The 8th annual Culture Night Sligo takes place on Friday 22nd September. Arts organisations will open their doors until late with free events, workshops and performances. There are 29 free events taking place in 23 venues across Sligo town and County showcasing the best of what the county has to offer, with something for everyone.Fresh off the press, the 2017 programme is available across County Sligo in [...]  Read More...

The setting will be unusual when three short plays by Samuel Beckett are staged in Sligo for 10 nights.Beckett Hazelwood, presented by the Blue Raincoat theatre company, takes place from Thursday in the former Saehan factory, a long-abandoned warehouse space, in the grounds of Hazelwood House on the shores of Lough Gill.Marese McDonagh writing in The Irish Times reports that the three plays which will [...]  Read More...

Following sell-out performances in the US and shows in both Dublin and Limerick, the critically acclaimed 'this is an Irish dance' is coming to Sligo! Choreographed by world renowned dancer and choreographer Jean Butler and composed by Belfast-born composer and musician Neil Martin, this duet for dancer and cellist will be reimagined for two special performances in the Models East Gallery, on Sunday 1st October at 5pm & [...]  Read More...

The Model welcomes back Sligo Film Society after their summer break for a new season of international and independent film for the autumn / winter months. Screening every Thursday at 8pm in The Model Cinema, the new programme packs in fourteen titles from nine different countries covering comedy, thrillers, war, period dramas and experimental works. The season opened on 14 September with some black comedy from Sweden; the [...]  Read More...