Clifden Arts Festival
Thursday 17th September - Saturday 26th September 2026
Clifden Community Arts Week, features a wholesome feast of culture with a mix of poetry, music, theatre, dance and visual arts.
A great celebration of the Arts, events include poetry readings, lectures, recitals, traditional music, concerts, and comedy - all enjoyed in a wonderful relaxed atmosphere in one of the most beautiful places on the West Coast.
Take walks during the day, enjoy the lovely Autumn colours, eat in a great choice of restaurants, and then be inspired by Ireland's best artists as they mingle and talk with the local community and visitors alike.
The longest-running community arts festival in Ireland, Clifden Community Arts Festival, now heading into its 48th year will take place from September 17-26 and yet again promises to have something to excite everyone in the 2026 programme.
See website for the complete programme of events and pricing, to purchase tickets.
2026 Programme Of Events
Please see the Event Website for full details.
| Event Title | Date & Time | Venue | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clifden Film Society Presents: John Behan ODYSSEY | September 14 | 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Station House Theatre, H71 AK52 | €15.00 |
| Images of Ourselves | September 16 | 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Station House Theatre, H71 AK52 | Free |
| Moon Magic | September 17 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Station House Theatre, H71 AK52 | Free |
| Official Opening with Hildegarde Naughton | September 17 | 7:00 pm - December 12 | 8:00 pm | Station House Theatre, H71 AK52 | Free |
| Threshold: O’Donnell + Tuomey | September 18 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Station House Theatre, H71 AK52 | €10.00 |
| Clifden Historical Walking Tours | September 18 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Station House Theatre, H71 AK52 | €15.00 |
| Mike McGovern | September 18 | 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Clifden Town Hall, H71 AE09 | €15.00 |
| Imagining Mary Martin – Puzzles, discoveries, and little contributions to the historical record – the story behind the writing of “The Princess of Connemara – A Novel”. | September 18 | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Station House Theatre, H71 AK52 | €10.00 |
| Litter Picking Walk | September 18 | 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm | The Square, Clifden | Free |
| Adventure Athlete Walk and Talk | September 18 | 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | Clifden Sailing Club, H71 Y535 | €10.00 |
| Culture night – Gallery Crawl | September 18 | 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | The Square, Clifden | Free |
| The Stunning | September 18 | 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm | West Connemara Sports and Leisure Centre, H71 KV97 | €35.00 |
| The Festival Bus Tours – Roundstone Ceramics | September 19 | 10:45 am - 2:15 pm | Clifden Library, Market Street, Clifden, H71 Y892 | €35.00 |
| The Squeezed Middle: Europe between Russia and the USA | September 19 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Station House Theatre, H71 AK52 | €10.00 |
| Curlew Theatre Presents: HUNGER An Gorta Mór | September 19 | 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Books at One 5 Ellis Workshops, Letterfrack, H91 N8PK | €15.00 |
| The Laragh Trio | September 19 | 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Christ Church, Clifden, H71 VY80 | €15.00 |
| Clifden Writers Group | September 19 | 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Foyles Hotel, Clifden, H71 FP99 | Free |
| Curlew Theatre Presents: Emigration Road | September 19 | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Books at One 5 Ellis Workshops, Letterfrack, H91 N8PK | €15.00 |
| Elaine Feeney in Conversation with Gary McMahon | September 19 | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Station House Theatre, H71 AK52 | €15.00 |
| Cantairí Chonamara Choir presents: A Lifetime of Notes | September 19 | 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm | St. Joseph's Church, Clifden, H71 NT26 | €20.00 |
| Lunasa | September 19 | 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm | West Connemara Sports and Leisure Centre, H71 KV97 | €30.00 |
| Tuning the Radio | September 20 | 10:00 am - 11:00 am | Station House Theatre, H71 AK49 | €10.00 |
| The Festival Bus Tours – Ballynahinch Castle Hotel | September 20 | 10:45 am - 2:15 pm | Clifden Library, Market Street, Clifden, H71 Y893 | €35.00 |
| Create a Willow Fish Introduction to Willow Weaving | September 20 | 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | St.Mary's Church And Graveyard Clifden | €10.00 |
| The Elm Tree Day Centre for Mental Health: Coffee Morning | September 20 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Elm Tree Centre, Galway Road, Clifden, H71 CX60 | Free |
| The Irish Guitar Quartet | September 20 | 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Station House Theatre, H71 AK52 | €15.00 |
| Richard Bourke 6th Earl of Mayo, Viceroy and Governor General of India, a life and legacy. | September 20 | 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Christ Church, Clifden, H71 VY81 | €10.00 |
| Music Network Presents: Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Pauline Scanlon, Tom Morrow and John Doyle | September 20 | 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Clifden Town Hall, H71 AE09 | €15.00 |
| AKIN in Conversation with James Harold | September 20 | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Christ Church, Clifden, H71 VY82 | Free |
| Connemara Astronomy Club presents: Astrophotography With Your Smartphone by Caitriona Mosk | September 20 | 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Omey Suite, Station House Hotel, H71 AK49 | €5.00 |
| Niall Breslin & The Polaris Quartet | September 20 | 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm | St. Joseph's Church, Clifden, H71 NT27 | €25.00 |
| The Festival Bus Tours – Renvyle House Hotel | September 21 | 10:45 am - 2:15 pm | Clifden Library, Market Street, Clifden, H71 Y894 | €35.00 |
| Frances Fitzgerald in Conversation with Judy Murphy | September 21 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Station House Theatre, H71 AK52 | €15.00 |
| Laoise Kelly and Caoilte Ó Cuanaigh | September 21 | 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Christ Church, Clifden, H71 VY83 | €15.00 |
| Music by the River with Zoe Conway and John Mc Intyre | September 21 | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Ballynahinch Castle Hotel, H91 F4A7 | €20.00 |
| Doire Press Presents: John O’Donnell and Órfhlaith Foyle | September 21 | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Omey Suite, Station House Hotel, H71 AK50 | €10.00 |
| RECITE Presents: Traditional and Original Music and Poetry | September 21 | 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Omey Suite, Station House Hotel, H71 AK51 | €10.00 |
| An Evening of Songs and Stories with Tom Dunne Fiachna O Braoinain and Alan Connor | September 21 | 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm | Station House Theatre, H71 AK50 | €25.00 |
| The Festival Bus Tours – Roundstone Ceramics | September 22 | 10:45 am - 2:15 pm | Clifden Library, Market Street, Clifden, H71 Y895 | €35.00 |
| Clifden Historical Walking Tours | September 22 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Station House Hotel, H71 AK49 | €15.00 |
| From Killary Harbour to Lough Mask | September 22 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Station House Theatre, H71 AK52 | €10.00 |
| John Faulkner and Pádraic Keane | September 22 | 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Christ Church, Clifden, H71 VY84 | €15.00 |
| Cathy Galvin and Simon Ó Faolain | September 22 | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Omey Suite, Station House Hotel, H71 AK52 | €10.00 |
| THE LOVE HUNGRY FARMER by John B. Keane | September 22 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Clifden Town Hall, H71 AE06 | €25.00 |
| LUXE Presents: Women of the Waves | September 22 | 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Omey Island, Claddaghduff | Free |
| Eddi Reader and Alan Kelly Gang | September 22 | 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm | Station House Theatre, H71 AK52 | €25.00 |
| Wild Conamara with Eoin Warner | September 23 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Station House Theatre, H71 AK52 | €10.00 |
| Lir Quartet | September 23 | 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Christ Church, Clifden, H71 VY85 | €15.00 |
| Middle Quarter | September 23 | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Omey Suite, Station House Hotel, H71 AK53 | €10.00 |
| The Jambusters | September 23 | 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Station House Theatre, H71 AK51 | €10.00 |
| Emma Agus Eva ag Caint | September 23 | 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Clifden Court House, Clifden, H71 PY59 | €15.00 |
| Mairtin O Connor Seamie O Dowd, Cathal Hayden, Jimmy Higgins | September 23 | 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Clifden Town Hall, H71 AE07 | €25.00 |
| The Festival Bus Tours – Renvyle House Hotel | September 24 | 10:45 am - 2:15 pm | Clifden Library, Market Street, Clifden, H71 Y896 | €35.00 |
| Rachael Hegarty and Cian Ferriter | September 24 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Omey Suite, Station House Hotel, H71 AK54 | €10.00 |
| Solas Quartet | September 24 | 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Christ Church, Clifden, H71 VY86 | €15.00 |
| Sean-nós ar an Loch | September 24 | 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Lough Inagh Lodge, Recess, H91 E3Y8 | Free |
| The Pale Blue Dot: The Voyager Golden Record – Reimagined for Our Time | September 24 | 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Station House Theatre, H71 AK52 | €15.00 |
| Ami Oma | September 24 | 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Christ Church, Clifden, H71 VY87 | €15.00 |
| Ghostis | September 24 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Fernwood Killymongaun Clifden, H71 XY80 | €10.00 |
| Seán Keane | September 24 | 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Clifden Town Hall, H71 AE08 | €25.00 |
| T I M E – L A P S E | September 24 | 9:30 pm - 10:30 pm | Guy's Bar Clifden Main Street, Clifden, H71 Y277 | Free |
| Creative Hospitality Workshop | September 25 | 10:00 am - 1:00 pm | Fernwood Killymongaun Clifden, H71 XY81 | €30.00 |
| The Festival Bus Tours – ATU Letterfrack and Connemara Community Radio | September 25 | 10:15 am - 2:45 pm | Clifden Library, Market Street, Clifden, H71 Y897 | €35.00 |
| Clifden Historical Walking Tours | September 25 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Station House Hotel, H71 AK50 | €15.00 |
| Archaeological Field Trip to Inishbofin with Michael Gibbons and Tommy Burke | September 25 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Cleggan Pier, Cleggan | €50.00 |
| Ireland 1926: taking stock with Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh | September 25 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Station House Theatre, H71 AK52 | €10.00 |
| Artist’s talk: How it’s made, why it’s made? with Alan Clarke | September 25 | 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Station House Hotel, H71 AK51 | €10.00 |
| Jackie Daly, Matt Cranitch, and Paul de Grae | September 25 | 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Christ Church, Clifden, H71 VY88 | €15.00 |
| Genocide Sponsoring the Destruction of Palestine with Fintan Drury | September 25 | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Station House Theatre, H71 AK52 | €15.00 |
| We’ve Been Expecting You | September 25 | 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Omey Suite, Station House Hotel, H71 AK55 | €10.00 |
| The Luminosa String Orchestra with Guest Conductor Christopher George | September 25 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm | St. Joseph's Church, Clifden, H71 NT28 | €20.00 |
| Claudia Buckley | September 25 | 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm | Clifden Town Hall, H71 AE09 | €20.00 |
| Bag of Sticks | September 25 | 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm | Mularkey's Bar, Clifden, H71 FP99 | n/a |
| Fundraising Walk to Omey Féichín: in aid of the Playschool Building Project | September 26 | 10:00 am - 11:00 am | Omey Island, Claddaghduff | €20.00 |
| John Moriarty Memorial Lecture: STARS STILL STELLAR | September 26 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am | Station House Theatre, H71 AK52 | €15.00 |
| The Hernons | September 26 | 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Station House Theatre, H71 AK52 | €15.00 |
| The Clifden Elf and Fairy Trail | September 26 | 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | The Square, Clifden | Free |
| SINGET! RESURGAM With Cantairi Chonamara | September 26 | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Christ Church, Clifden, H71 VY89 | €20.00 |
| Anne Donnellan and Emer Lyons | September 26 | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Omey Suite, Station House Hotel, H71 AK56 | €10.00 |
| Grand Parade | September 26 | 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | The Square, Clifden | Free |
| One for the Road – Colm Mac Con Iomaire | September 27 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Station House Theatre, H71 AK52 | €5.00 |
| Triskelle | September 27 | 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | McGrath's Bar Bridge Street, Clifden, Galway, Galway, Ireland | Free |
Event Details
Start Date: Thursday 17th September
End Date: Saturday 26th September
Location
Clifden Connemara
Clifden Arts Festival
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