2nd - 4th May 2025
Get ready for a celebration of creativity and culture as we host our much-anticipated Inishbofin Arts Festival on the May Bank Holiday Weekend 2025!
Experience a tapestry of creativity with visual arts, mesmerizing music, captivating theatre performances, literary delights, and much more. Join us for a cultural celebration against the stunning backdrop of Inishbofin.
Inishbofin Arts Festival is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland, Galway County Council and Carey Building Contractors
We are extremely grateful and appreciative of the generous support from our sponsors for the Inishbofin Arts Festival 2025
- Inishbofin Lotto Group
- Inishbofin Ferry
- Inishbofin Island Hostel
- Cashin Family
Weekend Schedule
Friday 2nd May
8.00pm – Festival Opening, Wine & Cheese Reception & Launch of Photography Exhibition
9.00pm – Friday Night Concert: Music by The Rising & Music by Evie
(Community Centre)
Saturday 3rd May
12.00pm – Celtic Tales with Rab Fulton (Community Centre – Adult Session)
1.00pm – Drumming Workshop with We Drum Ireland (Inishbofin National School)
3.00pm – Breton and French initiation traditional dance workshop with Léna Descottes (Murray’s Yard, Doonmore Hotel)
5.00pm – Theatre: INDIGESTION, written and performed by Seamus O’Rourke (Community Centre)
9.00pm – Saturday Night Concert: Music by Niamh Regan and Music by Cormac Looby
(Community Centre)
Sunday 4th May
12.00pm – Inishbofin Wool processing and exhibition with Olann-WoolCraft (Murray’s Yard, Doonmore Hotel)
1.00pm – Book Launch ‘Pure Dog’ by Jackie Jefferson (The Dolphin Hotel)
1.00pm – Children’s Circus Skills & Balloon Modelling (Inishbofin National School)
2.30pm – An afternoon of music and song with CODA (St. Colman’s Church)
5.00pm – Bofin Brewing Tour & Tasting (Bofin Brewery – Booking essential due to limited spaces)
9.00pm – Sunday Night Concert: Music by All Folk’d Up & Music by Piaras Ó’Lorcáin
(Community Centre)
All Tickets on sale now
(Weekend Tickets include all music events and theatre. Brewery Tour must be booked separately due to limited spaces)
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