Mayo football festival reveals live music schedule
Castlebar 9s is a nine-a-side Gaelic football festival and a festival of music and fun taking place in Castlebar over the Easter Bank Holiday, Saturday and Sunday, April 19 and 20.
Hosted by Castlebar Mitchels, it’s all action at An Sportlann ahead of the event.
Up to 32 teams from all over Ireland, featuring men's and ladies teams, will take part, bringing over 600 players to the county town over the weekend.
On top of that, a family-friendly kids’ zone and then when the football finishes, the fun in the marquee kicks off from 3 p.m. daily.
There are 10 live bands over 2 days:
- Pipers Cross Ceili Band
- Tom Langan & Aiden Bolger
- Laura Jo
- Myles & Vinny
- Scale 2
- Paddy & Sal Heneghan
- Blu & The Blackjacks
- Pete & Dean
- Daire Duffy & Tommy Moloney
- Stephen Doherty’s ‘Unusual Ramblers”
Along with all that, there will be the Ganley sisters, award-winning magician Dan O Donaghue (Sunday at 3 p.m.), a kids’ zone with Jiving Juniors kids dance lessons (Saturday at 1 p.m.), face painting, pop-up Gaeltacht and more - ALL FREE!
This is a great festival for Castlebar.