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IF YOU want something done properly, do it yourself. Sometimes it is the only feasible approach. It certainly was for James Vincent McMorrow as it saved him from artistic frustration and inertia, and helped him create a starling debut album and launch him on a potentially exciting musical journey.

Kilkenny will be the venue for an action-packed schedule of world-class talent in music, theatre, craft, dance and literature for this year’s Kilkenny Arts Festival, which runs from August 5 to 14.

It was a celebration of a stellar first year for the Set Theatre and the entertainment on show for the night was a perfect snapshot of what the stunning venue has brought to Kilkenny over the last 12 months.

Following a hugely successful gig in the Set Theatre last week for the Set’s first birthday party, James Vincent McMorrow has planned yet another Kilkenny date.

The south-east venue that’s been the talk of many musicians and music lovers over the last year, Set Theatre will celebrate its first birthday on Thursday September 16.

BY THE sea, in a house full of beat up instruments, only one microphone, very little engineering knowledge, and plenty of patience, was where James Vincent McMorrow recorded his songs.

That’s the title to one of the songs played by Jason and The Scorchers in the Set Theatre last Sunday night and everyone in the packed out venue would surely agree.

Whether you are celebrating 300 years or 13 years, there can be few better ways to kick off the festivities than the sounds of Josh Ritter, a songwriter at the top of his game.

Ireland’s foremost roots music festival returns to Kilkenny for the May Bank Holiday weekend with a mixture of revered favourites and new treasures to unearth.