Back from the 'Dam. What a beautiful city. Big thanks to Kev and Tony for looking after me. Big Love. And also to Phil Kieran, of Alloy Mental, for putting us on the guest list for the Milkweg on Sat night. Cheers big fella.

Here's the Arts News:

Music news:

A new 9 piece band, from Strabane, Barba Papa will play in the Casbah, Letterkenny on May 18th and admission is free! Playing a mixture of covers and original material by singer David Oliver they call it World Music which I guess means there should be something for everyone no matter where you are from.. unless of course E.T. walks in....
Rebellious Jukebox, those people with Punk attitude, have announced another couple of gigs for Sister Sara’s: on friday 6 July it’s The Lobotomies, Mad Pookas and Blah vs Blah? And on 2 August its Heroic Doses and Bastion. Don’t say I don’t let you know in advance!
May 26th brings dj legend Phil Kieran to the fubar to play a special eclectic set in demand all over the world and on BBC Radio 1 this will be a special set where Phil gets to play all his favourite tunes from all styles of music, sounds like fun to me, you can download his essential mix for BBC Radio 1 at http://www.newmixes.com. It’s another of those ‘boutique’ nights dedicated to fun and good atmosphere, so get the party started... There’s also a Burlesque night in the Orchard on July 21st with Dublin’s Pony Girls performing after the album launch by Letterkenny’s own hip hop duo Dano & B Koz. The line up will be completed by me djing. And it’ll all be part of the Earagail aRts Festival, which is nice, check it out all out at www.eaf.ie

Theatre

At An Grianan theatre this week it’s Des Keogh and Rosaline Linehan with their ever popular fun and satire,Packed full of "golden oldies", topical sketches and up-dates on their last hit show, "Des and Rosie on the Luas"(seen recently at the Gaiety Theatre Dublin), the show coincides with the run-up to the general election so expect some irreverent fireworks to explode, Politicians, property developers, spin doctors, underage drinkers and others will all get a touch...
Barren Rock Productions present a play by Richard Lynch, ‘From the Shoulders Down’ in the Abbey Centre, Ballyshannon on Friday 18th May.
The Balor CEP presents Love Rides The Rails Monday 14th, Tuesday 15th & Wednesday 16th of May 8.30pm. ‘Love Rides The Rails’ is a comedy melodrama set in the wild west. Contact the Balor on 074 91 31840 for more info.
Tuesday 15 May at 8pm it’s Welsh and Irish language show Branwen at An Grianan. A modern day myth about love across the Irish Sea. This is story of two writers, one Irish and one Welsh, who are thrust together to create a script for an animated film of the Branwen myth from the Mabinogion (The Welsh equivalent of An Tain).

Film

The 2nd Guth Gafa Documentary Film Festival is on in Gort A Choirce from the 10th to 13th May, check out www.guthgafa.com.

Workshops

Franck Saucian is running Outdoor Summer Art Workshops in the grounds of the Glebe Gallery contact him on 0860554357 or at cianart@yahoo.ie.

Exhibition

Colin Montgomery’s exhibition Big Shots & Little Tots is still on in Cafe Blend.