Parke Arts and Drama group will play it again

Fri, Nov 20, 2015

Following on from their performance of two plays on one night when last weekend in Parke Community Hall, the drama group are hitting the road to Westport tomorrow night when they will take to the stage in the newly opened Town Hall theatre in the town.

Do you know who Goldilocks is?

Fri, Nov 20, 2015

For the past two months there as not only been a lot of talk regarding Castlebar Pantomime’s move to Breaffy Areana, but also of who is playing Goldilocks! The directors of the show Sharon Lavelle and Antoinette Starken have been keeping the identity of the actress under close wraps! And its no good trying to get information out of other cast members or committee.  “No Comment”  seems to be the new mantra amongst cast and crew!!

Chris Woods comes to Castlebar

Fri, Nov 13, 2015

The brilliant Chris Wood performs at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Thursday, November 26 at 8pm. Dubbed “the renaissance man of English folk” by no less than The Irish Times, Chris Wood is one of England’s most vivid and arresting song writers, weaving the tradition with his own contemporary parables.

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.

They are also reviving in Dublin the Saturday afternoon gigs that were once a feature of venues like McGonagles, the Underground and the Rock Garden, introducing young people to the excitement of live music again. The tickets sales follow the huge success EDS enjoyed in Vicar Street playing to 1,500 in August.

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.

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