So Cow plans to hit all the high notes at Bar Ritz
Fri, Aug 14, 2009
So Cow is essentially Brian Kelly who is originally from Galway but who has also spent time in South Korea where some of his early records were made. To date he has released an EP called Best Vacation Ever and in 2006 he released two albums titled These Truly are End Times and I Am Siding with My Captors.
Read more ...Gemma Hayes to support Ray Lamontagne at Royal Theatre
Fri, Aug 14, 2009
Gemma Hayes has just been announced as the support act for Ray Lamontagne who plays the Royal Theatre Castlebar on Sunday September 6. Gemma is enjoying the success of an artist that comes from years of hard work and love of music, and this showed this January when Hayes was nominated for Best Irish Female at the 2009 Meteor Irelands Music Awards. Hayes' third album The Hollow of Morning was released in May of last year in Ireland, and debuted at number 12 in the Irish Albums Chart, and earlier this year she performed at the Oscar Wilde party in Los Angeles, California. The annual event takes place days before the Oscars, and celebrates the best of Irish popular culture.
Read more ...Get jazzed up at the Linenhall
Fri, Aug 14, 2009
For a night of fresh and exciting contemporary Irish jazz, check out Dennis Wyers’ Rhombus Quartet, performing at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Thursday August 20 at 8pm.
Read more ...Finale to summer music series
Fri, Aug 14, 2009
Mayo County Council Arts Office Summer Music Series drew to a rapturous close in the spectacular setting of the Friary in Ballyhaunis. Matt Molloy, John Carty and Arty McGlynn treated the audience to a feast of traditional music.
Read more ...The big man is back
Fri, Aug 14, 2009
The Royal Theatre welcomes back Big Tom and the Mainliners to the Royal Theatre for a dance on Friday August 21. The man who is known as Ireland’s King of Country Music will take to the stage for a one night only dance at 9pm. The last time Big Tom was here the numbers who came out to see him were incredible, and there is no doubt that it will be the same again. Pat Jennings of the Royal Theatre says: “We know that demand for accommodation around Castlebar and neighbouring areas is going to be huge, even more so than last time, as Big Tom fans travel from all parts of Ireland and overseas. It is testament to his enduring appeal as a man of the people that he is still the king after all those years.”
Read more ...Triple bill of plays from Other Voices
Fri, Aug 14, 2009
Westport’s Other Voices theatre company is back with We Are for the Dark, an exciting new triple-bill of one-act plays at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Thursday August 27 at 8pm.
The Bright Day is Done, is a new play by Gerald Wilson, in which a young man comes to interview an ageing actress and inveigles her into recreating some of her most acclaimed roles - but all is not what it seems. Featuring Rebecca Wilson and Wez Locke, directed by Gerald Wilson.
Read more ...DVD Zone
Fri, Aug 14, 2009
Cranking it up a notch
Realism, plot development, subtlety. Nope, you’ve come to the wrong place in Crank 2: High Voltage. Alternatively, if it’s high-octane, jump-cut, speed, and mayhem you’re after, you’ll welcome back the Crank franchise like a long-lost, if slightly disturbed, brother. All the originals are back, including Derek Statham as hitman Chev Chelios — who launches himself into an electrifying chase through Los Angeles in pursuit of the Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart. Yes, you read that right. One for the converted.
Realism, plot development, subtlety. Nope, you’ve come to the wrong place in Crank 2: High Voltage. Alternatively, if it’s high-octane, jump-cut, speed, and mayhem you’re after, you’ll welcome back the Crank franchise like a long-lost, if slightly disturbed, brother. All the originals are back, including Derek Statham as hitman Chev Chelios — who launches himself into an electrifying chase through Los Angeles in pursuit of the Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart. Yes, you read that right. One for the converted.
Read more ...Dirty Epics to play the Fáilte Suite this weekend
Fri, Aug 07, 2009
Upcoming Irish group Dirty Epics take to the stage at The Fáilte Suite, Welcome Inn Hotel, Castlebar, this Saturday night (August 8) as part of the Finbar Hoban Presents…series in association with Coastal Beats in Aid of The Mayo Rape Crisis Centre.
Read more ...American wrestling in Mayo
Fri, Aug 07, 2009
Castlebar welcomes the American Wrestling Rampage (AWR) tour in August. This will delight both young and older fans who get to see some of the best guys in the wrestling circuit show off their talents in the Royal Theatre arena. The last time that a wrestling show came to the Royal Theatre in October 2008 the demand for tickets was huge and the hunger for another show was the reason that Pat Jennings is bringing back the American Rampage Tour.
Read more ...Scooby Doo and the gang in the TF
Fri, Aug 07, 2009
Scooby-Doo and the gang are back! Following their sell-out success with Stagefright, the ultimate cartoon classic bursts onto the stage once again with Scooby-Doo and the Pirate Ghost, a brand new show to entertain the whole family, which will take place in the TF Royal Theatre from Friday September 18 to Sunday 20.
Read more ...Contemporary jazz at the Linenhall
Fri, Aug 07, 2009
For a night of fresh and exciting contemporary Irish jazz, check out Dennis Wyers’ Rhombus Quartet, performing at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Thursday August 20 at 8pm.
Read more ...Altered Images in Ballina
Fri, Aug 07, 2009
Council Arts Office, South Tipperary County Council Arts Service and the Irish Museum Of Modern Art, supported by the Arts Council, which will open at the Ballina Arts Centre on Thursday August 13 at 7.30pm.
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