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The annual Westport Cathaoirleach’s Ball will take place on Saturday March 21 in the Castlecourt Hotel, with all proceeds raised going to two worthy causes — the Children of Chernobyl project and Westport Social Services.

The famous Westport clock will be turned back on August 10 as the “Cathair of the beeves” hosts a novel and unique heritage day as part of the Westport Music Festival.

Music obsession is set to replace economic depression at this year’s Westport Music Festival. The doom and gloom forecast in the tourism and accommodation sectors will surly be boosted by the influx of thousands of music fans from right around the country for the week-long festival this year.

Details have just been announced of the 2009 Mayo News/Mayo Sports Partnership Team Challenge taking place as part of the Westport Festival of Sport Fun Day on Sunday August 23 at the Mall area in Westport. The challenge is in its fourth year and the organisers, Mayo Sports Partnership co-ordinator Charlie Lambert, GMIT lecturer in outdoor education Kevin O’Callaghan, and director of Achill Outdoor Adventure Centre Tim Daly, promise a challenging event full of fun and intrigue for all.

Westport Festival of Sport Fun Day organisers were the lucky winners of a free, live, nation-wide broadcast for their community event thanks to RTÉ 2fm and Kellogg’s Let’s Get Active. RTÉ 2fm’s Aidan Leonard will broadcast live to the nation from the active fun day on Sunday, 23 August between 2pm and 5pm.

The countdown has begun to the Westport Arts Festival which is due to take place from October 2 to October 11.

Westport Chamber of Commerce has launched its new Shop ‘n Spraoi na Nollag website www.westportmarket.ie in an all out effort to attract visitors to the town for the authentic Irish Christmas market from December 11 to 13.

Ireland’s first ever online soap opera, Covies, set in Westport, Co Mayo, was officially launched last Sunday at a very special red carpet reception held in the Castlecourt Hotel, where the first three episodes of the soap will be shown at a private screening. The first episode of Covies debuted on Monday online on www.tvwestport.com