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Life Under the Cloak by Aideen Cross

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Life Under the Cloak is an exhibition of textile art that was created by over 300 primary school students from 10 Kildare primary schools in collaboration with local Textile Artist/Designer

Beauty Myths by Olga Anacka

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Beauty Myths is a collaborative project between Olga Anacka and Riverbank Arts Centre, inviting the artist to undertake an Art Residency, Open Studio, and Exhibition at the McKenna Gallery. With

The Devil’s Spine Band

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Leaning heavily into the genre of ‘Dark Cabaret,’ (previously explored with “The Whistling Girl”- settings of  Dorothy Parker’s poetry with Honor Heffernan), The Devil’s Spine Band takes its’ lead from

€18 – €20

Kyle Riley: Little Folk – On The Road

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Kyle’s back with his wildly popular family concert for young children! Little Folk- On the Road is perfectly suited for 2-7yr olds and their adults. Featuring his award winning children’s

€10 – €36

Shane Daniel Byrne – Trouble Denim

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

This Irish fella is back after BURSTING onto the Irish scene in 2024. Shane Daniel Byrne is on fire; fresh from sell-out touring in Ireland, UK and Australia. Pop in

€24
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Kildare Youth Theatre Presents Mia and the Fish

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

The story explores the challenges of displacement and the immigrant experience and inspires reflection on our shared responsibility to protect each other and the environment. Faced with an apocalyptic storm

€5 – €10
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Kildare Youth Theatre Presents Mia and the Fish

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

The story explores the challenges of displacement and the immigrant experience and inspires reflection on our shared responsibility to protect each other and the environment. Faced with an apocalyptic storm

€5 – €10

Cat Crainn agus Madraí Uisce / Treecats and Waterdogs

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

An exhibition by Corrina Askin with Manchán Magan This original exhibition explores words for nature and our connection with the natural world. Corrina’s vibrant artwork combines with a bilingual soundscape

The Wild Robot

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

From DreamWorks Animation comes a new adaptation of a literary sensation, Peter Brown’s beloved, award-winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, The Wild Robot. The epic adventure follows the journey of a

€4

David O’Doherty – Tiny Piano Man

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

The dishevelled prince of €10 eBay keyboards tries to make you feel alive with a new pageant of laughter, song and occasionally getting up from a chair. It’s gonna be

€23

All We Imagine As Light

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Nurses Prabha and Anu share an apartment in Mumbai. Prabha’s husband moved abroad years previously and no longer contacts her. Despite that, she remains loyal to him and rejects the

€5 – €9

Emma Doran – Dilemma!

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

It’s the post-apocalyptic world. There’s only one contraceptive pill left. Do you give it to your 19-year-old daughter or keep it for yourself? Is it better to be a 40-year-old

€27

Chicken

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Don Murphy is a proud Irish man, a hopeless ketamine addict and one of his generation’s greatest actors. He also happens to be a chicken. Across one fateful night, the

€18 – €20

Raise Your Spear

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Raise Your Spear is an LGBTQ+ allyship project designed by writer and artist Dani Gill. Based on a poem from her second collection (Lessons in Kindness, Salmon Poetry, April 2023),

€10

Hard Truths

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Present-day London. Middle-aged sisters Pansy and Chantal could not be more different. Chantal is cheerful and empathetic. Pansy, on the other hand, is argumentative, hypersensitive and full of anger, with

€5 – €9

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SCHOOLS: Kildare Youth Theatre Presents The Crucible

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Kildare Youth Theatre presents Arthur Miller’s powerful play which explores the dangers of mass hysteria, political corruption, and the scapegoating of vulnerable individuals. Set during the Salem witch trials, it

€6
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Kildare Youth Theatre Presents The Crucible

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Kildare Youth Theatre presents Arthur Miller’s powerful play which explores the dangers of mass hysteria, political corruption, and the scapegoating of vulnerable individuals. Set during the Salem witch trials, it

€6 – €10
Recurring

SCHOOLS: Kildare Youth Theatre Presents The Crucible

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Kildare Youth Theatre presents Arthur Miller’s powerful play which explores the dangers of mass hysteria, political corruption, and the scapegoating of vulnerable individuals. Set during the Salem witch trials, it

€6
Recurring

Kildare Youth Theatre Presents The Crucible

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Kildare Youth Theatre presents Arthur Miller’s powerful play which explores the dangers of mass hysteria, political corruption, and the scapegoating of vulnerable individuals. Set during the Salem witch trials, it

€6 – €10

Neil Ó Lochlainn’s Immram

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Eithne Ní Chatháin- voice Lucia Mac Partlin - fiddle Eilís Lavelle - harp Neil Ó Lochlainn - double bass, flute, music Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill - text Immram is a suite

€15 – €18

Kildare Jazz Festival 2025

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

We are delighted to announce that Kildare Jazz Festival will return in April 2025! Join us for a music packed weekend featuring national and international artists as we embark on

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KILDARE JAZZ FESTIVAL 2025: Emerging Act – Tadhg Leahy

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Tadhg Leahy is an Irish composer, instrumentalist, bandleader and one of the foremost session guitarists in Ireland. Performing and recording for multiple different Irish artists while also performing and recording

€12

KILDARE JAZZ FESTIVAL 2025: Leopoldo Osio Quintet

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

A successor to the celebrated CEO Experiment, the band co-led by Leopoldo Osio that brought a refreshing new voice to the Irish music scene nearly a decade ago and collaborated

€12

KILDARE JAZZ FESTIVAL 2025: Orlando Molina & Alicia Garcia

Harrigan's Bar & Grill Main Street, Newbridge, Kildare, Ireland

Chilean-Venezuelan guitarist and composer, Orlando Molina, unites with Mexican singer Alicia Garcia in a captivating exploration of traditional Latin American music. Their collaboration seamlessly intertwines the authenticity of Latin American

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KILDARE JAZZ FESTIVAL 2025: Conor Guilfoyle Quartet

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Conor Guilfoyle is a highly sought-after drummer and educator known for his innovative approach to jazz rhythm. With an extensive career that includes collaborations with renowned musicians like John Abercrombie,

€12

Music Network Presents Plínio Fernandes

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Music Network presents rising star of the international music scene Plínio Fernandes. Born and raised in São Paulo, Plínio blends the tradition of classical guitar with the rich, rhythmic vibrancy

€15 – €18

KILDARE JAZZ FESTIVAL 2025: Camille Bertault & David Helbock

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Camille Bertault and David Helbock are two of the most jaw-droppingly talented members of the cohort of European jazz musicians currently in their mid-thirties. Their journeys in improvised music are

€12

Crossing

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

In a Georgian backwater, retired teacher Lia turns up on the doorstep of her neighbour: affable, aimless Achi. She’s trying to find her niece Tekla, a twenty-something trans woman who

€5 – €9
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SCHOOLS: Grey Matter

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Paul Curley presents Grey Matter, a new play for young audiences by Paul Curley and Ger Clancy A scientist.  A parrot.  A lifelong friendship. Grey Matter explores the joyful relationship

€6
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Sketchbook Club with Kate Escolin

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Sketchbook Club is a monthly event that encourages fun and playful art-making whilst also building a community of new, old, professional or hobby artists! The goal is to provide a

Pay What You Can

Chris Kent – Offline

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Cork’s own Chris Kent returns with a brand new show ‘Offline’. He tries to give up the internet and navigate life without asking his phone what to eat, where to

€25

Enya Martin – Is It Just Me?

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Martin’s new show, Is It Just Me? is Enya’s search for answers……Is it just my relationship that's like this? Was it just my upbringing that has me this way? Is it

€25

Jack Lukeman Presents: Unbroken Songs 2025

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Join Jack Lukeman for an unforgettable evening celebrating resilience, hope, love, and dreams through his extraordinary musical journey. Unbroken Songs draw from Jack's 30-year career, during which he's uplifted spirits and touched

€28.50

Maria

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Continuing his run of acclaimed and original biopics (Spencer, Jackie), in Maria Pablo Larraín explores who Maria Callas (Angelina Jolie) really was, away from the fame and tabloid headlines. Reimagining

€5 – €9

The Boy and the Heron

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Japan, 1943. Following the death of his mother, 12-year-old Mahito moves to the countryside to live with his father and new stepmother in a sprawling estate. There, Mahito draws the

€4

BrickFlicks Stop Motion Animation Easter Camp

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

In this special BrickFlicks Stop Motion Animation Camp, learn all the basics of how to animate in stop motion using your favourite LEGO character. Shoot spells, fight superheroes, blast rockets

€110