WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1
GREEN ROAD
Join Green Road at Wexford Arts Centre at 8 p.m. for a night of foot-tapping Irish Folk and trad music. This is the first of a seven-night series that will welcome a guest musician each night. The first guest will be Donal Clancy. Green Road features musicians who have played with Riverdance, on TV shows in Ireland, on radio shows in the UK and US, and for presidents and prime ministers. Wexford Arts Centre at 8 p.m.
SOUTH EAST PLEIN AIR – ART IN THE OPEN
Art in the Open. Seen July 31.
THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS
Wexford Drama Group are delighted to present their summer 2018 production, the wonderful ‘The Plough and the Stars’ by Seán O’Casey, directed by Thomas O’Leary. This wonderful piece of Irish drama will be performed in the Jerome Hynes Theatre, National Opera House nightly at 8 p.m. till Sunday, August 5. Set amid the tumult of the Easter Rising, ‘The Plough and the Stars’ is the story of ordinary lives ripped apart by the idealism of the time. The residents of a Dublin tenement shelter from the violence that sweeps through the city’s streets. A revolution that will shape the country’s future rages around them. What kind of Ireland awaits them?
MUSIC FOR WEXFORD LUNCHTIME CONCERTS.
The final concert in the summer lunchtime series will feature the Allegro String Quartet playing works by Haydn, Philip Glass and Ravel and tenor Peter O’Reilly accompanied by Aoife O’Sullivan on piano for songs by Beethoven, Duparc, Rachmaninoff and Poulenc. The Allegro String Quartet was formed recently and comprises Áine Gallagher and Éibhlín Ní Chathasaigh, violin, Suzanne Anglim, viola, and Lioba Petrie, cello. All four have attended the chamber music course in Termonfeckin.
FOULKSMILLS DUCK RACE
Foulksmills Tidy Towns Duck Race is taking place on the banks of the River Corach starting at 6 p.m. in the Village Park. This year’s attractions include everything from milking Daisy the Cow, to river boat rides, a bouncy castle, giant soccer darts, Hook a Duck and more.
SONGS OF THE SEA
A night of music, songs and stories from New Ross characters Jack Stacey, Séamus Kiely and guests is set to entertain in the Captain’s Table Restaurant at the Dunbrody Visitor Centre at 7.30 p.m. Tickets cost €15 and include finger food. Contact the centre at 051 425239 to book.