Festival & Events In Sligo throughout May
Bealtaine Sligo
http://www.sligoarts.ie/FestivalsandEvents/BealtaineFestival2026/
Love Is A Stranger – Juniper Barn
May 15th – 17th
Another Love Story – Small Scale, Huge Heart. Created with LOVE.
Salsa in the Square
May 21st
Home - Queen Maeve Square
Festival Makers Conference
May 21st – 23rd
Festival Makers Conference: 21-23 May 2026 - The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon
Pop Up Play Day
May 26th 10.30am - 12pm
Queen Maeve Square
Sligo County Fleadh
May 30th – 31st
Sligo County Fleadh
Outdoor Sporting Events
Bike Week Sligo
May 9th – 17th
Bike Week Sligo 2026 - Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership
Venues & cultural spaces
The Hawk's Well Theatre
Hawk's Well Theatre
The Model Arts Centre
The Model, Sligo.
Blue Raincoat Theatre Company
BLUE RAINCOAT
Factory Performance Space (Blue Raincoat)
The Factory — BLUE RAINCOAT
Art Deco Venue
Hawk’s Well Theatre Expands into Historic Art Deco Theatre in Ballymote | Hawk's Well Theatre
Coleman Centre
Coleman Irish Music Centre – A Celebration of Irish Music, Culture and Heritage
2026 Festival & Events Calendar
January
Sligo On Ice| Yeats Winter School | Sligo Chess and Culture Festival | Informal Music Afternoons
February
Sligo Chess and Culture Festival | So Funny Sligo Comedy Festival | Trad agus Tine | Care in the Square |
Informal Music Afternoons | Western Drama Festival Tubbercurry
March
Western Drama Festival Tubbercurry | Sligo Engineering Fair | St Patricks Day Festival |
Feis Shligigh | Informal Music Afternoons | "Ubo Roi" Blue Raincoat Theatre Company
April
Feis Shligigh | Castle 2 Cave Camino | Easter Glow Walk | Informal Music Afternoons |
West of Ireland Amateur Golf Championship
May
Uisce Alainn | Love is a stranger - Juniper Barn | National Volunteer Week | Bealtaine Festival |
The Sligo County Fleadh | Aremoja Global Culture Festival Sligo 2026 | Streets of Sligo 5k | Croi Heartfest |
Informal Music Afternoons | Sligo County Fleadh | Sligo Races
June
Sligo County Fleadh | BallisodareFalls Festival | Sligo Indian Association Events | Informal Music Afternoons |
Wild Atlantic Shanty Festival
July
Cairde Sligo Arts Festival | Sligo Camino | Black Pig Festival Enniscrone | South Sligo Summer School |
Wipeout Festival | Ballygawley Music Festival | International Chess Day | Taste of Sligo Food Festival |
Sligo International Summer School and Jazz Festival | Informal Music Afternoons
Augest
Tread Softly | Yeats International Summer School | Sundance Festival Tubbercurry Old Fair Day | Sligo Summer Festival |
Hagstravaganza | International Brewery Festival | Sligo Heritage Week | Coleman | Traditional Festival | Warriors Run |
Tubbercurry Music Festival | Glow Walk | Informal Music Afternoons | Strandhill Film and Folk Festival
September
Sligo Coast to Coast Race | Wild & Well Festival | Relay for Life | Culture Night Sligo | Harvest Festival |
Remembering the Armada | Ballintogher Traditional Music Festival | Cloonacool Sheep Festival | Sligo Baroque Festival |
Adaptation Film Festival | Informal Music Afternoons
October
Change Your Mind Festival | Haunted Sligo | Sligo Live | Fiddler of Dooney Festival | Informal Music Afternoons
November
Sligo Live | Yeats Winter School | Volunteer Manager Day | Split Milk Festival | Salsa Festival | Sligo On Ice | Informal Music Afternoons
December
Christmas Lights Turn On - Sligo Town | International Volunteer Day | Sligo on Ice | Informal Music Afternoons
