THE GAP ARTS FESTIVAL 2025

We were thrilled to welcome over 900 people to our unique Gap Arts Festival in Ballythomas, Gorey, last weekend.

Our diverse programme was a tremendous success, featuring our own production of the play Shep, an inspiring Music Mentees gig, and popular workshops from painting to foraging. We were especially proud to see our community embrace events like the family movie night, circus skills, and our grand finale of local choirs.

Supported by Wexford County Council and Creative Ireland, we are proud to be recognized for our unique, participative approach. Thank you to everyone who took ownership and made our festival so special.

While the main event is over, you can still catch our Gap Camera Club exhibition at the Gap Pub until month’s end.

WHO ARE WE

Awarded the EFFE Label as ‘a unique festival’ by the European Festivals Association, with particular reference to the festival’s successful arts participation elements, and nominated for European Rural Inspiration Award 2019 for its Community Portrait Photographic Project, the Gap Arts Festival ‘brings the arts to parts they wouldn’t otherwise reach’.

No village, no crossroads, no theatre, since 2011 the Festival has adapted spaces indoors and out, bringing professional performances and art to this community of place in the hills of north Wexford at Ballythomas, halfway between Gorey and Tinahely.