BITCHES (@peaceandbitches) kicked off the musical proceedings at Billy Byrne’s on night seven of the 2013 Kilkenny Arts Festival, the band making their festival debut.
BITCHES, Fight Like Apes at Kilkenny Arts Festival
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Seti The First, Biggles Flys Again at Kilkenny Arts Festival
New Music Night has turned up some great acts over the years as part of the Kilkenny Arts Festival and this year the hand dealt contained The Cold Draw (formerly The Thomas Donoghue Band), Seti The First and Biggles Flys Again.
David Kitt, Seamus Fogarty at Set Theatre
Closing out the third day of the 2013 Kilkenny Arts Festival was David Kitt, with Seamus Fogarty, above, opening the proceedings. Both have been involved in the festival on different occasions over the last few years. Of course, we were the late arrivals, missing all but the last two tunes from Seamus Fogarty before David…
Kilkenny Arts Festival 2013 Day 3: Camerata Ireland (with video)
When I first started covering the Arts Festival back in 2008/09, I was a complete newcomer to classical music. Flash forward to 2012 and into 2013 and presenting The Arts Show for KCLR96FM and I’ve got a totally different appreciation of all things classical. So much so, that last night, even from the back of…
Anthony Joseph & The Spasm Band at Kilkenny Arts Festival
Anthony Joseph & The Spasm Band absolutely lifted the roof of Set Theatre last night. It’s been a while since I’ve shot photo and video in front of an absolutely belting speaker stack, but the results will make for great additions to the festival highlights coverage. Here’s two select stills from last night’s stomping gig,…
Laura Gramzow’s Go Big Or Go Home Opens
Laura Gramzow’s first solo show, appearing at the Upstairs Gallery in the Watergate Theatre, officially opened yesterday afternoon, running alongside Kilkenny Arts Festival and continuing in the gallery space until 3 September. Originally from the US and now resident in Ireland courtesy of meeting an Irishman, I had Laura on the show earlier in the…
Kilkenny Arts Festival Day 2: Bob And Roberta Smith Opens
Bob And Roberta Smith’s show officially opened this afternoon, beginning for us with a trip to the Heritage Council to take in the ‘Bob Walk And Talk’ around some of the sites of Bob And Roberta Smith’s work, pictured (right, above) with the lady posing as Hannah Arendt (I should have gotten her name, will…
Kilkenny Arts Festival 2013: Day 1
Day one hitting the 2013 Kilkenny Arts Festival trail as part of the Event Media / Mycrofilms / Ross Costigan powerhouse of coverage. Here’s some select shots from the B cam for the day.
The Midnight Union Band: If You’d Stay
Appearing online yesterday, here’s the latest music video from Kilkenny’s The Midnight Union Band for their track, If You’d Stay. Shot by Darragh Byrne in Set Theatre, Kilkenny. The track is taken from the band’s forthcoming debut EP Behind The Truth which lands on 13 September.
Bob And Roberta Smith: Bonfire
Today was Day 0 for our documentary crew for the 40th Kilkenny Arts Festival and it kicked off with some on-camera chats with Bob and Roberta Smith. Bob’s work is the core of the Visual Arts strand for this year’s festival and this work, Bonfire, can be seen in the reception area of County Hall…