WELCOME TO THE 2018 BEALTAINE FESTIVAL Established in 1995, Bealtaine is Ireland’s national festival which celebrates the arts and creativity as we age. The festival takes place each May for the entire month and is run by Age & Opportunity, the national organisation which promotes active and engaged living as we get older. Bealtaine is Ireland’s largest co-operative festival and the world’s first national celebration of creativity in older age. We bring together artists and people from all over Ireland and across generations to support a rich creative life for all older people, while supporting the work and careers of older artists. For this year and until 2020 we have chosen the theme of hospitality, and through it we invite you and your friends to Be Our Guest! As such, we want to issue a particular welcome to all of Ireland’s communities to engage with our diverse programme of performances, exhibitions, discussions and screenings. We know that those of you who organise events of your own will continue to welcome your own local communities and friends. By considering the theme of hospitality, however, we also want to underline the festival’s values of acceptance, tolerance and reciprocity, in communities both already settled and settling in Ireland. So in 2018.. have your best Bealtaine festival ever and remember CREATIVITY IS A LIFELONG JOURNEY…. WWW.BEALTAINE.IE #bealtaine2018 4
BEALTAINE 2018
BE OUR GUEST!
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