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Irish Independent
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
The top ten things to do in Sligo this week, June 25-July 1: Onóir, Coney Island Adventure Run, Big Band Dancing and more
See our top pick of this week's events below. Onóir Contemporary Irish folk group Onóir will perform at the Hawk's Well Theatre on Saturday, June 28. This is a night not to be missed. As they put their unique stamp on the timeless ballads and folk songs that we all love. This gig is sold out, but keep an eye on online forums in case ticketholders can't make it. Irish Rock Legends By Candlelight This brand new show specially written by Frank McNamara featuring the music of the greatest legends of the Irish music scene comes to the Sligo Park Hotel this Thursday, June 26. The show features the music of Phil Lynott, Sinead O'Connor, Van the man, The Cranberries, Aslan, Picture This, The Script, Enya, and of course via eventbrite. Coney Island Adventure Run The Coney Island Adventure Run takes place this Saturday, June 28. The 10 mile walk and 10 mile run both start at Sligo Rugby Club, with the walk starting at 11am and the run getting underway at 12. The run is for over 18s only, while the walk is open to all age groups. Register at Lunchtime at The Well Lunchtime at the Well continues at Hawk's Well Theatre on Wednesday, June 25 at 1.10 pm, welcoming a special addition to this beloved mid-week series: a captivating pairing of Dee Armstrong and Stephen O'Dowd. This performance showcases a unique collaboration between two esteemed musicians, offering a delightful blend of folk and traditional music. Dave McLoughlin and Anna Houston Dave McLoughlin and Anna Houston will play Lillie's Live Lounge this Wednesday, June 25. In the Lillies Live Lounge gig Dave will be showcasing work from the 3 recorded albums along with new material. Dave will be playing with his long-time collaborator Anna Houston who will be playing some original pieces of her own. Tickets via eventbrite. Big Band Dance Barry Kirwan is next up for this month's Big Band Dancing at the Sligo Park Hotel on Sunday, June 29. These monthly events are proving to be hugely popular. Doors open at 8pm, with dancing from 9pm-11pm. Admission is €15. EP launch GreenBirdFlying will launch their brand new EP this Saturday, June 28 at the Yeats Society, Sligo. Get ready for a night filled with amazing music, good vibes, and unforgettable memories. Tickets via eventbrite Cloonacool Players Cloonacool Players perform J.M Synge's hilarious satire 'The Tinker's Wedding' on Sunday June 29 at 7.15pm in the gloriously green field at the T-junction in Cloonacool Village. Your last chance to see this outdoor production from the ever popular actors Olive Giblin, Peadar Conway, Marian Tarpey and Dennis Ross leading the action and directed by Eileen Davey. An evening of surprises and laughter. Stroll4sean This Sunday at midday at Cleveragh Park, the Stroll 4 Sean event takes place. The event is part of an online fundraising campaign to support Sean Brown and his family as they live with the difficulties of his MND Diagnosis last year. It is a free, one hour event and all are welcome to take part in the short stroll around the walking track on the day. ADVERTISEMENT Easkey Gymkhana A day of Showjumping not to be missed this Sunday, June 29 at Easkey Gymkhana. Enjoy a full schedule of showjumping for ponies and horses. The event starts at 9.30am. Eircode is F26N793.
Irish Independent
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
The top ten things to do in Sligo this week: June 4-10
There's no shortage of brilliant events taking place in Sligo this week, and if you're wondering what's on, we've compiled a list of the best things to do in the area this week. Cruinniú na nóg Cruinniú na nÓg takes place on Saturday, June 7. A day of free creativity for children and young people. Events take place in Hawk's Well Theatre, Sligo Central Library and Tubbercurry Library. The full programme of events can be found at Emma Rawicz Stellar jazz saxophonist Emma Rawicz will be performing with her exceptional quartet featuring Elliot Galvin (piano), Kevin Glasgow (bass) and Asaf Sirkis (drums) at Hawk's Well Theatre on Thursday, June 5, Rawicz is a multi-award winning young bandleader and composer who is making waves on the UK music scene and beyond. Josephine Foster Abhainn Studio & October Nights are thrilled to welcome the acclaimed US singer Josephine Foster to Enniscrone this Saturday, June 7, as part of an Irish tour. Josephine Foster is an American artist celebrated as a singer, multi-instrumentalist, and composer. Her voice seems to drift from another time. Her music carries the soul of old folk songs, operatic hymns, and blues, yet moves freely, like a dream half-remembered. Tickets via eventbrite Is Mise Éire Eile: I am another Ireland A powerful new theatre piece coming to Hawk's Well Theatre, on Wednesday June 4. Is Mise Éire Eile: I am another Ireland tells the true story of a community confronting itself in the wake of protest and change. Following the performance, audiences are invited to stay for a panel discussion featuring company members, local community organisers, and elected officials. Zoid jazz quartet This is Irish musician Daniel Jacobson's first Irish gig since moving to Bristol in 2024, taking place at Lillie's on Friday, June 6. Since the move he's been getting involved with the Bristol jazz scene, playing with some of the many great musicians there at jam sessions around the city. Ailíse Maxwell and Friends Take a midday pause and enjoy an afternoon of beautiful music with Ailíse Maxwell and Friends as part of Lunchtime at the Well at Hawk's Well Theatre. Join Hawk's Well on Wednesday, June 4 at 1:10pm for a gentle and uplifting concert featuring original compositions and fresh interpretations of traditional music. Yonder Boys Yonder Boys will play live in Brees, Strandhill on Friday, June 6. Yonder Boys is an Americana/ Bluegrass/Folk trio with David Stewart Ingleton (vocals, banjo), Jason Serious (vocals, guitar), and Tomás Peralta (vocals, mandolin, bass). Presenting their new single 'Makeshift Family' and other songs off our up coming album to be released this year. Kenton Cool's Everest Everest/Sagarmatha/Chomolungma has long captured the imagination of mountaineers and aspiring adventurers as the pinnacle of climbing: simply the highest point on the planet that 'must be reached'. Kenton Cool - the 18x summit non-Sherpa record-holder – has created a new show to take audiences on a fascinating journey through the history of the highs and lows. See this show at Hawk's Well on Tuesday, June 10. Illuminations Enjoy a night of poetry and conversation – everyone's welcome, and admission is free at The Model on Thursday, June 5. There's an informal atmosphere and no need to sign up to read beforehand, you can just make your way there and enjoy yourself, read your own work or a favourite poem by a famous author. The Life and Times of Paddy Armstrong Fifty years after his wrongful conviction, at the age of 74, Paddy is facing into his twilight years and wrestling with a thousand turbulent memories. In Paddy, he relives the journey that forever altered his destiny. A one-man show, starring Don Wycherley as Paddy, the play is inspired by Paddy's memoir Life After Life, a Guildford Four Memoir. See this show at Hawk's Well on Saturday, June 7.
Irish Independent
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Sligo Live confirms another headline show as Americana and folk artist Frazey Ford joins line-up
Tickets are on sale from Thursday, May 29, online from and in person or by phone 0719161518 from Hawk's Well Theatre's box office. Sligo Live urge fans to book early to select the best seats and avoid disappointment. Frazey Ford is one of Canada's most distinctive voices, a singer-songwriter whose music defies easy categorization. Emerging as a founding member of the folk trio The Be Good Tanyas, Ford helped pioneer a roots revival in the early 2000s that blending Americana, folk, and alt-country. Her solo career has taken her into new territory. Ford's 2010 debut 'Obadiah' introduced listeners to a more soulful, introspective side of her artistry, fusing folk with slow-burning Southern soul. She followed it with Indian Ocean in 2014, recorded in Memphis with members of Al Green legendary Hi Rhythm section. Frazey Ford's third album, 'U kin B the Sun', is a luminous, defiant work that deals with themes of transformation, healing, and inner strength. Her lyrics speak to both personal and political awakenings, delivered with a voice that's both intimate and soaring. Whether she's channelling soul, folk, or R&B, she delivers songs that feel lived-in, real, and rooted in the complexity of human experience. At turns ecstatic and heavy-hearted, gloriously shambolic and deeply purifying, 'U kin B the Sun' is the outcome of a certain personal transformation that Ford has experienced in recent years. 'I used to speak more in metaphors, but this album came out in a much more raw and direct way,' she says. 'I'd say that's a result of being more in my body and more in touch with the wholeness of anger, with taking up space and having boundaries. On this record I freed myself from the folk-writing format, and it's been a whole different exploration for me.' ADVERTISEMENT Learn more Frazey Ford Tickets are €34 plus fees and are available on-line at and in person or by phone (071) 916 1518 from the Hawk's Well box office. Frazey Ford joins a Sligo Live Festival line-up which includes, Sharon Shannon Big Band with guests, Steve Earle, Mundy, Camile O'Sullivan and Liam O Maonlaí in the Knocknarea Arena on October 25 at 8.30pm. Other acts performing this year include: Steve N Seagulls with guests, Jaywalkers, in the Hawk's Well on October 24 at 8pm; Joel Dommett – 'Happy Idiot', in the Hawk's Well on October 25; Mary Gauthier with guest, Jaimee Harris, in the Hawk's Well October 26 at 8pm; and Daniel Herskedal from Norway play a very special afternoon Hawk's Well show at 3pm on October 26. Ye Vagabonds with guest, Niamh Bury, will perform in the Hawk's Well Theatre on November 1 at 8pm.
Irish Independent
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Sligo Live Festival confirm another headline show as Canadian Americana and folk artist Frazey Ford confirmed
Tickets are on sale from Thursday, May 29, online from and in person or by phone 0719161518 from Hawk's Well Theatre's box office. Sligo Live urge fans to book early to select the best seats and avoid disappointment. Frazey Ford is one of Canada's most distinctive voices, a singer-songwriter whose music defies easy categorization. Emerging as a founding member of the folk trio The Be Good Tanyas, Ford helped pioneer a roots revival in the early 2000s that blending Americana, folk, and alt-country. Her solo career has taken her into new territory. Ford's 2010 debut 'Obadiah' introduced listeners to a more soulful, introspective side of her artistry, fusing folk with slow-burning Southern soul. She followed it with Indian Ocean in 2014, recorded in Memphis with members of Al Green legendary Hi Rhythm section. Frazey Ford's third album, 'U kin B the Sun', is a luminous, defiant work that deals with themes of transformation, healing, and inner strength. Her lyrics speak to both personal and political awakenings, delivered with a voice that's both intimate and soaring. Whether she's channelling soul, folk, or R&B, she delivers songs that feel lived-in, real, and rooted in the complexity of human experience. At turns ecstatic and heavy-hearted, gloriously shambolic and deeply purifying, 'U kin B the Sun' is the outcome of a certain personal transformation that Ford has experienced in recent years. 'I used to speak more in metaphors, but this album came out in a much more raw and direct way,' she says. 'I'd say that's a result of being more in my body and more in touch with the wholeness of anger, with taking up space and having boundaries. On this record I freed myself from the folk-writing format, and it's been a whole different exploration for me.' ADVERTISEMENT Learn more Frazey Ford Tickets are €34.00 plus fees and are available on-line at and in person or by phone (071) 916 1518 from the Hawk's Well box office. Frazey Ford joins a Sligo Live Festival line-up which includes, Sharon Shannon Big Band with guests, Steve Earle, Mundy, Camile O'Sullivan and Liam O Maonlaí in the Knocknarea Arena Oct 25th at 8.30pm. Steve N Seagulls with guests, Jaywalkers, in the Hawk's Well Oct 24th at 8.00pm. Joel Dommett – 'Happy Idiot', in the Hawk's Well on Oct 25th. Mary Gauthier with guest, Jaimee Harris, in the Hawk's Well Oct 26th at 8.00pm and Daniel Herskedal from Norway play a very special afternoon Hawk's Well show at 3pm on Oct 26th. Ye Vagabonds with guest, Niamh Bury, in the Hawk's Well Nov 1st at 8.00pm.
Irish Independent
11-05-2025
- General
- Irish Independent
Comedian Gearóid Farrelly on his cat Boots: ‘I first got her to win an argument with my boyfriend'
I first got her to win an argument with my boyfriend. 'You're always saying we should do animal fostering and that you'll look into it,' he said to me one day. 'But you never do it.' Well, by the time he came home that same evening I had signed up to take in three kittens. They all had cat flu and poor Boots was the sickest. We had them for about three weeks and were supposed to be giving them back, but when I arrived home at 2am one night from a gig in Letterkenny just a few days away from the handover, I found my partner still up, and very concerned about Boots. So off we went with her to a 24-hour DSPCA vet. As for giving Boots away, well, the vet was spot on that night. 'I'll believe it when I see it'' he said. 'With only a couple of days to go, here you are in the middle of the night because you're so worried about her.' That was eight years ago. Keeping Boots was a great decision; the kitten that suited us best was the one we kept. She's a tan and brown mix and she's very cute. Even though she is the most generic looking cat you could imagine, I still think she's the most beautiful cat in the world. Not that I'd had much experience with cats because we always had dogs at home when I was growing up. Cats are far more independent than dogs. Say I want a cuddle with Boots? Well, I might be granted about 10 minutes. Then that's my lot! She's a good cat, apart from taking a fancy to one of my partner's AirPods one day. She was never really destructive as a kitten. We got her one of those scratching posts and that definitely helped. Boots had actually been assigned to someone else when we decided to keep her. I'd put the three kittens up on social media and they were all offered homes. When you foster, though, you always get first call. The woman who wanted Boots works in the Hawk's Well Theatre in Sligo, a venue I know well. Even these days she never lets me forget what happened! I'd never leave Boots for a long time, not even for work. So, would I take on a three-month tour of Australia, for example? Probably not. Sometimes I wonder if she's lonely, if she'd maybe like a pal. Recently, though, I introduced her to my parents' puppy and she was not impressed. When it comes down to it, Boots is very happy with her lot. Sure, why wouldn't she be? We are besotted with her and, let's face it, she owns the place. ADVERTISEMENT As told to Roslyn Dee Gearóid Farrelly is on a countrywide tour until July 20, see
