Tickets go on sale for West Cork Chamber Music Festival

The Kelemen Quartet

The Kelemen Quartet

THE wait is finally over and booking for this summer’s West Cork Chamber Music Festival opens on Tuesday 9th April.

 

More than one hundred musicians will take to the stage in Bantry House and St Brendan’s Church from 28th June to 6th July and with tickets in demand for these intimate performances early booking is advisable to avoid disappointment.

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Fianna Fáil President’s Dinner 2012

FOLLOWING the huge success of last year’s event, this year’s President’s Dinner will be held on Saturday, October 6th in the Burlington Hotel, Upper Leeson Street, Dublin 4.

 

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Win a pair of tickets for West Cork’s top technology event of 2012

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Thanks to the West Cork Development Partnership, West Cork Times has a pair of tickets worth €100 to give away for the Offsite Technology Event at the Celtic Ross Hotel in Rosscarbery on Thursday, September 27th next.

 

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Win a pair of tickets to Ted & Co. The Dinner Show

THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED

 

WINNER: Margaret Forde, Rockmount, Drimoleague.

 

Father Ted is coming to Bantry in the shape of an hilarious Dinner show at the Martime Hotel on Friday and Saturday, September 21st-22nd.

We have a pair of tickets to give away for the Friday show which gets underway at 7.30pm. [Read more...]

Murphy’s Little Big Ticket Giveaway

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Thanks to our friends at Murphy’s who are hosting their second “Little Big Weekend” of 2012 at the Beamish & Crawford site in Cork on on August 25th – 26th we have no less than three pairs of tickets to giveaway.

 

We have one pair to see Peter Hook & The Light + support from Dead School (Saturday night).

 

One pair to the Bia, Ceoil agus Craic – food fair & music hosted by Debarras (Sunday afternoon)

 

And one pair to see Murphy’s Rising – with Jape, The Would Be’s, O Emperor, Windings, John Spillane, Marc O’Reilly, Toby Kaar & more! (Sunday night)

 

 

To be in with a chance of winning simply email your name and contact details to:

 

comps@westcorktimes.com

 

and put in the subject heading either Hook, Ceoil or Rising to indicate which event you are entering for.

 

The Little Big Weekend is next weekend so get your entry to us by midday on Wednesday.

 

WINNERS: Carmel Tully, Jane Goggin, John O’Mahony

 

 

 

 

 

 

The second Murphy’s Little Big Weekend of 2012 comes to Cork over three events on August 25 – 26.

 

Thousands of people enjoyed May’s installment of the Little Big Weekend with headliners, The Human League and there is more quality music, entertainment, food and of course fantastic stout on the way at the Beamish & Crawford site, Cork.

 

Headlining this Little Big Weekend is a true legend of the UK post-punk scene, Peter Hook of Joy Division and New Order. ‘Hooky’ will be playing live with his band The Light at the MURPHY’S BIG GIG and will play a Joy Division album in its entirety, as well as a selection of classics including ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ and ‘Blue Monday’.

 

Continuing MURPHY’S long association with great Irish music; Jape, John Spillane, O Emperor, Toby Kaar and The Would Be’s are just some of the artists playing on the Main Stage, Acoustic Stage and Electronic Stage at the MURPHY’S RISING gig on Sunday night.

 

In between these fantastic shows, MURPHY’S BIA, CEOIL AGUS CRAIC takes place on Sunday afternoon and patrons will be invited to sample some of Cork’s finest artisan cuisine, alongside a lively day’s trad music curated by the renowned De Barra’s Folk Club of Clonakilty.

 

Those wishing to attend one of these three great events can go to the MURPHY’S website (wwwlittlebignightsout.com) for a chance to win complimentary tickets. You can also keep up to date on developments on the Facebook page HERE.

Win a pair of weekend passes to the Clonakilty Waterfront Festival

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THE Clonakilty Waterfront Festival takes place From August 2nd – 5th this year and promises to be the biggest and best festival yet.

Big name acts already confirmed include Scouting for Girls, The Kanyu Tree, Relish, Republic of Loose, The 4 Of Us and Taboo of the Black Eyed Peas who will set off the Full Moon Party on the Sunday night with his headlining DJ set.

West Cork Times has a pair of weekend passes to give away each week this month.

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Win a family ticket to the Sound of Music at the Cork Opera House

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THANKS to our friends at the Cork Opera House we have a family pass to give away for two adults and two children worth €100 to see The Sound of Music on Wednesday, August 8th.

To be in with a chance of winning email your answer and contact details to the following question to: comps@westcorktimes.com [Read more...]

Ticket sellers needed for the “Big Raffle” on Bere Island

Bere Island. Pic: Bere Island Heritage Centre

BERE Island Heritage Centre are looking for people who are interested in selling books of raffle tickets on behalf for the upcoming “Big Raffle”.

The books do not need to be bought in advance and anyone who sells a book of 10 tickets will get two free tickets to themselves to avail of the opportunity of winning one of the fabulous prizes.

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Extra date for Olly Murs at Cork’s Live at the Marquee

DUE to demand an extra date has been added on July 4th 2012 for Olly Murs at Cork’s Live at the Marquee.

Tickets go on sale on Thursday March 1st at 9am.

Olly Murs released his second album, In Case You Didn’t Know in November 2011 with its first single, ‘Dance With Me Tonight’, going to number one in the Irish airplay charts.

Olly performed ‘Dance With Me Tonight’ on the X-Factor and The Late Late Toy Show and gave a stunning performance of ‘Heart Skips A Beat’ at this week’s Brit Awards.

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