Mayo cinemas to partake in National Cinema Day €5 tickets

National Cinema Day will see all tickets in Mayo cinemas reduced to just five euro.

Taking place this Saturday, August 31, more cinemas than ever in Mayo and Ireland alike will mark the return of National Cinema Day with admission tickets at participating cinemas reduced to five euro including premium seats, screens and 3D screenings.  

The 2024 initiative, designed to celebrate the experience of cinema-going, is again supported by Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland.

Last year’s National Cinema Day was a huge success in Ireland, with over 217,000 admissions for that single day, making it the biggest cinema-going day of the year.  

The cinema industry is looking forward to welcoming even more visitors to the big screen this year after what has been a huge summer at the box office.

Over 99 percent of cinemas nationwide will participate in the initiative, offering a wide variety of new and recent releases for audiences to experience, including family favourites that all the family can enjoy as a treat as schools reopen.  

Cinemas in Mayo are participating, meaning easy access for audiences to big screen entertainment in their home county.

Off the back of a huge summer at the cinema and the massive popularity of both international and Irish films, the cinema industry in Ireland has united to celebrate the ritual of cinema-going and the important place it has in Irish life and culture.

For many years, Ireland has had the highest cinema attendance per capita in Europe, as well as an average of one cinema screen per 10,000 people, the highest density of cinema screens per capita in the continent.

Colm Bairéad, director of Oscar nominated ‘An Cailín Ciúin’ said: “It’s great to be asked to help celebrate the return of National Cinema Day this year, I’ve loved going to the cinema since I was a child. It’s a magical place to immerse ourselves in stories that entertain or enlighten, stories that move us and remind us of our shared humanity. 

“Screen Ireland has been hugely supportive of National Cinema Day and of course also An Cailín Ciúin, which will be back for special one-off screenings in some select cinemas on National Cinema Day.  All of the cinema community in Ireland encourage you to go and enjoy the day,” he added.

Tickets can be purchased through the websites of participating cinemas in Mayo and from the box office throughout the week.

Some of the movies showing include Irish titles such as the acclaimed horror Oddity, directed by Damian McCarthy, along with Kneecap which continues to perform very strongly at the Irish box office and the acclaimed documentaries Mrs Robinson and Notes From Sheepland.  

See below the full list of participating cinemas in Mayo:

The W Cinema, Westport,

IMC Ballina,

Mayo Movie World Cinema, Castlebar.