Westport Chamber Music Festival is ready to entertain

Fri, Sep 02, 2016

his year’s Westport Festival of Chamber Music takes place in Westport House on Friday September 9 at 8pm, and on Saturday September 10 at 12 noon, 8pm, and 10.30pm in the Town Hall Theatre. It will come to a close on Sunday September 11 at 3pm in Holy Trinity Church.  The three venues are ideal for chamber music, providing intimate acoustic experiences. Artistic director Hugh Tinney said: “Our Westport Festival has grown in the past three years into a cultural event that fits seamlessly into the Westport autumn, yet with an atmosphere and a following all of its own. Everything plays its part in this collaborative sharing between musicians, audience members, venues, organisers and other local supporters.”

A night to remember at Custom House Studios

Fri, Sep 02, 2016

The Custom House Studios located at the Quay in Westport will be embracing Culture Night which takes place around the country on Friday September 16. Over the course of the night, there will be eight different events taking place in the Custom House Studio where all strands of culture will be celebrated.

At 6.30pm, Banna Píob Chuan Modh who were established in October 2010 with a view to setting up a pipe band in the Clew Bay Area will kick things off. From 6pm to 10pm the studio's gallery will be open and at 7pm there will be a gallery talk and painting demo by artist Deirdre Walsh, whose exhibition Silent Notes is currently running in the studio. 

Al Porter at the Linenhall this month

Fri, Sep 02, 2016

Irish stand-up star Al Porter brings his cheeky hilarity to the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Friday September 16 at 8pm with his acclaimed live show Al Porter at Large.

Alan Kelly and Eddi Reader at the Linenhall

Fri, Sep 02, 2016

They are back. The Alan Kelly Gang with Eddi Reader and John Douglas return to the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar for another guaranteed musical barnstormer on Monday September 5 at 8pm. 

The Stunning to brew up a storm in Ballina

Mon, Aug 15, 2016

Ballina town centre is set to rock on Saturday night week, August 27 when Irish rock legends The Stunning come to town as part of the inaugural French Mayo Festival.  The culmination of the two-day festival, billed as "A Taste of France Along the Wild Atlantic Way", the gig will see Steve and Joe Wall's band headline the first live music event to be held under the new state-of-the-art cover provided by Mayo County Council for Ballina's historic Military Quarter. 

Pat Byrne and Barbara Trawinski at Custom House Studios

Thu, Aug 11, 2016

Custom House Studios at Westport Quay is hosting an exhibition of new works by Pat Byrne and Barbara Trawinski,  entitled Treasures Remembered, every day until  August 21.

Anna Gevalt-Roberts and Elizabeth Laprelle at the Linenhall

Thu, Aug 11, 2016

Top folk music comes to Castlebar when Anna Gevalt-Roberts and Elizabeth Laprelle bring their distinctive music to the Linenhall Arts Centre on Thursday August 25 at 8pm.

John Spillane to Headline for Castlebar Live '16

Fri, Jul 29, 2016

Castlebar Live presents nationally known folk singer, John Spillane, in concert this Sunday, July 31. The show will take place in Hoban's car park and is free to attend. Music kicks off at 6pm. and you will be kept entertained right through to 11.30pm. Castlebar band Jam Shugar will host the event and support acts include Uppbeat and Identity Thief.

Dermot Bolger brings ‘Finding A Voice’ to Museum of Country Life

Fri, Jul 29, 2016

As part of the 2016 Decade of Centenaries Public Engagement Programme, novelist, playwright and poet, Dermot Bolger is writer in residence at the National Museum of Ireland.  The residency is a collaborative project between the National Museum of Ireland and Poetry Ireland.  Finding A Voice: Dermot Bolger Writer in Residence aims to engage a wide range of audiences in themes and object histories that form the core of the museum's centenary exhibition Proclaiming A Republic: The 1916 Rising.

Mary McPartlan and Friends: From Mountain to Mountain

Fri, Jul 29, 2016

Well-known Galway-based singer Mary McPartlan plays Ballina Arts Centre this evening, Friday July 29. Her distinctive evocative voice, combined with a strong sense of her own musical personality, allows her to move easily between styles, ranging from her roots in the folk song tradition of her native Leitrim, to new and original works.

Five hundred performers set to join in MMTradfest in Ballina

Fri, Jul 15, 2016

More than 500 Irish musicians, singers, and dancers are expected to take over the numerous venues in Ballina and its surrounding towns for the six day Mayo Manchester Tradfest. The week-long family friendly festival will feature a whole host of award winning performers involved in 10 key events and a further 60 fringe events, and is expected to attract some 50,000 visitors. The unique celebration featuring performers from Mayo and Manchester is launched on Friday July 29 with a special live two hour radio broadcast by Midwest Radio from Bar Square in Ballina. The free event will feature a host of VIPs and performers and runs from 6pm to 8pm.

Mick O’Dea presents The Foggy Dew

Fri, Jul 15, 2016

Throughout July and August, Ballina Arts Centre – in partnership with the Ballinglen Arts Foundation, the Royal Hiberian Academy, and Mayo County Council – will present The Foggy Dew, an exhibition of new works by RHA president Mick O’Dea, at the Ballina Civic Offices, and the Ballinglen Arts Foundation gallery in Ballycastle.

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