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MUSIC: JERRY FISH – Songs and Tall Tales Piano Show

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

An indie legend and ringmaster of exceptional renown, Jerry Fish has evolved into a showman extraordinaire, capturing the hearts and minds of audiences all over with his now legendary live shows, a unique live theatrical experience that dissolves all boundaries between performer and audience. Jerry is currently touring an intimate piano show, performing his favourite

€20

LITERATURE: European Poetry Festival

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

This major event is taking place as part of the 2nd European Poetry Festival, showcasing the energy and innovation of 21st European poetry. Featuring renowned poets from across Europe including readings and performances by Serena Braida, Harry Clifton, Jessica Foley, SJ Fowler, Madara Gruntmane, Katharina Maria Kalinowski, Morten Langeland, Christodoulos Makris, Oana Sanziana Marian,  Endre

Free event

MUSIC: Johnny Duhan- The Voyage

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Following the launch of his autobiography, The Voyage, Johnny Duhan is set to perform a series of solo shows around Ireland, based on some of his most intimate songs and stories dealing with the highs and lows of life. Johnny’s songs are performed worldwide in a variety of languages, thanks to the focus put on

€20

WORKSHOP: Singing workshop with Inni-K

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Join Inni-K for a morning! This workshop with singer, songwriter & multi-instrumentalist Inni-K (Eithne Ní Chatháin) will have participants raising the roof together in full voice as they join Inni-K for a morning. This is a fun group workshop which will interest anyone who enjoys singing, be it in a choir or alone in the

€15

FAMILY CINEMA: Mary Poppins Returns

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

The practically perfect nanny returns to the big screen to help the next generation of the Banks family Mary Poppins returns to the Banks household in a spectacular new story. Using her magical skills, she takes the Banks children on an animated adventure, full of unexpected surprises and musical sequences, to help bring joy and

€4

WORKSHOP: ARTZONE EASTER CAMP

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Spring is in the air - Join the Artzone team for a fun filled Art Camp this Easter! Easter is the perfect time for Visual Arts Camps full of bright and colourful imagery, stories and games. Each portfolio is researched and designed based on the Primary Schools Visual Arts Curriculum to maximise creativity, learning and

€80

DINNER THEATRE: Only Fools The (cushty) Dining Experience

Kildare House Hotel Dublin Road, Kildare Town, Ireland

Ten 42 Productions in association with Interactive Theatre International (Faulty Towers - The Dining Experience) presents a brand new show. Transporting guests to The Nags Head for some wheeling, dealing and eating, this fully immersive, highly interactive theatre show makes for a t’riffic night out – you’d be a plonker to miss it! Del Boy

€3 – €50
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EARLY YEARS: Baby Jam

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Baby Jam – a music session for babies and toddlers with Carrie Haskins BABY JAM is an early introduction to music for babies and toddlers. It involves using music to kick- start learning such as movement, exploring different textures and sounds, introducing different instruments, and interacting with other children to help gain confidence. April -

€7

MUSIC: INNI-K

Main Street, Newbridge, Kildare, Ireland

Named by RTÉ.ie as one of ten fierce women defining Irish culture, Kildare singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Inni-K has received consistent praise for her fresh style of indie-folk since the 2015 release of her acclaimed album ‘The King has Two Horse’s Ears’. Inni-K's music draws on her extensive background in folk and traditional Irish music,

€15
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WORKSHOP: Inside the World of Vision – Science and Art workshop for children

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Join us for a fun and exciting workshops for children as part of STEAM programme (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths) delivered by the facilitators from the Future Makers Collective. This science – art workshop will focus on exploring vision and perception. We will experiment with optical devices, lenses and explore animal and insect vision.

€10

COMEDY: Deirdre O’Kane – A Line of O’Kane

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Deirdre O’Kane has really hit her stride; footloose from a glittering turn on Dancing with the Stars and revelling in her return to stand-up, don't miss Deirdre at her hilarious best in a straight-talking look at twelve frantic months in the life of this tango-tripping, family-minding, telly-making, house-moving, comedy dynamo. "Unique star quality" - The

€18
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FAMILY THEATRE: Egg and Spoon

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Egg and Spoon is a joyful interactive adventure through the seasons. The very young won’t sit still to watch a show and Lyngo Theatre don’t expect them to! Percy and April will get you settled on comfortable cushions and introduce you to Birdy, still hiding in his glowing egg. We have to wait till Spring

€8 – €28

CINEMA: Capernaum

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Winner of the Jury Award at Cannes Film Festival 2018, writer-director Nadine Labaki’s (Caramel, Where Do We Go Now?) Capernaum is a powerful drama, chronicling the beleaguered life of 12-year-old Zain (Al Rafeea). Overcome with anger when his parents sell his 11-year-old sister's hand in marriage, Zain escapes from his parents and begins a journey

€6 – €9

LOCAL ARTS: Kildare Youth Theatre present HAMLET

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

So, you are 18. You go abroad to third level. You are a second year in the University of Wittenburg. You study Philosophy and Greek and Roman Civilization. Tragically, your father dies while you are in your first semester of second year. You return home for the funeral, which is massive: people from everywhere come

€6 – €10
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SCHOOL SHOW: KYT presents HAMLET

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

So, you are 18. You go abroad to third level. You are a second year in the University of Wittenburg. You study Philosophy and Greek and Roman Civilization. Tragically, your father dies while you are in your first semester of second year. You return home for the funeral, which is massive: people from everywhere come

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KYT presents: HAMLET

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

So, you are 18. You go abroad to third level. You are a second year in the University of Wittenburg. You study Philosophy and Greek and Roman Civilization. Tragically, your father dies while you are in your first semester of second year. You return home for the funeral, which is massive: people from everywhere come

€6 – €10

Music Network Presents : De Temps Antan

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

The incredible French-Canadian folk super group De Temps Antan have captured the hearts of audiences across the globe with their stunning interpretations of time-honoured melodies from Quebec’s musical past. Driven by the stomping “tac-tic-a-tac” of “les pieds” (a type of clog), their rough-hewn sound is an utterly infectious mix of boundless energy and joie de

€12 – €15

VISUAL ARTS: Face to Face

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Face to Face Exhibition by 5th year students from The Curragh Post Primary School Creative Engagement Project with artist Paul Woods This exhibition is a culmination of a Creative Engagement project involving the 5th year students from the Curragh Post Primary School and visual artist Paul Woods.  The students were encouraged to explore their inner

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ANIMAGINATION WORKSHOP: Adventures in Storyland

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Illustration workshop for toddlers and pre-schoolers Join visual artist Marta Golubowska  for a workshop in which the youngest artists (along with their parents and guardians) will create a multi-sensory story.  Participants will create a collaborative collage on one giant piece of paper. The children will be invited to use their imagination in to make textures

€7

ANIMAGINATION: Author Pádraig Kenny introduces Pog

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Join Pádraig Kenny, author of the bestselling Tin, as he introduces his new book Pog. Learn about the inspiration behind the book, Pádraig’s journey to becoming a writer, and hear Pádraig read a snippet of his story. David and Penny arrive in a strange new home in a forest. Other creatures live here – magical

Free event

VISUAL ARTS: Blazing a Trail – Irish Women who Changed the World

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Blazing a Trail: Irish Women Who Changed the World Curated by award-winning writer, Sarah Webb and Illustrated by Lauren O’Neill The women in this vibrant exhibition have excelled in the arts and entertainment, science and medicine, politics, sports, aviation and adventure. Find out about some of Ireland’s most remarkable women who changed or are changing

ANIMAGINATION: Storytelling and Puppetry Workshop for Grandparents and Grandchildren.

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Come and join Dan Colley, Artistic Director of acclaimed theatre company Collapsing Horse, for a fun, intergenerational storytelling and puppetry workshop. What can grandparents and grandchildren learn from each other’s stories? How can you work with puppets to tell a story? This workshop is inspired by Collapsing Horse’s forthcoming production, A Very Old Man With

€10
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ANIMAGINATION: Fighting Words Creative Writing Workshops

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

You are invited to Fighting Words to write an original story together, and see it being typed up on the Fighting Words screen. Once you have decided on the characters and plot you will write part of the story together, helped by Fighting Words tutors, editing as they go. You will then have time to

Free event

ANIMAGINATION SCREENING: The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

The countryside isn't always as calm and peaceful as it's made out to be, and the animals in this neighbourhood can't help but ruffle a few feathers. With tales including a fox who unwittingly mothers a family of chicks, a rabbit who plays the stork and a duck who steps in as Santa Claus, if

€4

ANIMAGINATION SCREENING:How To Train Your Dragon

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

From DreamWorks Animation comes a surprising tale about growing up, finding the courage to face the unknown… and how nothing can ever train you to let go. What began as an unlikely friendship between an adolescent Viking and a fearsome Night Fury dragon, has become an epic adventure spanning their lives. Now chief and ruler

€4

COMEDY: What’s the Story Rory?

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Rory O'Connor is Ireland's favourite online funny man and best-selling author, made famous for his comedy sketches on his social media channels as “Rory's Stories.” Bringing his sketches to life in his stand up shows - he has sold out venues across Ireland and even as far as Australia and the Middle East. His new

€20

CINEMA: Happy as Lazzaro

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

In an isolated mountain community, overseer Marchesa has neglected to tell the villagers that sharecropping has in fact been made illegal - so they continue to work for almost nothing. Lazzaro is an innocent and kind teenager who’s always given some of the village’s most thankless tasks. In her follow up to The Wonders, Alice

€6 – €9

MUSIC: Don Baker Band

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

The legendary Don Baker and his band have been touring many of Ireland’s finest theatres to rave reviews and packed houses. To star opposite Daniel Day-Lewis in “In the Name of the Father”, headline with Tom Jones and Van Morrison at The Marley Park Festival, have his songs recorded by scores of artists including Sinead

€22

THEATRE: Pump Girl by Abbie Spallen

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

There's one in every town, and they call her the Pumpgirl. She works in the garage, changes the oil and thinks she's one of the lads. She's sweet on 'No-Helmet' Hammy, but he loves no one but himself. He's out all night with his racing boys, whilst wife Sinead's off on a joyride of her

€14 – €16

FAMILY WORKSHOP: National Drawing Day

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Join us this National Drawing Day, Saturday 18th May. We'll have a drop-in workshop from 10am-2pm designed by visual artist, Paul Woods. Drawing is fun, relaxing and useful - this is a great opportunity to explore your drawing skills as a family or individually. Selected works created  during this workshop will be displayed in our

FREE
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LOCAL ARTS: Bothered and Bewildered by Gail Young

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Newbridge Drama Presents: Bothered and Bewildered, a comic drama that follows Irene and her two daughters Louise and Beth as they begin a long journey in which the girls lose their mother in spirit but not in body. This play deals with the subject of Alzheimer’s and has some equally wonderful comic and poignant moments.

€12 – €15

CINEMA: Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Here’s a quintessentially New York movie, where city loneliness can be soothed by a kind face at a bookstore counter. It’s the early 1990s, and Lee Israel is a writer out of fashion. Her celebrity biographies aren’t selling, she can’t get over her ex-girlfriend and she’s been thrown out of every literary party in town

€6 – €9

THEATRE: And Thank You

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

And thank you... is a play about an ordinary man living in rural Ireland who gets saved... Saved from a life of pub talk and prophesizing... King John O’Sullivan used to be able to drink fifteen pints without having to piddle, now, it’s every nine. Going to The Gents so often can wear a man

€16 – €18

VISUAL ARTS: BOUNDARIES – Kildare Arts Collective

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Following great success with a pop-up exhibition at JuneFest 2018, Kildare Art Collective present Boundaries, a group exhibition of contemporary art that that explores the notions of the places and spaces we observe and engage with in our daily lives. Through a diverse range of media including textile, photography, painting and sculpture this collaboration is

FREE

MUSIC: The Legend of Luke Kelly

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

The show is a celebration of the songs and music of Ireland’s greatest balladeer and member of the legendary band The Dubliners. The Legend of Luke Kelly show is fronted by singer and multi-instrumentalist Chris Kavanagh accompanied by his band. On 30th January 1984 it is said that the whole of Ireland grieved the early

€18 – €20
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LOCAL ARTS: Newbridge Musical Society Gala Concert

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Newbridge Musical Society Gala Concert Join Newbridge Musical Society in a celebration of song this June, as the group performs hit songs from Broadway, the West End, and beyond. Since 1981 the Society has produced musicals, drawing on Newbridge's fantastic local talent, and collecting numerous national awards in the process. This year's Gala Concert mixes

€15
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SCHOOL SHOW: Jack and The Beanstalk

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Fee Fi Fo Fum! It’s a giant of a show, we’d love you to come! This classic fairytale gets the Lyngo treatment so expect lots of surprises, a gripping story and beautiful images as Jack sells his cow for 5 magic beans and finds himself in the land above the clouds. It’s a show for

€6

FAMILY THEATRE: Jack and The Beanstalk

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Fee Fi Fo Fum! It’s a giant of a show, we’d love you to come! This classic fairytale gets the Lyngo treatment so expect lots of surprises, a gripping story and beautiful images as Jack sells his cow for 5 magic beans and finds himself in the land above the clouds. It’s a show for

€8 – €28

WORKSHOP: How to DJ -Workshop with Gavin Elsted and guests

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Aimed at 15-17 year olds, this course provides a grounding in how to start DJing. Topics include mixing techniques, operating and setting up industry standard equipment and sourcing music for use in performances. Guest DJs will discuss how they started their DJing careers, giving advice and tips for those planning a future on stage and

Free event

CINEMA: Everybody Knows

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

The film follows Laura (Cruz) on her travels from Argentina to her small home town in Spain for her sister’s wedding, bringing her two children along for the occasion. Amid the joyful reunion and festivities, the eldest daughter is abducted. In the tense days that follow, various family and community tensions surface and deeply hidden

€6 – €9

SCHOOL SHOW: Blazing a Trail: Irish Women Who Changed the World with award-winning writer, Sarah Webb

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Find out about some of Ireland’s most remarkable women in this fascinating event. Designed to inspire young girls and boys to reach for the stars, it tells the tale of some of Ireland’s most iconic women. From ground-breaking 19th doctor, Dr James Barry (aka Margaret Ann Bulkley), to astrophysicist, Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, President of

Free event

MUSIC: Niamh Kavanagh: Date Night – Second Base

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Niamh Kavanagh returns with some very special songs highlighting memorable moments from her decades-long career. Expect familiar favourites interpreted with Niamh’s distinctive flair and accompanied by guitarist Paul Megahey (The Illegals). Date Night Second Base presents an acoustic set list featuring hits from The Commitments, Prince, a tribute to the one and only Aretha, and

€20

TALK: Irish Military Seminar

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

3rd Irish Military Seminar Ireland has a long, proud military tradition. The aim of this third annual seminar is to look at all aspects of Irish military history, drawing chiefly on events and personnel from within our nation’s past. Friday, 14 June 18.00 – 21.00 p.m.  Reception followed by Jadotville with Leo Quinlan. The Battle

Free event

TALK: Irish Military Seminar

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

3rd Irish Military Seminar Ireland has a long, proud military tradition. The aim of this third annual seminar is to look at all aspects of Irish military history, drawing chiefly on events and personnel from within our nation’s past. Saturday, 15 June 09.00 a.m. – 16.00 p.m. Full day of presentations from noted historians: Myles

€5

CINEMA: At Eternity’s Gate

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Julian Schnabel’s ravishingly tactile and luminous new film takes a fresh look at the last days of Vincent van Gogh, and in the process revitalises our sense of the artist as a living, feeling human being. At Eternity’s Gate is a journey inside the world and mind of a person who, despite skepticism, ridicule and

€6 – €9