Donegal Youth Orchestra to headline the Allingham Concert

We are very excited to announce that the Donegal Youth Orchestra will perform at the Allingham Concert on Saturday November 10th, with renowned conductor Vincent Kennedy. The DYO consists of over 60 musicians from all around the county, including two from Ballyshannon.

The orchestra has been very busy this year, topping the bill at the Festival of Youth Orchestra in the National Concert Hall in February, a performance on Arranmore Island earlier in the year, and celebrating ten years with conductor Vincent Kennedy at a special performance in Letterkenny. The Donegal Youth Orchestra is one of the 11 performing groups of the Donegal Music Education Partnership, which is part of the Donegal Education and Training Board and is supported by the Department of Education and Skills.

The Allingham Concert has become one of the musical highlights of the year in Ballyshannon, and this year promises to be no different! 

Dennis Bradley will deliver the Allingham Lecture 2018

We are delighted to announce that this year's Allingham Lecture will be delivered by Denis Bradley, former vice-chairman of  the Northern Ireland Policing Board, freelance journalist, film-maker and former priest.

The Allingham Lecture will take place on the opening night of the Allingham Festival, Thursday November 2018.

Open Call for Allingham Arts Festival Nov. 8-11 2018

http://www.allinghamfestival.com/open-call/

The Allingham Arts Festival takes place in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, each November. The aim of the festival is to bring a wide range of arts activities to the community, celebrating local, national and international artists of many disciplines. In recent years, we have hosted poetry and writing events, concerts, documentary film screenings and discussions, lectures in design, panel discussions on the creative economy, craft workshops, art and photography exhibitions, historical lectures and much more. Recent guests have included Anne Enright, Theo Dorgan, Afric Mc Glinchey, Garry Keane, Jamie D'Alton, Wes Sewell and Nishaw Ali amongst others. 

The Allingham Festival Committee would like to invite submissions from all interested parties for inclusion in the Allingham Arts Festival 2017, which will take place in Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, from November 8th-11th.

We would like to hear from artists, writers, poets, musicians, digital media and creative media artists and producers, kids entertainers, educators, film-makers, producers, workshop facilitators, entrepreneurs, crafts people, theatre companies, and anyone else with a suitable event to propose! Please fill in the form below, providing a clear outline of the nature of the event you would like to propose.

All proposals will be discussed by the Allingham Festival Committee in March. Decisions for inclusion will be based on the nature of the event, availability of funding, and programming requirements. 

Allingham Arts Festival Confirmed for Nov. 8th-11th 2018

We are delighted to announce that the Allingham Arts Festival will take place in Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, from November 8th - 11th this year. We're looking forward to another weekend of poetry, music, writing, film, family events, and much more. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to keep up to date with line-up news!