Festivals & Events

Belvedere House Saint Patrick's Céilí Event

Afternoon Céilí in the Visitor Centre at Belvedere  House, Gardens & Park from 2pm - 4pm on Saturday, March 16th.

St Patricks Day Festival 2019

Athlone St Patrick's Day Parade will take place on Saturday March 16th! Music, Entertainment and Buskers throughout the weekend! The festival will feature a Guinness World Record attempt at 2pm in Burgess Park. We are aiming to get 1,000 St. Patrick’s in Burgess Park!

Mullingar Half Marathon 2019

The 5th Mullingar Half Marathon is on St. Patricks Day, 2019. This annual event is a high class, gold standard marathon that appeals to both beginners and elite runners. The main objective of the vent is to raise much needed funds for local charity T.E.A.M. but we also want to showcase Mullingar as a destination for runners and families with an array or activities and events over the race weekend.

Easter Treasure Trail at Belvedere 2019

Easter at Belvedere is a special time and our fantastic Easter Treasure Trail is a wonderful event for families to participate in. The journey to meet Easter Bunny involves a lot of fun and meeting a variety of interesting costumed characters and earning treats along the way.

All American Car, Truck and Bike Show

Our 2019 All American Car, Truck and Bike Show will take place on Sunday 28th April 2019 from 11.am to 5.30pm.

Festival of the Fires

The Bealtaine Fire at Uisneach will be lit this year on Sunday 5th May from 5pm - 11.30pm.

RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival

The 2019 RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival will take place at the Dean Crowe Theatre, Athlone

Belvedere Dawn Chorus

Belvedere Dawn Chorus - details coming soon!

Mullingar International Horse Show

The 12th Mullingar CSI 2* International Horse Show runs from Friday 31 May to Monday 3 June 2019. This four day event has over €100,000 prize fund on offer, 9 International classes, the Bet Showjumping Live speed competition, €10,000 Horse Sport Ireland classes & almost 70 national classes. All grades of rider & horses are catered for.

Athlone Agri Show

The Athlone Agri Show has a proven record as a great day out and this year will be no different!

TriAthlone & Trifest

Ireland's biggest triathlon based in Athlone in the heart of Ireland.

Mullingar Agri Show

The Mullingar Show is an Agricultural and Irish country living exhibition and trade show which takes place in July each year.

Ballymore Country Music Festival

Bank holiday Monday 5th August Ballymore will host annual Country Music Festival with artist from Johnny Brady, Cliona Hagan to Nathan Carter

Athlone River Festival

The Athlone River Festival will take place on Saturday 31st August and Sunday 1st September.  It will celebrate the beautiful River Shannon’s connection with Athlone and feature several water-based events. 

Athlone Castle Medieval Fair

Experience live demonstrations of fencing and Medieval weapons, taste samples of Medieval food treats challenge themselves with some Medieval games.

Picnic in the Park

Join us in the award winning Mullingar Town Park for a fantastic community event 'Picnic in the Park'. (Date to be confirmed)