Upcoming Music Events

Jun
29
19:00

Centre Stage Vocal Academy: The Little Mermaid  music finished

The Little Mermaid  Centre Stage Vocal Academy Saturday 29th June 7pm  Centre Stage Vocal Academy presents their Stage School concerts with – on Saturday 29th June: The Little Mermaid performed by their Junior Stage School. Special guests will include the Centre Stage Academy Choir, and National School and Secondary School singers performing a selection of pop melodies. Tickets: €10 adults & over 12s; €8 children and OAPs.  Early booking advised.
May
17
20:00

Kristy Cox  music finished

Chart-toppin’ Nashville-based Kristy Cox, Australia’s biggest bluegrass & country music export, is on quite the roll, and she’s rolling right into Ballina! Capturing attention with her powerful singing style, youthful energy-infused bluegrass, and song writing acumen, she continues to enjoy radio & television success in both the US and in her native Australia where she’s a multi award-winning Australian Country Music Awards Golden Guitar recipient – most recently she picked up the 2019 Golden Guitar for Bluegrass Album of the Year for early 2018’s Ricochet. Kristy has appeared at major festivals across Australia, Europe and the US, including an official ...
May
16
20:00

Mayo Chamber Choir - as part of the Mayo International Choral Festival  music finished

The Mayo Chamber Choir will be joined by guests the Coe Concert Choir (from Iowa, USA), the Music Generation Mayo Harp Ensemble and Mount St. Michael Secondary School Senior Choir (Claremorris, Co. Mayo) for this not-to-be-missed concert. Under the baton of Director, Niamh O'Kelly, International Composer and former Head of Music at Castlebar College of Further Education, the Mayo Chamber Choir will once again delight their audience with an array of choral gems. Tickets: €15. Early booking advised.
May
10
18:00

The WhistleBlast Quartet & The Greatest Challenge  music finished

The WhistleBlast Quartet (Ken Edge, Conor Linehan, Oonagh Keogh and Mary Curran) is enjoying a busy nationwide Composition Programme, funded by the Art Council’s Arts Grant Funding, Mayo Co Council, venues, Blackshell Farm Ltd and contributions from schools and Sligo Academy of Music. The Quartet has been working with six secondary and special schools and Sligo Youth Orchestra in county Mayo, Dublin and Kerry – including Balla and Swinford secondary schools, St. Dymphna’s Special School in Ballina, Clonturk Community College and Scoil Chiarian’s in Dublin, and Mercy Mount Hawk and St Ita’s in Tralee. This has been a fabulous opportunity ...
Mar
15
20:00

Declan O'Rourke  music finished

Declan O'Rourke Friday 15th March, 8pm Declan O’Rourke is a highly successful Irish artist, acclaimed by his peers, and having achieved many plaudits with his five albums released to date. Declan’s soulful music, rooted in folk and trad, has attracted the praise of countless industry giants, including John Prine, and Paul Weller, among others. O’Rourke’s songwriting style moves faultlessly between impressionism, and storytelling, and can be at home in almost any form. A dynamic performer, he is at once as comfortable fronting a 50-piece orchestra, as playing solo with a guitar. Songs of Declan’s have been covered by a growing ...
Feb
15
20:00

Ven_ture  music finished

Ven_ture Friday 15th February, 8pm Ven_ture is a traditional music trio - Anne Brennan (vocals); Joseph McNulty (violin); and David Munnelly (accordion) – which came about by way of a conversation about working on some new arrangements and ideas for the voice and simple and unconventional accompaniment. The trio loves the process of planning new arrangements for old music and even composing new melodies keeping in mind the unique bare sound produced by accordion and fiddle but playing non-conventionally and creating new sounds in the process. Also to accompany songs with the non-conventional instruments you associate with song arrangement Belmullet ...
Feb
9
20:00

Take Me Home, Colleen  music finished

Take Me Home, Colleen Written & Performed by Brendan Farrell A story of love and loss, hope and resilience... Take Me Home, Colleen is a collection 12 original songs and stories, backed up by a cinematic visual experience, which tell the story of two young lovers and their struggles to survive the so-called Irish ‘Potato Famine’. It is 1845 and the people of Killala in North Mayo are faced with the mot desperate of realities. Sean Óg Gaughan will have to fight to save his family, while Colleen will have to fight to save her dreams. Written, directed and performed ...
Dec 2018
21
19:00

Centre Stage Vocal Academy- Christmas Show 2018  music finished

Centre Stage Vocal Academy's annual Christmas show, this year featuring songs from Frozen and Rise of the Guardians.
Dec 2018
5
20:00

Oliver with a Twist!  music finished

The fantastic Heroes for Hospice group are back in action this December with their acclaimed musical production Oliver with a Twist! This local fundraising group burst onto our stage in December 2014 with their sell-out production Beyond the Barricade and the rest, as they say, is history. The group added to that success when they brought us their own unique interpretation of the well-loved Dickens classic Oliver Twist. As with Beyond the Barricade all the profits from this production will be donated to the Mayo-Roscommon Hospice. All Tickets: €15. Early booking strongly advised.       
Dec 2018
4
20:00

Oliver with Twist!  music finished

The fantastic Heroes for Hospice group are back in action this December with their acclaimed musical production Oliver with a Twist! This local fundraising group burst onto our stage in December 2014 with their sell-out production Beyond the Barricade and the rest, as they say, is history. The group added to that success when they brought us their own unique interpretation of the well-loved Dickens classic Oliver Twist. As with Beyond the Barricade all the profits from this production will be donated to the Mayo-Roscommon Hospice. All Tickets: €15. Early booking strongly advised.       
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