Cairde festival auction

The annual big auction fundraiser for Cairde Sligo Arts Festival takes place on Thursday May 3rd with viewing from 7.30pm in the Glasshouse Hotel.

Some of the items for auction this year include a range of incredible artworks from artists, Michael Wann, Cormac O’Leary, Lorna Watkins, Barra Cassidy, Marilin North, Heidi Wickham and more; jewellery and accessory donations from The Cat and the Moon and Cait & I; vouchers for Cafés & restaurants, gym memberships; a wonderful range of holistic treatments; a myriad of indoor and outdoor activities, festival and concert tickets. Cairde Sligo Arts Festival will take place from July 7 th to 14 th and once again Sligo will come to life with an incredible range of music, theatre, spoken word, dance, poetry trails, children’s and family events, visual art and more.

Some of this year’s festival highlights include the outdoor celebration Park Fest on Sunday July 8th, and the addition of the Circus Big Top coming to Stephen Street Car Park from July 12 th to 14 th. The annual Cairde Visual open submission show presented by the Model will run from Wednesday July 11 th to August 19 th and will present work from local, national and international visual artists. Music highlights will include Flook, Jerry Creedon Trio, Katie Laffan, Lemoncello, New Jackson Music & Margie Lewis, Disco é Cultura, Niwel Tsumbu & Eamon Cagney and more. Highlights for kids include the multi-award winning theatre company This Egg with Me & My Bee – an engaging and comic show with a serious message about saving the bees.