PERFECT TEN
THE TOP 10 THINGS TO DO IN SLIGO THIS WEEK
1 GARY FEENEY MEMORIAL DRIVE
The Gary feeney memorial drive takes place on Sunday June 4th starting at St. Joseph’s Cementry, Templeboy. Registration from 12pm. The drive starts at 2pm and the fee is € 15 all types of vehicles are welcome. All money raised goes to the Kevin bell Repatriation Trust. Gary was killed in a work accident in Saratoga New York in April 2013.
2 WALLIS BIRD
Singer songwriter Wallis Bird comes to the Hawk’s Well Theatre on Friday the 2nd of June. Always able to enrapture an audience with her energy, humour and sheer passion, Wallis Bird’s visit to Sligo is one not to be missed. Tickets for this show are € 22 with a special GoSee rate of € 11 for under 18s and are available from the Hawk’s Well Theatre Box Office on 071 916 1518. 3 COUNTY FLEADH
The Sligo County Fleadh takes place this June Bank Holiday weekend across the county. The Fleadh concert takes place at The Riverside Hotel on Friday, from 8pm, with live music events in many of the town’s pubs over the course of the weekend.
4 KEVIN BURKE
Tomorrow, ( Wednesday May 31), here will be a rare opportunity to see fiddle legend Kevin Burke on this side of the Atlantic, when he performs at the Hawk’s Well. Tickets for this show are € 15 with a special rate of € 7.50 for under 18s and are available from the Hawk’s Well Theatre Box Office on 071 916 1518 or www. hawkswell. com.
5 FORGED CARVED CAST
The primary elements of contemporary Irish sculpture are drawn together in ‘ Forged Carved Cast’ an exhibition by four of Irelands celebrated sculptors Orla de Brí, Cathy Carmen, Catherine Greene and Eileen MacDonagh. The artists have made a personal selection of small and medium works which will feature in the exhibition at the Hamilton Gallery. The exhibition opens this weekend.
6 MOTHER LOSS
Dark Daughter Productions present Mother Loss, a new play written and directed by Maura Logue at the Glens Centre, Manorhamilton on Friday, June 3. What if the three Wollstonecraft women – Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley and Fanny Imlay – met in a place, beyond time and earthly bounds? What would their discourse be? Mother Loss imagines a reunion of these three extraordinary, 18th/ 19th Century women
7 RACKHOUSE PILFER
Rackhouse Pilfer play 5th on Teeling this Bank Holiday Sunday night. The music kicks off at 11pm. Rackhouse Pilfer have become festival favourites across
Europe and have received rave reviews for their live shows. 8 SLIGO ROVERS V FINN HARPS
Sligo Rovers play host to Finn Harps in a crucial meeting at The Showgrounds this Friday evening, kick- off is 7.45pm. Gerard Lyttle’s side will be hoping for three points in their final fixture ahead of the mid- season break. 9 BENBULBEN MOTOR SHOW The 3rd gathering of the Benbulben Motor show takes place on Sunday in Grange Business Park, Grange. This is a charity event in aid of the RNLI & Grange & Armada Development Association. There will be a wide collection of Vintage, Classic, Retro and American Cars, Trucks, Bikes and Tractors there on the day. The event kicks off at 12 and continues until 12.
10 THREE COUNTIES TOUR
The 3 Counties Tour, hosted by Kevin Egan cars, takes place on Saturday ( June 3) at Sligo Tennis Club. All proceeds going to “Friends of Cregg” in association with the Innisfree Wheelers Cycling Club € 15 entry, 80km marshalled cycle.