Upcoming

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Scratching the Surface: Jane Dunn exhibition

Scratching the Surface: Jane DunnOfficial Opening Wednesday 5 th July, 8pmIn 2015, Jane Dunn travelled from Naples in Brasilicata National Park, Southern Italy, to stay in Noepoli, a medieval hill top village. During that visit she experienced a sensual and visual journey through tastes and smells, colours and heat, ancient towns and mountainous landscapes, old doorways, bleached plasters, frescos and archways, siennas and umbers, olive groves and tiled roofs.Sumptuous delights filled those days and these works are her response to that journey. Paintings are on canvas, multimedia board and paper in oil, cold wax and mixed media.Jane Dunn graduated in ...

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Here and Now: Diarmuid Delargy exhibition

Official Opening Friday 14th July, 8pm Diarmuid Delargy is a renowned Irish artist- a painter, print-maker and sculptor; he studied at the Slade School of Art. He is a member of Aosdana, The Royal Society of Painter/ Printmakers, London and of the Royal Ulster Academy. “This exhibition is a vignette of studio concerns of mine over the past nine years,” he says of Here and Now. “There are several main recurring themes based around the dominant motif of Art and Extinction. These works are a visual conversation, loosely referenced, informed by time spent in print-making, particularly intaglio, with all its richness ...

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Modern Irish Quartet music

The Modern Irish Quartet Friday 4th August, 8pm The Modern Irish Quartet (MIQ) was formed in 2012 by American Vibraphone player Tony Miceli and Irish drummer John Daly who has been involved with the jazz scene in Limerick most of his adult life and has played with some of the greats including Louis Stewart, Jim Doherty, Noel Kelehan, Richie and Michael Buckley, Linley Hamilton, Ken Peplowski and Julian Siegel. The band toured extensively in 2013 with a very exciting programme paying homage to one of the greatest jazz quartets of all time: The Modern Jazz Quartet. This with the band’s ...

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Mayo Manchester Tradfest Gala Concert music

Mayo Manchester Tradfest Annual Charity Gala Concert This special evening will be donating all its profits to the Manchester Emergency Appeal to help those people and families who were caught up in the recent Terrorist attack in Manchester. Now in its fifth year with a cast of just over one hundred Irish singers, musicians and dancers from Mayo and Manchester the Mayo Manchester Gala Concert at the Ballina Arts Centre promises to be a night to remember. The event has been kindly sponsored by Rosgal Civil Engineering, Manchester. Hosted by 'The Voice of Old Trafford' Mr Alan Keegan from Manchester ...

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory / Mamma Mia music

The Centre Stage Vocal Academy and Stage Heroes Academy students will present the Roald Dahl classic, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory followed by the West End/Broadway musical Mamma Mia based on the songs of legendary Swedish group ABBA!!! Featuring Ballina’s best young talent in the cast it’s sure to be a night of lots of fun and entertainment not to be missed!! Tickets: €10 / €7. Early booking advised.

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How's Your Father?: Conal Gallen theatre

How’s Your Father?: Conal Gallen Ballina Arts Centre Saturday 9th September, 8pm How's Your Father? is a non-stop, laugh a minute riot of craic, confusion and constant laughter! It's the hilarious brand new comedy play from the cream of Irish comedy! Father and son team, Conal and Rory Gallen have written probably their funniest comedy play to date! A B&B! A Landlady! A Priest! A Jockey! A Mystery! Bridie Murphy opens Bridie's Boutique B&B, much to her husband Willie's bewilderment! "This is a B&B which has to be seen to be believed!! - Tripadvisor" With their young, confused neighbour, Dick, having some family ...

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The Esposito Quartet music

Mia Cooper and Anna Cashell, violins, Joachim Roewer, viola, and William Butt, cello have a combined bounty of experience as orchestra leaders, principals, professors, recital and recording artists. Their common love of the quartet treasury drove them in 2010 to ignore it no longer and seek each other out. Their name reflects their admiration for Michele Esposito, pianist and composer, who for forty years from 1888 was the initiator for much of the chamber music making in Dublin through the establishment of The Royal Dublin Society. Programme Schubert: String Quartet No. 2 in C major, D.32 Esposito. String Quartet No.1 ...

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The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ theatre

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ By Sue Townsend Bruiser Theatre Company Tuesday 10th October, 8pm “Perhaps when my diary is discovered people will understand the torment of being a thirteen and three quarter-year old intellectual….” Bruiser’s 20th Anniversary Production! All the agonies of Sue Townsend’s loveable loser are brought to life by the boisterous Bruiser Theatre Company. Hilariously captured in his secret diary, adolescence doesn’t offer much for our Adrian. His parents' crumbling marriage, spots and bullies, his unrequited love for Pandora, and the erratic behaviour of his dog - his teenage world is an outrageous triumph ...

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The Dublin City Ramblers music

The Dublin City Ramblers have thrilled audiences worldwide for 35 years with their blend of ballads, folk, wit, and foot-tapping music. The Ramblers’ impressive career has spanned more than 35 years, with over 30 albums, top ten hits, several awards for best ballad/folk group and, to top it all off, eight Gold Albums. No wonder they are classed as Ireland’s Number One Ballad Group! Original member, Sean McGuinness, has kept The Ramblers (as they are affectionately known), going throughout the years, and they are now stronger than ever. They have performed at every major venue in Ireland and abroad, including ...

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The Dublin City Ramblers music

The Dublin City Ramblers Friday 27th October, 8pm The Dublin City Ramblers have thrilled audiences worldwide for 35 years with their blend of ballads, folk, wit, and foot-tapping music. The Ramblers’ impressive career has spanned more than 35 years, with over 30 albums, top ten hits, several awards for best ballad/folk group and, to top it all off, eight Gold Albums. No wonder they are classed as Ireland’s Number One Ballad Group! Original member, Sean McGuinness, has kept The Ramblers (as they are affectionately known), going throughout the years, and they are now stronger than ever. They have performed at ...