Waterford City Event Guide

How do all!! Just a quick message to let you all know that the long awaited return of our APOLLO events will be hitting Ryan’s, Barrack St, Waterford this Saturday. After already having successful nights in Kilkenny, Carlow and Dublin this will be the first time we’ve had an event so close to home!!

As it is our first night back and because we’re just testing the water in the new venue, we’re bringing a selection of our experienced residents to make up the bill on the night!!

Damien Ffrench
No stranger to the scene, Damien has been an Apollo resident from the very start. He has also been included in many of the Gobsmacked Records events throughout the years and has supported well known names such as D.A.V.E. the Drummer, Ignition Technician, Space Djz and Agnelli & Nelson.

Christy O’Brien
In the last couple of years, Christy has played to Australia, Berlin and all over Ireland. The Apollo head-honcho has supported the likes of Torsten Kanzler, Felix Kroecher, Alex Calver, Seb Fontaine and Sven Wittekind in recent times while also receiving much airplay on Beat FM, Feile FM, 2FM and CueLK Internet Radio.
www.bebo.com/ChristyOB

Ger Coady
After ripping up The Zoo in Kilkenny alongside Diarmaid O Meara (Gobsmacked Records) back in November we’re glad to have Ger back for another impressive tech house contribution.

Bubble Sweetman
One of the upcoming local talents within Waterford city, Bubble is one of our newest residents to join the crew. Expect a perfect warm up of house and minimal on his debut for Apollo.

SATURDAY 28TH MARCH, 2009
(THIS SATURDAY!!!)

RYAN’S BAR,
BARRACK ST,
WATERFORD

For a map of how to get there http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=ryans+bar+waterford&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=34.671324,56.25&ie=UTF8&ll=52.257021,-7.109356&spn=0.012452,0.027466&z=15

DOORS OPEN @ 8PM

AND A MEASLY €5 ENTRY FEE BEFORE 11PM WON’T BE BREAKING ANYONE!!

Complimentary mixes from all these DJ’s are free to download from www.bebo.com/Apollo_Promotions along with pictures and videos from previous events.

Karl Cullen (Gobsmacked Records)

In 2005, Karl and fellow Dj, Diarmaid O Meara began running techno nights in a local pub in Waterford’s inner city. Proving successful with locals for their jackin’ sound, within a year they found themselves supporting Dj's such as Marco Bailey and Fergie while running highly successful resident nights in some of South East Ireland's biggest nightclubs.

In 2006 they decided to set up their own label, "Gobsmacked Records", as a platform to launch themselves and their productions on the techno scene. One year later and 2007 saw Karl supporting the world-renowned Space Djz, Dj Rush, Dj Bold, Ignition Technican, Robert Armani and Marco Nastic to mention a few. 2007 was also the year of Mr. Cullen’s first release, “Siren E.P”, with the mighty Sourcecode on remix duties. This received critical acclaim by the media and was given some impressive reviews -

" come on in and join the party. A Chicago booty shaker with all the on-beat claps you could ever wish for. Include the World War II siren and you’re lifting the crowd into absolute overdrive. This one’s huge. " - M8 Magazine.

In 2008 Karl began releasing tracks with Ben Long (Space Djz) and produced a stomping remix for the Space Djz release “Force Majeure E.P”. After working hard in the studio he now has a volley of releases for 2009 including his monstrous track “Mind Control”, on the famous Berlin-based Record label - Killaz/Error Records. The label boasts artists such as Sven Wittekind, Torsten Kanzler, Dj Rush, Felix Krocher, Arkus P, Marco Remus, the list goes on and on.

With forthcoming collaborations already lined up with Robert Armani, Ben Long, Torsten Kanzler and Dj Kamikaze and the release of Karl’s debut album due out later in the year, there is no doubt that 2009 is going to be a big year for this up and coming Irish techno talent.


Christy O’Brien
www.bebo.com/ChristyOB

In the last couple of years, Christy has played to Australia, Berlin, Denmark and all over Ireland. The Apollo head-honcho has supported names such as Torsten Kanzler, Felix Kroecher, Alex Calver, Seb Fontaine, Stel, Style of Eye and Sven Wittekind in recent times while also receiving much airplay on Beat FM, Feile FM, 2FM and CueLK Internet Radio.

Recent Mix - http://rapidshare.com/files/206103593/Christy_O_Brien_-_Feb_2009_Demo.mp3


Paul Farrell

No stranger to Dublin’s techno scene, Farrell has been DJ’ing and organising events in inner city clubs such as McGruder’s, Wax, Radio City and Karma in the past. His vast love for various techno styles has led to him to being draughted in by Dublin’s legendary Acii Disco and Rubberband and in turn he has been pitched with big names such as Dusty Kid, Sian and Sourcecode of late. Apollo will be welcoming back Farrell after doing such a good job for us at our very first event. Expect some pretty tough minimal and techy fillers from one of Dublin’s finest.


Bubble Sweetman
www.bebo.com/bubsweetman

One of the upcoming local talents within Waterford city, Bubble is one of our newest residents to join the crew. After delivering a perfect warm up of house and minimal on his debut for Apollo we are delighted to bring Bubble back for another promising event.

This is was a recording of his set last time round....http://www.sendspace.com/file/8z0pht


Steve Power
www.bebo.com/Steve_Power

After holding down a residency in Waterford’s Oxygen nightclub for quiet sometime Steve has recently hopped on the techno bandwagon. Being a Hip Hop DJ originally, his mixing techniques are amazing to watch. Expect impressive 3-deck mixing and flawless scratching combined with some tech house and minimal grooves along with some of his own productions.

For a taster, here's a recent mix of his!!
http://www.sendspace.com/file/2ndwo0

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SATURDAY 30TH MAY, 2009

RYAN’S BAR,
BARRACK ST,
WATERFORD

For a map of how to get there http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...,0.027466&z=15

DOORS OPEN @ 8PM

AND A MEASLY €5 ENTRY FEE BEFORE 11PM WON’T BE BREAKING ANYONE!!

Complimentary mixes from all these DJ’s are free to download from www.bebo.com/Apollo_Promotions along with pictures and videos from previous events.

not connected with this in any way (don't even know any of the folks organising it) but reckon it deserves some promotion cos it's an interesting and unusual event for Waterford:
http://www.myspace.com/lowendfestival

Just to let everyone know that there is a new Charity being set up in Waterford called WASSA and its first fundraiser quiz night is on:

Wednesday the 12th of August in Twister Vix in Johnstown at 8pm

WASSA aims to help children on the Autistic spectrum in the county integrate into mainstream sports and activities.

Great craic on the night, come and show your support!

Waterford will host the launch of a new national food-grower’s network called GIY Ireland on Saturday,September 12th 2009 as part of the Waterford Harvest Festival.

As the interest in home-produced food reaches fever pitch, a new organisation called GIY Ireland is aiming to inspire people to get growing and give them the knowledge they need to do so successfully. On September 12th 2009 Waterford Institute of Technology will be the venue for the launch of this unique organisation which aims to establish food growers groups in every town and county in Ireland.

GIY Ireland is planning to establish at least one network in every county in the next 12 months by finding ‘local champions’ to set up a network in their area. The organisation will provide these local champions with the necessary help and support they need to get a successful network up and running. The event in WIT will officially launch the organisation and is open to anyone interested in finding out more about GIY Ireland. The organisers are particularly keen to invite people who are interested in establishing a network in their area. They are also interested in hearing from existing food growers groups that might be interested in becoming part of GIY Ireland.

Speakers at the conference include Minister for Food and Horticulture Trevor Sargent TD, Ballymaloe Cookery School founder Darina Allen, Clodagh McKenna, GIY Ireland’s Michael Kelly and Will Sutherland from the John Seymour School of Self-sufficiency. There will also be a series of afternoon workshops covering a range of topics including, health & nutrition, baking, permaculture, seed-saving, and allotments & community gardens. Tickets cost €35 and include a seasonal dinner of mouth-watering local produce. There are 250 tickets only for the launch event so book early to avoid dissappointment.

The conference is part of Waterford’s Harvest Festival, a weekend of autumnal events that are sure to appeal to foodies everywhere. Events include a harvest feast in the city on Saturday evening and a massive farmer’s market in the city centre on Sunday 13th.

To find out more please email info@giyireland.com

Sully wrote: »

Young Fine Gael Waterford are having their annual fundraiser which takes place this Saturday night (5th of September), in the Mansion House, Waterford City at 8.30 PM. The fundraiser is a quiz, with tables of 4 at €20 per table.

It promises to be a great night.

it certainly does, when those young fine gaelers let rip its like the last days of sodom and gomorrah.
the party in the caravan in father ted hasn't a patch on those badboys