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High speed action and drama will be the order of the day this weekend, as the best drivers and co-drivers in the country head westwards to battle for glory on the 2009 TF Royal Hotel and Theatre Mayo Stages Rally.

The brand new Royal Castlebar Theatre is sure to have pirouettes, plies and piqués aplenty, when Ballet Ireland showcase their wonderful production of the world renowned Swan Lake on Tuesday December 9.

The annual St Patrick’s Day parade in Castlebar promises to be one of the most colourful and spectacular in the history of the county town.

With Castlebar confirmed as this year’s host venue, festival preparations are well under way for the World Fleadh International Irish and Celtic Music Festival with many top international names in the line-up. After the outstanding success of the 2008 festival in Portlaoise, the World Fleadh returns with a fantastic selection of Irish traditional, Celtic, folk, and country music acts from around the globe.

The World Fleadh, Ireland's biggest Irish and Celtic music festival, will be staged in The Royal Theatre, Castlebar, between July 31 and August 8.

Castlebar is ready to rock this weekend with the arrival of the World Fleadh, the first time this Irish and Celtic music festival will be staged in the west of Ireland. Bucking all recessionary trends, music enthusiasts are expected to descend on Castlebar in their thousands for nine full days of world-class musical entertainment with the best of what Ireland has to offer on display.

Castlebar welcomes the American Wrestling Rampage (AWR) tour in August. This will delight both young and older fans who get to see some of the best guys in the wrestling circuit show off their talents in the Royal Theatre arena. The last time that a wrestling show came to the Royal Theatre in October 2008 the demand for tickets was huge and the hunger for another show was the reason that Pat Jennings is bringing back the American Rampage Tour.

The Royal Theatre welcomes back Big Tom and the Mainliners to the Royal Theatre for a dance on Friday August 21. The man who is known as Ireland’s King of Country Music will take to the stage for a one night only dance at 9pm. The last time Big Tom was here the numbers who came out to see him were incredible, and there is no doubt that it will be the same again. Pat Jennings of the Royal Theatre says: “We know that demand for accommodation around Castlebar and neighbouring areas is going to be huge, even more so than last time, as Big Tom fans travel from all parts of Ireland and overseas. It is testament to his enduring appeal as a man of the people that he is still the king after all those years.”

After wowing fans back in August, Frankie Gavin and The New De Dannan return to Castlebar on Wednesday, December 30, for a special post Christmas show.