On The Fringe

The Fringe June 3rd, SprÓg Festival is back with another incredible line-up! Gemma finds out from Sandra Kelly what's on this year .Internationally acclaimed violinist Vladimir Jablokov is live in the Theatre Royal this Friday. John Keane found out what we can expect and Kieran O Connor provides a round-up from this year's Blackwater Valley Opera Festival

Gemma chats with Paul Bolger of Waterford International Comic Arts Festival., taking place this weekend, Mat 31st and June 1st in Waterford Comics, Park Road, The Blackwater Valley Opera Festival is back for another year with another incredible line up, Gemma sits down with Festival Director Eamonn Carroll and The incredible Jenny Greene tells us about this Sunday's gig at The Haven with our...

The Fringe May 20th with guest host John Keane. John spoke with Stephen Jones about his new show with director Jim Nolan, Tagdh Williams was in to chat about his live gig in Geoffs and Shane Barry is back in the Seanti with another very special live show

Gemma chats with acclaimed actor Barry McGovern ahead of him taking to the stage as "Puck" in the Blackwater Valley Opera Festivals production of "A Midsummer Nights Dream" Dymphna and Ollie from The Big Breakfast Blaa recently spoke with Jungle house Film about their brand new documentary "Freya- Beyond The Mat" about 11-year-old Waterford Jiu-Jitsu champion Freya Marsh and Tramore sensation Monc...

The Fringe May 6th, You may be wondering about the colourful silhouettes surrounding our streets and some of Waterford City’s iconic buildings. As part of the City of Lights project supported by the Fáilte Ireland Urban Animation Scheme, this inaugural project, commissioned by Waterford City and County Council. I'm chatting with Waterford Cultural Quarter Project Lead Katherine Collins AIB Press P...

Local poet Wayne Power chats to Gemma about curating this years upcoming Poetry Day 2025 taking place this Thursday, Plight of The Bumblebee, a documentary by Brenda Castles comes to the Sean Tí May 18th. Brenda talks about everything from bees role in religion to their fight to survive and Local historian Chrissy Knight O'Connor tells Gemma all about the ancient battle of Dungarvan

Scáthach, a Celtic-inspired Waterford band, currently recording their debut album. Lead singer Taylor Lily popped in for a chat about their brand new single and upcoming gigs, 'Grasp' is a new play taking place in the GOMA Gallery of Modern Art gardens over the May bank holiday weekend. Waterford playwright, Hannah Carberry, tells Gemma all about it and Last Friday marked the 30th&n...

Eunice Power tells Gemma about what drives her passion for the West Waterford Festival of Food, Damien Tiernan sits down to chat with Dermot Whelan about his brand new mindset book "Busy and Wrecked" and  Kieran Goss chats with John Keane about his Seanti gig with Annie Kinsella 

On The Fringe, Perform South East comes to the SETU Arena on April 26th billed as the ultimate performance expo. Richie Hayes sits down with Gemma to tell her all about it; Devour the Night, a night of fire, fearless sword swallowing and more comes to Wexford Racecourse April 19th MC-ed by Waterford's own Bonnie Boux. Megan from Devour the Night tells Gemma the inspiration behind this 18...

Woodstown Waves, possibly Waterford's smallest music festival, is back for Volume two at the Saratoga bar. Aoife Kennedy and Sarah Mulligan tell Gemma about their incredible local line up He's been tour drummer for Bellx1 among other things, Tim O Donovan's latest venture is probably his most exciting yet. John Keane recently caught up with the artist otherwise known as Neosupervital Tell of...

Author Martina Devlin will join City and County Librarian Mary Conway for the first Writers at Waterford Libraries event of 2025 in Central Library on 29th March at 3.00 pm to discuss her latest book Charlotte. Martina chats with Gemma about her love of the written word and Charlotte Bronte's Irish connection Pilgrimage Presents is celebrating its third birthday. Having hosted some truly...

On The Fringe this week saw John Keane chat with Tara Howley and George Murphy about the play Dockers. They both appear in this show from April 8th - 12th in Dublin's Ambassador

On The Fringe, Gemma chats with local band Forge Hounds about the new album plus The Big Breakfast blaa chat to John Grubb about this weekends St Patricks day celebrations in Waterford

Building on the success of its 2024 programme, Blackwater Valley Opera Festival and Music Generation Waterford is once again bringing the magic of opera and singing to classrooms across the county with the return of Discover Opera and Discover Singing. These inspiring music education initiatives offer primary school children an engaging introduction to the transformative power of music. Direc...

Beauty and the Beast is the new production from the TY class in The Presentation Secondary school and Flexx Carter chats to John Keane about his upcomimg new music and all about just who is Flexx Carter

The last 18 months have seen a meteoric rise for Dave Lofts as he now announces his biggest headline shows to date at The Academy in Dublin and the Theatre Royal, Waterford in May 2025. Gemma chats with him about the gig, Valentine's Day and the news he's been confirmed for Picture This Waterford summer show.  Using scaled models as well as bunraku and shadow puppetry, Blue Raincoat Theatre C...

Mary is joined in studio by legal expert Jacqueline E Dunne, who has founded new company thejourney.ie , a planner to help people organise their affairs ahead of unforeseen events.  Meg Dunphy, HR Policy and Engagement Manager with CIPD will also be in studio. She'll discuss the so-called ‘hushed hybrid’ trend in Irish workplaces.  And Waterford has recorded over 940 new domain registrat...

The Well festival is back! Maeve Butler from Realta and Tracey McElhinney from Waterford Libraries tell Gemma what's on this years line up. The Blackwater Valley Opera Festival returns for it's 15th anniversary. Festival director Eamonn Carroll is confident it's going to be the best one yet and  From the Japanese Gardens, a collaborative exhibition runs all month in the Coastguard C...

Frank Mc Namara returns to Waterford with Coldplay by Candlelight, this time to the beautiful surrounds of The Granville Hotel. Frank tells Gemma why Coldplay is the ultimate music to play on piano. Michael Murphy is a Lecturer in IADT, his particular area of interest is the music business and he's written several books on the subject. His latest book is called Pop Music Management: Lessons From M...