Art… ‘ARE YOU FEELING WELL?’ THE WELL FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND WELLBEING 28 Jan Are you feeling well? Well Festival of Arts and Wellbeing 2026 launches exciting lineup – lots of FREE arts events Music, art, dance/theatre, poetry, film and stories to lift people’s…
GOMA… GIG AT GOMA: BASCIVILLE SUPPORTED BY IVORY TUSK 12 Nov Basciville, an indie-folk-rock duo consiting of Cillian and Lorcan Byrne are coming to GOMA Waterford on Thursday 27th November at 7.30pm! Don't miss out on this exclusive opportunity to see…
Choir… HARMANIA INDIE CHOIR PRESENTS HAÇIENDA NIGHTS 10 Oct Bank Lane October 16th 2025 - Doors 8 pm. Harmania Indie Choir Present HAÇIENDA NIGHTS Indie and Club Classics including: The Stone Roses - Moby - The Happy Mondays - Soul…
Art… VOXES AND VALVES AT CATHEDRAL SQUARE 17 Sep Culture Night Waterford is happening THIS FRIDAY 19th September 🕺🕺💃💃 And as part of Culture Night, we are delighted to announce that 'Vox & Valves' is coming back, for one…
GOMA… WASHED OUT & FRIENDS | YOUTH GIG AT GOMA GALLERY 7 Dec Goma Gallery of Modern Art. Friday 20th December 2024. 6.30pm - 9.00 p.m. Join us for an incredible night of live music featuring local funk band Washed Out, with support…
GOMA… OPEN MIC NIGHT 28 Nov GOMA Gallery of Modern Art Saturday 14th DEC 7 p.m - 9.30 p.m. Calling all young musicians, writers or performers aged 15 - 19, come and take part in the…
Comedy… ALTERNATIVE CHRISTMAS CABARET! 22 Nov28 Jan DECEMBER 13TH, ST PATRICK'S GATEWAY - 19.30. Love In The Country Lesbian brings the Christmas Cabaret to Waterford, with Special Guest Bonnie Boux! Get ready for an outrageously queer holiday…
Concert… ENCHANTED EUROPEAN STRINGS 2 Nov Ardkeen Library Waterford.  Wednesday 6th November 2024 at 3.00 pm. Performing will be Istvan Barnacz (Hungry), Victoria Zhadko and Anna Kardakova (Ukraine). This is a Free event, however booking is…
GOMA… OPEN MIC NIGHT AT GOMA 12 Oct19 Mar Goma Gallery of Modern Art. Saturday 21st October 2023. 7.00 pm to 9.30 pm GOMA'S monthly open mic night is back on Saturday 21st October, showcasing the work of young…
music Music Network presents: Liz Knowles , Niwel Tsumbu, & Niall Vallely 25 Apr In May, Music Network presents an exciting new collaborative project featuring Kentucky fiddle and hardanger fiddle player Liz Knowles, Congolese guitarist and vocalist Niwel Tsumbu and Irish concertina player Niall…
Concert… WATERFORD-MUSIC PRESENT: IRELAND AND BEYOND 23 Mar10 Nov Large Room City Hall.Date: 20th April 2023. Time: 7.30 pm. Cormac Byrne – Bodhrán and Percussion Matthew Noone – Sarode Adam Summerhayes – Violin This special concert brings together three celebrated and diverse…
music ConCorda Chamber Music Course for Strings 2023 20 Mar Dear IAYO Members, Friends and Musicians, We are delighted to announce that applications for ConCorda 2023 are open. ConCorda will be hosted from 30th July – 7th August 2023 in Newtown School,…
Film project… A JAPANESE COMPOSERS WORKSHOP WITH RENOWNED ARTIST HIROAKI YOKOYAMA 25 Feb13 Apr Friday 31st March from 10 am to 12pm Film Mayo and Culture Works are delighted to present a Japanese composers workshop which will take place with artist Hiroaki (Hiro) Yokoyama on…
Arts Office Projects… WINTER SOLSTICE FIREDANCE 2022 15 Dec21 Dec The Millennium Plaza, December 21st 2022 from 6:30pm Fireworks & Rock n Roll With Special guests: The Bellefords at 7pm, Alan Power & The Aftershocks at 8pm And fireworks by…
music… SONGS OF STILLNESS WINTER POETRY READINGS IN ARDMORE 16 Nov14 Dec The Molly Keane House 8th December 2022 7:30pm to 9pm Readings from Sean Phobal poet Lani O'Hanlan and guest poet Mark Roper reading from his new collection 'Beyond Stillness'. With…
Education… ADULT MUSIC CLASSES: MUSIC THEORY (SOLFEGE) & SINGING CLASSES 16 Nov16 Nov Garter Lane Arts Centre, Every Saturday 11am to 12pm Every Saturday from 11.00am to 12.00pm at Garter Lane Arts Centre. This is ideal for improving music reading and singing technique…
music… WATERFORD-MUSIC PRESENTS: THE CALLING OF THE WILD GEESE 9 Nov2 Dec The Large Room, City Hall, Waterford, 1st December 2022, 7:30pm RóisÃn O’Grady Soprano Siobhán Armstrong Italian baroque harp and early Irish harp Cárthach MacCraith Sean-nós singer Tickets €17/€15/€5 England’s Williamite wars of the…
music… WATERFORD-MUSIC AND MUSIC NETWORK PRESENT: CHRISTIAN-PIERRE LA MARCA & FELICIEN BRUT 19 Oct19 Oct The Large Room, City Hall 18th Nov 2022 7:30pm Christian-Pierre La Marca celloFélicien Brut accordion How many things are unlikely about a cello and accordion duo? At first sight, it…
Imagine Arts Festival… SOUND & PORTRAITS, GALLERY TOUR & LIVE PERFORMANCES 17 Oct28 Oct FREE EVENING OF MUSIC & PERFORMANCES AT THE WATERFORD GALLERY OF ART AS PART OF IMAGINE ARTS FESTIVAL. 7PM, WED 26th OCT 2022 To coincide with the ‘Portraits: People &…
Concert… WATERFORD-MUSIC PRESENTS: LONGING: SHARON CARTY, JOHN FINUCANE & FINGAN COLLINS 14 Oct The Large Room, City Hall 9th November 2022 at 7:30pm Feelings of nostalgia and longing pervade the music for this attractive programme for clarinet, voice and piano which draws together…
music… WATERFORD-MUSIC & NATIONAL STRING QUARTET FOUNDATION PRESENT: PIROSMANI QUARTET 4 Oct The Large Room,  Wednesday 19th October 2022 at 7:30 pm Mairead Hickey - violin William Hagen - violin Georgy Kovalev - viola Ella van Poucke - cello Cork violinist Mairead…
Arts Opportunity… OPEN CALL: SOUND & PORTRAITS 14 Sep10 Nov The Waterford Gallery of Art (WGOA) and Waterford Arts Office are seeking proposals from musicians and sound artists to create new audio artworks to be performed as part of the…
Artlinks… FIRST MUSIC CONTACT REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 1 Sep8 Oct Welcome to the first step in the First Music Contact Regional Development project, a partnership with Carlow Arts Office, Kilkenny Arts Office, Waterford Arts Office and Wexford Arts Office First…
Festival… SUMMER IN THE CITY 2022: THE LAST HURRAH 26 Aug31 Aug Waterford City, 26th to the 28th August 2022 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WaterfordSITC
music… THE EKPHRASIS PROJECT 2022 10 Aug17 Aug Saturday August 13th at 11am & 2pm Don't miss this Saturday's free writing workshop and poetry readings in the gallery. 11am - Free Guided Writing Workshop with The Waxed Lemon editors Derek Flynn and…
Art… ALL TOGETHER NOW 29 Jul Curraghmore Estate, County Waterford, 29 to 31 July 2022 A three day festival of music, food, art, comedy, crafts and well-being. Gates open: at 09:00 Last entry at 22:00 Age…
music BACKSTAGE@THEROYAL PRESENTS PAUL J BOLGER & THE POOR RELATIONS FEAT TADHG WILLIAMS 28 Jul Theatre Royal, 12th August 2022, 8.30pm Paul J. Bolger has not rested on his laurels since releasing his self-titled album on Canadian label Wolfe Island Records in the summer of…
music BACKSTAGE@THEROYAL & EGG TWELVE RECORDS PRESENTS: WARD 28 Jul28 Jul Theatre Royal, 13th August 2022, 8pm Ward is the alias of Sean Ward, an 18-year-old multi-instrumentalist and producer from Waterford. Only producing music for under 2 years, the ‘one-stop-shop’ artist…
Dance… SPRAOI INTERNATIONAL STREET ARTS FESTIVAL RETURNS FOR 2022 28 Jul5 Aug Waterford City, 29th - 31st July 2022 Ireland’s premiere street arts party transforms Waterford into a giant stage on August Bank Holiday Weekend. The 30th Spraoi Festival returns featuring artists…
Concert… CONCORDA CHAMBER MUSIC COURSE FOR STRINGS 2022 FINALE CONCERT 28 Jul Waterford City Hall, Saturday 30th July 2022 at 3pm ConCorda Chamber Music Course for Strings will perform their finale concert in the beautiful Waterford City Hall at 3pm on Saturday,…
Garter Lane… COURTYARD SOUNDS FRIDAYS AT GARTER LANE 28 Jul17 Aug 22 July to 12th Aug 2022 at 5pm Courtyard Sounds at Garter Lane Arts Centre. Get away from the busy humdrum on the streets and join us for some mellow live…
music FREE TUNEFEST SUMMER LUNCHTIME SESSIONS AT THE OLD MARKET HOUSE ARTS CENTRE DUNGARVAN 20 Jul8 Sep If on Thursdays over the summer weeks you want some quality free music, pop into the Old Market House Arts Centre, Lower Main Street, Dungarvan from 12 noon to 1.30pm.…
Concert… Backstage@TheRoyal Presents Ashley Sheehan & Oran Byrne 12 Jul22 Jul Theatre Royal, 15th July, 8:30pm Ashley Sheehan has spent the lockdown writing and recording what will be the sixth studio album under the banner of Fighting Spiders. The album is…
music… Backstage@TheRoyal Presents Dollface & Connor Doyle 12 Jul12 Jul Theatre Royal, 16th July, 8:30pm Solo musician, artist, songwriter, and producer Dollface performed the opening concert for Eleanor McEvoy in 2016, was winner of the 2016 & 2017 Waterford Irish…
Concert… THE TRIANGLE FESTIVAL 5 Jul12 Jul A day of FREE live music outside the back stage door to the Theatre Royal, featuring Waterford musicians aged 14 and above...
General… BACKSTAGE@THEROYAL PRESENTS ASHLEY SHEEHAN & ORAN BYRNE 29 Jun Theatre Royal, 15th July, 8.30pm Ashley Sheehan has spent the lockdown writing and recording what will be the sixth studio album under the banner of Fighting Spiders. The album is…
Art… STILL TO COME THIS SUMMER IN THE CITY 23 Jun28 Jul Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays Aug 5th to July 24th 2022 Friday June 24th Monkey Harris [4pm - 6pm, John Robert’s Square]TBA Friday Night Churchyard Sessions [7pm, Viking Triangle] Saturday June…
