Music Visual Arts Thursday, June 8, 2017 – 18:00 to 20:00 Science Gallery, Dublin Break out your old mix tapes, swing your way to melodic bliss or rock up to our NOISE STUDIO to make your own synth. SOUND CHECK opens on 9th … Kate Maloney : Sound Check
Cork Music Dr Fionnuala Moynihan performing the complete cycle of Mozart’s Piano Sonatas in its entirety for the first time in Cork. Fionnuala is widely acknowledged as one of Ireland’s leading pianists. She has a particular affinity with the works of both … Fionnuala Moynihan : MOZART: THE COMPLETE SONATAS
Music Claudia Schwab is an originally Austrian fiddle player and composer, who lives and works in Ireland. As musician of the world, in her music she amalgamates different traditions and styles such as traditional Austrian, Irish, Classical Indian, Swedish and Eastern … Claudia Schwab Irish Tour
Music A new album entitled Visionaries 1916 is the culmination of a remarkable traditional music project celebrating the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising through a cycle of songs using the poetry of Pearse, Plunkett and Connolly, while paying due homage … Lorcan Mac Mathúna : 1916 Visionaries and Their Words
Music Stephen Butler, Lyndsey Dower, Lorcan Reidy and Kamila Bystrzonowska introduce Between The Bars. BTB are a series of monthly events taking place in St Patrick’s Gateway between October and January that will see the best national and local indie, folk … Stephen Butler, Lyndsey Dower, Lorcan Reidy and Kamila Bystrzonowska : Between the Bars
Music Trad Sessions take place at The Harp on the first Friday of every month, have been for many years. Numbers vary between 4 and 10. Lisa Fennin is the owner of the bar. Lisa is the third generation of female … Evelyn McFadden, Roddy Geoghegan and Lisa Fennin : Trad Session at The Harp, Ballitore, County Kildare
Music The Piper and the Faerie Queen Music inspired by fantastical literary works from the 17th century alongside traditional Irish music. Camerata Kilkenny with David Power – uilleann pipes, Maya Homburger – violin, Claire Duff – violin, Marja Gaynor – viola, … Malcolm Proud : The Piper and the Faerie Queen
Music Visual Arts A music and live art performance devised by Donal Dineen, produced by The Dock and Siobhan O Malley. The Pipes, The Pipes is a homage to the singular magic of the Uilleann Pipes. Since it premiered with a sold out … Siobhán O’Malley : The Pipes The Pipes
Dance Music Theatre Eileen Gray defied expectations – from her innovative designs to her unconventional personal life she challenged what it meant to be an artist, a woman and to be Irish. Inspired by her inimitable life and work, INVITATION TO A JOURNEY … CoisCéim, Crash Ensemble, Fishamble and Galway International Arts Festival : Invitation to a Journey
Music Once, the multi-award-winning Irish musical drama, returns to the Olympia Theatre, Dublin from 2 July – 27 August, 2016. Once is full of glorious music and authentic Irish charm. With songs including the Oscar-winning Falling Slowly, this funny, moving and … Lisa Fox & Bill Murphy: Once the Musical
Music Smock Alley Theatre plays host to four evenings of the aural and the visual, brought together. From March to July, InSight showcases 20 new musical works presented with visual interpretations, including dance, animation, projection, and simply the physical body in … Robbie Blake & Sorcha Coller : Insight
Music Sonic Whispers returns as part of MusicTown 2016 with a night of musical experimentation and collaboration! On the 17th April at Whelan’s Live, Sonic Whispers will host three new bands from three diverse genres of music; Bitch Falcon (Rock), Wounded … Natasha Duffy & Maurane Ramone : Sonic Whispers
Music Ahead of his performance with Corner Boys, Michael D’Arcy outlines one of the ways the counties of Waterford, Kilkenny and Wexford have united to represent their communities in competition for the European City of Culture for 2010. Corner Boys are … Michael D’Arcy : Three Sisters, City of Culture 2020?
Music Renowned Irish improvisers OKO have teamed up with uncompromising musician and prolific composer Tim Berne, and will tour new works in five venues through Ireland in March 2016. Since the moved to New York City in the mid W’70s, alto … OKO + Tim Berne : Irish Tour 2016
Cork Music Visual Arts Sirius Arts Centre is a multi-disciplinary arts organisation in the Cobh-Glanmire municipal district of east Cork. It is housed in a beautiful Italiante building that was designed by Anthony Salvin in 1854 to house the Royal Cork Yacht Club, the … Miranda Driscoll : Sirius, Cobh
Music Waterford Songs From The Parlour Labyrinth Management & Events Saturday, 23 January 2016 at 20:00 – Sunday, 24 January 2016 at 00:00 (GMT) Waterford, Ireland Beauty Team Studios and Labyrinth Management & Events return with another episode of Songs From The … Stephen Butler : Songs From The Parlour, Waterford
Dublin Music “Kaleidoscope Night is a unique salon music experience that happens on the first Wednesday of every month at the Bello Bar, 1 Portobello Harbour, Dublin. Now in its seventh year, the series has been described by The Irish Times as … Karen Dervan and Lioba Petrie : Kaleidoscope Night
Culture Music DÚLRA was founded in 1998 in New York City by singer Caitríona O’Leary. Dúlra is the Irish word for “elements” and the name expresses the band’s mission of returning to the roots and performance practices of early Irish song, and … Caitriona O’Leary : DÚLRA
Music The Far Flung Trio, Katherine Hunka, Dermot Dunne and Malachy Robinson, play everything from classical music to folk: Baroque, South American, Klezmer, film classics and more. Their performances are very much enjoyed by audiences with whom they engage in an … Malachy Robinson : The Far Flung Trio Tour 2016
Cork Festivals Music Sounds from a Safe Harbour is a brand new festival of music, art and conversation, curated by Bryce Dessner of The National. Two years since its inception by Bryce and Cork Opera House CEO, Mary Hickson, Sounds from a Safe … Sounds from a Safe Harbour Festival
Cork Music For the 100th anniversary of the formation of Ireland celebrated bass guitarist and composer Ronan Guilfoyle introduces a musical project to celebrate the life of his grandfather, Joe Guilfoyle, a teenage volunteer during the 1916 Rising. The finished composition will … Ronan Guilfoyle : Work in Progress
Cork Culture Music The world’s most prestigious record label ECM arrives in Cork this November to Triskel Christchurch who are proud to stage the inaugural ECM Weekend Festival from Friday 27 until Sunday 29 November. Four Concerts featuring well known artists including June … Tony Sheehan : ECM Weekend Festival
Festivals Music The Wexford Festival’s success is due in no small part to Wexford itself. This ancient Viking town, nestled in a wonderful setting on the banks of the River Slaney, has a character and charm all its own. Just two hours … David McLoughlin : Wexford Festival Opera, 21 Oct – 1 Nov
Music Theatre The stylish and sophisticated Susanna’s Secret (Il segreto di Susanna), is a comedy opera built on marital misunderstanding, full of fun and frothiness. A man suspects his wife is having an affair when he smells cigarette smoke from her clothes, … Opera Theatre Company : Susanna’s Secret
Music Waterford Between The Bars is a series of music events taking place in St Patrick’s Gateway, Waterford. Between October and January Betrween The Bars play host to the best national and local indie, folk and traditional acts, bringing the people of … Stephen Butler : Between The Bars
Cork Music Taking place in various venues in Cork City, the renowned, the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival features over 1,000 musicians in dozens of performances at 70 venues citywide with over 95% of music sessions free of entry charges – and is … The Guinness Cork Jazz Festival : 23 – 25 October 2015
Cork Music The Cork Folk Festival 2nd-5th October is an annual music event that takes place in Ireland’s southern capital, Cork. The 36 year old festival is emerging as one of the most important folk & traditional music events in Ireland and … Cork Folk Festival : 1-4 October
Music An interview with Paul Hillier and Alan Leech of Chamber Choir Ireland filmed at the Kilkenny Festival and ahead of the Choir’s upcoming tour of Ireland in November and December 2015. The Choir is the country’s flagship choral ensemble and … Chamber Choir Ireland
Music Following a huge audience response to its introduction in the 2014 Festival, Secret Garden Music returns with a unique series of free, pop-up concerts, twice each afternoon, for audiences of all ages from 2 to 102. Major international and Irish … Kilkenny Arts Festival : Secret Garden Music
Music “I shall stay the way I am, because I do not give a damn!” – Dorothy Parker Composer Trevor Knight and singer Honor Heffernan are delighted to present The Whistling Girl, featuring new musical settings of the poetry of the … Trevor Knight and Honor Heffernan : The Whistling Girl