Vivaldi’s Forest (Woodpeckers Recorder Quartet) Click HERE for tickets

Adult ticket €10, accompanying children 0-5 free

Suitable for children 0-5 years and accompanying adult.

Tickets are limited for this event, early booking is advised.

The four virtuoso players of Woodpeckers present an exciting, choreographed performance of music written and arranged for the recorder spanning over 600 years, from the 15th to the 21st century. Throughout the concert, our young listeners get the chance to hear and see many different sizes of recorders at close range. Our aim is to inspire and ignite curiosity in our audience, giving them a long-lasting joy of live music.

The programme is presented without spoken word, where the instruments and music transport our young listeners to a magical forest, alive with birdsong, weaving a story of conflict, friendship & reconciliation through improvisation and carefully chosen works. Bach and Vivaldi are presented alongside old folk melodies and dance tunes from each of our respective countries: Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Ireland. Excerpts from contemporary pieces, such as Chiel Mejlering’s ’Sitting Ducks’, inspired by bird and animal sounds, are tied together with improvised interludes. The concert concludes with a sombre rendition of Orazio Vecchi’s So ben, mi, c’ha bon tempo, first published in 1590. After the concert there will be time to meet the instruments and musicians.

MURDER AT MIDNIGHT Click HERE for tickets

Tickets €10 Adult €5 Child

Join us for the world premiere of Sligo Baroque Music Festival’s very first youth opera. Presented in collaboration with Festival in a Van, this Arts Council funded project has seen Sligo teens working together monthly with adult opera practitioners since January 2025, to create their very own opera from scratch.

Under the inspiring guidance of Anna Mullarkey (Composer), Molly Twomey (Librettist), Ute Engelhardt (Director) Claire Garvey (Designer), Sue Crawford (Props and Stage Management), James Riordan (Movement) and Sharon Carty (Singing) our young opera creators have written, composed, designed, created, problem-solved, rehearsed and worked together to bring you “MURDER AT MIDNIGHT”, a tale of murder, mystery, morality and humour.

Funded by the Arts Council of Ireland YPCE project award and supported by Irish Rail and The Glasshouse Hotel, Sligo.

WOODPECKERS RECORDER QUARTET Admission FREE, no booking required

Presented in association with FESTIVAL IN A VAN

Join the WOODPECKERS recorder quartet for a free lunchtime community concert for all ages.

MURDER AT MIDNIGHT Click HERE for tickets

Tickets €10 Adult €5 Child

Join us for the world premiere of Sligo Baroque Music Festival’s very first youth opera. Presented in collaboration with Festival in a Van, this Arts Council funded project has seen Sligo teens working together monthly with adult opera practitioners since January 2025, to create their very own opera from scratch.

Under the inspiring guidance of Anna Mullarkey (Composer), Molly Twomey (Librettist), Ute Engelhardt (Director) Claire Garvey (Designer), Sue Crawford (Props and Stage Management), James Riordan (Movement) and Sharon Carty (Singing) our young opera creators have written, composed, designed, created, problem-solved, rehearsed and worked together to bring you “MURDER AT MIDNIGHT”, a tale of murder, mystery, morality and humour.

Funded by the Arts Council of Ireland YPCE project award and supported by Irish Rail and The Glasshouse Hotel, Sligo.

SLIGO BAROQUE ORCHESTRA Click HERE for tickets

Programme information coming soon

SIOBHAN ARMSTRONG Lecture-Recital Click HERE for tickets

Tickets €15 U18 Half-price with GoSee

Don’t miss this fascinating journey into the origins of Ireland’s national instrument, and its relationship to the Baroque Harp, as one of the world’s most celebrated experts in Baroque and Early Irish Harp shares her vast knowledge, humour and experience.

Tickets are limited for this event, early booking is advised.

Baroque Harp Masterclass with Siobhan Armstrong. Click HERE for tickets.

Tickets €5 U18 half-price with GoSee

Tickets are limited for this event, early booking is advised.