The grand tour is coming back to the Royal
Fri, Jul 02, 2010
It’s the show that sold out 20 consecutive nights when it first hit the circuit in January 2010 and now three of the most successful artists in Ireland have come together for another tour and it is coming to The Royal Theatre on October 20.
Read more ...Friday night cabaret returns at the Royal Theatre
Fri, Jul 02, 2010
Friday night is cabaret night this summer at The Royal Theatre with Fine Girl Ye Are, The High Kings, De Dannan, and Crystal Swing all leading the line up on different nights this summer in the Royal Theatre. Fine Girl Ye Are kick off things next Friday July 9. It’s a fantastic new show of Irish music, song, and dance celebrating the story of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem - performed by The Kilkennys. It's a cabaret show full of energy, emotion, fun, and history. The show promises to feature a night’s worth of music, dancing, and craic and will included much loved songs as ‘The Holy Ground’, ‘I’ll tell me Ma!’, ‘The Bold O’Donoghue’, and ‘The Irish Rover’.
Read more ...The Coronas for special end of summer show at the Royal
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
The Meteor Award winning Coronas are coming to The Royal Theatre Castlebar this summer on August 20. Two very successful albums, Heroes and Ghosts and Tony was an Ex-Con, including their recently released single ‘Someone Else’s Hands’, have ensured this Irish band is receiving wide ranging support and affection from fans
Read more ...Gift Grub live at the Royal
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
The brainchild of comedian and satirist Mario Rosenstock, the phenomenal Gift Grub returns to Castlebar after its previous sell out show last April. With nine top five albums and more than half a million CD sales, Gift Grub is the biggest selling Irish comedy/spoken word CD of all time. Catch all your favourite Gift Grub characters live on stage for this comedy extravaganza. Featuring Roy, Daniel, Jose, Bertie, Cowen, and many more.
So popular was Mario's portrayal of José Mourinho singing ‘José And His Amazing Technicolor Overcoat’ that 'The Special One' invited Mario to perform at a private show for the entire Chelsea squad. The song was subsequently released, with Mourinho's blessing, as a hit single. Similarly in December 2005, a parody of Will Young's song ‘Leave Right Now’ relating to the events surrounding Roy Keane's dismissal from Manchester United was released as a charity single and went straight in at the number one position on the Irish Christmas charts.
Read more ...Finbar Hoban presents a fundraising night for Castlebar skate park
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
In association with Skate Park for Castlebar, Finbar Hoban Presents is organising a night of music in Bar Ritz tonight (Friday) starting at 9pm. Local bands will play free of charge to help raise funds for the Castlebar skate park campaign.
The skate park campaign was started in February 2010 after John Faherty saw the need for a skate park in Castlebar. The campaign has received great support from young and old. Thanks to local councillors, a motion for the Castlebar Town Council was put forward in March and the council agreed to provide a site and build a skate park. The ball was well and truly rolling. The benefits would include bringing people into Castlebar from all over Ireland for competitions. It would be an added attraction to the town and these sports are gaining popularity. There are skate parks popping up all over Ireland, they are catering for the people who like alternative sports. These parks are giving young people a challenging environment to learn a new sport, to socialise and meet new people. These sports are also easily accessible to people from all classes as they are not expensive.
Read more ...Conal Gallen charity show at the Royal Theatre
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
The Royal Theatre will welcome back Conal Gallen with special guests including Frank Mc Caffrey, Lisa Mc Hugh, Jane McNamee as they come together for one fantastic show in aid of The Temple Street Hospital for Sick Children.
Read more ...Austrian quartet in Holy Trinity Church, Westport
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
Mayo County Council's Summer Music Series will feature seven musical performances in venues all around the county. Achill, Ballyhaunis, Belmullet, Westport, Ballina, Charlestown and Louisburgh are all stops on the Summer Music Series in 2010. Many tastes are catered for in an exciting, eclectic programme featuring some of the finest musical talent represented in the form of local, national and international musicians. Booking is essential and can be done through Mayo County Council Arts Office. All events are free of charge.
Read more ...Ger Mayock retrospective at the Linenhall
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
Currently on show in the gallery of the Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar is Meadowsweet: A Retrospective, an exhibition that brings together the work of artist Ger Mayock who died in May 2006. Mayock grew up in Ross West, near Castlebar, and his childhood experiences of traditional Irish music and culture went on to inform and inspire a body of work including sculpture, writing, film, music composition, and photography. A close bond with wood and stone dominated Mayock’s work during the final years of his life and he produced a very significant body of sculpture, much of which is on view at this retrospective exhibition. In Mayock’s own words, “The carvings that I make are capturing a moment, be it from a dream or a reality, like an image or, more accurately, a state of mind we have all known from a day or from a lifetime, common to us all and unique to each one of us”. The exhibition also includes Ger Mayock's writings, photography, and his short film War. The exhibition runs until Saturday July 3.
Read more ...Bumpflakes: Nuisancebears exhibition at Ballina Arts Centre
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
Bumpflakes is a major new exhibition by Nuisancebears, aka Sligo-born sculptor Nick Devaney. The work of Nuisancebears occupies a cultural geography inhabited by the likes of Jimmy Durham and Gabriel Orozco, a land where familiar, everyday objects, and cultural references conspire to create glimpses of alternative possibilities that are both engaging and provocative. Concrete kerbing combines with the likes of cocktail umbrellas, cornflakes consort with speed bumps, an ice-fishing hut provides a life-size studio/laboratory for the implied-but-absent ‘scientist/artist’ author of these works. Admission is free and all are welcome to attend, the exhibition runs until July 3.
Read more ...Daniel O’Donnell makes a welcome return to Castlebar
Fri, Jun 18, 2010
Daniel O’Donnell returns to Castlebar for one night on Saturday July 24. It has been 18 months since Daniel O’Donnell has played The Royal Theatre and his fans have been eagerly awaiting this show. Donegal’s favourite son, Daniel O’Donnell needs no introduction to audiences. Daniel’s success has spread far beyond his native shores and he is a major figure in the music scene in Europe, North America, and the UK. In fact, such has been his impact in Britain that in 2002 he was awarded an honorary MBE for his services to the music industry. However Daniel himself has declared that the award which he holds dearest to his heart is being named as Donegal Person of the Year in 1989.
Read more ...The Big Man is Back
Fri, Jun 18, 2010
The Royal Theatre welcomes back Big Tom and the Mainliners to the Royal Theatre for a dance on Saturday July 17. The man who is known as Ireland’s King of Country Music will take to the stage for a one night only dance at 9pm. The last time Big Tom was here the numbers that came out to see him were incredible, and there is no doubt that it will be the same again. “We know that demand for accommodation around Castlebar and neighbouring areas is going to be huge, even more so than last time, as Big Tom fans travel from all parts of Ireland and overseas,” said Pat Jennings of the Royal Theatre. “It is testament to his enduring appeal as a man of the people that he is still the king after all those years.”
Read more ...Mary Black returns to the Royal Theatre
Fri, Jun 18, 2010
Castlebar welcomes back Mary Black to the Royal Theatre this summer as she takes to the stage on Saturday July 31. Mary Black has long held the attention of the followers of Irish music as one of the finest female vocalists in the world, and she never lets her fans down.
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