What's On

Celebrate summer with a pop-up camping and BBQ event.

Come along to a pop-up camping and BBQ event at Florence Court for a summer evening under the stars. Pack your tents, rugs and supplies and we'll provide tasty barbecue with music. Take a guided estate walk with one of our rangers, and finish off the evening with a campfire classic, toasted marshmallows, and settle in for a night's sleep under the Fermanagh skies! We look forward to welcoming you to this special pop-up camping  and BBQ evening! To book your tickets for go to National Trust website or call For more information about this event call Florencecourt 

Experience three of Samuel Beckett’s most touching, eloquent and literally moving works in different Enniskillen venue environments in the hands of one of the greatest contemporary creative artists of our time.

This is an unmissable event of the 2019 Happy Days Festival - three short plays by Samuel Beckett (World Premiere). Performances at Enniskillen Royal Grammar (ERG, formerly Portora): Come & Go (1965) 3 female performers (dur 5mins) Quad (1981) 4 dancers (& 4 musicians) This is Samuel Beckett’s sole dance piece (dur 15mins) Catastrophe (1982) 4 actor performers (dur 10mins) BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL AS CAPACITY IS LIMITED FOR THIS EVENT. To book tickets go to website.  

A festival favourite with audiences, Ohio Impomptu returns as one of  Samuel Beckett ’s most spiritual short plays taking place on the 9th century monastic Devenish Island.

Audience travel by boat to the island where Samuell Beckett would have regularly rowed as a student.Directed by Fermanagh born and Festival Associate Adrian Dunbar, more popularly known as Superintendent Hastings in The Line of Duty, we present to you stunning sunset performances of Ohio Impromptu on Devenish Island, a monastic site founded in the 6th century, a short boat ride away from Enniskillen on Lough Erne. It was first performed in 1981 at the Stadium II Theatre in Columbus, Ohio, in a production directed by Alan Schneider starring David Warrilow and later filmed for television by Charles Sturridge in a production starring Jeremy Irons.  Actors: Lalor Roddy and Vincent Higgins Ticket Price: £15 (Full) £12 (Concession) To book tickets go to website. DATES & TIMES: Thurs 25th July – 7.30pm Fri 26th July – 7.30pm Sat 27th July – 5.30pm Sun 28th July – 7.00pm Event Duration: 100 minutes Pick-Up Point:  Meeting point at Round’ O Jetty, Enniskillen for boat trip on “The Kestrel”

Come join us for a morning with Beckett’s early short prose work, Assumption.

Actor Adrian Dunbar who needs no introduction to Beckett Festival audiences nor as its native son to Fermanagh, reads Beckett’s early short prose work, Assumption. Ticket Price: £5 You can book your ticket HERE. After the event spend an afternoon here exploring the town centre and its historic buildings. Or you might consider checking one of Enniskillen's pubs or restaurants which offer delicious dining.  

Come along and enjoy Swangsong by Franz Schubert at the Ardhowen theatre.

Franz Schubert was Samuel Beckett’s favourite composer whom he acknowledged in his own work (All That Fall, Nacht Und Traume). This is a unique chance to experience Schubert’s late song cycle as never before through the dark creation of one of Europe’s most innovative and critically acclaimed theatre directors.   Romeo Castellucci’s company will come straight to Enniskillen after opening this year’s Aix En Provence Opera Festival in early July with Mozart’s Requiem.  Another major headline artist appearance at the 2019 Happy Days Festival not to miss. Ticket Price: £15 (Full) £12 (Concession) To book tickets please click here. DATES & TIMES: Sat 27th July – 8.30pm Sun 28th July – 5pm Event Duration: 70 mins

Come and enjoy performance by talented Italian-Dutch pianist Saskia Giorgini.

A recital of late works in honour of the 30^th anniversary of Samuel Beckett. Featuring music from world acclaimed composers – including Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin and Scriabin – brought to life once again, on the piano, by the talented Saskia Giorgini – winner of the Mozart Competition in Salzburg (2017). Ticket Price: £15 (Full) £12 (Concession) TO book tickets please visit the Ardhowen website Event Duration: 90 mins  

IN ‘WAITING FOR GODOT’ it is usually the characters of the play, Vladimir and Estragon who do the walking and suffer sore feet for their troubles but in this unique site-specific Godot it is the audience who walk, through the Marble Arch Caves UNESCO Global Geo-park (the first transnational geopark in the world), through the existential Beckettian landscape, to gather at the Irish border around Antony Gormley’s Tree for Waiting for Godot (specially installed for the occasion) for a rehearsed reading of the play.

Ticket Price: £15 (Full) £12 (Concession)

To book tickets please go to this page.  DATES & TIMES: Sat 27th July – 4pm Sun 28th July – 4.30pm Event Duration: 210 – 240 minutes (3.5 – 4 hours) Pick-Up Point: Castle Museum, Enniskillen (Car Park)

 Join us for a performance of Winterreise by Franz Schubert – Beckett’s favourite piece of music.

This performance, taking place in the magnificent acoustic of St Macartin’s Cathedral, is sure to be a festival highlight. Sung for the first time in English at the festival. Ticket Price: £15 (Full) £12 (Concession) To book tickets go to this page. Event Duration: 70 mins If you are feeling a little more energetic try out one of the town's attractions.

Experience three of Samuel Beckett 's most touching, eloquent and literally moving works in different Enniskillen venue environments in the hands of one of the greatest contemporary creative artists of our time.

This is an unmissable event of the 2019 Happy Days Festival - three short plays by Samuel Beckett (World Premiere). Performances at Enniskillen Royal Grammar (ERG, formerly Portora): Come & Go (1965) 3 female performers (dur 5mins) Quad (1981) 4 dancers (& 4 musicians) This is Samuel Beckett ’s sole dance piece (dur 15mins) Catastrophe (1982) 4 actor performers (dur 10mins) BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL AS CAPACITY IS LIMITED FOR THIS EVENT. To book tickets go to website.