Editing Strabane (section)

===Music and arts===
[[File:Let the Dance Begin (The Tinnies) - geograph.org.uk - 83262.jpg|thumb|The sculpture known locally as ''The Tinnies'' on the outskirts of Strabane, beside the roundabout near the [[Lifford]] turn-off]]
In 2007, the [[Alley Theatre (Strabane)|Alley Arts and Conference Centre]] (designed by architects [[Glenn Howells]] and [[Alan Jones (architect)|AJA]])<ref name="Alley">{{cite web |title=Alley Arts & Conference Centre |url=https://glennhowells.co.uk/project/alley-arts-conference-centre/ |website=Glenn Howells |access-date=9 January 2020 |archive-date=25 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025050535/https://www.glennhowells.co.uk/project/alley-arts-conference-centre/ |url-status=live }}</ref> opened to the general public, offering a 270-seat theatre, art gallery, tourist information centre and cafe-bar. The venue was Northern Ireland Building of the Year in 2008,<ref name="Alley"/> and won the Allianz Arts and Business Award 2009<ref name="DerryJ">{{cite news |title=Excellence award for Strabane's Alley Theatre |url=https://www.derryjournal.com/business/excellence-award-for-strabane-s-alley-theatre-1-2133645 |access-date=9 January 2020 |work=Derry Journal |date=19 January 2009}}</ref> and the Green Apple Award 2008. It has also hosted the All Ireland Confined Drama Finals (2008), the North West Music Festival, the Stage Write Schools Drama Festival, Sounds Like Summer Music Festival, Strabane Drama Festival, and the Johnny Crampsie Music Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.johnnycrampsie.com/|title=Johnny Crampsie|date=7 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107034439/http://www.johnnycrampsie.com/ |archive-date=7 January 2010 }}</ref>

Strabane plays host to a [[Saint Patrick's Day]] Parade each year. One of Strabane's most notable features are five {{convert|20|ft|m|abbr=on}} steel structures on the banks of the river. Designed by [[Maurice Harron]], they consist of two dancers and a fiddle player on the Lifford side, a flute player on the Strabane side and a drummer in the middle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mauriceharron.com|title=Maurice Harron-Artist-sculptor|publisher=Mauriceharron.com|access-date=2 May 2012|archive-date=17 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317050837/http://www.mauriceharron.com/|url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://veryderry.com/db/location.php?pano=25|title=The Tinneys|publisher=Very Derry|access-date=2 May 2012|archive-date=12 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312222144/http://veryderry.com/db/location.php?pano=25|url-status=live}}</ref>