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REKO Make Our Thursdays Finals

REKO Make Our Thursdays Finals

FROM KILKENNY to Cork, and onwards to Belfast, it was good news for Reko on Thursday night gone as they have been selected as one of the four finalists for the Guiness Our Thursdays competition after their heat in the Old Oak (Cork) last week.
The band had a busy weekend, starting in Cork (Thursday), onto …

Reko & Saving J For Cork Showcase

Reko & Saving J For Cork Showcase

OUR THURSDAYS continues tomorrow night (Thursday) with the regional showcases and if you were to make your way to Cork, you’ll find local representation from Reko and Saving J. First off, congratulations to the bands. Some of the heats (from what we’ve heard) have been pretty big, pretty tough, while some of them have been …

Win Passes For Out For The Weekend

Win Passes For Out For The Weekend

Are you coming out for the weekend? Kilkenny’s gay pride festival announces activities and line-up.
The first ever Out For The Weekend festival, takes place from August 27th to 29th coming and festival organisers promise it will be “a colourful celebration of community”.
Activities and events are still being announced through the festival website, www.OutForTheWeekend.ie, but so …

Damo Suzuki, Tindersticks and More to Come

Damo Suzuki, Tindersticks and More to Come

KILKENNY ARTS Festival kicked off last weekend for for the bulk of the week I’ve been blogging over there (as opposed to here on KKM). I’ve gotten to as many of the music events as possible in the evenings but now that we’re hitting Thursday and day seven of the festival, it’s time to start …

The Ambience Affair Replace Geppetto at Arts Festival

The Ambience Affair Replace Geppetto at Arts Festival

THIS FRIDAY marks the start of the 2010 Kilkenny Arts Festival, now in its 37th year. There have been a few changes to the festival lineup since it was announced (only a few mind you) and one of those is that Geppetto, previously advertised for the new music night in Set on Thursday 12th, will …

Green Spheres: Jape Live In Kytelers

Green Spheres: Jape Live In Kytelers

DAY TWO of the Heinken Green Spheres weekend in Kilkenny and there’s one show to catch before the big one in Langtons tomorrow night. With doors opening for 8pm tonight, you can catch Jape, live in Kytelers on Kieran Street. Just as with Left Bank last night, there will be no entry charge to the …

Alex Metric Sabotage, Hits Kilkenny

Alex Metric Sabotage, Hits Kilkenny

Fresh from Oxegen’s Red Bull stage, Alex Metric brings his Sabotage remix and so much more to Kilkenny this weekend. Matt The Millers is the venue, 11pm tomorrow night (Friday) is the kick off and it’s free. BUT – it’s free on a very much first-come-first-served basis for Alex Metric lands in Kilkenny as part …

RSAG Moving Image Remix

RSAG Moving Image Remix

RSAG has been given the remix treatment by local DJ/producer, V-Force. The track is Moving Image, taken from Jeremy Hickey’s Choice Music Prize-nominated Organic Sampler.
From V-Force himself…
So the RSAG man himself, Mr Jeremy Hickey kindly gave me permission to have a crack at remixing a track from his last album.
The track was mastered by Matt …

2manydjs Ticket Winners

2manydjs Ticket Winners

So we announced on Facebook and Twitter earlier the winners of the two pairs of tickets to go see 2manydjs this Sunday as part of the Heineken Green Spheres weekend in Kilkenny. In case you missed it, you can always join up with us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter here.
Congratulations to Dave Davis …

One Take Sessions Taking To Web

One Take Sessions Taking To Web

THE ONE TAKE SESSIONS, a night we’ve loved and run for the past four years, is changing direction. If you open the Kilkenny People today you’ll find the story in the entertainment section but we would like to announce that we’re shaking up the One Take Sessions and, for the moment, pausing the live night …