General… SONIC DREAMS FESTIVAL PROMO NIGHT WITH ROBERT CURGENVEN LIVE 15 Jul15 Jul Soma Contemporary Gallery, Lombard Street, Waterford on the 22nd July 20:00 - 23:30 An Evening Of Live Experimental Music by internationally acclaimed Australian composer Robert Curgenven Sonic Arts Waterford (SAW)…
General… IRISH YOUTH CHOIR – RHYME & REASON 15 Jul Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford Saturday, 23rd July 2016 @ 8pm The Irish Youth Choir presents its summer 2016 performances. “Rhyme and Reason” is the title for this year’s concerts and…
Art… SPROG 2016 12 Jul Garter Lane Arts Centre Mon 25 Jul - Sat 30 Jul sprOg, the pre-Spraoi festival for children & families. Now in its 17th year, sprOg continues to be the best…
General… COMING UP IN GARTER LANE 7 Jul7 Jul GOD BLESS THE CHILD Fri 8 Jul - Sat 9 Jul 8pm To mark the 50th anniversary of Frank O'Connor's death, and following its sold-out run in Waterford, Garter Lane…
Arts Council… POSITION VACANT: VISUAL ARTS & OUTREACH MANAGER – GARTER LANE 10 May13 May Closing Date Friday May 13, 2016. Garter Lane Arts Centre in Waterford is recruiting a Visual Arts & Outreach Manager (f/t). The Visual Arts & Outreach Manager will have responsibility for…
General… ‘STREETCAR’ CASTING CALL! 10 May11 May Dungarvan Town Hall Theatre: Casting Call for A Streetcar Named Desire - May 17th 20.00 Curtain Call Productions Dungarvan is delighted to announce that our next production is the iconic Pulitzer…
Arts Council… NICOLA COONEY WINS SEÁN DUNNE YOUNG POETS’ AWARD 6 May9 May Friday 6th May 2016 at 7pm in Greyfriars Municipal Gallery, Waterford City. The award will be presented by poet and this years judge Kathy D’Arcy. As a key part of…
General… OKLAHOMA IN THE THEATRE ROYAL 19 Apr13 May Theatre Royal, Waterford - May 3rd to 7th - 8pm Following their sold out award winning production of Carousel last year, Waterford Musical Society returns with another Rodgers and Hammerstein…
Film… FILM – HUBERT BUTLER: WITNESS TO THE FUTURE 19 Apr13 May Garter Lane Arts Centre, Sun 8 May, 19.30. Documentary film about the life and works of one of Irelands greatest writers, Hubert Butler. Operating as writer and market gardener from…
Garter Lane… LAST TWO NIGHTS! 11 Feb29 Mar 20:00pm Fri 25TH Mar - Sat 26 Mar, Theatre at Garter Lane Following rave reviews the run of Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye comes to an end this weekend in Garter…
Performance… VICKI GRAHAM JUNIOR STAGE SCHOOL: ONCE UPON A PANTO 29 Jan Theatre Royal Tuesday 02 to Wednesday 03 February 2016 at 7:30pm For their end of term show The Vicki Graham Junior Stage School present this charming kids pantomime with…
music DUKE SPECIAL – PIANO PAGES 29 Jan Theatre Royal Sunday 31st January at 8pm This will be a magical show exploring forgotten old dusty manuscripts along with songs from his most recent and well-received album, 'Look…
General THE GREATEST QUIZ EVER (ALMOST) 27 Jan27 Jan St Patrick’s Gateway Centre Wednesday 27th January 8.00pm. We are delighted to say that the next in our regular series of fundraising Table Quizzes will take place here in…
Art… ARTORAMA AT CENRAL ARTS 27 Jan29 Jan 6th Feb - 12th March at Central Arts Artorama is a fun and explorative six-week art class run by artist Lisa Murphy in Central Arts. Experimenting with different techniques such…
Art… UNWIND & BIND 27 Jan 12th April – 17th May every Tuesday, 7pm - 8:30pm Central Arts in association with South Paw Book Art presents ‘Unwind and Bind, A six week Book Art workshop. …
music DUNAILL FOLK GROUP FOR MUSIC AT THE MUSEUM 27 Jan 7th Feb 2016 at 12.30pm in the Medieval Museum Music at the Museum welcomes Folk Group Dúnaill on Sunday 7th February for the lunchtime concert.Formed in 2005, their style…
Opera… METROPOLITAN OPERA’S TURANDO LIVE AT ODEON WATERFORD 22 Jan Saturday, 30th January at 6.00pm Puccini's final opera, Turandot, which is one of the most spectacular productions in the Metropolitan Opera’s repertory, returns to Irish screens on Saturday, January 30…
Arts Council… SEAN DUNNE YOUNG POETS’ AWARD 2016 20 Jan Closing date 12 noon Wed 16th of March. The Arts Office, Waterford City & County Council is currently accepting entries for the Seán Dunne Young Poets’ Award 2016 which is…
Art… IDI AWARDS EXHIBITION 19 Jan29 Jan SOMA Contemporary Gallery, 29th January at 8pm opening. -28th February. Please join us for the opening of the IDI Awards Exhibition at SOMA Contemporary Gallery, 8pm Friday January 29th. The…
Art… ARTS COUNCIL ARTIST IN THE COMMUNITY SCHEME: DEADLINES 2016 16 Jan 2016 Deadlines: (Round 1) Monday 14 March (Round 2) Monday 27 June Twice yearly, the Arts Council offers grants to enable artists and communities of place/or interest to work…
Performance… NEIL DELAMERE CTRL + ALT + DELAMERE 16 Jan Saturday 30th of January at 8pm. Theatre Royal and Lisa Richards presents comic legend Neil Delamere for one night only. Spend an evening full of laughter with one of Irelands great…
Film… MIA MADRE/MY MOTHER 16 Jan Garter Lane Sun 31st Jan at 19:30 Margherita (Margherita Buy), a director, is halfway through shooting a social-realist film about protesting factory workers. Divorced from the father of her teenage daughter…
Art… FIRST VIEW AT GARTER LANE 16 Jan Thu 21 Jan - Sat 30 Jan Garter Lane Arts Centre in collaboration with WIT Department of Creative and Performing Arts is proud to present First View Project 2016, an…
Film… GARTER LANE PRESENTS ‘THEEB’ (CLUB) 16 Jan16 Jan Screened: Sun 24 Jan at 19:30 Theeb lives with his tribe in a forgotten corner of the Ottoman Empire. Having recently lost his father, Theeb is being raised by his brother…
Art… LANGUAGE UNBECOMING A LADY BY MYLES BREEN 16 Jan Sat 23 Jan at 20:00 Theatre at Garter Lane. Originally presented as part of Limerick Pride in 2009, the play is set in the dressing room of an ageing drag queen…
Film… GARTER LANE ARTS CENTER PRESENTS ‘GIRLHOOD’ (15A) 16 Jan Tue 19 Jan at 09:30, 12:00 Mariame is a shy 16-year-old who lives with her mostly absent mother, a domineering older brother, and two younger sisters of whom she largely takes…
Workshop/Up-skill LOVE YOUR VOICE 16 Jan16 Jan Workshops from 9th March to 13th April at Central Arts. Love your Voice returns to Central Arts. After the success of the last course of workshops this run will include…
events… IRELAND 2016 –A CENTENARY PROGRAMME FOR WATERFORD 13 Jan Friday, 15th January 2016 at 4.00p.m. Mayor, Cllr John Cummins of Waterford City and County Council launches Centenary Programme 2016 at Central Library Waterford. We look forward to…
Arts Council… ARTLINKS BURSARIES 2016 13 Jan Waterford City & County Council in partnership with the ArtLinks partners in Carlow, Kilkenny and Wexford is pleased to announce that they are currently accepting applications for the ArtLinks Bursary…
Arts Council… MOLLY KEANE CREATIVE WRITING AWARD 2016 8 Jan Waterford City & County Council’s Arts Office is pleased to announce that it is currently accepting entries for the Molly Keane Creative Writing Award 2016. The late writer lived, until…
events… LIAM MERRIMAN & EOIN O’MEACHAIR FOR MUSIC AT THE MUSEUM 8 Jan Venue: Medieval Museum, Waterford Date: Sunday 24th January 2016 Time: 12:30 pm Music at the Museum is proud to present recording and performing artists Liam Merriman & Eoin O’Meachair for…
Arts Office Projects… WATERFORD CITY & COUNTY COUNCIL ARTS GRANTS 2016 NOW CLOSED 22 Dec13 Feb Update 17.30 January 29, 2016 Waterford City & County Council Arts Grants are now closed. However the deadline for Artlinks is Friday February 12th at noon. Waterford City & County…
Art… ENTROPY AT THE ROGUE’S GALLERY! 18 Dec22 Dec The Rogue's Gallery (formerly Hive) December 18th The Rogues Gallery is a new name for one of Waterford's most exciting exhibition spaces. Based in the former News & Star building…
Art… TOY WORKSHOPS COME ONE COME ALL! 17 Dec18 Dec Soma Contemporary Gallery Saturday 19th December Pop-In/ Pop-out Collage workshop with Ben Hennesy 1-5pm All ages welcome! Sunday 20th December Puppeteering Classes with Eoin Lynch Children’s Classes: 12-12.45 &…
Film… THE SECOND MOTHER/QUE HORAS ELA VOLTA? 12 Dec Garter Lane Arts Centre on Sun 17 Jan at 7.30pm When Val (Regina Casé) left her home to work thousands of miles away as a live-in housekeeper for Fabinho (Michel…
Demonstration… A PRESCRIPTION FOR HAPPINESS 4 WEEK COURSE 12 Dec Garter Lane Arts Centre Mon 11 Jan - Mon 1 Feb Learn the skills of how to build new habits, break old habits and learn how to set and work…
Film… I USED TO LIVE HERE (15) 12 Dec Garter Lane Arts Centre January 10th at 7.30pm is the screening of ‘I Used to Live Here’ an 80 minute long film from the director of Ballymun Lullaby, made in…