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 

 April's Events 

Festival & Events

Feis Shligigh (ends April 1^st)
A long-running Irish cultural festival featuring music, drama, language, and dance competitions. It runs into early April, so you can still catch the final performances - Feis Shligigh 2026

Easter EGGtravaganza 2026 – April 1^st Sligo Folk Park – A trip down memory lane

West of Ireland Amateur Golf Championship – April 3^rd – 7^th

https://countysligogolfclub.ie/west-of-ireland-championship/

Outdoor Sporting Events

Carney 10K & Half Marathon – April 6^th (Easter Monday)
A popular community road race with scenic coastal routes Carney 10K & Sligo Half Marathon 2026 | County Sligo, IE

Castle 2 Cave Camino – April 18^th
A 34km guided walking challenge through historic landscapes in south Sligo Castle 2 Cave Camino

Theatre & stage shows

Rock of Ages (1–5 April)
https://www.hawkswell.com/whats-on/shows/rock-of-ages

Medium Rare (10 April)
https://www.hawkswell.com/whats-on/shows/medium-rare

Mr. Bergmann of Deadman’s Point (15 April)
https://www.hawkswell.com/whats-on/shows/mr-bergmann-of-deadmans-point

The Snapper (21–25 April)
https://www.hawkswell.com/whats-on/shows/the-snapper

The Mysterious Case of Kitsy Rainey (25 April)
https://www.hawkswell.com/whats-on/shows/the-mysterious-case-of-kitsy-rainey

Bring It On: The Musical (28–30 April)
https://www.hawkswell.com/whats-on/shows/bring-it-on-the-musical

Music & live performances

A Night at the Paris Cabaret (3 April)
https://www.hawkswell.com/whats-on/shows/a-night-at-the-paris-cabaret

Philomena Begley & Ray Lynam (12 April)
https://www.hawkswell.com/whats-on/shows/philomena-begley-ray-lynam  

Niall Breslin (16 April)
https://www.hawkswell.com/whats-on/shows/niall-breslin

Celebration of Music & Song (17 April)
https://www.hawkswell.com/whats-on/shows/celebration-of-music-and-song

Theme Night Social (18 April)
https://www.hawkswell.com/whats-on/shows/theme-night-social

Nightshift: Making Waves (26 April)
https://www.hawkswell.com/whats-on/shows/nightshift-making-waves

Comedy & variety

Serena Terry – Therapy (9 April)
https://www.hawkswell.com/whats-on/shows/serena-terry-therapy

 In addition to Hawk’s Well Theatre, a range of exhibitions, performances, and cultural events are taking place across the following venues:

Hawk’s Well Theatre
https://www.hawkswell.com/whats-on/

Art Deco

Art Deco | Shows | Art Deco | Hawk's Well Theatre

The Model Arts Centre
https://www.themodel.ie/whats-on

Blue Raincoat Theatre Company
https://www.blueraincoat.com/

Factory Performance Space (Blue Raincoat)
https://www.blueraincoat.com/factory-performance-space/