Formed in 2017, Sheerbuzz is a Donegal-based alt-rock band made up of four long-time childhood friends, Lachlann Ó Fionnáin, Lughan Devenny, Adam Grady and Evan McGinty. Since moving away for college a few years back, gigs and releases have been few and far between. However, this summer, they’re back with two brand-new tracks and a …
A rare chance to see the 2022 thriller ‘Spears’ on the big screen, followed by a Q & A with the film’s director Gerard Lough. Released in cinemas last year, Spears, is a thriller from Donegal director Gerard Lough. Packed with twists and turns, the plot kicks off when a Private Investigator is sent from Donegal to Florence, …
Pretty Happy is a 3-piece sister-brother-best friend art-punk band from Cork known for intense theatrical live performances and embracing the idioms and energy of their home city. 2022 was an eventful year for sister-brother-bestfriend Cork City art-rock trio Pretty Happy. They released their debut vinyl EP Echo Boy on the Foggy Notions label to great …
Pretty Happy, Arn. + Lunch Machine/Tuath (Earagail Arts Festival) Read More »
RTÉ Choice Music Prize (Irish Album of the Year) award nominated Anna Mieke’s deft songwriting and enveloping compositions have asserted her as a vital voice amongst Ireland’s alt-folk genre. The Irish multi-instrumentalist and songwriter based in Wicklow toes the line between folk forms and vivid dreamscapes, drawing on traditional and contemporary motifs. The lyrically ornate …
Stories shape us. We shape our stories. Our place adds the flavour! Fadó Fadó is back again this year after its success in last year’s festival, where it was screened to a live audience and watched thousands of times online. Artist, animator, and educator John D Ruddy, aka Manny Man, will once again help a …
Fadó Fadó – Stories from All Over (Earagail Arts Festival) Read More »
Presented in partnership with Ceol na Coille 2023 Born into a musical family, siblings Séamus & Caoimhe Uí Fhlatharta hail from the village of An Áird Mhóir in the Gaeltacht region of Connemara, County Galway. They are noted for their sean nós singing (unaccompanied traditional Irish vocal performance in the Irish language) and their unique arrangements of both Irish and English language songs. They take a particular interest in vocal …
Séamus & Caoimhe Uí Fhlatharta + Roisin & Ella McGrory (Concert) Read More »
All Ages Alternative Music Show Adore is a melodic garage rock trio made up of Lachlann Ó Fionnáin on bass and vocals, Naoise Jordan Cavanagh on drums, and Lara Minchin on guitar and vocals. Their rowdy recent live performances have been described as ‘featuring great songs, powered by a supercharged rhythm section with highly engaging …
Has your computer or phone ever made you say something funny in an email or a text message? We’re making a game show for the AI era called Who Wants To Write An Email? It will be staged similarly to Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. Contestants from the audience will take the hot seat …
WORKSHOP: Co-Create a game show about AI with an artist and researcher! Read More »
‘Icons; The Photography of Martin Parr and Sophie Calle’ “Apparently trivial matters…when peered at carefully, reveal crucial expressions of private and social identity.” – Nicholas Bunker, ‘Sign of the Times’ Photographers Martin Parr and Sophie Calle take photographs of the very ordinary. They are described as being ‘social documentary’ photographers with subject matter focusing on …
Composed by Finola Merivale, with libretto by Jody O’Neill, directed by Jo Mangan. Experience the world’s first virtual reality community opera! Ecology, nature and flight from danger fire up this new work developed with communities from Inis Meáin, Tallaght and rural Ireland. Become Nalva as she and her people flee a land that has been …
Irish National Opera present: Out of the Ordinary – A Virtual Reality Opera Read More »
