Friday 24 June 2011

The Arts Banquet

The launch of the new Arts Banquet took place last night last in the heritage town of Killaloe / Ballina Co. Clare. This new arts festival is about opening the doors on the art world and making audiences participants. The festival hopes to bring a feast of arts to all who are interested or who wish to be the musicians, artists, poets and writers that they always knew they were.

The Community Sculpture "My Wabi Sabi Sphere" will start it's workshops tomorrow, 25th June in St Annes Community College @ 2pm. For those interested in getting their hands messy and having the title of 'sculptor' come and join in.

Community Sculpture & Children's Parade Family Workshops,
at St. Annes Community College, Killaloe,Saturday 25th June 2 to 4pm
(Parade workshops starts at 11)
Youth Workshop, Friday 1st July, Kincora Hotel
Active Age, Friday 1st July, Kincora Hotel
Open for all, Saturday 2nd July, Pop Up Playhouse, Cathedral Quay

The sculpture can be viewed by the public on Sat 2nd July, 8pm Quay Arts and for all of July in the Killaloe Cathedral from 3rd July

The following are a list of Arts Banquet events that will take place during the the next week.

Wednesday 29th June
Killaloe Writers Group - Readings & Selected Poetry, 8.30pm, Il Ponte Vecchio, Killaloe
Thursday 30th June
Music in the Glen Strings Summer Concert, 5pm, Pop Up Playhouse
The Hunt Museum Lecture, 6pm, Il Ponte Vecchio
Killaloe/ Ballina Youth Theatre Club Final Year Show, Pop Up Playhouse
Quay Arts Theatre Nights, 8pm, Quay Arts, Ballina
Friday 1st July
Sharing Stories - Children's Workshops, 2 to 4pm, Killaloe Library
Quay Arts Theatre Nights, 8pm, Quay Arts, Ballina
Lola Montez Theatrical Caberet, 9.30pm, Pop Up Playhouse
Saturday, 2nd July
'A Day in the Life', visual arts, all day event, Quay Arts
Killaloe/ Ballina Community Orchestra, 4.30pm, Pop Up Playhouse
The Great Big Boru Gig, 8.30pm, Pop Up Playhouse

For full details on all events and locations click on




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