Kate Ellis and Guests

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Kate ellis, co-founder of Kaleidoscope Nights – the chamber music sessions that went down a storm at the festival last year – and now co-director of the Crash ensemble, returns to Kilkenny with a brand new project. Resound is a laid-back, electro-acoustic affair bringing together some of the brightest talents on the Irish arts scene. Featuring rTÉ Lyric FM composer-in-residence linda Buckley; rising star laura Sheeran; jazz maestro and world music specialist Francesco Turrisi; traditional fiddle player Adrian Hart; the inimitable John lambert (aka Chequerboard); words of wisdom from the awardwinning poet Billy Ramsell and visuals from the über-talented Jane Cassidy and Rory Tangney, resound promises a feast for the senses.

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[KATE ELLIS] HAS MY UNBOUNDED ADMIRATION. SHE JUST RADIATES STAR QUALITY Steve Reich

Set theatre, John Street tuesday 14 August 9pm Admission €16/€14

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The ever-popular New Music Night comes to the Left Bank with another mouth-watering line-up of emerging talent, some of it a little bonkers. Multi-instrumentalist Abigail Smith “sounds like Kate Bush and Björk had a love-child with Schubert and the Cocteau Twins” (The Sunday Tribune), while Trumpets of Jericho might also be “a bit touched” (We Are Noise). Mayo five-piece The manhattan Syndrome have been creating quite a stir of late with their dynamic live shows, while Ana gog create mini epics built on a complex palate of sounds, and Kilkenny’s Peter Lawlor (aka Replete) makes laidback grooves filled with swirling melodies and pulsating bass lines. Kilkenny County Council’s Arts Office working in partnership to support the finest in Irish bands

Left bank, the Parade Wednesday 15 August 7.30pm Admission €12/€10