Ballybunion Arts Festival is an annual multidisciplinary arts event for the town\u2019s communities and visitors. It celebrates Ballybunion\u2019s natural environment and its built, cultural and linguistic
heritage. This year\u2019s event has been programmed to meet BAF\u2019s priority of protecting and enhancing the natural environment while helping to regenerate the region and contribute to the local economy and culture.<\/p>\n
The wide ranging festival programme will engage different community groups. It will attract local communities with suitable events and free entry especially for locals who might feel excluded and\/or face financial barriers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Promoting the Irish language is a big part of the festival\u2019s mission. The impact of providing a large proportion of the festival\u2019s smaller events for free is making the festival much more accessible, feasible and a bigger part of the community experience. This year we are introducing \u2018Use Your C\u00fapla Focail\u2019 to encourage spoken Irish language over the festival weekend, with a \u2018Pop up Gaeltacht\u2019 and \u2018Comhr\u00e1 Agus Ceol\u2019. Each venue or business will have a selection of Irish words or phrases to prompt \/ assist the public who uses their Irish language as low confidence is a big part of people not speaking in Irish more. The Irish speaking events have grown in popularity and we would love to have more of these events in terms of facilitators and entertainment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":31248,"template":"","class_list":["post-31247","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n