Whats On

Roe Valley Gardening Society: AGM followed by Growing and Propagating Fruit. Talk by Normal Rowe. For further details please contact (0)28 777 63149.

Sinead Smyth will be the tutor for this series of basket weaving workshops with Banagher Women’s Group. Participants under the guidance of their tutor, will learn to work with willow and/ or hazel to create attractive, useful pieces, for example baskets and or/other decorative items for the home. There will also be an opportunity to learn basic basket making techniques. This project is being run in partnership with Banagher Womens Group.

We are hosting two Charity nights this month:

Wednesday 8th May - Save the Children fundraiser
Wednesday 29th May - In aid of Exodus Team Vuelba 

Exhibition bringing together and showcasing the work of a number of local artists
including Lisa Allison McShane, Gary Boyd and Stephen Feeney to mention but a few.

The art of cutting, folding, bending and shaping paper can turn a mundane piece of paper into the most amazing artwork. In this workshop Rachel Dickson will teach participants how to make decorative bird boxes and create their own three-dimensional
story using card, found papers, old photos, bits of text, and drawings. Please bring scraps you would like to use to personalise your bird box, for example, wallpaper, envelopes, old photos or letters.

Limavady will come alive with costumed characters as they recreate the history of
Danny Boy. Why not join our guided tour and take a journey into the history of the
creation of the song? Walk through the mists of time, celebrate and pay respect to the
key figures who helped create this beloved song.

Since the release of his critically acclaimed debut album ‘When we were Brave’ in 2010, Paddy Nash and his Happy Enchiladas have played the clubs and pubs of Ireland, North and Sout,h as well as an extensive tour of England playing the legendary Hope & Anchor and Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival among others.

The Danny Boy Festival headline act for 2013 is the highly acclaimed Four Men & A Dog.
The band made a name for themselves with their eclectic and vivacious blend of
traditional Irish music with a wide spectrum of other genres, including rap, Southern
rock, jazz, blues, bluegrass, polka, country swing, and even salsa.

Heather, David and Deirdre's music consists of Irish and
Scottish traditional tunes, a mix of reels, jigs and slow airs and
a blend of flute, fiddle and guitar.

The History Of The Troubles (accordin' to my Da) is a fast frenetic, hilarouis laugh-a-minute comedy - yes, a comedy by Martin Lynch and Grimes & McKee - set against the last 34 years of the Northern Ireland troubles. It tells the story of how the troubles affected one ordinary Belfast man, Rolling Stones fan Gerry Courtney. Gerry's story begins on the outbreak of the first day of the troubles - 14th August 1969 - in the History Of The Troubles (accordin' to my Da) the waiting room of the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast. He is expecting the birth of his first child, while just outside the hospital windows, parts of the city are going up in flames. Gerry's life will never be the same again. The play, starring Conor Grimes, Alan McKee and Ivan Little, takes us though Gerry's struggle to retain his sanity against the chaos created by such epic events as Internment, Bloody Sunday, no-go barricades, the Loyalist Workers' Strike, the Hunger Strikes, sectarian tensions, Bill Clinton's visit and the ceasefires. Along the way we meet some of the maddest, baddest, funniest characters Belfast has ever known, such as, Fireball the nutty hospital porter, Maggie Morrelli the 69-year-old hijacker Goon, and many, many more. You will never think of the Northern Ireland troubles again without wanted to laugh out loud.