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Art Camp 10am - 2pm Emerald Ballroom For 6 to 16 year olds in the Emerald Ballroom Book by Friday 26th of June at the Oat Gallery, 087 2788402. Fee €45. Family rates apply. Craft Fair 12pm D'Cube A creative display of arts and crafts and a cake sale from the young people of Youthreach, Ballinasloe. Spectrums of Sunlight 7pm Crumbs & Cream An exhibition by local artist Grellan Ganly of new original work produced in Galway Art College, Cluain Mhuire. Art Camp 10am - 2pm Emerald Ballroom Storytelling 3pm Ballinasloe Library Storytelling for tots with Danielle Allison. Puppet Show 7pm Hayden's Hotel Renowned puppeteer Conor Lambert entertains us with his unique adaptation of 'Punch and Judy'. Tickets €7 from the Oat Gallery, 087 2788402, Leahy's Pharmacy and on the door. Art Exhibition 7:30pm Ballinasloe Library Art Exhibition by Dublin artist Christy Murray.

Art Camp 10am - 2pm Emerald Ballroom Art Exhibition 7pm St. John's Church Exhibition of works by the Ahascragh Painters. Art Camp 10am - 2pm Emerald Ballroom Wassa Wassa Workshops 10am - 2pm D'Cube African master drummers Wassa Wassa Workshops promise to have you all keeping the beat and grooving to the rhythm by the end of just one session. Aesop's Foibles and Fables 7pm Shearwater Hotel An entertainment for children based on the stories of Aesop by Jack Healy and George Hanover. These stories are brought to hilarious life, with all their, too familiar faults and failings, by members of the Working Actors’ Workshop of Theatre Makers. Tickets €7 from the Oat Gallery, 087 2788402, Leahy's Pharmacy and on the door. Live Music Session 9:30pm Dunlo Tavern Band Night 7pm D'Cube The overall best performers on the night will take part in a digital recording with the professional and highly sought after Ian Brabazon and perform on the gig rig at the Marina on Friday 10th of July.

Art Camp 10am - 2pm Emerald Ballroom Wassa Wassa Workshops 10am - 2pm D'Cube Street entertainment 12pm Barrel Organ performance from Armin Razo-Katz. Live Music 8.30pm Marina Featuring the best overall performers from the band night. Pageant & Firework Display 9.30pm Marina A colourful and unique parade will make its way through the town to the Marina, arriving around 10pm. A fleet of decorated and illuminated Lough Derg Rally barges and boats will depart from the Moycarn Hotel and their arrival in the Marina will be followed by a spectacular firework display. Festival Club 11pm The Usual Bar With music from a live band. Storytime 11am Ballinasloe Library Storytime for children. Music 3pm Marina Music from Ronan "Buggy" Burke and local bands. Comedy from Cathal Costello 8pm Gullane's Hotel The only way is up for rising comedy star Cathal Costello. A gifted actor, mimic, and stand-up comedian, his exposure on RTE’s Saturday morning satirical show, The Usual Suspects has brought him to national prominence. Tickets available from the Oat Gallery, 087 2788402, Leahy's Pharmacy and on the door.

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Ballinasloe Community Arts Group (BCAG) consists of a small band of dedicated volunteers who came together in 2002 to help promote the Arts locally.

Since its foundation the group has provided a wide variety of public entertainment including music, comedy, drama and visual arts as well as a wide range of events catering for children.

The highlight of each year however is an tSuca Fiáin River and Arts Festival which is now in its eighth year.

Committee Members

Group Members

Carol Cox, Grellan Ganly, Joyce Little, Danielle Allison, Patricia Ronaldson, Miriam Grealy, Sinéad Killeen, James O'Sullivan, Gerard Ward, Robert Ronaldson.

Festival Sponsors

Galway County Council, Waterways Ireland, Ballinasloe Town Council, The Oat Gallery, Stronge Photography, Leahy's Pharmacy, Brackernagh Property Development, Hutchinson and Davidson Solicitors, Tranquillity Beauty Salon, Healy's Pharmacy, Patrick Hogan & Co. Solicitors, Fair and Murtagh Solicitors, Western Automation Research and Development, Bank of Ireland, McKeon Sand & Gravel Ltd, The Usual, An Táin, Gullane's Hotel, Ballinasloe Credit Union, Premier Proteins.

Acknowledgements

We would like to sincerely thank the following for all of their help and support.
Galway County Council (Arts Office), Ballinasloe Town Council, Waterways Ireland, The Oat Gallery, Stronge Photography, Leahy’s Pharmacy, D’Cube, Ballinasole Tidy Towns, Ballinasloe Gardaí, Ballinasloe Fire Brigade, Civil Defence, Community Wardens, Thomas & Caroline Gullane and staff at Gullanes Hotel, Mary Dillon and staff, Ballinasloe Library, Anne Conlon and staff, Crumbs and Cream, Brendan Cullen, Town Hall Theatre, Ballinasloe, Robert Ronaldson, The Emerald Ballroom, Pat Joe Guinnessy, Pat McGovern, Ian Brabazon, Conal Kearney, Sheena Breathnach, Helen Butler, Evanna Ryan, Fiona Moore, Fiona Maloney.