Baboró 2024 sparks joy across Galway; This is Galway’s Festival highlights

Baboró International Arts Festival for Children returns this October 11th to 20th, bringing with it 10 days of creativity and imagination for children of all ages. The festival promises to deliver a captivating lineup of performances and events, featuring both Irish and international artists, dedicated to young audiences and their families.

Check out the full programme at www.baboro.ie and stay up-to-date with the latest announcements by following Baboró on social media @BaboroGalway.

above: Little Monsters, by Laura Angell

Festival highlights include;
Free Public Exhibitions;
Little Monsters | 11-20 Oct / Galway Arts Centre / All Ages
Little Monsters is an installation of bright, bold, colourful textile tapestries and 3D shapes exploring success and failure, as well as the need for approval and love in an increasingly digital world.

Identity | 11-20 Oct / Outset Gallery / All Ages
An exhibition of multimedia work delves into the multifaceted identities of ten Galway artists with intellectual disabilities. This intimate, moving and thought-provoking thirty minute experience consists of digital art pieces entitled Portraits of our Lives and Projections of an Artist. Also included are ten digital art prints created by the artists with additional interactive tactile graphics art prints for any audience members with visual impairments.

Story of a Day/Scéal an Lae | 17-20 Oct / Town Hall Theatre / Ages: 5+ years
A music filled story of one child’s day that turns the ordinary into extraordinary with live music, vibrant storytelling and vivid animation. There will be both English and Irish presentations of this event. Commissioned by Galway based theatre makers Branar and performed by ConTempo Quartet, Galway Music Residency.

above: Story of a Day illustration by Mary Murphy

Chotto Desh | 13-16 Oct / Town Hall Theatre / Ages: 7+ years
Chotto Desh, meaning ‘small homeland’, draws on Akram Khan’s unique quality of cross-cultural storytelling. Creating a compelling tale of a boy’s dreams and memories from Britain to Bangladesh and back again, it celebrates the resilience of the human spirit in the modern world. Blending Kathak and contemporary dance with an exquisite mix of spoken text, dreamlike animation, visuals and specially composed music, this is an enchanting and poignant dance theatre experience.

The Barceló Brothers | 13 Oct / Galway Community College / All Ages
The Barceló Brothers deliver an inspiring, soulful and energetic show full of socially-engaged musical poetry celebrating diversity. Put on your dancing shoes and get ready to immerse yourself in a feast of new sounds, languages and good vibes!

Discover the full festival programme at www.baboro.ie and get your tickets today!!

All photos courtesy of Baboró International Arts Festival for Children.

Feature photo of Chotto Desh by Camilla Greenwell.

above: The Barceló Brother, by John McMahon