One of the biggest weekends in the Ballina 2023 event is underway with no fewer than four events taking place in the North Mayo capital as part of the year-long celebration of the town’s 300th anniversary.
Among this weekend’s events, today will welcome Mayo County Council’s flagship Mayo Day event arrive in Ballina for the first time as part of the Ballina 2023 celebrations, with live music, food, crafts, family fun, art, a day-long Irish language programme and lots more, to mark the annual celebration of all that is great about Mayo. Events run from 12pm to 6pm, followed by a free performance by the Ray Leonard Players of ‘The Kings of the Kilburn High Road’ in Ballina Arts Centre at 7pm.
Traffic restrictions will apply in Ballina over the weekend – please see www.mayo.ie and www.ballina2023.ie for information.
There’s also plenty of information of what the town has to offer today as part of the celebrations, you can head over to the Mayo County Council, Mayo.ie and Ballina 2023 social media accounts.
We’ll have Tommy Marren and Stephen Grealis on the ground in Ballina today to bring you LIVE coverage from the event throughout the day.
Mags O'Connell is Project Manager of Mayo Day, and has been giving a full rundown of events for today to Midwest Radio's Rian Bailey: