10 to see at Skibbereen Arts Festival: Villagers, Theo Dorgan, Blue Velvet and more...
Villagers' Conor O'Brien and Theo Dorgan are among the highlights of Skibbereen Arts Festival
Film maker and playwright Carmel Winters joins their dog pack in re-imagining the death of their mother and their dog not as the end, but as the beginning of new ways of seeing and being with each other, through death and beyond.
Dancing-room only for a live appearance from the collaborative project of producer Daithí and Paul Noonan of Bell X1.
Fairport Convention co-founder and British folk trailblazer stops at Skibb in a headlining performance.
Contemporary folk singer's collaboration with Crash Ensemble involves flowing, atmospheric arrangements by Barry O Halpin, and features interpretations of existing and developing work.
Composer, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and electronic artist Rose Connolly, aka RÓIS, breathes new life into a forgotten Ireland and its grieving traditions via folk, sean-nós, electronics, and jazz harmony.
Caragh Bell hosts a conversation with the poet, translator and author, off the back of second novel releasing through Mercier Press.
A tribute to the remarkable 19th century music collector Canon James Goodman in the church that he built, featuring two of Ireland’s most innovative traditional musicians, Cormac Begley and Liam O’Connor, celebrating the release of their highly anticipated album .
Kyla Cobbler is one of the fastest-rising names in Irish comedy, first gaining attention through her viral Instagram reels, before stepping on stage for her first open-mic in May 2021.
To mark the recent passing of acclaimed filmmaker David Lynch, a free late night screening of his surrealist masterpiece . Booking essential.
Conor O'Brien of Villagers takes his extensive back-catalogue of indie gems to Skibbereen in stripped-down fashion. Special guest David Murphy opens the show with slide-guitar impressions of Irish slow airs.
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