Waterford City Event Guide

Sully

There is always something happening in Waterford City. Throughout the year numerous festivals, events, gigs etc. take place in the City. So, feel free to post up any information you have in this thread (only this thread please!). Links attached to posts are also welcome for further information.

All are welcome to post in this thread with anything happening in the City!

durrus

Between Thursday September 4th and Sunday September 7th Waterford is the host for Terra Madre Ireland, an all-island Food Conference. From a public point of view the highlights will be: An open air Slow Food Feast in the grounds of the WIT in College St from 7pm to 11pm on Friday September 5th. This will feature 9 different food courses, all using local produce, mobile bars and music by Blackwater. It's hoped up to 1100 people will attend and the event is being run 'not for profit'. Tickets cost €50 and are available from The Book Centre and Ardkeen Stores.

In addition there are also cookery demonstrations at the main WIT campus from Thursday to Saturday featuring people like Neven McGuire, Richard Corrigan, Darina Allen. These cost €15.00 for a one hour demo. On Sunday there is an All Ireland Farmers Market with about 90 stalls. It's hoped to have a giant screen in John Roberts Square to show the match as well.

More details on all the events and the full programme can be had from www.terramadreireland.com

Christ Church

WIT Brass Ensemble at Christ Church Cathedral

Saturday 6th September at 3pm (one hour concert)
Admission Free!

The programme will include a selection of classical and light music for brass quintet and will be directed by Jonathan Bulfin.

robtri

is this not advertising!!!!!!!!!!

Sully

Christ Church; Please use the Event Guide when posting up such events in future, thanks

robtri; Problem with a post? Report it!

Cheers!

Christ Church

ooops. Will do Sully, apologies.

Robtri - it's a free concert

kitten_bar

Shameless Plug #2

Starting Wed 24th Sept and running the last Wednesday of each month upstairs in Phil Grimes, Johnstown from 8pm

SQUARE - a night in, out.

Scrabble, Monopoly, Trivial Pursuit and other classic board games.

An evening of old-fashioned fun with full bar (and tea and biscuits for those so inclined) We're hoping for a mixed crowd covering all ages - everyone welcome (18-80+)) come as part of a group or on your own. We'll be grouping people for some games so it's a great chance to meet new people.

Word of the Week Competitions and spot prizes on the night.
Free in - please support!
Remember - it's hip to be Square. ;-)

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Blurb aside - I've been wanting to run a night like this for ages - I'm a big scrabble nerd and was thinking with so many people playing on Facebook and the like there must be a market.
If people are in to it we'll run more often than once a month but we'll start at that.
If anyone is interested in helping out (Scrabble Referees etc) or has any extra old games lying around in the attic you can PM me.

Thank you!
xxx Kate F

abouttobebanned

kitten_bar wrote: »

Shameless Plug #2

Starting Wed 24th Sept and running the last Wednesday of each month upstairs in Phil Grimes, Johnstown from 8pm

SQUARE - a night in, out.

Scrabble, Monopoly, Trivial Pursuit and other classic board games.

An evening of old-fashioned fun with full bar (and tea and biscuits for those so inclined) We're hoping for a mixed crowd covering all ages - everyone welcome (18-80+)) come as part of a group or on your own. We'll be grouping people for some games so it's a great chance to meet new people.

Word of the Week Competitions and spot prizes on the night.
Free in - please support!
Remember - it's hip to be Square. ;-)

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Blurb aside - I've been wanting to run a night like this for ages - I'm a big scrabble nerd and was thinking with so many people playing on Facebook and the like there must be a market.
If people are in to it we'll run more often than once a month but we'll start at that.
If anyone is interested in helping out (Scrabble Referees etc) or has any extra old games lying around in the attic you can PM me.

Thank you!
xxx Kate F

Great Idea Kate.

Fair play to ya for trying something new.

waterfordkick

Kickboxing Waterford Sept 08.jpg

Sunday the 21st of September the Waterford Kickboxing Association will be holding a kickboxing show in the Woodlands Hotel in Waterford city. with 2 weeks to go the show is building up to be a sizzler with a WKA (World Kickboxing Organization ) European title and a WKA world title. Plus 8 supporting bouts. Fighting for the European title is Richard Beale from Wexford. He will be taking on a fighter called Claudio Moreno. Both fighters very well experienced clocking up over 20 fights each.
Waterford's Lynne Mc Enery will be fighting for the WKA World title. Her opponent is Ana Roxo from Lisbon Portugal. This will be Lynne's final kickboxing bout.Lynne has been kickboxing for the last 20 years and is looking forward to her last time in the ring.
Supportint bouts include local kickboxers Sean Barrett, Sean O'Neill, Joe Harte and Ian Walsh. This event kicks off 3pm Sun 21st Sept

Both title fights have been sanctioned by WKA full contact president Mr Mladen Steko.

deisehead

How come its Lynn's last fight ?

Christ Church

'Wedding Bells', the exhibition of wedding photographs by Annie Brophy at Christ Church Cathedral has been extended till Saturday 4th of October (due to demand).
Free Admission
Mon to Fri 10am to 6pm
Sat 10am to 4pm

kitten_bar

Hi All,

Thanks for the notes of support - just a reminder that Square (a night of board game fun) starts upstairs in Phil Grimes Pub tomorrow night (Wed 24th Sept) at 8pm

This is a FREE night and is open to all - come alone or with a group of friends.

There will be biscuits!

(Go on - you know you want to)

xxxx Kate
<snip - No Personal Info please!>
or join our group 'Square' on facebook.

kitten_bar wrote: »

Shameless Plug #2

Starting Wed 24th Sept and running the last Wednesday of each month upstairs in Phil Grimes, Johnstown from 8pm

SQUARE - a night in, out.

Scrabble, Monopoly, Trivial Pursuit and other classic board games.

An evening of old-fashioned fun with full bar (and tea and biscuits for those so inclined) We're hoping for a mixed crowd covering all ages - everyone welcome (18-80+)) come as part of a group or on your own. We'll be grouping people for some games so it's a great chance to meet new people.

Word of the Week Competitions and spot prizes on the night.
Free in - please support!
Remember - it's hip to be Square. ;-)

---

Blurb aside - I've been wanting to run a night like this for ages - I'm a big scrabble nerd and was thinking with so many people playing on Facebook and the like there must be a market.
If people are in to it we'll run more often than once a month but we'll start at that.
If anyone is interested in helping out (Scrabble Referees etc) or has any extra old games lying around in the attic you can PM me.

Thank you!
xxx Kate F

abouttobebanned

I was browsing the net this morning (And I can't find the bloody page now) and I almost definitely read something about Coolio playing in Waterford in October.

Anyone seen anything about this? Or have I got confused with one of the 27 Waterfords in America...

abouttobebanned

I think I got this wrong lads...apologies...(mods may as well delete!)

Anon0000

Just for anyone thats interested:
Soul Reazon
Friday 26th September
Muldoons Bar
Doors: 9pm
Band on Stage: 10pm
Tickets priced @ €7

Anon0000

Nope you didnt get it wrong at all lol
He's playing in Oxygen on Tuesday the 7th of October
www.-oxygen-niteclub-.bebo.com

Anon0000

hope that helps

abouttobebanned

i would have preferred to see him somewhere else to be honest...although I'd doubt electric avenue would have him. haha

Not really a fan of Oxygen tbh, but hey....coolio!

Elle Victorine

I thought he was dead! Can't believe he's doing a gig in Waterford. That's just hilarious!

Mossy Monk

What is hillarious about someone performing?

AdMMM

Will Kenan and Kel be making a cameo appearance I wonder?!

Dan133269

he's been playing in Limerick regularly over the last few years, well by that I mean he's been there twice in the last 4 years. one night was going to go to the particular club he was in, then found out admission was 15euro because he was playing the gig so we all decided not to go there

abouttobebanned

wouldn't pay 15 euro for him now

Sully

Ill move this into the events guide now that we know who, what, when, where etc etc

mang

theres a new website in town called PluggedIn.ie and it has all the local stuff thats going on, reviews etc.

abouttobebanned

Wasn't there a newspaper with that as well? Looks like they were victims of the recession

Christ Church

To mark National Poetry Day, there will be a free lunchtime poetry reading at Christ Church Cathedral this Thursday (2nd October) at 1pm (45 mins)
The featured poets are Alan Garvey, Paddy Fagan and Billy Ramsell.
Admission is free and all are welcome

Christ Church

Two concerts on this weekend at Christ Church

Sat 4th at 8pm - Dulcet & the Penybontfawr Male Voice Choir (Wales)
Tickets €16 / €12 concession

Sun 5th at 12 noon - Waterford Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (one hour)
Tickets €7 / €5 / €12 for a family - includes free coffee & tea

Fajitas!

There's an exhibition on in Garter Lane, photos of local bands, local bands' albums, posters and the like, and the odd band playing lunch time gigs in there, worth checking out.

Treated myself to a few hours of Deaf Animal Orchestra myself today

kitten_bar

Afternoon all,

Just a quick note to say the next Square night is this Wednesday 8th Oct upstairs in Phil Grimes - 8pm

As with last time Free admission - and there's a lovely prize for word of the night.

Square - A Night In, Out - scrabble, trivial pursuit, monopoly etc. with a bar and biscuits.

Bring friends or come alone.

Thank you! (and hope to see you there)

xxx Kate

Christ Church

Saturday 18th October at 8pm
Waterford International Festival of Light Opera - 'Festival Favourites'
Tickets 20 / 15 Euro from 051 855038

Sunday 19th October at 12 noon (one hour duration)
Gabriela Mayer (piano) & Ruxandra Colan (violin)
Tickets 7 / 5 conc / 12 Euro for a family, includes coffee & tea
pay at the door

www.christchurchwaterford.com

abouttobebanned

haha i think we're getting close to the time when you'll have to start paying for advertising haha

Plugged In

This Thursday in Electric Avenue there is gig in aid of Oxfam.
Its a tenner in and all money goes to Oxfam.
There are four great Waterford bands playing; Gorbachov, Saviours of Space, Trousersnake and Ghetto Amaretto and Untz are upstairs in the Loft.
Its going to be a great night and I hope you can make it down.

For more info check out http://www.pluggedin.ie

Trotter

Best of luck to everyone who's doing the run tomorrow. The weather forecast is pants!

My strategy is to take it nice and easy and come home wet but relaxed

Sully

Moved to Event Guide.

daftdave

huge turnout for this event, well done to all that took part , weather was not great but sure what harm, pat on the back to everyone that made it happen, the benefits will be there for everybody in the years to come, with a bit of luck we wont need to see the inside of the place !

cathedral

Renowned singer from Glenstal Abbey Nóirín Ní Riain will hold a ‘singers and listeners’ workshop at Christ Church Cathedral on Thursday 30th October from 7.30 to 9.30pm.
This is a workshop for everyone; singer and listener alike. There will be a nominal charge of €10 per person and places are limited.
To register, email lynn @ christchurchwaterford dot com or pm me here

- this will be an informal group experience - nobody will be put on the spot to sing!

Plugged In

The 6th Imagine festival takes palce from the 24th of October - 2nd of November. You can check all the listing's and previews of all the events at http://www.pluggedin.ie

kitten_bar

The next Square - A Night In, Out is on tonight Wed 29th October upstairs in Phil Grimes, Johnstown, Waterford.

Tonight is the Scrabble Special and there'll be a prize on the night for Word of the Night.

doors 8pm and admission as always is Free.

xxx Kate

screwtape

The Distractions in Murph's this Saturday night, well worth a look (and naturally the forum afterwards though it's gone seriously young since I was part of the furniture up there).

Fighting Spiders on the 14th in The Forum (along with Republic Of Loose), looking forward to this, haven't managed to see the lads in the luminous yellow gear and the jeans that are far far too tight, should be fun but very, very disturbing!!

Plugged In

On the 12th of November, Pluggedin.ie and WIT are proud to present
Legalise Cannabis Ireland v W.I.T law society
in a debate about our current weed laws.
It takes place at 19:30 at the Gallery in the W.I.T

RTE and TV3 and other national and local media are going to cover the event and there are interesting guest speakers and TDs attending.

This is a very interesting topic which has had much debate over the years and on the 12th all the speakers will argue over whether our laws regarding cannabis should be changed.

It will be an interesting night and I would encourage everybody from Waterford to try and make it down and support our collage.

Sully

Event merged with City Events Guide.

Tragamin2k2

Plugged In wrote: »

On the 12th of November, Pluggedin.ie and WIT are proud to present
Legalise Cannabis Ireland v W.I.T law society
in a debate about our current weed laws.
It takes place at 19:30 at the Gallery in the W.I.T

RTE and TV3 and other national and local media are going to cover the event and there are interesting guest speakers and TDs attending.

This is a very interesting topic which has had much debate over the years and on the 12th all the speakers will argue over whether our laws regarding cannabis should be changed.

It will be an interesting night and I would encourage everybody from Waterford to try and make it down and support our collage.

I'll be there, support the collage and the changing of corrupt laws. Was waiting for something like this to come up and always had a feeling WIT would have something to do with it. Fair play lads

cathedral

Friday night at 8pm: Noirin Ni Riaian, Eoin O Suilleabhain and Micheal P O Suilleabhain

Saturday night at 7pm: South, Sir Ernest Shackleton's Glorious Epic of the Antarctic (film) with live piano accompaniment by Phill Collins

Sunday afternoon at 3pm: European Union Chamber Orchestra

Tickets available on the door for all these events. check out www.christchurchwaterford.com for more details

dlofnep

Plugged In wrote: »

On the 12th of November, Pluggedin.ie and WIT are proud to present
Legalise Cannabis Ireland v W.I.T law society
in a debate about our current weed laws.
It takes place at 19:30 at the Gallery in the W.I.T

RTE and TV3 and other national and local media are going to cover the event and there are interesting guest speakers and TDs attending.

This is a very interesting topic which has had much debate over the years and on the 12th all the speakers will argue over whether our laws regarding cannabis should be changed.

It will be an interesting night and I would encourage everybody from Waterford to try and make it down and support our collage.

Interesting. I have Irish class at that time, so I can't make it. Would pop down for a look otherwise. Best of luck with the debate!

fudark

More info here -> http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055412145

Sully

Events go in this topic - posting elsewhere and linking is not the same.

Re-post in here, cheers.

abouttobebanned

The First Annual All-Waterford Bumper Quiz sponsored by Beat 102-103 and Waterford People (or today, not sure which) is being held on December 11th. Not sure where though - I'll let you know as soon as I do.

fudark

Hello,

On 7th November, this Friday, you'll have a chance to get a bit of a taste of Polish culture as the Polish Independence Day will be celebrated in Waterford this weekend.
We start in the Central Library at Lady Lane at 6pm with the official event (Polish food, photos from Poland, Polish folk music)

but the main thing will be:

the concert of the folk band Tekla Klebetnica in Ryan's pub at Barrack Street which starts at 9pm and will last till close (with a break or two between sets).

Then on Sunday 9th November the band will play on the Polish Mass in St. John's church at Parnell St. at 10:15.

Anyone interested in Polish culture, or just in good folk music and tasty food are invited!
Bring over your friends and celebrate with us

See you there
Kris

screwtape

I'm sure everyone knows but Jape in Electric Avenue on Friday night and Fight Like Apes on Saturday!!!

cathedral

The Russian Chamber Orchestra and guest soprano will perform a concert of popular classical music at Christ Church Cathedral.
Friday 14th November at 8pm
www.christchurchwaterford.com for further details