This year’s event has been programmed to
meet Bally Bunion Arts Festival priority of protecting and enhancing the
natural environment while helping to regenerate the region and contribute to the local economy and culture.
The wide ranging festival programme engaged with different community groups and attracted local communities with suitable events and free entry especially for locals who might feel excluded and/or face financial barriers.
Promoting the Irish language has become a big part of the festival’s mission. The impact of providing a large proportion of the festival’s smaller events for free, making the festival much more accessible, feasible and a bigger part of the community experience. With the introduction of ‘Use Your Cúpla Focail’ which
encourages spoken Irish language over the course of the festival weekend with a 'Pop up Gaeltacht' and ' ‘Comhrá Agus Ceol’.
Please note that the details of events listed above are provided by the relevant Local Authorities.