Zeitgeist Jukebox
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland“A thing of delicate beauty, I wept the whole way through” The Bell Harbour News On a night such as this, some folk meet up at an old warehouse in
€16 – €18
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FIRST FORTNIGHT: Print Workshop with Sandra McAllister (5-8 years)
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandDesigned especially for children, participants will be encouraged to visualise and create drawings about what makes them happy, what they might like to do more of, or achieve in 2025.
€10
FIRST FORTNIGHT: Online Creative Writing Workshop for Teenagers with Nell Regan
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandJoin us for a relaxed online creative writing workshop designed for teens with Long Covid (and other energy limiting conditions like ME/CFS) No experience necessary, just bring a willingness to
Pay What You Can
FIRST FORTNIGHT 2025: Movement & Mindfulness
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandJoin the Aquatic Yogi (Paul Donnelly) for an engaging and playful yoga session designed to build strength, self-awareness, and confidence. This guided flow will not only awaken the body and
€10
FIRST FORTNIGHT: Print Workshop with Sandra McAllister (9-12 years)
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandDesigned especially for children, participants will be encouraged to visualise and create drawings about what makes them happy, what they might like to do more of, or achieve in 2025.
€10
FIRST FORTNIGHT: Purple Door Presents STEREO
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandSTEREO is a performance with live music by Purple Door which explores the themes of identity and categorisation, with a focus on challenging stereotypes. Purple Door, led by Kasia Eliasz,
Free
The Outrun
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandAfter 10 years of spiralling into addiction in London, Rona returns home to the far-flung Orkney Islands in Scotland, hoping to maintain her recovery. Attempting to reconcile her complex family
€5 – €9
Pat & Faye Shortt- Knuckle Down – POSTPONED
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandDue to the red weather warning issued by Met Éireann Pat & Faye Shortt ‘Knuckle Down’ has been postponed until Saturday 8 March. Pat and Faye Shortt return with
€30
Raise Your Spear – POSTPONED
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandThis event has been postponed 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
€10
BRIGID 2025: Moving Words
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandSit down, not for long though! Open your listening ears, your seeing eyes and get ready to enter a world where a wicked fairy and a giant come to life
BRIGID 2025: Wet Felt Making with Tamzen Lundy
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandMaking a spring inspired picture bookmark. Let your kids enjoy the sensory craft of wet felt making. This active craft is the oldest form of textile making in the world.
Free
BRIGID 2025: Strongwomen Science
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandStrongWomen Science is a circus science show for children and families starring two women scientists turned circus performers. Aoife Raleigh is an engineer, Maria Corcoran an environmental scientist. Ever wanted
Free
Small Things Like These
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandNew Ross, 1985. Bill Furlong is a hard-working coal merchant, doing his best to support his family amid the challenging conditions of 1980s Ireland. In the lead-up to Christmas, Bill
€5 – €9
Seift- Ceardlann Drámaíochta
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandThis workshop, facilitated by Cian Ó Náraigh, will focus on devising theatre bilingually, with Gaeilge being at the core. Through a variety of exercises incorporating storytelling, Irish literature, and Verbatim
€5
Seift
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandAodh has started a new job he doesn’t believe in. There will be no negative consequences for himself, his family, or the country. Fan Linn. Seift is a bi-lingual play
Free
Deirdre O’Kane – O’Kaning It
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandComedic fireball Deirdre O'Kane is mad for road, mercilessly mining hilarity from the human condition. Will she conquer the chaos or revel in it? Tame the mayhem or "O'Kane it"?
€30
Brigid’s Day Special – Songwriters ‘In the Round’
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandRiverbank Arts Centre is delighted to present this special event to celebrate Imbolc and Brigid's Day. This unique event will feature three of Kildare’s finest female singer-songwriters: Megan O’Neill, Sive and Heidi
€15 – €18
Sketchbook Club with Kate Escolin
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandSketchbook 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, IrelandCork’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
Jerry Fish – Dreaming of Daniel Tour
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandJerry Fish, indie legend, showman extraordinaire and ringmaster of exceptional renown, is back with his first LP in 15 years. The new album entitled Dreaming of Daniel feat. MayKay (Fight Like
€25
Paddy Cullivan’s The Murder of Michael Collins
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandPaddy Cullivan, well-known from RTÉ’s Late Late Show House Band, presents a fascinating and controversial exploration of one of the most pivotal moments in Irish history—the assassination of Michael Collins. The Murder of
€18 – €20
Power Alley
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandThis punky and electrifying debut feature from Lilah Halla sees 17-year-old volleyball player Sofia – who is about to be offered a dream scholarship to a college in Chile –
€5 – €9
IFI SCHOOL SCREENING: The Fantastic Three | Les trois fantastiques
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandThree friends, Max, Tom and Vivian, spend all their time together as the Fantastic Three, supporting each other in and out of school. When Max’s brother returns from prison seemingly
€6
IFI SCHOOL SCREENING: The Teachers’ Lounge
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandCarla Nowak (Leonie Benesch) is a newly appointed, very dedicated high school teacher. When one of her students is accused of theft, Carla decides to take the matter into her
€6
Music Network Presents: Derek Hickey, Liz & Yvonne Kane and Macdara Ó Faoláin
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandMusic Network kicks off 2025 with a celebration of the very best of Irish traditional music. This exciting tour brings together four of Ireland’s most celebrated traditional musicians: Derek Hickey,
€15 – €18
Beauty Myths by Olga Anacka
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandBeauty 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
Fabric Friends with Textile Artist Aideen Cross
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandJoin Textile Artist/Designer Aideen Cross for a creative and fun workshop where children will create a small fabric animal from some recycled materials while learning skills of hand sewing. Participants
€15
Route 66 Big Band
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandRoute 66 Big Band return to Riverbank Arts Centre! The sixteen-piece band has captivated audiences all over Leinster with their distinct musical style. Their repertoire spans from timeless 1940’s numbers
€20 – €22
The Speks
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandThe Speks present a lively show of nursery rhymes and sing-along songs set to acoustic Irish music which will have adults and kids jumping in their seats! Their hand-clapping, toe-tapping, hearty-laughing
€12 – €44
Anora
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandCharismatic Anora "Ani" Mikheeva lives in Brooklyn and works as a stripper. When Ani meets Ivan - the young, party-loving son of a rich Russian oligarch - Ivan is smitten.
€5 – €9
Moxie Brawl Presents Punk Alley
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandPunk Alley is a loud, wild, and unapologetic joyride of live original punk music and high energy dance. But don’t leave your adults at home – this is a punk
€10 – €36
Bernard O’Shea – Desperate House Husband
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandBernard O'Shea, the 'Desperate House Husband,' invites you on a hilarious escapade into the stay-at-home parenting world. Brace yourself for comical tales of domestic appliances with sinister intentions, yearning for
€22
Sing Sing
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandDivine G (Colman Domingo), an inmate at Sing Sing prison, runs a theatre group as part of a Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA) program. Incarcerated for a crime he didn’t
€5 – €9
IFI SCHOOL SCREENING: La Suprema
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandWelcome to the town of La Suprema, a tiny and remote Columbian village in the Caribbean region, where teenager Laureana finds out her estranged uncle will be boxing for the
€6
Curragh Community College Presents Legally Blonde
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandJoin us as we follow the vibrant journey of Elle Woods (Emma Behan), a spirited sorority girl on her chaotic journey to win back her ex-boyfriend, Warner Huntington III (Vasile
€10 – €15
Curragh Community College Presents Legally Blonde
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandJoin us as we follow the vibrant journey of Elle Woods (Emma Behan), a spirited sorority girl on her chaotic journey to win back her ex-boyfriend, Warner Huntington III (Vasile
€10 – €15
Spacebridge
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandSpacebridge is a performance created through the collaboration between Crooked House Theatre Company and the KARE. Developed during weekly theatre workshops, it is entirely crafted and performed by the participants.
Free
This Flight Tonight – The Songs of Joni Mitchell
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandAcclaimed singer/songwriters Zervas & Pepper present 'This Flight Tonight' an intimate five-piece acoustic live tribute to the music of Joni Mitchell. Featuring songs such as 'California', 'Blue', 'Woodstock' 'Both Sides
€25
Fabric Friends with Textile Artist Aideen Cross
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandJoin Textile Artist/Designer Aideen Cross for a creative and fun workshop where children will create a small fabric animal from some recycled materials while learning skills of hand sewing. Participants
€15
Up Till Dawn Presents Pucked by Cathal Ryan
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandPUCKED is a fast paced, comedic, theatrical, one-man blockbuster! PUCKED tells the story of the young and ambitious Matty Daly. Immersed in the GAA from birth, Matty has one dream and one dream
€18 – €20
Memoir of a Snail
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandIn 1970s Australia, snail-obsessed Grace lives in a shabby apartment with her pyromaniac twin brother Gilbert and their ailing father. When their father dies, the twins are separated and sent
€5 – €9
IFI SCHOOL SCREENING: Neneh Superstar
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandNeneh loves to dance and perform, and fulfils her dreams of joining the prestigious Paris Opera Ballet School, despite her parents’ concerns that it’s not a welcoming place for a
€6
Sketchbook Club with Kate Escolin
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandSketchbook 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
Gemma Hayes
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland2020 saw Gemma Hayes and her family to relocate from London to West Cork in her native Ireland. It was here that she reignited her passion for song-writing that provided
€25
Wildwood
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandBass clarinettist, Deirdre O’Leary, and percussionist, Alex Petcu came together in 2021 to create programmes of funky rhythms and wildly beautiful sounds, full of eccentricity and wit. A new duo
€15 – €18