Friday 8th – Sunday 17th June 2012 
Carlow Arts Festival is pleased to welcome to the stage, on our Opening Night, the incomparable and brilliant Camille O’Sullivan. Camille O’Sullivan enjoys a formidable international reputation for her dramatic interpretations of the songs of Brel, Cave, Waits, Bowie and more. Chameleon-like on stage, each song has a different character with its story to [...]
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Saturday 9th June is the big family day in the park. This event includes puppet shows, balloon modelling, face painting, bouncing castles and mazes, Rancho Reillys Pet Farm and Barrell Train, a Creperie, Tug ‘o’ war, Star Wars characters, The Lions Club Duck Race, music and art workshops and lots lots more. This runs [...]
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Carlow Choral Society have been performing major choral works for over forty-fivey years . The choir perform several times a year, both in Carlow town and County and in Dublin`s National Concert Hall. Since December 1993 the Society has been under the direction of Blanaid Murphy. Blanaid studied music in Selwyn collegeCambridgeand furthered her music [...]
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Once a month a group of musician friends (and strangers) come together in the back room of the Boat Club bar for an informal session that lasts late into the night. Everyone is encouraged to get up and have a go, to get used to using a mike or having an audience – some do [...]
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Widely regarded as Ireland’s leading expert on bluegrass and American coutry music, Niall Toner shares his knowledge through his performances with The Niall Toner Band and on his show Roots Freeway on RTE Radio 1 which fund the gamut from Bluegrass and Old Timey to Blues and Cajun. Niall Toner will give a performing [...]
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“All children are born musical and should be given every opportunity to explore and develop his or her music skills…” So began the philosophy of Marie Sheil who started the Little Music Makers School in 2004. This very special workshop will have your little ones developing their music skills in a fun and friendly environment [...]
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“All children are born musical and should be given every opportunity to explore and develop his or her music skills…” So began the philosophy of Marie Sheil who started the Little Music Makers School in 2004. This very special workshop will have your little ones developing their music skills in a fun and friendly environment [...]
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Pat Coldrick has been playing and studying classical guitar since he was 12 years old. Initially self taught, Pat went onto study music at the College of Music in Dublin and then under world-renowned Spanish guitarists David Russell and Gabriel Estarellas. A guitarist with a classical background but a deep respect for a bit [...]
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When Niall Toner isn’t presenting his Radio Programme, Roots Freeway, he is writing his own songs. His songs have been recorded by Bill Wyman, The Nashville Bluegrass Band, Albert Lee and The Special Consensus to name but a few. Niall also writes extensively on the subject, and his articles have been published by Hot Press, [...]
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Following their sell-out success with The Magic Flute this winter, Opera Theatre Company return to the GB Shaw Theatre with Claudio Monteverdi’s Baroque masterpiece Orfeo. Although over 400 years old, the exquisite music and dramatic power of this earliest operatic gem remains undiminished. With a powerful cast including Oliver Mercer, Daire Halpin and Sadhbh [...]
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