Entertainment

WITH three shows down, the audiences are lapping up the Tralee Musical Society’s latest production of ‘That’s Entertainment’ at Siamsa Tire. Thursday’s performance was a sold-out success with over 100 performers putting on a fantastic show for all ages. Friday’s performance is already sold out, while there’s only a handful left […]

CASTLEMAINE Fair Day in memory of John O’ Donoghue will take place on this Sunday, October with funds raised in aid of The Palliative Care Unit in UHK. After a very successful revival of the old fair day in Castlemaine in 2021, over the last two years the farming community, […]

THE Killarney National Park talks series continues this Thursday with Owen O’Shea speaking on the Civil War in Kerry in Killarney House Auditorium at 8.00pm. The talks series is free, seating is limited and it will also be live-streamed via the Killarney National Park Facebook page @killarneynationalpark ‘Terror, Turmoil and […]

LISTOWEL Food Fair has announced the eagerly anticipated Best Emerging Artisan Food Competition for 2023. Sponsored by the Local Enterprise Office Kerry, this competition showcases the finest emerging artisan food producers in Ireland Jimmy Deenihan Listowel Food Fair Committee Chairperson and former Minister for Arts and Heritage launched the competition […]

Our movie guy, James Finnegan, says there are some unique hilarious comedy classics on RTE and TG4 today… ‘Hamilton’ mastermind, Lin-Manuel Miranda, voices Vivo (Saturday 6.35pm RTE1), a lonely kinkajou (a tropical rainforest mammal – I had to look it up!), who travels from Havana to Miami to attend the […]

THE Kerry Mental Health And Wellbeing Fest has kicked off with a host of events taking place around the county over the next week. The festival coincides with World Mental Health Day on Tuesday, October 1o. A fundraising breakfast with Kerry Captain, David Clifford and Mayo footballer, Pádraig O’Hora took […]

AFTER the wonderful success of last year, Tralee Chamber in partnership with Kerry County Council has announce the return of The Island Of Geese Festive Market as part of their 2023 Christmas programme. Despite some adverse weather, the markets were a big hit with locals and visitors to the town […]

THE Tralee International Resource Centre Choir will give a free concert next Monday, October 9, at the Kerry School of Music on High Street at 7pm. The choir is a diverse group of individuals hailing from Ireland, Ukraine, Nigeria, Burundi, Argentina, and beyond, each with unique life experiences and languages. […]

TRALEE Art Group will open their upcoming exhibition on Friday, October 20, at the Parish Centre, Fenit (V92 Y8DW). ‘Our World, Our Oyster’ celebrates Oyster Fishing in Tralee Bay, Fenit. Many fishermen and women from Fenit and surrounding areas take part in this seasonal oyster fishery, operating generally from October to December. It […]

KERRY International Film Festival (KIFF) has announced actress Eileen Walsh as this year’s recipient of the Maureen O’Hara Award. KIFF also officially launched their 2023 film festival programme today. Celebrating its 24th edition, this year’s festival will take place October 19 – 22. In 2008 KIFF established the Maureen O’Hara […]

IF you’re around Tralee town centre this Saturday, the why not pay a visit to Paco on the Mall to help out great cause. Eileen Whelan of Paco is once again hosting a charity fundraiser, this time for the Kerry Hospice Foundation. Her good friend Audrey Moran sadly lost her […]

THERE’S just one week to go until the folks at Tralee Musical Society return to the Siamsa Tire stage with ‘That’s Entertainment’. Rehearsals are ongoing with over 100 performers ready to put on a fantastic show for audiences of all ages. The brand new variety show follows on from the […]

THE Patrick O’Keeffe Traditional Music Festival has announced the winners of this year’s ‘Young Musician Award.’ This year, like last year there is a male and female winner. They are, Roisín O’Connor (fiddle) from Malahide, Co Dublin and Éamonn O’Meachair  (uileann pipes) from Cúl Aodha, Co Cork. Both Róisín and Éamonn […]

A FORMER CBS The Green pupil was presented with the the overall Kerry Young Historian Award on Wednesday. In a joint event by Kerry County Museum, Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society Society and Kerry County Council as part of Architecture Kerry 2023, Kieran Cahill, a graduate of CBS The Green, […]

Our movie guy, James Finnegan, suggests some films for your viewing pleasure on RTE and TG4 today… Our first film today is very much of its time.  In Arabesque (Saturday 3.45pm RTE1), there is an assassination plot against a prominent Middle Eastern politician. An American professor of hieroglyphics at Oxford […]

IF you weren’t one of the lucky ones to get tickets for Taylor Swift next June in Dublin, then you can see her in a couple of weeks in Tralee…well, on the Omniplex screen anyway. The megastar has announced her Eras concert film will go on general release in cinemas […]

LOCAL filmmaker and screenwriter Bertie Brosnan is teaming up with fellow  Tralee man and Hollywood-based actor Timothy V. Murphy, fo a short film about the legendary Irish High King Brian Ború. The film’s title will be announced later, with an estimated running time of 15-20 minutes.  The story’s setting is […]

CULTURE Night 2023 took place last night and Kerry County Council’s Arts Office, supported by the Arts Council and Creative Ireland, helped to co-ordinate over 40 free events  around the county. In Tralee CÉILÍ Afro Dabke Ukraine was delivered by Catherine Young Dance, supported by Mercy Mounthawk with extra bus […]

THE OtherSide — a late-night talk show style event, in a relaxed, intimate setting — was back in Tralee on Friday night. Held at Maddens Cafe in the town centre, for a sold-out show, as part of Culture Night in Kerry it featured a great line-up of guests including Michael […]

Our movie guy, James Finnegan, on some films to watch on TV today… On a day where there is already plenty of sport, the theme is continued in a number of today’s films. The Champ (Saturday 3.25pm RTE1) is a touching remake of the 1931 Oscar winner of the same […]

2FM Live are bringing Jenny Greene and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra back to the Gleneagle INEC Arena for one-night-only on Saturday, December 9. The collaboration has been selling out venues across the country and will culminate in a show at Ireland’s largest venue outside of Dublin, the Gleneagle INEC Arena. […]

CULTURE Night – the annual all-island public event that celebrates culture, creativity, and the arts – takes place tonight and there’s loads to see and do for free in the Tralee area. There’s loads happening at Kerry County Museum. The living history group ‘The Last Prince’ will populate the Medieval […]

EXCITEMENT is building ahead of this Saturday’s rugby showdown between Ireland and South Africa which is likely to decide who finishes top of Pool B. With an 8pm kickoff, the bars are Tralee are in for a bonanza and hopefully we’ll be celebrating a victory into the night. If you’re […]

THIS year marks the second Autumn Gathering – ‘Samhain’ in Killarney National Park, on Saturday/Sunday, October 21/22 and there’s a lot on during the weekend. The programme of events will be presented by the Conservation Rangers of Killarney National Parks – National Parks and Wildlife Service, (NPWS). Autumn in Killarney […]

James Finnegan says there is a period drama, a stunning musical, a graphic indie film and a black comedy to look forward to on Saturday… Today’s films are still competing with high profile, international sports, but there are also some similarly gifted cinematic stories and performances available. Emma Thompson won […]

IT’S almost here! Seven days of racing, fashion and fun kicks off on Sunday with an action packed programme all week for the Listowel Harvest Racing Festival. There’ll be something for everyone this Sunday with the sporting highlight on opening day being the Kerry Group Steeplechase €40,000. Sunday also features […]

A SPECIAL one-off Culture Night event will take place at Gallarus Oratory on next Friday, September 22. The ancient church, set in the landscape of the Dingle Peninsula for over 1000 years, will host an outdoor art installation. Projection artist, Tim Schmelzer, created this site-specific light and sound production that […]

KERRY International Film Festival (KIFF) has announce a new series of live events as part of KIFF 2023. This is the first year that KIFF will be hosting a range of live shows across the festival, which will take place across a variety of venues in Killarney,  from October 19–22. […]

JIMMY Deenihan Chair of the MTU Governing Body launched the MTU Culture Night event at the Island of Geese on Monday. This is the first MTU Culture Night (which takes place on Friday, September 22) event in Tralee town which aims to connect the University with the people of Tralee […]

THE 2023 Dingle Food Festival will take place from Friday, September29  to Sunday, October 1 with a special focus this year on zero waste. Building on the success of last year’s initiative, the Dingle Food Festival is moving closer to its aim of being completely waste free by 2024. Local […]