Baboro International Arts Festival for Children 12th-18th October (www.baboro.ie)

Each October the popular Baboro International Arts Festival brings a riot of sound and colour to Galway at this event dedicated to children. Aimed at school groups, there is an incredible choice of performances by production companies from around the world with shows covering a wide range of art forms including puppetry, music, theatre, storytelling and juggling.

Baboró International Arts Festival for Children is recognised as the leading Irish arts festival devoted exclusively to children and fittingly takes place in Galway the festival capital of Ireland.

For the last twelve years, one week in October has been devoted to presenting high quality national and international arts performances and workshops for children in and out of schools and families. Venues in and around Galway are used for the presentation of this festival with selected artists travelling out to county schools, youth centres and community centres.

The aim is to advocate access to high quality arts experience for children in the community and in their schools and to encourage the creation of new work by Irish artists through co-productions and original productions for children.

Baboró is a registered charity supported by the Arts Council of Ireland.