About Us

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 2023

Highlights in 2023 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 Seas Above, newly commissioned spectacle work by LUXE; The Hare new theatre by Bob Kelly and Clare Monnelly; The Lonesome Boatman, a musical circus odyssey by Colm O’Grady and Freedom Letters, a poetic-musical composition that takes the audience on a journey through the lives of two remarkable women, Constance Markievicz and Valeria O’Connor-Vilinska.

 

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
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, Dicky Gable & Gillian Ní Chaisaide

Visual Art Trail Curators/Coordinators
Hannah Dobson & Barry McHugh

Atlantic Mythologies Curator 
Yvette Monahan  

Cairde Visual Committee 
Barra Cassidy, Cormac O’Leary, Heidi Wickham, Lorna Watkins & Marilin North

 

Board of Directors

Chairperson: Denise Rushe 

Directors: Jennifer Donovan, Niall Henry, Marie O’Byrne, Lucia Macari & Mark Garry 

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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