A Waterford brother and sister will be amongst the seventeen competitors who will take to the stage for the final of the Seán Ó Riada Gold Medal competition for fiddle in the Rochestown Park Hotel in Cork on Friday 1 February.  The final will be broadcast live on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta from 7 pm.

Ademar O’Connor, 15, from Edenderry in Co. Offaly will be the youngest competitor this year, and there will be three musicians flying in from the US for the event.  The winner will take home the prestigious gold medal, designed by the late Cashel Goldsmith Pádraig Mac Mathúna, and a cash prize of €2500. (more…)

Bewley’s Café Theatre, Grafton Street
Thursday, 21 February, 2019

6p.m. – 8p.m. (Doors open from 5.45 p.m.)

Coming to us from Galway for this event will be the lively group ‘COGAR’ 
Seosamh Ó Fátharta (Button Accordian), Maidhc Ó hÉanaigh (Flute), Mícheál Mac Fhlannchaidh (Bouzouki) along with Paul McClure (Bodhrán).

ADMISSION: €15 (nibbles included!) Wine, Beer, Soft Drinks, Tea & Coffee available for purchase.

Booking essential (limited space!)

087/2547574

Call for applications: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Arts Office Musicians-in-Residence Scheme 2019

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and Music Network are pleased to announce details of the 2019 Musicians-in-Residence Scheme. The scheme is jointly funded by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and the Arts Council, and is managed by Music Network. Three residencies are offered in 2019: two for established musicians/groups and one for an emerging musician/group.

Established and emerging individual musicians from all genres with a strong connection to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown are invited to apply by Tuesday 19th February 2019 at 2.00pm. (more…)