Kilkenny Arts Festival Launches
The full programme for the Kilkenny Arts Festival has been revealed this morning with the festival launching in Dublin and Kilkenny this afternoon and this evening respectively. This year is the first...
View ArticleThe Minutes to miss Light Colour Sound
The Minutes, previously announced for Light Colour Sound, have had to withdraw from next month’s festival at Shankill Castle, Paulstown. Following the recent cancellation of our Whelan’s show due to...
View ArticleKerbdog’s Congregation PledgeMusic Drive Off to a Flyer
Yesterday, Kerbdog announced more of the details behind their third official album release. Some 17 years after the release of On The Turn and 20 years on from their debut LP Kerbdog, the band are...
View ArticleLight Colour Sound Festival Stage Times
Light Colour Sound Festival Stage Times With this year’s Light Colour Sound festival just days away, the long awaited stage times and full day by day breakdown for the festival has been released. With...
View ArticleLight Colour Sound Video Highlights
So the first outing for the Light Colour Sound festival has come and gone, Friday and Saturday of this past weekend seeing music fans in their droves make their way to Shankill Castle at Paulstown to...
View ArticleDiosco Na Mbo with MOOT this weekend
This Saturday night sees MOOT putting on its second club night at Brewery Corner in Parliament Street. The night welcomes Dioscó na Mbó to Kilkenny, an Irish band who seem to be up to their eyelids in...
View ArticleWIN: Tickets to DEEP at Kilkenny Arts Festival
Picture the scene. It’s the summer of 1988 and Cork’s emigration generation are taking refuge from their troubles on the dancefloor, following the beat of a new musical movement bursting from Ireland’s...
View ArticleTickets On Sale for Kerbdog Congregation Tour
The first (and as yet only) Irish date of Kerbdog‘s Congregation tour sees tickets go on sale this morning from 10am. The band release their third official album, Congregation, some seventeen years...
View ArticleGig Listings at SoKilkenny.com
Looking for music gig listings in Kilkenny or to find out who’s playing where and when? Having recently opened its virtual doors, SoKilkenny.com has taken over the Kilkenny Events Guide and a number of...
View ArticleKerbdog release Electricity video
All you need to do is watch. And soak it all up. via SoKilkenny.com. The post Kerbdog release Electricity video appeared first on KilkennyMusic.com.
View ArticleDeadline this Thursday for inclusion in AKA Fringe Festival as first...
If you’re planning on getting your event into this year’s AKA Fringe Festival programme, the deadline is fast approaching. Submissions for inclusion in this year’s print programme must be in by 31 May...
View ArticlePhotos: Meltybrains? live at Cat Laughs Comedy Festival
Did you miss Meltybrains? at Set Theatre over the comedy festival weekend? Fear not, Ian McDonnell was there with the camera to catch it all. Making a welcome return to the Marble City, the group were...
View ArticleThere is a Light that Never Goes Out: A celebration of Willie Meighan at...
If you were hedging your bets on sold out events at this year’s Kilkenny Arts Festival, the aptly-named There is a Light that Never Goes Out will be one. The night of music at St. Canice’s Cathedral,...
View ArticleGlen Hansard, Delcan O’Rourke add Irish element to Kilkenny Arts Festival’s...
Glen Hansard and Declan O’Rourke will be taking to the stage during this year’s Kilkenny Arts Festival. They’re just two standout Irish names adding a varied element to the classical-driven festival...
View ArticlePhotos: LE BOOM and Pillow Queens live in Kilkenny
LE BOOM and Pillow Queens lifted the roof off Brewery Corner last Saturday night. The night, serving as the Future Proof Summer Party is organised by Nialler9 & Homebeat, deslighed to shine a light...
View ArticleChasing Abbey announce Kilkenny date for this September
Fresh from a phenomenal weekend at Sea Seasons and supporting The Chainsmokers in Dublin’s RDS, Chasing Abbey have announced a return to Kilkenny for this Autumn. Their seven-date Irish tour sees a...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Bailer, Out of Habit, Worn Out, live at Cleere’s Theatre
Proving there’s still an appetite for heavy tunes in Kilkenny, Bailer, Out of Habit and Worn Out took to the stage in Cleere’s on Friday last. Ian McDonnell was on hand to pick up shots of all three...
View ArticleIn: Sight – Music and Arts in Callan this Friday and Saturday
In: Sight is a celebration of the arts in Callan, and it takes place this Friday and Saturday. Hot on the heels of this year’s Abhainn Ri Festival, the focus turns to visual arts and music this weekend...
View Article2018 AKA Fringe Launch Party is a go – and you’re invited
You can’t have AKA Fringe without an AKA Fringe Launch Party. This year’s Alternative Kilkenny Arts (AKA) is having not one, but two launch events this coming Wednesday 18 August. Fennelly’s of Callan...
View ArticlePhotos: Honor Heffernan at The Sofa Sessions
Ireland’s leading jazz vocalist, Honor Heffernan took to The Sofa Sessions at Billy Byrne’s on Thursday night. It’s a busy time of late for the Sofa Sessions, with weekly Thursday gigs heading into...
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