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Roscommon Arts Centre has planned a packed programme of music to ring in the early new year with concerts from Johnny Carroll, Johnny McEvoy, The Fureys and Davey Arthur, My Brother Joe - The Story of Joe Dolan, and much more.

One of the biggest names on the Irish comedy scene, Neil Delamere, returns to Roscommon with his highly anticipated new show Smart Bomb. Renowned for acutely observed yarns and his signature whip smart audience banter, don’t miss this comedy livewire in action in the Roscommon Arts Centre on Friday January 10. Tickets are on sale now and are proving popular, so early booking is highly recommended.

Red Kettle Theatre Company make their debut at Roscommon Arts Centre next Tuesday and Wednesday November 26 and 27 with a brand new production Beyond the Brooklyn Sky, written by Michael Hilliard Mulcahy and directed by Peter Sheridan.

Tommy Fleming returns to Roscommon Arts Centre as part of his biggest Irish tour to date, performing here on Friday November 1. After the success of his recently released album Begin and his 2012 tour, performing to 50,000 people across Ireland, Tommy returns to Roscommon after a hugely successful open air concert in Lough Key as part of The Gathering celebrations last May.

LotusEater are a four piece trip/rock band who will perform at the Roscommon Arts Centre gallery as part of their ongoing collaboration with artist Aoibheann Greenan. The band’s performance will incorporate the costumes and props that have, up until that point, acted as sculptural assemblages in the gallery space. The band will activate the works within the space and will be the closing act for Greenan’s solo exhibition in the gallery space.

Roscommon Arts Centre is delighted to announce two wonderful arts-based summer camps which are sure to keep the little ones busy during the summer holidays.

LotusEater is the title of an ongoing collaboration between Aoibheann Greenan and a Dublin-based band of the same name. The project explores various levels at which the work can be experienced and disseminated, and will take multiple forms; an immersive installation consisting of sculptural assemblages, props, and costumes; a one-night music performance. The exhibition will evolve as works are added throughout the exhibition’s duration culminating in the LotusEater performing in the gallery space.

The Six Marys, written and performed by Athlone native Jean Farrell, is a comical yet poignant look at life, from childhood in the 1950s, to the present day.

Award-winning actor and director Mikel Murfi is set to tour his one man show The Man in the Woman’s Shoes to 17 venues across Ireland this May, stopping in Roscommon for a performance at Roscommon Arts Centre on Friday May 3.

The Speks appear at Roscommon Arts Centre for two performances only (12pm and 3pm) on Saturday August 18. The Speks are a traditional Irish music band for kids who perform their nursery rhymes and sing-along songs uniquely set to acoustic Irish music while encouraging kids to sing and dance along. Their music has been described as Riverdance for toddlers and grown-up music for kids.