Come and sing with the no "prior experience required!" team from WTH Community Choir at The Mariner Hotel, Westport. Learn to sing the classics, California Dreamin' by the Mama and Papas and Dreams by Fleetwood Mac in a casual atmosphere - no music reading, just good craic. And to add to the experience, we'll have […]
LAUNCH: 26 OCT 17:30-19:00 LIVE: 27-31 OCT Daily 10:00 - 17:00 “Pressing On” is an exhibition of works from Westport based Artist Sheelyn Browne. Produced as a result of ‘Lockdown with a printing press’, the images in this exhibition relate to the general state of mind at that time. Without realising it water became the […]
Mike and John were involved in several community arts projects in Westport in the 1980s which lead to the establishment of the Customs House Gallery and Studios of which they were founding members. They then went on to pursue their own successful careers in the visual arts and, having previously exhibited together in 1996 and […]
LAUNCH: 26 OCT 21:00 LIVE: 26 OCT - 19 NOV Westival invites you to submit work for the 14th annual McGings Exhibition The theme this year is “The Other Way” Submissions are due by Friday 21st of October Exhibition dates 26th of October - 19th of November “The Other Way” welcomes small artworks of any […]
An installation of Lantern Lightboxes by children from Scoil Naomh Bríd, Ballycastle, North Mayo in O'Reilly Turpin, Bridge Street. This exhibition will be launched by Dr Katie Sweeney, National Director for the Integration of the Arts and Creativity, Department of Education on Thursday 27th October. Due to venue restrictions, only a group of 50 children […]
Gabrielle-Mary Bishop is a Kilmeena based multimedia artist working with natural colour and light. In this talk you will learn about how she gathers colour from the kitchen, dye garden and surrounding landscape to make paints, dyes and inks for her art works. She will also demonstrate some of her dye techniques and present her […]
LAUNCH: 27 OCT 17:30-18:30 LIVE: 27-31 OCT 10:00 - 16:00 / 22:00 on show days ‘Print Matters’ is a collection of works by twelve Mayo based artists who make up the West Ink Society of Artist Printmakers. The exhibition will be a dynamic showcase some of the wide variety of techniques (such as etching, drypoint, […]
BUY TICKETS HERE on the W Cinema website Rated: 12A Even before its release, Colm Bairéad’s debut feature has (quite rightly) become one of the most lauded and garlanded Irish films of recent years. Adapted from Foster, a short story by Claire Keegan, it centres on nine-year-old Cáit, a shy and withdrawn child who receives […]
Wherever pop goes, Lou Bru follows. From Abba to Zebra Katz, she likes to bring everyone on a pop odyssey that's full of surprises. You can catch her elsewhere as The Thirst Trap on DDR or playing as part of the Pop Dungeon collective. Her granny was from Ballinrobe and she hopes that the people […]
Artist Jimmy Lawlor hosts a workshop in focusing on various painting techniques, including composition, colour and texture. He will be demonstrating in acrylic paint. Jimmy Lawlor lives in Westport and has been exhibiting for over 20 years. His much-loved widely praised work has been likened to the works of the surrealists, with surreal or dreamlike […]
Bring a hat and your inner Socrates - Join Tertulia Bookshop, The Philosopher's Hat Club and Savoir Fair for an hour of thought provocation and lively debate with wine and nibbles. Who was Socrates and why is he still important to us?
Patrick Dexter is a globally-renowned cellist from Ireland. Though Patrick spent muchof youth in Dublin, he now lives in a tiny stone cottage in County Mayo with his wifeand daughter, surrounded by immense amounts of nature. The remoteness providedboth solace from the business of city life and excellent fodder for writing music. During the Coronavirus […]
Kate Brennan Harding is a broadcaster and producer, she has been selecting tunes for people to dance to since 2006. She loves house, disco and synth, but you can always expect some cheeky surprises in her set. A champion of Irish music, you can often hear her on RTE Radio One, RTE 2FM and weekly […]
Ed Forristal was born in Dublin in 1989. A philosophy graduate, he discovered his passion for woodwork whilst working and travelling in rural Japan. Upon returning home, he began to make his own pieces using predominantly hand tools and traditional joinery. Join Ed Forristal of Forristal Woodwork on Saturday, 29th October for a wooden butter […]
Poet Geraldine Mitchell divides her time between a windy spot outside Louisburgh and southern France where she lived for many years. Widely published, she’s a Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award winner. Her fourth collection of poems, Mute/Unmute, was published by Arlen House in 2020. She is currently being translated into French.
“Queen of the Fringe’ (BBC) Camille O'Sullivan premiers her new show, a rare intimate evening of dark and light songs. Including Bowie, Cohen, Pulp, Radiohead and Rufus Wainwright. Chameleon like, 5-star sell-out performances include Sydney Opera House, Royal Festival Hall, La Clique, Roundhouse, Later with Jools Holland and a Herald Angel award for RSC solo […]
Get yourselves glammed and ghouled for our Westival Halloween Ball on the Sunday Bank Holiday Night! With prizes for the best dressed, bloody cocktails, and a killer line up, it's the only place to be when Halloween rolls in at midnight. Our headline is the incredible electronic artist Elaine Mai. Since 2014, she has amassed […]
Interested in Ukrainian arts and culture? Want to welcome some new Westport residents? Join us in The Mariner from 10.30 - 12.00 for a morning of Ukrainian music, poetry and dance. There will be performances by Tetiana Kenia, Kseniia Konoval, Kseniya Mairiboda, Tanya Populniuk and more, and two creative master classes on “sing like a […]
Ed Forristal was born in Dublin in 1989. A philosophy graduate, he discovered his passion for woodwork whilst working and travelling in rural Japan. Upon returning home, he began to make his own pieces using predominantly hand tools and traditional joinery. Join Ed Forristal of Forristal Woodwork on Saturday, 29th October for a wooden butter […]
Gabriel Garcia Marquez's darkly comic tale brought to the stage for children and adults to share. In a kitchen of a theatre, two storytellers and their audience find something remarkable – a very old man with enormous wings. Inspired by Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Un Senor Muy Viejo Con Unas Alas Enormes, this classic piece of […]
BUY TICKETS HERE on the W Cinema website Rated: PG This beautiful stop-motion animation film follows the misadventures of Jack Skellington, Halloweentown's beloved pumpkin king, who has become bored with the same annual routine of frightening people in the "real world." When Jack accidentally stumbles on Christmastown, all bright colors and warm spirits, he gets […]
In the heart of Westport there is a very special Clock and inside that Clock lives “The Clock Elf”. Come and listen to local Artist Nicky Dowd tell you all about "The Clock Elf" . Although no one has seen it, maybe you have and could draw Westival a picture of what it looks like. […]
BUY TICKETS HERE on the W Cinema website Rated: G In this classic musical fantasy, Judy Garland stars as Dorothy Gale, a young Kansas farm girl who dreams of a land "somewhere over the rainbow." Dorothy's dream comes true when she, her dog, Toto, and her family's house are transported by a tornado to a […]
