After a long two years wait, we welcome back the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations with huge excitement. The St. Patrick’s day festival will run for three days from 17th – 19th March in Waterford City. The following events are scheduled throughout the festival to celebrate both Irish and local culture in Ireland’s best...
Entertainment
Mad Ferrit at Theatre Royal – A Wild Saturday Night Beer Supernova
Mad Ferrit at Theatre Royal – A Wild Saturday Night Beer Supernova
Liam Murphy Fans and friends gathered for the show in the Theatre Royal with the ace Waterford Oasis tribute band – Mad Ferritt. People were hyper and happy as they greeted friends they might not have seen in years. The anticipation was fizzing, and the band, augmented by three string players, two brass and a...
City gears up for Royal visit
City gears up for Royal visit
Justine Dwyer Rumours are rife this week that Waterford is gearing up for a royal visit from the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall on March 24th- despite no confirmation being forthcoming from the British Embassy or Waterford City & County Council. However, several local councillors confirmed that they had...
BVOF/RIAM Next Generation Awards
BVOF/RIAM Next Generation Awards
Blackwater Valley Opera Festival and the Royal Irish Academy of Music have announced a transformative new music prize to support the studies of two Masters students every year at Ireland’s National Music Conservatoire. The largest bursary of its kind in Ireland, the BVOF/RIAM Next Generation Awards will select...
‘The Sunday Series’- A Celebration of Sondheim with Rory Walsh
‘The Sunday Series’- A Celebration of Sondheim with Rory Walsh
Christ Church Cathedral Proudly Presents ‘The Sunday Series’- A Celebration of Sondheim with Rory Walsh “Could it be? Yes, it could. Somethin’s comin’, somethin’ good” – The wonderful words of Mr Stephen Sondheim, and how right he is! Welcome back the return of local musical theatre and join...
Opera hits new high notes for 2022- Free open-air recitals and programmes for schools
Opera hits new high notes for 2022- Free open-air recitals and programmes for schools
Blackwater Valley Opera Festival – Ireland’s Summer Opera Festival – returns for 2022 with Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice -conducted by Peter Whelan and directed by David Bolger, from 31 May – 6 June in Lismore, Co. Waterford. This year’s opera production will feature new artistic collaborations with the acclaimed Irish...
Well Festival of Arts and Wellbeing (February 7th to 12th)
Well Festival of Arts and Wellbeing (February 7th to 12th)
The countdown is on to this year’s Well Festival of Arts and Wellbeing which opens on Monday next in Waterford and online and continues until Saturday, February 12th. Well features an inspirational line-up of fun, free, inventive and sociable arts events for all ages. Early highlighs include Doodling for Wellbeing...
St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations set to return to Waterford
St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations set to return to Waterford
Following a two year hiatus Waterford City and County Council is delighted to announce that March 2022 will see the return of the much loved and dearly missed St. Patrick’s Day Parade. While official celebrations were postponed due to Covid-19 in 2020 and 2021, the most anticipated event on the national calendar is...
WELL FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND WELLBEING 2022
WELL FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND WELLBEING 2022
Fancy a lift?, Doodling for Wellbeing and Small Acts, Well Festival of Arts and Wellbeing 2022 programme has been launched with the Festival running ffrom Monday, February 7th to Saturday, February 12th. Well features an inspirational line-up of fun, free, inventive and sociable arts events for all ages. In this,...
HOW TO FALL FLAT ON YOUR FACE – A new one-woman play by Katie Honan
HOW TO FALL FLAT ON YOUR FACE – A new one-woman play by Katie Honan
Catherine Power Waterford actress Katie Honan, whose new one-woman play ‘How To Fall Flat On Your Face’ runs in Garter Lane in March, moved to London two and a half years ago to further her career as an actor. Honan explained to the Munster Express the reasons behind her decision to move. Katie Honan “I left...
Art Exhibition at GOMA – BREAKING BORDERS
Art Exhibition at GOMA – BREAKING BORDERS
Liam Murphy GOMA (The Gallery Of Modern Art) Lombard St, is first into new exhibition mode with a 2021 Emerging Curator Awardee show. In partnership with the Theatre Royal and funded by Waterford City and County Council and The Arts Council, Valeria Ceregini was the successful applicant. Her selection for this...
Jordan’s Sesh Online
Jordan’s Sesh Online
Liam Murphy Tuesday’s online Jordan’s American Bar music session has been a lifeline, an extension of the family for the many good souls who loved a musical session in good company and convivial banter. Andy Jordan’s on the Quay – the American Bar – has been in my lifetime a conduit, a...
