Bealtaine arts festival starts today
Bealtaine, the month long arts festival that celebrates creativity in older age, starts today in venues throughout the country.
This is the eighth year of the festival which covers all artforms including theatre, literature, dance, film, storytelling, music, painting, sculpture and criticism.
Five hundred individual events will take place in venues throughout Ireland
Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, John O'Donoghue, said: "The Bealtaine Festival reaches a broad spectrum of participants in a variety of settings, ranging from professional artists and practitioners to people who have never before had the opportunity to participate in the arts".
The Bealtaine 2003 programme is available online at www.olderinireland.ie and from local libraries.
