Welcome to the
Sligo Science Festival 2021
a Blended Experience
This year’s Sligo Science Festival including the Sligo Science Fair will be a blended delivery of Live, in person events and Online events.
Find the Event that interests you, click on the link to book your place.
For the Science Fair Weekend, some indoor workshops and shows require advanced booking whilst some events are taking place outdoors and are drop in (no booking required).
All Festival Week events require booking.
For Schools bookings or further details, please contact Sligo Science Festival Producer, Oli Melia melia.oli@itsligo.ie
Next up at the Sligo Science Festival:
The Sligo Science Fair
Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th November
Whats On – Shows & Performances
Saturday – Science Fair : 6th Nov
Saturday – Science Fair Programme
- Sat 6th Nov – The Amazing Wonderstruck Air Powered Rockets
- Sat 6th Nov – Crankpot Machine Art Workshop with Fire the Inventor
- Sat 6th Nov – Circus Science Workshop with Dr Ken Farquhar
- Sat 6th Nov – Exploration Dome with Martin Conroy
Sunday – Science Fair : 7th Nov
Sunday – Science Fair Programme
- Sun 7th Nov – AbbVie – Supporting Science Education
- Sun 7th Nov – The Science of Bubbles Show with Sue McGrath
- Sun 7th Nov – Mad Professor
- Sun 7th Nov – Wonderstruck Rocket Show
- Sun 7th Nov – Circus Science with Dr Ken Farquhar
- Sun 7th Nov – A geologist, a biologist and chemist walk into a field…
- Sun 7th Nov – Kitchen Chemistry with St Angela’s College
- Sun 7th Nov – Creating Our Future
- Sun 7th Nov – Soil Makers with the Organic Centre
- Sun 7th Nov – All-Ireland Pollinator Plan with Leif Barry
- Sun 7th Nov – Nemo Le Science Magician
- Sun 7th Nov – CSI Murder Mystery
- Sun 7th Nov – Power of Levers with Fire the Inventor
- Sun 7th Nov – The Wonder of Marine Life with Robin Barry
- Sun 7th Nov – Nature Challenge with Michael Bell
- Sun 7th Nov – Victoria Walker’s Chemical Crew
- Sun 7th Nov – Science Experiments on the Street with Eureka Edinburgh
Festival Week : 8th-14th Nov
Festival Week Programme
- Mon 8th Nov – AUTOMATA – Mechanical Art
- Mon 8th Nov – Music to Your Ears
- Mon 8th Nov – Airheads
- Mon 8th Nov – Alzheimer’s Disease: Your Risk and How to Reduce it!
- Tues 9th Nov – LIVE- In Person- Primary Science Day at the Organic Centre
- Tues 9th Nov – Water and the SDG’s
- Tues 9th Nov – ‘One Health’- human health and the protection of natural habitats
- Tues 9th Nov – Mind your Microbes: The Microbiota-Gut Brain Axis’
- Wed 10th Nov – Forces & Energy Science Show
- Wed 10th Nov – Airheads
- Wed 10th Nov – Science of De-extinction
- Wed 10th Nov – Chemistry in the Movies
- Wed 10th Nov – Life Changing
- Thurs 11th Nov – Forces & Energy Science Show
- Thurs 11th Nov – Natures Secret Circus
- Thurs 11th Nov – Have I got your attention
- Thurs 11th Nov – Grandpa’s Great Escape – Kite Making workshop
- Thurs 11th Nov – Forces & Energy Science Show
- Thurs 11th Nov – A cat’s journey to Ireland: Who came before Pangur Bán?
- Thurs 11th Nov – Overview of Forensic Autopsy Pathology with Dr. Paul Hartel, MD
- Fri 12th Nov – Lapwing and other Breeding Waders of Bunduff, Co Sligo Online Talk with Michael Bell.
- Fri 12th Nov – Explosive Life – How Microbes Change the Earth (and will continue to do so) Online Talk with Dr Shane O’Reilly
- Fri 12th Nov – Cookie Crimes – Online Workshop with Science Made Simple
- Fri 12th Nov – Forensic Workshop
- 6th -14th Nov – THE SLIGO SCIENCE TRAIL
