PERFECT TEN
1 KGB Multiple award-winners Paddy Keenan, Frankie Gavin and Dermot Byrne come together as K.G.B. All are synonymous with Irish music, both in their own individual right, and as members of some of this country’s most famous traditional bands. They come to the Hawk’s Well this Sunday at 8pm.
2 CONAL GALLEN When it comes to comedians, there is none better or funnier than the King himself, Conal Gallen! Conal is bringing his brand new stand-up comedy show, ‘Back To Front’ to the stage this Spring. Packed full of hilarious jokes, songs and a few surprises for good measure, it is guaranteed to have audiences in fits of laughter from the very start right through to the very end. Join him at the Sligo Park Hotel this Friday evening.
3 AN EVENING WITH KEVIN BURKE Kevin Burke will perform in The Coleman Centre Gurteen Co Sligo on February 23rd at 8.30 pm Adm €20. Tickets are available from the Centre at 071 9182599 or www.colemanirishmusic.com. Kevin Burke’s fiddle playing has been at the forefront of traditional music since the 1970’s. 4
YESTERDAYS
Enjoy an evening of stories and reminiscences of Sligo town and county over a cuppa at the Clayton Hotel tomorrow (Wednesday) evening. Everyone is welcome to attend the event. You may even have an old photo you would like to share.
5 CON JOVI Con Jovi - the Bon Jovi tribute act- come to The Hill Hotel Gurteen this Friday night. Boasting a stunning 5 part vocal harmony seconded only by the quality of their musicianship, the Con Jovi show delivers a powerhouse full live performance that will leave you breathless and shouting for more.
6 MORAL PANIC From this Friday, February 22nd, the Nest will be holding a week long photographic exhibition featuring the work of artist/photographer Patrick Meehan. Don’t miss out!
7 DON’T TELL THE WIFE Following last years sell out shows with Tom , Dick and Harry , Windmill Players return to the stage with yet another rip roaring comedy directed by Jacinta Gormley. Don’t Tell the Wife is set in 1960’s Belfast in the Willis household where Edna Willis thinks she is happily married to Bobby– well, as happily married as you can be to a man who eats onions with everything. They come to the
8 Glens Centre this Saturday. I DO NOT LIKE THEE DR. FELL
An exciting night of drama will take place in St. Nathy’s Hall Mullinabreena on Sunday Feb 24. Cloonacool Players will present “I do not like thee Dr.Fell” by Bernard Farrell and the play is directed by local man Peadar Conway. 9 BODHRAN WORKSHOPS
Best known for his work with the band Flook, John Joe Kelly is constantly expanding the boundaries of what beats and sounds you can get from one single drum. Workshops begin on Monday, February 25th at the Hawk’s Well and continue for six weeks. 10 ACHROMA
ACHROMA - New Paintings by David Smith opens at The Hyde Bridge Gallery, Yeats Building today (Tuesday Feb 19th), at 5:30pm Exhibition runs until March 12th. The works are a result of coming back and forth between the West of Ireland and Hong Kong over many years.