July 3 (8pm) Celos aun del aire matan - the first Spanish Opera (1660). Venue: St Iberius Church, Nth Main St, Wexford. Presnted by University of Sheffield with Wexford Music Centre. With Pedro Calderon de la Barca and Juan Hidalgo. Directed by Andrew Lawrence-King. Adm 12/10 Euro (U-16 pay 5 Euro).
July 3 Big Generator, The Stores (Backroom), Wexford
July 5 (8pm) John Spillane, Best Western Hotel Rosslare, Rosslare Harbour, Co Wexford. €20.
July 5 The Colonials + DJ, Talbot Hotel, Wexford.
July 6 (3pm) Flute Ensemble, The Bullring, Wexford.
July 8 Jimi Cullen, The Sky and The Ground, Wexford
July 8 (9.30pm) Wexford Song Club, The Sky & The Ground Pub, Sth Main Street, Wexford.
July 8 Blue Moose, Chocolate Bar, Wexford
July 9 (1.05pm) Rebecca Capova, St Iberius Church, Wexford. Part of Music for Wexford's Summer Lunchtime Series 2008. Programme: Haydn: Sonata in C Major, Hob XVI: 48; Debussy: L’Ilse Joyeuse; Beethoven: Sonata op 31 no 2 (Tempest); Klement Slavicky: Three Pieces for Piano. 10/7 Euro.
July 9 An Emigrant's Tale, White's Hotel, Wexford. Feat. dancing, singing, storytelling. Organised by Hook Peninsula Tourism. Tel 053 9122311.
July 10 Deuces Wild, The Stores (Backroom), Wexford
July 13 (12 noon) St. Patrick's Fife & Drum, The Bullring, Wexford.
July 13 Berlin Master Soloists perform works by Mozart, Vivaldi and Tchaikovski at St Iberius Church, Wexford. Adm 20/15 euros. Tickets available at all Ticketmaster retail locations Ticket Hotline 0818-719300 - www.ticketmaster.ie and www.classictic.com
July 15 Celtic Roots Riverdance Show, Treacy's Hotel, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford
July 15 (9.30pm) Wexford Song Club, The Sky & The Ground Pub, Sth Main Street, Wexford.
July 15 Blue Moose, Chocolate Bar, Wexford
July 16 (1.05pm) Sarah Power & Andrea Linsbauer, St Iberius Church, Wexford. Part of Music for Wexford's Summer Lunchtime Series 2008. Programme includes works by Handel, Mozart, Schubert, Gounod & Herbert Hughes. 10/7 Euro.
July 17 (7.30pm) Helena Mulkerns presents a talk based on Behind the Headlines, her photography exhib., Wexford Arts Centre (D'Lush Cafe), Wexford. Exhib runs 'til 23rd August.
July 17 Tenderhoox, The Stores (Backroom), Wexford
July 18-20 JFK Dunbrody Festival
July 18 (7.30pm) JFK Dunbrody Festival Free Open Air Concert with The Furey’s and Davy Arthur,
Breeze Junkie. Venue: Town Park, New Ross.
July 18 The Wolfe Tones in concert, White's Hotel, Wexford. 25 Euro. Tel 1890305305.
July 18 (10.45pm) Luan Parle, St Michael's Theatre, New Ross, Co Wexford. 15 Euro (JFK Dunbrody Fest.)
July 19 (3pm) Loch Garman Band, The Bullring, Wexford.
July 19 (7.30pm) JFK Dunbrody Festival Free Open Air Concert with Sharon Shannon Big Band & Mundy, Saving J. Venue: Town Park, New Ross.
July 19 (10.45pm) Eleanor McEvoy + Carmel Conway, St Michael's Theatre, New Ross, Co Wexford. 15 Euro (JFK Dunbrody Fest.)
July 20 (12 noon-6pm) South Street Alfresco, South Street, New Ross feat. Two Time Polka, Carmel Conway, Ska Express plus street theatre.
July 20 (7.30pm) JFK Dunbrody Festival Free Open Air Concert with Dickie Rock, Dominic Kirwan, Alvin Kenny. Venue: Town Park, New Ross.
July 22 (9.30pm) Wexford Song Club, The Sky & The Ground Pub, Sth Main Street, Wexford.
July 22 (8pm) Dean Friedman, Best Western Rosslare Hotel, Rosslare Harbour, Co Wexford. Tickets 20 Euro.
July 22 Blue Moose, Chocolate Bar, Wexford
July 23 (1.05pm) Sandra Oman & Mairead Hurley, St Iberius Church, Wexford. Part of Music for Wexford's Summer Lunchtime Series 2008. Programme includes songs by Richard Strauss, Rachmaninov, Inger Wikstrom, Ivor Novello and Puccini.
July 23 (10pm) Chaplin, The Vine Restaurant, Nth Main St, Wexford.
July 24-27 Phil Murphy Weekend, Carrig-on-Bannow, Co Wexford. Concerts, workshops, sessions, historical tours, children’s entertainment and a whole lot more. Featured acts: Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike with award winning singer/songwriter Becky Buller, Gary Ferguson, The Fleadh Cowboys, Liam O’Flynn and Sean Keane, Carmina, The Sean Norman Ceili Band. Tel 051 561159. Email: philmurphyweekend@hotmail.com.
July 24 Blue Moose, The Stores (Backroom), Wexford
July 25 (10pm) Two Time Polka, venue tba, Wexford Town. No cc.
July 26 (4pm) Two Time Polka, Centenary Stores Street Party, Wexford. No c.c.
July 27 (8pm) Daniel O'Donnell, White's Hotel, Wexford.
July 29 (9.30pm) Wexford Song Club, The Sky & The Ground Pub, Sth Main Street, Wexford.
July 29 Blue Moose, Chocolate Bar, Wexford
July 31 J-90, The Stores (Backroom), Wexford
July 31 Jimi Cullen, The Bailey, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford
July 31 Philomena Begley 45th Anniversary Tour, White's Hotel, Wexford. With special guests Patrick Feeney, Louise Morrissey, Trudi Lawlor, comedian Frankie Forde, Dominic Kirwan, Colin Kirwan. 30 Euro. Tel 1890305305.

Aug 1 (9.30pm) Barry McGuire presents "Trippin' the Sixties" with John York (The Byrds), direct from LA, Best Western Hotel Rosslare, Rosslare Harbour, Co Wexford. McGuire gave us that big selling anthem of the free livin', free lovin' 60s Eve of Destruction. Tickets €20.

Aug 3 Blue Moose, Wexford Boatclub Annual Barbecue, Riverbank Hotel, Wexford Town
Aug 7 Deuces Wild, The Stores (Backroom), Wexford
Aug 8 Blue Moose, The Crosses, Kilmuckridge, Co. Wexford
Aug 10 Blue Moose, Benedicts @ Treacy's Hotel, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford
Aug 12 Blue Moose, Chocolate, Wexford Town
Aug 13 Jimi Cullen, Colfers, Carrick on bannow, Co Wexford
Aug 13 Blue Moose, Dakota, Wexford Town
Aug 14 Chaplin, The Bailey, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford
Aug 14 Big Generator, The Stores (Backroom), Wexford
Aug 21 Starman, The Stores (Backroom), Wexford
Aug 21-24 Dunmore East Bluegrass Festival, Co. Waterford with Buffalo Gals and more. Once a year music pilgrims come from all over the world to listen to authentic bluegrass music.
Aug 26 Albert Lee & Hogan's Heroes, Colfer's, Carrig on Bannow, Co Wexford. Tickets tel 051 561159.
Aug 28 Blue Moose, The Stores (Backroom), Wexford

Sept 1,2 (7.30pm) Gemma Hayes, The Yard Restaurant, George's St, Wexford. Presented by MPI and The Yard. Dinner and concert: 65 Euro pp. Tel 053 9144083.

Oct 16-Nov 2 Wexford Opera Festival & Fringe Festival

Regular "Residency" Gigs in Wexford
(Please contact all venues in advance in case of change in schedule.)
Mondays
The Sky & The Ground, Sth Main Street, Wexford - trad session - ph 053 9121273
Tuesdays
Wexford Song Club, The Sky & The Ground Pub, Sth Main Street, Wexford (9.30pm).
White's Hotel (bar), Wexford - trad session (9.30pm).
Wednesdays
The Sky & The Ground, Sth Main Street, Wexford - trad session - ph 053 9121273
Talbot Hotel, Wexford - solo folk/ballads/pop.
Thursdays
Corkscrew, Esmonde St, Gorey - "live and uncorked" (occasional Thursdays) Tel 053 9484539
Mackens, The Bullring, Wexford - acoustic session - ph 053 9122949
The Sky & The Ground, Sth Main Street, Wexford - trad session - ph 053 9121273
Fridays
Butlers, Broadway - Trad session
John Barry Pub, Wexford - Folk Session
Saturdays
John Barry Pub, Wexford - Country/blues Session
Macken's, The Bullring, Wexford - Acoustic folk/rock - ph 053 9122949
Sundays
John Barry Pub, Wexford - Trad Session (1pm)
Centenary Stores, Wexford - Trad session(12.30pm) - ph 053 9124424
Macken's, The Bullring, Wexford - Joe Keenan (9pm) - ph 053 9122949
La Speranza, Nth Main St, Wexford - trad session (9.30pm).
Culleton's, Kilrane - trad session

There is also live music weekends at the following venues. (Phone in advance to check/confirm.)
Tourism site listing Bars/venues in north Wexford (Gorey, Courtown, etc).
Oscars & O2 Music Venue, Gorey. ph 053 9421260;
Jack D's/Jumping Jack's,Gorey. ph 053 9421234.
Harney's Pub, Ballyedmond. 053 9389249. Irish Nights, line Dancing, salsa dancing and C'n'W dancing.
Ashdown Park Hotel, Gorey - ph 053 9480500 (includes Sun, 6-8pm jazz and midweek);
Quality Hotel, Wexford - ph 053 9172000;
Cedar's Hotel, Rosslare Strand - ph 053 9132124;
Talbot Hotel, Wexford - ph 053 22566 (Wed, Th, Fri, Sat);
Amber Springs Hotel, Wexford Road, Gorey - Tel 053 9484000;
Stanville Lodge Hotel, Barntown - ph 053 9134300;
Riverside Park Hotel, Enniscorthy - Ph 053 9237800;
Millrace Hotel, Bunclody - ph 053 9375400;
Brandon House Hotel, New Ross.

Kristin Hersh, LIVE - free downloads
If you like Kristin Hersh visit this site where, with the blessing of the former Throwing Muses woman herself, you can download, in various formats, live tracks. If you like what you hear, you are welcome to make a donation at the kristinhersh.com tip jar.

check out www.bluehighwaystv.com
www.bluehighwaystv.com is an excellent source of music and information. It's the only TV network available today that holds a deep connection and commitment to bluegrass and roots music. From bluegrass and folk to gospel and blues, BlueHighways TV states it has always remained true to all facets of this great musical genre. Their programming showcases the artists and venues that have helped to fuel the passion of roots music fans throughout the world

Listen! Music While you work - Josh Ritter
The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter - full album streaming

Listen! Music While You Work - IMC
Improvised Music Company's online music player (12 tracks). Style: World, jazz, alternative.

CONCERN FOR HAITI Documentary with Michael Londra
A documentary made by Michael Londra to benefit Concern Worldwide, specifically their project in Haiti. Among other things the project tries to address the appalling lack of access to water on the island. The island was devastated by yet another hurricane in October. The film highlights the problems these amazing people face every day and the important work Concern is involved in. It is a small film with a big heart. This first Wexford screening of the film is at Greenacres Gallery on North Main St, Wexford, Nov 18th at 7pm. Refreshments served. Expect a song or two from Michael!
The film will be a dvd extra on Michael's new album and is due to be screened in 15 cities across the US.

Wonderful slide show from The New York Times
Check out this lovely slide show from The New Tork Times with the title Faces Of Africa.

SOUTH EAST LIVE ... KILKENNY, WATERFORD, TIPP, CARLOW, WICKLOW
All the action is not necessarily going down in Wexford. See what's happening in the neighbouring counties.
Munster Express Weekly Ents Page for Waterford
Munster Express Arts Guide
Waterford Today Guide
Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny
Whazon Guide to Kilkenny
Carlow's Eigse Festival
Tinahely Arts Centre
Mermaid Arts Centre
New Music Club, Clonmel

1965 Fincastle Bluegrass Festival Video
Extract from the 1965 Fincastle Bluegrass Festival featuring some beautiful old time playing and singing. Approx 9 mins long.

See old-time music film footage on the web
Check out folkstreams.net where you can watch short extracts from the various Alan Lomax (and others) documentaries and films that include footage of old time musicians etc.

Wexford New Theatre Royal
Read up on how Wexford's new Theatre Royal will look.

Fantastic Bluegrass Documentary with Music
What a find! If you have broadband check out www.madisoncountyproject.org and go for one of the videos under Video Builds on the right. 25 minute video of (mainly) singing traditions in Madison County, North Carolina, with input from
Sheila Kay Adams and various other singers plus interviews with (and film clips from) John Cohen [of the original New Lost City Ramblers - Tom Paley who plays Wexford Hooves 'n' Grooves Festival was also a member].
Thanks to Richard Hawkins of Bluegrass Ireland for bringing this to our attention.


Alan Lomax Archive Launched on the Web
The Alan Lomax Archive is pleased to announce the culmination of its seven-year effort to preserve and disseminate the work of one of the 20th century’s foremost folklorists and musicologists, Alan Lomax. Lomax recorded and nurtured the careers of Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, Muddy Waters, and other legends; his recordings of many more obscure artists have been featured in works such as O Brother Where Art Thou?. Alan Lomax believed in a principle he called “cultural equity,” the need for all cultures to be equally represented in the media and in the classroom. Through years of comparative research on folk song style, he drew a convincing parallel between natural and cultural ecology which underscores the importance of preserving our intangible oral heritage. Alan Lomax believed it was imperative to return traditions to their home sources and artists, a strategy he called “cultural feedback.” In that spirit, on April 22, 2005 The Alan Lomax Database will go online; also, over the next ten months, the Association for Cultural Equity, which administers the Alan Lomax Archive, will send digital copies of audio and video recordings and photographs by Alan Lomax to a number of libraries and archives in the U.S., the Caribbean, and Europe so that they will be available locally to people in or from the regions in which they were originally made. The Alan Lomax Database, www.lomaxarchive.com, is a multimedia catalogue of the audio and video recordings and photographs made by Alan Lomax from 1946–1994, as well as of recordings made by few of his colleagues. It will also ultimately include some of the older collections of audio recordings made by Lomax on behalf of the Library of Congress, which have been transferred and remastered using cutting-edge technology. Developed and built by personnel and consultants of the Alan Lomax Archive, the Database features 25 collections and thousands of recordings, which have been preserved, digitized, and cataloged over the past several years with funds from the Rock, Concordia, Rockefeller, Richmond, and Grammy foundations, the Save America’s Treasures Program, and the National Endowment for the Arts, among others. The Alan Lomax Collection on Rounder Records is a multi-series, 100+ CD collection of folk music and narrative drawn from Alan Lomax’s international field recordings. For more information go to www.rounder.com/series/lomax_alan/

Great American Festivals - Great Holiday Idea!
'Music Heritage Trails in America's Southern Highlands' organises holidays based around top American festivals. Co-ordinated by American and Worldwide Travel of Tunbridge Wells as well as organising a package to MerleFest in April, there are various very attractive offers being put together which will take in a string of other festivals such as the Ralph Stanley Memorial Bluegrass Festival at Smith Ridge, Virginia in May; Wayne C. Henderson's Music Festival (Grayson Highlands State Park, Virginia) in June; Asheville's Mountain Dance & Folk Music Festival, and Doc Watson Music Festival (both in North Carolina) in July; Carter Family Memorial Festival and Galax Old Time Fiddler's Convention (both Virginia) in August; Music In The Mountains Festival, in North Carolina in September; and Blue Ridge Folklife Festival (Virginia) in October. Each itinerary has been planned to present as much of the rich character and musical heritage of the region to visitors, so there are daily trips to important places such as The Carter Fold and A.P. Carter Museum as well as chances to attend local hoe-downs and opportunities to meet sparkling personalities such as banjo picker extraordinaire, Raymond Fairchild at his Maggie Valley Opry. Beautifully illustrated brochures have been produced giving full details of the various packages and can be obtained by e-mail: info@awwt.co.uk or by phoning to 01892 511894.

Join the Music Maker Association!
The Music Maker Association supports independent songwriters, performers and record labels with a number of initiatives from internet and magazine publicity to live performances through showcases, festivals and CD distribution? Their website has a selection of members CDs with audio tracks, a Directory of Performers, Clubs, and Businesses, an on-line store and Web Radio. Log onto www.tradmusic.net visit some of their associated sites and consider becoming a member so that they can help to promote your music. Also under the Music Maker banner is The Independents CD Catalogue – so if you have produced a CD and have no distributor then this could be the answer for you. The printed catalogue is mailed to CD buyers and record stores together with a compilation disc and followed up by personal calls. The catalogue is also on line and achieves sales world wide. To view the catalogue click on the ‘On-Line Store’ logo on www.tradmusic.net As a member of the MMA you can have a page profile on the web free of charge, or they can register your own address and design a website with audio linked to the Music Maker Web which gets thousands of visitors every month telephone 0207 424-0027 or visit www.magnet-publishing.co.uk

Links...Links...Links...Links...Links...
Links to a selection of recommended sites
Here's a few from that list:
Live Online
Marketing Site for Wexford
Hooves 'n Grooves Festival
Wexford Book Festival
Wexford Races
Whitford House Hotel
Padraig Grant
Michael Londra
Pierce Turner
Bui Bolg
North Wexford Tourism
Gorey Little Theatre
Wexford Language School
Bunclody
New Orleans Jazz Fest 2004
Hot Press
Record label of Capercaillie, Karan Casey, Mike McGoldrick
Note Productions, purveyors of best jazz
Kube, Gorey Artists' Collective
Megan O'Beirne, Wexford artist
HubMezz - Dublin Gig Listing