Ballymena Festival of Music, Speech & Dance

The festival takes place during  February and March at the new Braid Arts Centre in Ballymena, which has modern facilities for most performing arts.
The festival provides a wide opportunity for performers at all stages of music, speech, drama and dance. 
There are two Gala Nights - the instrumental Festival night on the first saturday evening of the Music weeks, and the Vocal and Prizewinners Gala on the last Saturday evening.

See http://www.ballymenafestival.org.uk/ for a list of individual events