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What's got 10 amazing bands, 3 fun-filled nights, 2 different inter-linked levels, cool & crazy cabaret and lots of DJs playing the best of Party music? Why of course, it's the legendary Spraoi Festival Club at Forum Waterford. You know there is nowhere like it and in fact on a recent Boards.ie poll, the Festival Club featured very highly on the list of favourite things ever about Waterford. The Festival Club runs from Friday, 29th through to Bank Holiday Sunday, 31st July and great value advance weekend wristbands are on sale now @ Next Door Forum Waterford, 051 871111 & http://www.forumwaterford.com. Nightly admission can be paid on the door. Be there or be square !

The Festival Club is primarily known for the quality of the entertainment on offer over the 3 nights and this year is no exception.

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Spraoi Fr 29-Sun 31 July is welcoming everyone to come into Waterford City over the weekend and have a wonderful experience and be Spraoid!. This year's festival will offer visitors three days of top quality national and international street art and world music on the streets, squares and parks of Ireland's oldest city.

Don't forget to join us for one of the highlights of the weekend the great outdoor arts spectacles of the Spraoi Parade. Experience hundreds of costumed performers, spectacular floats, live original music, special effects, humour, drama and a real sense of community. The parade will take place on Sunday 31 July at 4.30pm around the streets of the People's Park as last year.

Everyone has heard of the "Circle of Life" – the eternal cycle of life, love and knowledge. But few have heard of the "Box of Life".

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This Saturday, 23rd July, everbody's favourite local band, The Jam Tarts Orchestra, continue their monthly residency at the Forum Lounge's late night BoHo club. The Jam Tarts Orchestra will, as always, thrill you with the incredible energy of their performance and entertain you with their fantastic song selection, which takes in everything from Frank Sinatra to the Pixies, The Cure to The Stone Roses and The Smiths to Michael Jackson. The Forum Lounge has a reputation as Waterford's most glamorous and comfortable night spot, with a cool stage with great sight lines, top quality sound & lights, a large dance-floor for maximum atmosphere, and a separate glitzy bar and lounge area with loads of seating for weekend socialising. The Lounge also has it's own spacious smoking terrace, so you can enjoy your ciggie with a drink. BoHo's DJ will be

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After a storming set at last week's Oxegen Festival, DJ/Producer CALVIN HARRIS has announced an Irish Tour date at Forum Waterford on Friday 16th September. With his current single "Bounce" dominating the radio airwaves and a summer choc-full of appearances at European Festivals and Ibiza clubs, Calvin's date at The Forum should be the biggest and best party in the South East for 2011. Tickets go on sale at 11am this Friday (July 22) at Next Door Forum Waterford, 051 871111 and http://www.forumwaterford.com. Calvin's 2010 date at The Forum sold out in a day and we expect something similar this time around, so don't delay in getting your ticket for the Gig of the Year !

He may have barely turned 23 when he first hit the

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The Waterford Healing Arts Trust's Healing Sounds music programme presented a live performance by Kate Powell and William McGlynn at Waterford Regional Hospital on Monday 4th July for the benefit of patients, staff and visitors.

Kate Powell started playing the violin from an early age and gained a solid classical training at school and University where she was a member of several orchestras, notably the Edinburgh University Chamber Orchestra.

Since moving to Ireland in 1997, she has been working with Theatre and children's programmes.

William McGlynn has been a professional musican most of his working life and performed in many different music genres. He has spent the last 10 years playing classical double bass with various orchestras, notably the National Orchestra of Wales. He taught

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If you missed the fantastic revival of Jim Nolan's Waterford comedy ‘The Gods Are Angry Miss Kerr', you'll be glad to know that it is on once more next week. Running in the Theatre Royal next Wednesday 27th to Saturday 30th July at 8pm, this is a Waterford show not to be missed!

Amongst the crowd reaction to the run last week was - ‘I missed it the first time but I'm so glad I saw it last night...' and ‘you'll kick yourself if you miss this'. Tickets for The Gods Are Angry Miss Kerr are only €15 each and can be bought from the box office on 051 874402 or online at theatrereoyal.ie.

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The ever popular Spraoi Festival Club wrist bands are now on sale at Next Door at the Forum and on the Spraoi website @, http://www.spraoi.com. Ticket prices this year are very competitive at Friday e10, Saturday e15, and Sunday e15. A limited number of weekend passes priced at e30 (or two for e50) will also be available. Tickets can also be bought each night on the door, subject to availability. The festival club is a very popular each year and we advise that you purchase your tickets in plenty of time so you are not disappointed.

There's a new look and feel to this year's eagerly awaited Festival Club with the Forum Lounge on Friday and on Saturday and Sunday night both the Lounge and

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Celebrate Summer At Christ Church Cathedral

Following the success of our annual Christmas Voices concert, Christ Church Cathedral is pleased to present the inaugural Summer Voices on August 6th. This concert will celebrate not only the summer but also the young, local talent that we have in our area. Performers on the night will include soprano Stephanie Foley, classical guitarist Shaun Walsh and violinist Marian Power. As well as presenting music with a summers theme, the concert will also include readings and poetry delivered by Tipperary-born actress, Joanne Quinn.

The curator of the concert, Ruthie Edgeworth, was responsible for 2010's Christmas Voices and decided to extend the idea with a summer-themed concert. "We had such a positive response from Christmas Voices that we have decided to host this unique initiative again in August albeit with a summers theme" says Edgeworth who is

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A play by Marie Jones, author of the Broadway comedy Stones in His Pockets stars award-winning actor William Lyons as Kenneth McAlister, a working-class Protestant, during a fateful night in November 1993 in Belfast when the Republic of Ireland soccer team played against Northern Ireland in a World Cup qualifier.

As the game progresses, Kenneth finds himself watching the crowd more than the football and exposing his anti-Catholic bigotry.

William Lyons won the Best Actor Award for his performance in A NIGHT IN NOVEMBER at this year's All-Ireland Drama Festival in Athlone. Prior to taking home this top acting prize, he won seven best actor awards on the festival circuit for his work in the play.

Founded in 1984, Shoestring Theatre Company is one of the most celebrated theatre troupes in Ireland, winning every major prize in open competition at drama festivals throughout

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Saturday 23rd July John Roberts' Square 1pm

This week Artbeat is delighted to present MAD CLASS, Music Art & Drama.

MAD CLASS was set up as a weekly class designed to explore the inner creativity of children.

The activities include MUSIC (singing and percussion), ART (self expression through painting, drawing and craft) and DRAMA (creative expression through movement, mime and acting).

In March 2011 MAD CLASS performed their first show. The children of MAD CLASS designed the sets, costumes, posters, flyers and tickets.

They conceived dance routines and wrote plays which they performed on stage for the show.

One of the aims of MAD CLASS is to boost children's confidence and this is very much in evidence at the MAD CLASS show!

MAD CLASS is a weekly class in Klub Musik, Riverstown, Tramore running from September to June, and there's a Summer Camp in July.

Artbeat is a

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Local writer Derbhile Dromey has recently published her first novel, The Pink Cage. It's published by new boutique publishers Book Republic and tells the tale of a girl with hair the colour of day old snow and a love that's not quite forbidden. The hardback edition has already sold out and the novel has just been released in paperback on Amazon and The Book Depository. People can also order copies from The Book Centre or Book Republic's website, http://www.bookrepublic.ie. Derbhile signed copies of the novel recently at The Book Centre in Waterford.

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Following on from their sold out run of the worlds favourite musical "LES MISERABLES" in April of this year SOUTH EASTERN YOUTH THEATRE GROUP are delighted to announce that they will return to the stage of the Theatre Royal Waterford for four nights only Thursday 1st to Sunday 4th of September.

This production took Waterford by storm in April with standing ovations at each performance and such is the demand from the Waterford public that it was decided to take to the stage for another four nights only. Audiences were simply amazed at the quality of this production boasting a hugely talented cast, full live orchestra, stunning costumes, make up, lighting and amazing stage sets that include the iconic revolving barricade designed by Dermot Quinn of Spraoi along with a vastly experienced production team and it's no surprise that "Les Miserables"

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An art exhibition by Ann Brennan is on display in the Index Gallery, Central Library until Friday 29th July. Ann Brennan is a self taught artist working from her home based studio in Ballingarry, Co. Tipperary. She works mainly in oils with a small number of abstracts in acrylics. Her work is primarily concerned with the study of light, and its relationship to landscape and seascape. Her work can also be viewed on her website – http://www.annbrennanart.com She tends to explore the natural beauty of our country and locality. She exhibits throughout the year in various venues. Her work is displayed in Cashel Town Council Offices and many private collections and is a regular exhibitor during Kilkenny Arts Week and Clancy Brothers Arts Trail, Carrick on Suir.

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Taking part in the World Record Pirates Attempt during the Tall Ships Festival, following their interview with 2fm's Hector Ó hEochagáin, were (back l-r:) Caroline Senior, Director of Garter Lane, Karen Cheevers, Sonya Kelly, David Acheson and Liz Acheson of Partyworld.

Front (l-r:) Kate Kelly, Luke Kelly and Conor Donegan.

Partyworld, based in the Riverstown Business Park in Tramore, Co. Waterford, got on board with the Guinness World Record attempt to host the largest gathering of pirates in the world which took place on Friday, July 1st. Partyworld supplied 1,000 free "Pirate Packs" for the event and even kitted out MC for the event, Cap'n Roddie "Jolly Roger" Cleere.

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TooDog Theatre Company's production of An Evening of Love and War featuring two one act plays written and performed by Waterford's Denise Quinn has been booked to travel to Newfoundland in Canada as part of the Ireland/Newfoundland Festival which takes place from the 16th to the 24th of September.

Denise (much to her delight) was invited to take the two plays to Canada as part of the international Festival, after performing at the Clancy Brothers Festival in Carrick on Suir in June. This production which has been touring Ireland since March has won great critical acclaim and received a tremendous response from audiences all over the country. It has been described by the critics as ‘Top Theatre', ‘A master class in comic performance' ‘Hilarious' and as having‘ mesmerised the audience'. Having played to sold out houses and standing ovations in Garter

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