As part of the Ballina Fringe Festival (October 3rd to 12th 2025), after a huge success last year, the final Fringe event on Sunday, 12th of October 2025 is yet again the Global Kitchen Street food party. Ballina Global Kitchen brings our community together to experience the food and music from around the world.
Several amazing volunteers, who are originally from the Ukraine, Algeria, Jordan, India, Sudan and Pakistan and now live in Ballina/Mayo, cooked up a real feast for the local community, showcasing their cuisines and cooking skills. They provided a banquet of hot and savoury dishes as well as stunning desserts and cakes. The volunteer chefs have volunteered through the Mayo Volunteer Centre at many events and on several projects throughout the year and were very keen to take part in this cultural event.
The Mayo Volunteer Centre provided the necessary HACCP Health and Safety training for the volunteer cooks and also worked in collaboration with renowned local chef, Ronan Fox who helps oversee the kitchen proceedings on the day at St. Dymphna’s and St. Nicholas’ Schools. Huge thanks go to Maureen Quinn, Principal of St. Dymphna’s School, the school’s staff, for their help and support to bring this event to fruition.
This event is delivered in partnership by Ballina Fringe Festival and Mayo Volunteer Centre. Ballina Fringe Festival is sponsored by the Ice House with funding by Creative Ireland, Mayo County Council, Failte Ireland and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Art, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.
