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We would like to invite you to “Festifal”, a vibrant music and arts festival in a Gaeltacht town called Falcarragh, Northwest Donegal. Resurrected in 2012, the Falcarragh festival is attracting bands from all over Ireland to play venues in the area from the 18th to the 22nd of July including reggae, blues, roots, traditional, rock […]

Deadline for comments: 8 August 2013
In January 2013, the Welsh Government announced a process to refresh its relationship with the Third Sector in Wales in order to ‘make this crucial relationship as strong and effective as possible.’ 
The consultation document considers the following issues:
Affirming and renewing the relationship; Supporting Third Sector Infrastructure; Means of engagement with the sector […]

Work with the RSC to produce your own Shakespeare production
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s hugely successful Open Stages project engaging with amateur theatre makers is back.
The RSC and its professional partner theatres are looking for 100 amateur companies across the UK to produce a Shakespeare or Shakespeare-themed production in their own venue, hired hall or outdoor […]

Following the successful Art for All exhibition during the recent Fleadh Nua Weekend, the Clare County Arts Office and Ennis Town Council have announced two additional Saturday open-air exhibitions in the Temple Gate Car Park.  The first exhibition will take place in conjunction with the Ennis Street Festival on Saturday, July 6th with the second following up four weeks […]

Volunteer Now welcomed Stephen Greene, CEO and a co-founder of RockCorps to Northern Ireland to talk about the Rockcorps concept of inspiring young people  to volunteer through music.
 RockCorps produces large-scale pop, rock and hip-hop concerts, distributing tickets exclusively to volunteers, who commit four hours of their time at a RockCorps community project in their area.  […]

It’s official. Scientists now agree with music lovers to confirm that classical music is good for you. Not only does it improve memory and mood, it also facilitates healing and reduces crime.
 
In 1993, the ‘Mozart Effect’ was first discovered. At the University of California it was found that after listening to Mozart, college students displayed […]

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“It is such a pleasure to exhibit at the Glucksman Craft Fair! A small, high quality show, superbly organised and promoted, attracting good numbers of interested and discerning customers. It is the warmest, friendliest, most stress-free fair I’ve ever taken part in – the gallery staff couldn’t be more welcoming and helpful. Not […]

Through significant funding from Belfast City Council’s Creative Legacies programme, supported by the European Regional Development Fund under the PEACE III Programme, the first phase of a four year WOMAD outreach programme encompassing festivals and showcase events has started with schools in Belfast. Part of the programme will feature the first WOMAD showcase event on […]

Collaboration is an issue at the centre of practice research both within the chosen field of research and with non-academic organisations. It is understood differently in different practices, whether in music, dance, drama, fine art, installation art, digital media or other performance arts.   This conference seeks to reassess how such research can be explored. Different […]

DANCE TALKS is a series of curated conversations exploring questions and ideas from the point of view of three Dance
Ireland artist members.   Open to the public and free of charge, each Dance Talk takes place on the 21st of September, October and November 
and is a combination of keynote presentation, audience Q&A and panel discussion.With […]