Sligo International Choral Festival

Categories of competition include Mixed Choirs (3 categories), Female Voice, Male Voice, Sacred Music, W. B. Yeats, Gospel, Barbershop and School Choirs. Choirs compete for €4,000 in prizemoney and many for many splendid trophies. World-famous poet, W. B. Yeats, so closely associated with Sligo, was the inspiration for The W.B. Yeats Trophy and in 2016, the committee have a special competition for songs associated with the 1916 Rising and The Great War 1914-1918. The committee also organise concerts, workshops, cabaret and other fringe events.