What's On: Hard rocking blues, Samhain procession and U2 tribute show
Gerry Quigley & The Mystic Blues Band
Gerry Quigley , Dublin born guitar wizard, and The Mystic Blues Band will play Waterford for the first time with a free gig on October 18 at 9pm in The Mansion House.
Twelve years ago Gerry relocated back to Ireland after 30 successful years touring and recording in Australia.
Having been through a few lineup changes since his return to Ireland, only recently has he settled on a consistent crew, with a native Waterford man on drums.
The band have had a busy summer in 2024, playing at the Rory Gallagher festival in Ballyshannon, The Poc the Blues in Monaghan, the Skibbereen Blues and Roots festival and various venues throughout the country.
Presented by Spraoi, a stunning Samhain spectacle procession will weave its way through Waterford this month with a finale performance inspired by a unique piece of Waterford folklore.
The Dearg Dúth procession will commence at 7.30pm in Cathedral Square, before continuing along Lady Lane, Michael Street, Broad Street, before making its way for a finale performance at the Beach Tower, Jenkin’s Lane car park, (Behind Guiney’s).
This will be Spraoi’s only Waterford performance over the Halloween weekend.
Coming from Dublin, Rattle and Hum quip that this may have given them an advantage over other U2 tribute bands.
They are comprised of experienced musicians who possess both the physical power and the psychic energy that playing the music of U2 to a live audience demands.
The four members, despite individual visual theatrics, become one powerful unit onstage, much like U2 themselves.
With songs performed from U2’s Debut album 'Boy', right up to their last album 'Songs of Experience', Rattle and Hum cover much of the band’s discography.
Tickets available at Eventbrite.ie
Told through the prism of two sisters, 'Outrage' is a play that explores the true nature of women’s role in the Irish revolutionary wars and in particular the effect of Civil War on women’s mind, body and soul.
Alice and Nell play key roles in arming revolutionaries, organising civic resistance and in particular, the propaganda war.
They are fervent, they are funny, they are human and they, like everyone else in Ireland, become deeply conflicted as the country spins toward a shattering Civil clash that splits the nation and continues to haunt Irish politics, society, and culture to this day.
Written by Deirdre Kinahan and directed by Jim Culleton, the play stars Naoise Dunbar, Caitriona Ennis and Mary Murray.
Tickets available at theatreroyal.ie
