Dublin date for Mayo band

Fri, Nov 13, 2015

Everyday Solution are five Mayo boys, one of whom has just finished his Leaving Cert. The five formed a band while at secondary school in Swinford. The band has gigged across the west of Ireland, headlining Enniscrone Festival this year, and the fast-rising Mayo band are playing the Grand Social in Dublin tomorrow, November 14, and have been a runaway success this year.

Learn about one hundred and fifty years of history in Turlough Park House

Fri, Nov 13, 2015

To mark the 150th anniversary of the building, join Patrick Butler, formerly of Turlough Park House, to hear about the man who had the house built, Charles Lionel FitzGerald (1833-1902). Booking for this event is required. You can book by calling (094) 9031751 or by emailing [email protected].

Renowned Hungarian adjudicator Gabriella Thész for next Mayo International Choral Festival

Fri, Nov 13, 2015

The Mayo International Choral Festival (MICF) committee members are delighted with the addition of Gabriella Thész, from Hungary, to their adjudication panel for 2016. Gabriella Thész is a graduate of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary.

Victor's Dung comes to the Linenhall

Fri, Nov 13, 2015

Seamus O’Rourke brings his hugely popular play Victor’s Dung (The Whole Story) to the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Thursday December 10 at 8pm. Victor’s Dung is the comic tale of Victor Maguire, a crude, vulgar, un-PC Cavan farmer who gets a surprise one Friday morning with the news that he has not long to live.

One night, two plays in Parke

Fri, Nov 13, 2015

Parke Arts and Drama group will present a very special night of drama and comedy tomorrow evening when it performs two plays in one night.

Castlebar Concert Band for special performance

Fri, Nov 13, 2015

Castlebar Concert Band performs at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Wednesday, December 9 at 8pm. Castlebar Concert Band, often fondly known as the Town Band, has been in existence now for many a year and is still going strong.

Brilliant trio bring A Romantic Voice to Castlebar

Fri, Oct 30, 2015

Soprano Sylvia O’Brien, cellist Christopher Marwood, and pianist Michael McHale come together in an unusual combination to perform A Romanic Voice at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Monday November 16 at 8pm. 

Neil Delamere for Westport show

Fri, Oct 30, 2015

Top Irish stand-up Neil Delamere has announced details of his new tour, CTRL+ALT+DELAMERE, which is coming to venues around the island of Ireland, starting in December. He will bring his show to The Townhall Theatre, Westport, on Wednesday December 30. 

Contemporary folk at the Linenhall

Fri, Oct 30, 2015

Locally-based musicians John Hoban and Teresa Burke perform The Girl Who Dives for Pearls, the second collection of original songs by Mayo-based song writer Tom Hughes at the Linenhall Arts Centre on Thursday November 12 at 8pm.

One act drama festival heads to Ballina

Fri, Oct 30, 2015

Starting next Friday, November 6, Ballina Arts Centre will host three nights of drama, with the first Ballina One Act Drama Festival taking over the centre. This event has been developed by a local committee and is aiming to establish a wide appreciation of drama in the area. The committee looks forward to extending a traditional warm Ballina welcome to all visiting groups, festival followers, and the local public.

Get Back to the Future this Halloween with Finbar Hoban Presents

Fri, Oct 30, 2015

With just two days until Halloween night Finbar Hoban Presents will yet again be bringing you one of the best and largest Halloween fancy dress parties in Castlebar which will take place at the Garbo’s venue in Castlebar on October 31.

How to Keep an Alien at the Linenhall

Fri, Oct 30, 2015

Sonya Kelly brings her hilarious and tender new show How to Keep an Alien to the Linenhall Arts centre in Castlebar on Monday November 2 at 8pm. Presented by Rough Magic How to Keep an Alien is a story about falling in love and proving it to the government. Sonya Kelly, who brought the wonderful The Wheelchair on my Face, to the Linenhall is back with a tearfully funny, tender, memoir about securing an Irish visa for her Australian partner.

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