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27 June 2007
Entertainmant
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| Guinness TráFest features A Feast of Music |
Guinness TráFest features A Feast of Music
Three days of diverse quality music are promised at this year's Guinness TráFest Music Weekend in Tramore. While the traditional street concerts do not feature this year, a host of afternoon, evening and night gigs will offer some fantastic sessions.
The Disconauts (pictured above) play O'Sheas Hotel at Midnight on Saturday in what is sure to be a highlight. Always in demand in their (semi) native Galway, the brass section have completed session work with Blur, Beyonce, Bono, Robbie Williams, Amy Winehouse and many more, and as fully fledged members of Base...
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| Hard Working Class Heroes - 2007 |
Hard Working Class Heroes - 2007
In association with BudRising The Irish Festival for Irish Bands
Friday 28th / Saturday 29th / Sunday 30th September
The Pod Complex, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2
Back with a bang, Hard Working Class Heroes in association with BudRising will be celebrating its 5th Birthday with what promises to be its best festival yet in an action-packed celebration of the best unsigned Irish bands at the Pod Complex on 28th/29th/30th September 2007.
"We receive great feedback from bands and fans every year," enthuses Hard Working Class Heroes founder Brian Carroll. "And every year that inspires us to try and make the next year's event even better. This year we've moved the event to the Pod Complex in an effort...
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| Michael Collins Musical Drama to premiere at Theatre Royal Waterford |
Michael Collins Musical Drama to premiere at Theatre Royal Waterford
Theatrix Productions in association with Cork Opera House will bring the thrilling new musical drama 'Michael Collins' to the Theatre Royal-Waterford this coming autumn. Playing for nine performances only, this powerful new musical will open at the South East's premiere venue on Friday 26th October and run until Saturday 3rd November. Waterford audiences will bear witness to the birth of an epic new musical theatre work, which promises to be a huge hit with lovers of Music, Theatre and Irish History alike.
Written & Directed by Waterford's Bryan Flynn, this original show is based on the life story of Michael Collins who led a controversial life as a Politician, Statesman, Soldier and Lover in Early 20th Century Ireland. While brin...
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| Electric Circus–Bar Groove |
Electric Circus–Bar Groove
Electric Circus has more electronic fun this coming Saturday 30th with special guest MOTE, aka Dave Grimes, Waterford's Original Abstract muso freek, who will be playing a set of seriously spaced out Minimal/Glitchy Techno Grooves from past and present. Mote has been noted for his work with releases on such Irish music compilation's as Panda Bear. Support on the night goes back to basic's with E.C Residents Niall Power and David Halligan spinning all things minimal from back in the day to the cutting edge of tomorrow.
While the front bar plays host too Best Of Irish Part 2 , Bar Groove continue there quest to showcase the Best in Irish DJ talent this Saturday 30th with the second installment of their "Best Of Irish" gigs. This time ...
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| Kopek and the Keds |
Kopek and the Keds
This week's Friday Club at Electric Avenue (29 June) sees two of the most exciting live rock acts in the country go head to head as Kopek take on The Keds. Both bands are proud to wear their influences on their sleeves (Rage Against The Machine, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Led Zeppelin) for Kopek and (The Clash, The Ramones, Rancid and Green Day) for The Keds. Friday Club DJs John Fitz and Mick play the best of alternative rock tunes before and after the bands and admission is free before 10pm and just ?5 after.
In December 2005 Dublin 3 piece Kopek were cro...
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| Disconauts Correction |
Disconauts Correction
In the flurry of excitement surrounding this year's Trafest Festival in Tramore Co. Waterford, last week's Press Release regarding The Disconauts free gig at the Festival featured the wrong venue. The Disconauts will, in fact, be playing their free show in O'Shea's Hotel, Tramore this coming Saturday night June 30th and not in The Grand as previously mentioned. It's a late gig with doors opening at 11pm.
It's been almost 12 months since we last heard from those incredibly funky
Disconauts having last appeared playing two storming sets at last summers Spraoi Festival. The first was outdoors on the WVW Plaza in glorious sunshine to roughly 5,000 people, give or take a few. The second was a late night affair in Ten when they...
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