Carolanne Crosbie Exhibition

Carolanne Crosbie’s first solo art exhibition takes place in 68 Main Street, Kinsale (formerly “Kist”) for two weeks. Starting from Friday the 31st of July. All are welcome to the official opening on at 6pm on that Friday.

Carolanne has had an interest in Art particularly painting since her school days. After years of art classes she completed a two year cert course in the Kinsale Further Education College in 2008.

For the Past Year she been working towards this, her first solo exhibition.

Kinsale Arts Week

Kinsale is set to welcome over 20,000 people onto its streets for its fifth annual Kinsale Arts Week. Visitors can listen to poetry whilst at sea with Theo Dorgan or be served a meal by eccentric waiting staff at The Faulty Towers Dining Experience.

Visual artist Brian O’Doherty is set to showcase a specially commissioned outdoor installation at Charles Fort, whilst rockabilly queen Imelda May and the infamous Paul Brady will be belting out the tunes on stage at the remarkable natural outdoor amphitheatre. BBC World Music Award winner Terrafolk will be joined on stage by Cork-born violinist Una Palliser, who has performed with the likes of Elbow and Take That, with Dublin-based band Prison Love playing support. Award-winning comedian David O’Doherty will also be entertaining with his minature keyboard and quirky tunes.

As ever, there will be a wide variety of activities for children and teenagers at the festival, including the return of the ever popular Street Day.

Click here for the full program

Jodavino & Lerner Play Kinsale

Jodavino & Lerner play The Spinnaker as part of a double headline show, this Sunday 21st June in Kinsale.

Jodavino’s debut album, Deep End, was released in September 2006 and received glowing reviews nationally. The band toured the album over a period of 14 months. The highlights of this tour included a sell out gig at Cork’s Everyman Palace and being invited to open up for Roxy Music and Lionel Richie at Cork’s famed Live at the Marquee. The band received extensive airplay nationally, especially in Cork, where the song Move Me earned the title of best song of the year from listeners of RED Fm.

Lerner released their debut album Still Waiting in November 2005 which was recorded in the foothills of Ventry, Co. Kerry with producer Karl Odlum (the Frames, Mic Christopher, Gemma Hayes, Ham Sandwich). The band were named in Today FM’s top 10 New Irish Artists of the year in 2006. Following on from the release and a string of high profile support slots with The Frames & Kila, the band retired to a farmhouse studio in West Cork, once again with Karl Odlum, to record their 2nd album Calm Road. This new record holds 11 tracks with an edgy feel, reflecting the bands raw studio energy.

Don’t miss this show! Tickets €10 from the Spinnaker, doors 8pm…