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AN EVENT celebrating the art and poetry of Jody Mullarkey, entitled Halls Without Walls, takes place this Sunday at 2pm.

The Galway Film Fleadh has been accepted as a qualifying festival in the Academy Awards Short Film category, meaning short films shown at the fleadh have a chance at an Oscar nomination.

SANTA’S APPRENTICE, an animation for children aged between two and nine, will be screened in the Town Hall Theatre this Saturday at 12 noon.

THE AMAZING adventures of a young French woman, a tiny girl who lives under the floorboards, the lives of three young street dancers in Germany, and making sculptures from other people’s rubbish - it is all in this year’s Junior Galway Film Fleadh.

GALWEGIANS AGED between 13 and18 who have an idea for a story that could be turned into a film, documentary, book, or video game are sought for the Junior Galway Film Fleadh Story Pitching Competition.

The Erris branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, Craobh Chlann Lir, is holding Féile an Fhomhair, a weekend of traditional music, featuring sessions, workshops and a concert.

Catherine Costello, an 11-year old fiddle player, from Mayfield Grove in Athlone became Westmeath’s first medallist in this year’s fleadh cheoil when she came second in the under-12s, ‘slow airs’ category.

The Ballina Chamber have helped organise a recession busting free music festival weekend featuring the internationally famous Sharon Shannon and her big band and the Hothouse Flowers.

THE JUNIOR Galway Film Fleadh is calling on young Galwegians with an interest in film-making to submit entries to its Short Film Programme.

Galway's festival season began in earnest this week, and the next couple of months will hopefully prove an economic driver for our local economy.