Ballina One Act Drama Festival prepares to host its fifth event
Fri, Oct 18, 2019
The Ballina One Act Drama Festival is now in its fifth year and will run from Friday November 1 to Sunday November 3 next.
Read more ...Music and fun promised at Balla Bluegrass Festival
Fri, Oct 18, 2019
Balla bluegrass Festival will return for the 11th time during the October Bank Holiday weekend, taking place from Saturday night (not from Friday as before). The Festival will keep the structure of two free gigs per night which will be staggered in time, to allow all music fans to enjoy both acts.
Read more ...Archealogy of Dún Chaocháin Peninsula featured on Culture Night
Fri, Oct 18, 2019
As part of National Culture Night 2019, a special event was organized in the Seanscoil, Ceathrú Thaidhg in Erris when artist Gareth Kennedy gave a presentation on a project developed over the last two years on the Dún Chaocháin Peninsula. This grew out of a commission to mark the 25th anniversary of the Tír Sáile Sculpture Trail, which was part of the Mayo 5000 celebrations back in 1993.
Read more ...Mon 30th Dec - Gavin James - The Royal Theatre Castlebar!
Tue, Oct 15, 2019
DATE: Monday 30th Dec
DOORS: 7 pm - SHOW 8 pm
Westport native Billy Clarke to launch debut album
Sat, Oct 05, 2019
Westport native Billy Clarke has just released his first official album and will play tracks from the album as well as music from some of the world's greatest folk artists who influenced him while writing the songs for the record at the album launch in Westport next month.
Read more ...Ballinrobe singer Faraway Martin enjoys life on the road
Sat, Oct 05, 2019
Ballinrobe singer/songwriter Faraway Martin doesn't do things by halves. The former music teacher packed in the day job last June in Qatar and came home to follow his dream. Now, he can be seen driving the highways and byways of Ireland on his mammoth 32 county tour, and, to add to the challenge, he decided to do it in 32 days, after buying a van and kitting it out for life on the road.
Read more ...Country and American Roots duo kick off busy Autumn entertainment Line-up at Garbo's
Fri, Oct 04, 2019
A number of top class artists are set to play at Garbo's in Castlebar between now and Christmas.
Read more ...Pat Kinevane’s immersive theatre experience at Ballina Fringe Festival
Fri, Oct 04, 2019
Festival-goers to this year’s Ballina Fringe Festival will be treated to another show-stopping performance by Cork actor Pat Kinevane, as he brings his latest tour de force, ‘Before’, to Ballina Arts Centre on Tuesday, October 15 with Fishamble Theatre Company.
Read more ...The Goldfinch - big star cast cannot rescue bad adaptation
Thu, Oct 03, 2019
This is the second film released in the last few months named after a painting. The first was The Souvenir, a beautiful low budget movie about a film student in 1980s London. This is the opposite - big budget (which unfortunately looks set to make an epic box office loss), all star cast, and based on a Pulitzer Prize winning novel.
Read more ...Crow Black Chicken and Johnny Gallagher and the Boxtie Band coming back to Castlebar
Fri, Sep 27, 2019
Saturday week October 5 sees the welcome return to Garbos, Mayo Leisure Point Moneen, Castlebar of Crow Black Chicken and on Saturday October 19 the venue showcases Johnny Gallagher and the Boxtie Band - a man who first played here in the legendary Desperate Dans.
Read more ...Do you have what it takes to take to the stage in Annie?
Fri, Sep 27, 2019
Auditions for Castlebar Musical and Dramatic Society’s fifth musical production, Annie will take place in the GMIT campus, Castlebar on Tuesday, October 8.
Read more ...Ad Astra - the most realistic vision of the future yet depicted on screen
Thu, Sep 26, 2019
AD ASTRA is Apocalypse Now meets 2001: A Space Odyssey - I do not claim to be the first to make that comparison - but that is a pretty great combination of stories, and surprising it has not been done already.
Read more ...