Each year in the month of May, Bealtaine is presented as an annual nationwide festival celebrating the arts and creativity as we age. Tipperary County Council Arts Office and Tipperary Library Service are delighted to work together once again  to present a full and varied programme of events and activities across the County  to deliver an extensive and varied programme of 150 events and activities right across the county. 

Tipperary Arts Office, with support from the Arts Council, puts out a call each year to professional artists based in Tipperary to deliver longer term engagement projects across all artforms targeted at older people, each culminating in a showcase event in May.  Tipperary Arts Office continue the wider programming in 12 care settings across the county which includes an expansion of the much loved Music on Tour programme, the continuation of the The Memory Box programme, supported by the Tipperary Museum of Hidden History, and the presentation of a circus show in association with Creative Places Tipperary Town. 

The Libraries Service runs an extensive programme of activities, which this year boasts an impressive number of free events across all library branches in the county. Singing sessions, visual art, needle felting, painting and theatre workshops, screenings, talks and demos and the stage is set for an activity-filled month of May.

The Bealtaine festival is an initiative of Age & Opportunity. Tipperary Bealtaine is supported by Tipperary County Council, the Arts Council, Creative Ireland, Tipperary Age Friendly, Tipperary ETB, Tipperary Museum of Hidden History and Healthy Ireland.

See link for the programme below.

Printed programmes for Bealtaine are available in all library branches, District offices and arts venues around the county.