OCTOBER
2005 KILKENNY
Live
Musicistings
Saturday 1
Preston Reed, 8pm @ Cleere¹s.
Monday
3
Dara, 8pm @ Ryan¹s.
Wednesday
5
Dawn Kenny + Open Mic, 8pm @ Ryan¹s.
Friday
7
Kid Blue, Lanigans.
Kilcity Defectors, Pumphouse.
Whiskey Breath Travellers, Carrolls.
Saturday
8
The Happy Medium, 9pm @ Cleere¹s.
Sunday
9
Pugwash, 9pm @ Cleere¹s.
Myp Et Jeep + Kilcity Defectors, 9pm @ Murphys, Thomastown.
The Remedees, Lanigans.
Tuesday
11
Uisce Beatha, Paris Texas.
Wednesday
12
The Live Room + Open Mic, 8pm @ Ryan¹s.
Friday
14
Mark Geary & Emmet Tinley, 8pm @ Watergate.
Glen Tilbrook, 9pm @ Cleere¹s.
Thunderstruck (AC/DC tribute), The Venue.
Aztex, 9pm @ Eddie Murphys, Thomastown.
The Lemons, Lanigans.
Aloneme, Pumphouse.
The Ens, Paris Texas.
Sunday
16
The Hujas, Lanigans.
Acousticats, Rafter Dempseys.
Rock Chix, Paris Texas.
Tuesday
18
Uisce Beatha, Paris Texas.
Wednesday
19
Brian Kennedy, 8pm @ Watergate.
Robert Blake + Kerbside, 8pm @ Ryan¹s.
Friday
21
The Prophets, Lanigans.
Alan Thompson, Carrolls.
Saturday
22
Tara Blaise, 9pm @ Cleere¹s.
Groove Station, 9pm @ Eddie Murphys, Thomastown.
Sunday
23
Scuba Dice, Lanigans.
Transmitter, Paris Texas.
Wednesday
26
Open Mic, 8pm @ Ryan¹s.
Friday
28
The Frank & Walters + Myp Et Jeep, 9pm @ Murphys, Thomastown.
Rockfall Festival @ Cleere¹s.
The Ens, Lanigans.
2 Fantastic 3, Pumphouse.
Uisce Beatha, Paris Texas.
Saturday
29
Hybrasil, 9pm @ Eddie Murphys, Thomastown.
Sunday
30
Christy Hennessey, 8pm @ Watergate.
Thin Az Lizzy, 9.30pm @ Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel.
Loudest Whisper, Rafter Dempseys.
Firegarden, 9pm @ The Railyard Inn, Castlecomer.
Rockfall Festival @ Paris Texas.
Ross Kearley, 9pm @ Eddie Murphys, Thomastown.
Visual
Art
September
23 to November 4
Buy, Don’t Buy
Tom Campbell is a Cork based artist whose exhibtion is designed to
make you smile, to think, to possibly act, to buy or not buy. Watergate
Theatre. watergatekilkenny.com
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October 2
89 Seconds at Alcazar
Eve Sussman & The Rufus Corporation.A re-creation of the moments
leading up to and immediately following the scene portrayed in the
renowned masterpiece Las Meninas painted by Velázquez in 1656.
Daily 9.30am-7pm. Butler Gallery,
Kilkenny Castle.
October
15 to December 4
The Visual Diaries
Fifty Years of Tony O’Malley’s Sketchbooks. Daily 9.30am-7pm.
Butler Gallery, Kilkenny Castle.
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October 9
Fibre:A New World View
America’s top fibre artists have taken a bold step and turned
tradition on its head. This exhibition combines materials, techniques
and forms in unexpected ways. Mon - Sat 10am - 6pm, Sun 11am - 6pm.
National Craft Gallery, Castle Yard, Kilkenny. ccoi.ie
October
9 to November 27
Wearable Unwearable
Wearable UnWearable is an exciting new exhibition that blurs the boundaries
between fashion, textiles, sculpture and jewellery. Mon - Sat 10am
- 6pm, Sun 11am - 6pm. National Craft Gallery, Castle Yard, Kilkenny.
Theatre & Opera
October 5 & 6
Clann Lir
Presented by Siamsa Tire as part of Kilkenny Celtic Festival. A story
as old as Ireland itself, this celtic story is an eternal tale of
salvation. Clann Lir portrays the journey of four children who are
doomed to spend nine hundred years in the guise of swans but are allowed
to keep their beautiful singing voices. A glorious visual, musical
and magical performance. 2pm & 8pm, tickets: u15/10 (u7.50 groups).
Booking on 056 7761674. Watergate Theatre.
October
8
A Midsummer Nights Dream
By Independent Ballet Wales. An adaption of William Shakespeare’s
classic play. 8pm, tickets: u15/12.50 (u7.50 groups). Booking on 056
7761674. Watergate Theatre.
October
21 & 22
The Cambria
‘The Cambria’ was a trans-Atlantic Cunard Line paddle-steamer.
On August 10th 1845, among its passengers was an escaped slave called
Frederick Douglass. Once landed in Ireland, Frederick Douglass spoke
on platforms with Daniel O’Connell. He went on to become what
Abraham Lincoln called “the most impressive man I ever met”,
and the most prominent African-American leader of the 19th century.
8pm, tickets: u15/12.50 (u10 groups). Booking on 056 7761674. Watergate
Theatre.
Concerts
October 15
The Three Tenors
The Three Tenors great voices arematched by ‘the number 1 Irish
Soprano’ Celine Byrne. It is not surprising there is a standing
ovation at all their concerts. 8pm, tickets: u15. Booking on 056 7761674.
Watergate Theatre.
October
15
Piano Duet Recital
With Una Hunt, Piano, Roy Holmes, Piano. 8pm, tickets: u15 (u10 conc.).
Castalia Hall, Ballytobin, Callan, Co. Kilkenny.
Festivals
October 5 to 9
Kilkenny Celtic Festival
Ireland’s medieval capital, is where the varying threads of
our celtic traditions and history can best be explored and is the
location selected for Ireland’s major Celtic Festival during
2005 and you are warmly invited to participate in the wide range of
activities, attractions and events planned. Further info: 056 7751500
or www.celticfestival.ie
October
27 to 31
Rockfall Music Festival
This is Kilkenny’s longest running Music Festival. A mixture
of Local and National artists will perform in over 20 Venues in Kilkenny
over the Bank Holiday weekend. There is something in the programme
to suit all tastes. See advert in this WhazOn?
Other
Stuff
October
30
Irish Conker Championship
Knock yourself out at the 6th Irish Conker Championships! Promising
to be a great day out for all the family. The top prize is a €1,000
holiday voucher. Funds raised are going to the Milennium Park, Enable
Ireland and Prague House. The Green, Freshford, Co. Kilkenny irishconkerchampionship.com
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