FESTIVAL BOARDS CONVERGE ON GALWAY FOR CONFERENCE

Date Published: 08-Nov-2007

Festival boards from around the country are attending a three-day conference in Ballinasloe from this morning.The event is being run by the AOIFE organisation and aims to explore ways in which festivals can be improved and can attract bigger names and more audiencesAbout 8 million people attend festivals in Ireland every yearThey cost 120 million euro to run but generate about 260 million euro for the countryThe three day conference is taking place at the Carlton Shearwater Hotel in Ballinasloe