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Ireland\u2019s largest multi-disciplinary national arts festival and a major innovator in the area of arts and creativity globally.<\/strong><\/h3><\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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What is the Bealtaine Festival?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Bealtaine is a month long festival in May featuring performances, exhibitions, discussions, workshops and readings by artists working in different art forms all over Ireland.<\/p>\n

How does it work?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Bealtaine Festival challenges and entertains audiences and participants and always looks to offer diverse events. Just as we know there\u2019s no one experience of older age, there is no one kind of event in Bealtaine. The festival engages people and communities from all over Ireland to foster and inspire creativity among older people, to work intergenerationally, to platform older artists and to promote the skills, experiences and exposure that can lead to a rich creative life. You can enjoy all that Bealtaine has to offer whether you are an audience member, an artist, or by participating in creative projects in your community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Image from A Life of Play, one of our 2018 Bealtaine Festival events in Temple Bar. <\/h3>\n
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Bealtaine works on two parallel and interdependent strands:<\/p>\n