On The Fringe

On tonight's On The Fringe with Gemma Delaney with thanks to Waterford Panto Society  🍽️ Craicly Stories together with The Waterford Festival of Food is delighted to be hosting an evening of Food Heritage Stories and Supper in the historic spaces of the Waterford Medieval Museum. Jane Gormley chats with Gemma ahead of the event on April 24th. 🎶 One of Ireland’s most loved singer-songwr...

On tonight's On The Fringe with Gemma Delaney with thanks to Waterford Panto Society 🌄Indie Nostalgia Meets World-Champion Energy as The Frank and Walters and Ruaile Buaile Headline Comeraghs Wild Festival Concert 2026. Festival organiser Bernadette Drohan joins Gemma to chat about the spectacular festival, set deep in the heart of the Comeragh Mountains. 😎Moncrieff is set to headline Heatwave F...

Waterford band Scathach are proud to release there first EP Vol 1 in Bank Lane March 25th. Taylor and Sean were in studio to for a beautiful livbe rendition of two of their tracks and to tell Gemma all about it Waterford Music bring The Sinead Farrell Trio to the Dr Mary Strangman Room, City Hall March 25th.  Pianist Fiachra Garvey talks classical music, and being a part time sheep farmer and...

Visit Waterford is thrilled to welcome visitors in 2026 with an exciting lineup of experiences that blend the city’s rich heritage with vibrant contemporary culture. Marketing Manager at Visit Waterford, Clare O'Sullivan, talks us through what not to miss. The Lit, Europe’s first youth-led festival of reading and writing, is currently inviting young people aged 14–19 based in Wat...

The Piatti String Quartet returns to The Dr Mary Strangman Large Room, WaterfordWednesday, Mar 11th 2026 at 7:30 pm for an evening of cinematic classics. The UK-based quartet will perform pieces composed for film by Glass, Shostakovich, Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood and more. Michael Trainor chats with Gemma about what the audience can expect. Seachtain na Gaeilge is being celebrated in Wate...

Déise Girl Lowri Clancy Davies is through to the Final of Can I Gymru 2026, the national Welsh song competition, with heroriginal bilingual composition. She speaks with Gemma about the current revival of celebrating ones native language and culture. Holy God Ivarr The Boneless is Comin' Up The Suir!, a musical comedy, is coming to Theatre Royal 20th-21st March. Writer and director Brid...

Déise Abu, Youth Music and Dance Weekend is a brand new cultural initiative for young adults and their families, taking place 21st and 22nd February in Dungarvan. Co founder Manus McGuire tells  Gemma what the people of Waterford can expect Stradbally based Lunatraktors, bring their genre-bending, trans-disciplinary work to Smock Alley February 28th. Carli and Clair...

Up and coming local poet Darragh O Dempsey, he self published a book of his works, The Serpent's Hiss, last year and is releasing a short cinematic piece to accompany it on January 22nd, Blackwater Valley Opera Festival takes place May 26th - June 1st this year and festival director Eamonn Carroll tells us what we can expect and Waterford City poet Wayne Power joins Gemma in studio ahead...

Dick Roche chats with Gemma about the history of the original site of Waterford city, founded 100 years earlier and 3 miles further down the Suir than the city we know and love today, It's the time of year for New Year's resolutions, and Damien Tiernan has set himself the challenge to learn a cupla focail with the help of teacher Aoife Walsh and Could a theatre for Tramore become a...

Fringe Jan 6th. John Keane steps in for Gemma this week and chat to Pat Grant about his new theatre school for children called Class Act with Pat Grant. Garrett Wyse spoke with Dmaien Tiernen with an update on the campaign for a new community theatre in Tramore and we revisit our chat with Danny O Reilly from the Coronas about his recent solo gig in the Theatre Royal in Waterford. See omnystudio.c...

Dungarvan Singer and Saxophonist, Maria Hymas, is back for another year with her "12 Dresses of Christmas", promoting sustainable fashion with one lucky charity winning a fundraising performance by Maria herself, Actor and drama teacher, Luke Corcoran, chats with Gemma about what he has in store for audiences over the festive period, for Downes Pub Theatre and Director of Waterford Film Centre, Fl...

On this week's show. Gemma hears all about a new documentary, From That Small Island, and she finds out all about SETU Waterford's Master's in Music Performance. SETU Waterford's Master's in Music Performance will be holding their public music recital on December 4th. Students Niamh and Oisin tell Gemma about this incredible concert, From That Small Island, the feature-length documentary writ...

The Dungarvan Dramatic Club returns to the Town Hall Theatre this November 19th-22nd  with one of Shakespeare’s most gripping and powerful plays, Macbeth. Director Mike Keep tells Gemma why they chose this Shakespeare classic, Ahead of  the release of their latest album on November 21st and nationwide tour, Ispini na hEireann tell John Keane why Irish music is on the rise and Phil Coulte...

Basciville are coming to Waterford!, As part of their course, SETU Music Degree students Kerry Batan and Patrick Murphy are coordinating a special intimate Basciville gig at the Goma Gallery of Modern Art on Thursday 27th of November 2025 at 7.30pm. Doors will open at 7pm, with tickets costing ten euro for university students, and fifteen euro for members of the public. See omnystudio.co...

Stagemad Theatre Company's latest production is the Tennessee Williams classic, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. Taking place Nov 11th-15th in Garter Lane Arts Centre, actors Helena Walsh Kiely and Daniel Andrews told Gemma all about it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Carrie Crowley chatted with Ollie and Dymphna about her role in the tv adaptation of the Walsh Sisters based on the books written by author Marion Keyes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dance Scratch Night presented by Rachel Ní Bhraonáin, Come and experience a unique evening of dance and community. Following on from the success of last year’s inaugural event, this an evening for dance, theatre and music lovers alike to see fresh new work from Ireland’s up and coming makers. A Scratch Night is an opportunity for artists to put their ideas to the test in front of an audience and r...

The Fringe Sep 30th, Andra Postolache, the recipient of the ORIGINS Graduate Solo Show Award 2025, opening in Lismore this Saturday, sat down with Gemma to talk about this immersive, surveillant, and multilayered show comprising installation and projection. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fringe Sep 23rd 2025, Damien Tiernan sits down with Frank McNally, writer of The Irish Times daily column "Irishman's Diary", about his new book "Not Making Hay" Declan O’Rourke makes a welcome return to Theatre Royal on Oct 4th, celebrating the 20th Anniversary of his debut album ‘Since Kyabram’ and Aoibhinn Fallon chats with Irish biologist Éanna Ní Lamhna ahead of National Tree D...

Fringe Sep 16th 2025, In 2023, Michael Harding walked the Camino de Santiago and wrote his memoir entitled I Loved Him from the Day he Died. Michael tells Gemma about An Evening with Michael Harding coming to Theatre Royal September 18th To coincide with the Waterford Gallery of Art’s next exhibition, the gallery is delighted to announce the winner of ‘The Sea Around Us’ open call competition, Lin...

Fringe Sep 9th 2025 Darragh O'Dempsey is an eighteen-year-old writer from Waterford who has released his debut poetry anthology, The Serpent's Hiss. Book launch with Wayne Power introducing, will take place in Ardkeen Library on Culture Night at 6pm on Friday 19th September 2025. Gemma spoke with Darragh and Wayne all about it Members of Diva Voces choir, are coming to Waterford to perform a...

The Fringe Sep 2nd, This week Gemma brought us interviews with Keith Dunphy about his new one man show in Garter lane this October. Wayne Brown spoke to the manager of the RTE concert Orchestra ahead of their show in the SETU and Keith Boyle chatted with Maria McCann about Beats, Bites and Bubbles for the Harvest Festival weekend ahead. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On The Fringe Aug 19th with guest host John Keane, Andrew Ryan from The Royal Hunt of the Sun, chats about the album launch in Philly Grimes. Rosemary Ryan, Bishop Palace Keeper of Waterford Treasures chats to us about Heritage week in Waterford and Tracey McEnaney tells us what else is on This Heritage week across the city and county See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On The Fringe Aug 13th, John Keane is this weeks guest host and chats with Darren Holden from the High Kings about their ongoing tour which takes in the Haven Hotel on Friday 15th of Aug. John also spoke with Washed Out, local Waterford band about their new EP and plans for the future See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On The Fringe Aug 5th, John Keane guests host this weeks show and chats with Vinnie from Cry Before Dawn about their new EP and upcoming performance in Waterford this week. TV Honan joined Damien Tiernan on Desie Today to chat about this years successful Spraoi See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.