July
Friday 25th July to Friday 1st August - Boyle Arts Festival
Please check www.boylearts.com for this years programme of events. Lots of variety for young and old, including children's drama, music & art workshops, performances from John Carty / Anne Joyce, Thomas Cryan, David Tobin, NO CROWS, Regina Nathan and Phil Coulter in Concert. Boyle Drama Group will give another excellent drama performance and the extremely popular Slow Food Picnic will be repeated again this year. Click here for more info on Boyle Arts Festival

Children's Workshops
Circus skills, rap writing, cartoon animation, drama, art and pottery are among a series of children's workshops which have been organised for Boyle Arts Festival from July 25th to August 1st. Details of the workshops have now been announced booking forms have been distributed around local schools. Additional copies of the programme can be obtained from the Library and King House or via the website: www.boylearts.com.

Art Exhibition
Amateur artists are invited to enter their work in this year's BAF Open Exhibition. The exhibition runs from Friday, 25th July until Friday, 1st August, throughout the Boyle Arts Festival. Entries will be accepted in any medium, to a maximum of 3 per person. Last year's exhibition was well supported as always and many works were sold. We anticipate another excellent show, exhibits for which will be selected by a panel.

Poetry Competition
The closing date for Boyle Arts Festival Poetry Competition looms. Local writers are invited to submit as many poems as they wish (subject to an entry fee for each one) on any theme, up to 40 lines long by June 16th. The adjudicator for the competition is well known poet Peter Fallon. A Poetry Reading by Peter Fallon takes place on Sunday, July 27th at the Royal Hotel in Boyle at 12.30pm. The reading will be followed by the presentation of prizes to the winner and runners up of the Arts Festival Poetry Competition and by readings of the winning and highly recommended poems. Peter will also be running a Poetry Workshop after the reading: 'The Assembly of a Poem'. Competition prizes are €300 for the winning poem and €50 for the four runners up. Peter Fallon was born in 1951 and grew up on a farm near Kells in County Meath. He is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, where he has taught as Writer Fellow. At the age of eighteen, in 1970, he founded The Gallery Press, Ireland's leading literary publishing company. Entry forms can be downloaded at www.boylearts.com

August
Friday 1st August to Sunday 3rd August - 'Back to Boyle' Weekend
A great opportunity to meet up with old friends, neighbours and relatives over this weekend.
Fri 1st Aug - Opening with Boyle Marching Band, Meet & Greet in The Royal Hotel with cheese & wine reception followed by Ceol agus craic Irish Cabaret night.
Sat 2nd Aug - Visit Boyle Farmers Market, Lough Key Boat tour with live commentary and 'sing song', Open day at Boyle Golf Course, Historical Walk & Hill climbing and to finish the night off there will be a Buffet Dance in St.Joseph's Hall, Boyle.
Sun 2nd Aug - Special Back to Boyle 11.30am mass in St.Joseph's Church

September
Saturday 6th September - Heritage Farmers Market Day
Once again, the Boyle Origin Farmers Market will take a step back in time to days gone bye. Vintage cars, vintage artifacts, butter-making, rare breed farm animals, pig roasting on a spit, wood-turning and lots, lots more.

Sat 27th & Sun 28th September - UFO Conference
The conference will take place in The Bush Hotel, Carrick-On-Shannon. A list of speakers and events will be available soon.

October
Saturday 25th October - Childrens Halloween Art Workshop
This is an annual workshop that always gets filled up very quickly. The Workshop takes place in Boyle Library from 11.30am to 1pm and costs €15 per child. The workshop is available for children aged 5 to 12. To book call 071 9663033.
Saturday 25th October - Halloween Farmers Market
In additional to all the wonderful fresh local produce available: all stall holders will be dressed up in a Halloween Theme. Prizes for children dressed up in their own scary outfits; Halloween Hamper to be won from free draw.

November
12th November to 16th November - Boyle Musical Performance
Boyle Musical Society are delighted to announce that they will be staging another spectacular Musical. More details nearer the date.

28th November & 29th November - Christmas Craft Fair
Wonderful selection of crafts once again this year to help you complete your Christmas shopping in time...The Craft Fair takes place in King House, Boyle.The doors open on Friday 28th at 7pm to 10pm and Saturday 29th at 10am to 5pm.

January 2009
World Rally Festival