August 2024

The 2024 Síamsa Sráide Street & Arts Festival will run from Friday, August 2nd, to Wednesday, August 7th, in Swinford.

The town's streets will be full of fun, entertainment, and music on stage or on the streets. The event will cater to all the family.

Also, all festival goers will have the chance to enjoy the company of local Swinford characters in pubs and restaurants.

The festival will kick off at 8:30 p.m. on Friday at the Gateway Hotel and celebrate its 40th anniversary.

Among the many events, the most entertaining ones are the Fun Family Day, the Historical Pageant “The Humor of Mayo”, the old Harvest Fair Day, the exhibition “The Revolutionary Women of East Mayo and South Sligo, 1918-1923.”, the street drama, the commemorative Historic Walk and Talk of Swinford, the talk “Meet the Diaspora” and the Heritage, Craft, Emigrants and Enterprise Day “Béal Atha na Muice, Fadó, Fadó”.

There will also be exciting workshops: musical, theatre, and performance workshops, traditional music and singing, free Ceili set, and Sean Nos dancing.