Garter Lane Theatre will showcase their stunning new digital cinema package with a live screening of The Merry Wives of Windsor, the only comedy that Shakespeare set in his native land, on Saturday next, September 28th. Drawing influences from 1930s British fashion, music and dance, this new production from...
Events
Be Creative, Be Social and Be Well!
Be Creative, Be Social and Be Well!
The programme for the Well Festival of Arts and Wellbeing 2019 was officially launched last week in Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford. The festival takes place from Monday 7 to Saturday 12 October, throughout Waterford City and County, featuring an exciting line-up of 55 fun, inventive and sociable arts events for...
Central Arts presents Ruairí de Leastar
Central Arts presents Ruairí de Leastar
This Sunday September 22 Central Artws presents a night with a unique talent on the Irish Music scene as Ruairí de Leastar and band stop by as part of their National Tour in support of their brand-new EP. For the past fifteen years Ruairí de Leastar has been honing his craft and enrapturing audiences with his songs...
Huge crowds flock to Harvest Festival
Huge crowds flock to Harvest Festival
There were great crowds on Saturday and Sunday at the Waterford Harvest Festival.Dawn Meats Sales Director, Paul Nolan described it as the best ever , his firm are sponsoring since the beginning of the festival over a decade ago and they were giving informative talks on how to cook burgers and lamb with special...
Kilkenny Arts Week Rview
Kilkenny Arts Week Rview
Martin Hayes quartet perform brilliantly at St. Canice’s Cathedral Martin Hayes is becoming recognised as one of the best traditional musicians in Ireland of his generation , from Clare he performed again for the sixth h year in a row at Kilkenny arts week. .Based now in Madrid wiht his wife Lina, whom he met in...
An All Together Pleasant Experience
An All Together Pleasant Experience
Kevin Walsh Reports What began as a sluggish start to the weekend caught in traffic transitioned in to a delightful festival experience brimming with musical discovery. Upon our arrival there was an incredulous buzz about the place. Though it was still early on a nice sunny Friday evening, sounds from all walks of...
Tramore Races a huge success with numbers up
Tramore Races a huge success with numbers up
The Tramore Races was blessed with the weather this year and, despite some unpredictable weather forecasts, thousands attended the races over the 4 day August festival. Owen Byrne told the Munster Express on Sunday that overall attendances were up at least 10 per cent from 18,000 last year to over 20,000 this year....
Waterford Youth Arts 25 years of Summer Theatre
Waterford Youth Arts 25 years of Summer Theatre
Each year Waterford Youth Arts (WYA) bring in a professional theatre director to work with their teenage cast to create a play. This year they decided to go for a devised work with Grace Dyas who is a young dynamic writer and director from Dublin. You can see the fruits of their labour when they present their new...
Central Arts presents…
Central Arts presents…
Bleeding Heart Pigeons and His Father’s Voice On Saturday, August 10th, Central Arts presents a double bill of two of the most unique emerging voices on the Irish music scene: alt-pop outfit Bleeding Heart Pigeons and post-punkers His Father’s Voice. Bleeding Heart Pigeons are a trio from West-Limerick who forge an...
Waterford Walls International Street Art Festival
Waterford Walls International Street Art Festival
To kick off a month-long celebration of street art in Waterford, Belgian street artist Mehsos has unveiled the first mural from the Waterford Walls programme– a defragmented representation of a Puffin. The mural by Mehsos gives a flavour of what’s to come for 2019 Waterford Walls International Street Art Festival...
The Big Top Live!
The Big Top Live!
WITH the magnificent Spraoi and All Together Now festivals in the rear-view mirror, all eyes are on the Big Top, which will bring a week of top-class entertainment to the Waterside, from Monday, August 19- Sunday, August 25.The Big Top is exactly what it says, a massive Circus tent, with capacity for over 3,500...
Most Stylish Competition at Tramore Races
Most Stylish Competition at Tramore Races
Aoife Walsh and Brent Pope team up as judges Top model and former Miss Ireland, Aoife Walsh is teaming up with the fashion-savvy rugby commentator, Brent Pope to judge the most stylish ladies and gentlemen at the upcoming August Festival at Tramore Races. The celebrity duo have been tasked with one of the toughest...
