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Inspired by the creative energy of Ireland’s Northwest, Cairde Sligo Arts Festival is a unique coming together of artists and audiences. It is a celebration of imagination and shared experience that welcomes all.

Festival 2024

Highlights in 2024 include exhibitions and events as part of Hereditas, a collaborative art project between artist Seamus Nolan and Sligo Traveller Support Group exploring elements of Traveller culture and social history; The Wandering Gaze, a major exhibition of work by Jack Butler Yeats exploring nomadic groups in partnership with The Model; Bafushia an exhibition of works by contemporary Traveller artist, award winning Catalan street performer Joan Catalá with Idiófona at Hazelwood House; Prologue, the world premiere of spectacle work by Twisted Lane at Temple House Estate, Unveiled, the sharing of four new works across theatre / dance / circus in partnership with Hawk’s Well Theatre; In conversation events with authors Adania Shibli and Sinéad Gleeson and Maeve, Warrior Queen- a closing community celebratory procession.

 

Festival Team

 

Director
Tara McGowan

Administrator
Stéphanie Pawula

Production Managers
Barry McKinney & Maurice Power

Communications
Sustainable PR , Bowe Communications

Marketing Co-ordinator
Cayla Williams

Sound Engineers
Dickon Whitehead, Luke Devaney, Daniel Bannon, Danny Young

Project Coordinators
Hannah Dobson, Aaron Robinson, Aisling Mannion, Patrick Curley.

Volunteer Coordinators
Amy O’Hara, Sandy Porter

Production Team 
Aaron Robinson, Chan Kin, Terry Markey, Pete Vamos, Anika Baarhs, Valli Schäfer & Gillian Ní Chaisaide. Big thank you to Dicky Gable

Wandering Voices Curators
Chandrika Narayanan Mohan & Patrick Curley

Atlantic Mythologies Curator 
Yvette Monahan  

Cairde Visual Committee 
Lizzie Kinsella, Bettina Seitz, Emma Stroude, Michael Wann, Steve Wickham

Thanks to our outgoing committee: Barra Cassidy, Cormac O’Leary, Heidi Wickham, Lorna Watkins & Marilin North

 

Board of Directors

Chairperson: Jennifer Donovan

Directors: Niall Henry, Mark Garry, Lucia Macari & Elske Rahill

Company Secretary: Midwest Corporate

 

 Governance

Cairde Festival LTD is the registered trading name of Cairde Sligo Arts Festival.

Cairde Festival Ltd is a registered charity – CHY 18249. 

Cairde Festival Ltd keeps detailed financial records, maintains strict financial controls and is transparent in its audited financial statements. The most recent statement of audited accounts (2016) are available through the Charity Regulatory Authority here. Cairde Festival accounts are compliant with the Statement of Recommended Practice for charities and not-for profit entities as (SORP), which is currently accepted as best practice in Ireland. The organisation complies with all regulatory requirements and operates in accordance with its memorandum of association.

We are committed to good governance and have embarked on the journey of compliance with The Governance Code.

Cairde Festival Ltd is committed to comply with The Principles of Good Fundraising and to achieving the standards contained within the Statement of Guiding Principles for Fundraising in order to ensure full transparency to all our donors.

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