07Feb2012
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The Love Ball

OUT For The Weekend is back! We're kicking off 2012 with a Valentine's Love Ball in Cleere's Theatre on Saturday February 11th. Featuring the loved up sounds of DJ Iano with a live Valentine's cabaret performance by Captain Anchor, you're bound to feel the love :) Entry is FREE so there's no excuse not to come along!...

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04Sep2011
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That’s it for another year….

  .... or is it?!? Thanks to everyone who attended all of the events at this years OUT For The Weekend! Thanks to our fantastic production team, this years performers, the great venues, all our supporters, advertisers and volunteers. We'll see you all next year for OUT For The Weekend 2012. In the meantime, however, we're planning on organising some regular events in and around Kilkenny...

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26Aug2011
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OFTW 2011!!!

                                            So here we are, back again for OUT For The Weekend 2011! We hope you all have a great weekend and remember there are still a few tickets for sale in Rollercoaster Records on Kie...

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23Aug2011
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Rosie Howick Competition

OUT For The Weekend Presents: Rosie Howick's 'Kylie Goes Gaga' With support from DJ Shaz, Freaks & Gleeks with your MC Captain Anchor. Followed by Set Club! We have a pair of tickets to give away for Rosie Howick's 'Kylie Goes Gaga'. All you have to do is complete the following rhyme and post it on the event page: OUT For The Weekend is here, And Kilkenny is going to be ... KEEP IT C...

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19Aug2011
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Alecia Karr Competition

We have 2 pairs of tickets to give away for Alecia Karr's P!nk Tribute in Left Bank on the Friday night of OFTW. All you have to do is leave a post on the event's wall saying why you deserve the tickets and the people with the most likes by midnight on Monday win... It's that simple! :D  ...

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15Aug2011
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Rock OUT Finalists Announced

After a great show on Firday night 3 acts are through to the Rock OUT Finals in Set Theatre on Saturdy the 27th of August. The finalists are Rescue Remedy, OB Swaggerboy and Johny Scribble. Here's the Facebook Event Page...

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28Jul2011
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OFTW Launch In Photos

Premium festival sponsors Ross Costigan Photography were on hand on Saturday night last to capture all the action at our Back To The 90s party to mark the launch of this year's festival. DJs Push & Pop entertained a packed Cleere's Theatre into the wee hours, spinning all your favourite tunes from the 90s. The night also doubled as a fundraiser with proceeds going towards the 2011 programme of...

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23Jul2011
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RockOUT Semi Finalists Announced

Last night saw 11 bands take to the stage at The Drum Youth Centre at MacDonagh Junction where a capacity crowd got a night of acoustic music, metal, funk rock and rap, all bands competing for a space in the semi finals of RockOUT, the Battle Of The Bands competition being run as part of Out For The Weekend. Judges for the night were Martin Bridgeman (KCLR 96FM), Ken McGuire (Event Media / Kilk...

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23Jul2011
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Online Ticket Sales Open On Monday

So, we've launched our new website for OUT For The Weekend and we're delighted to add that as and from 9am Monday morning, we'll have tickets on sale online for our main events on both Friday and Saturday night. To kick things off on Friday night we have Alecia Karr's Pink Tribute, Alecia being the only Pink tribute to perform to Pink herself while on Saturday night we've got Rosie Howick's Kylie ...

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03May2011
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Eating OUT – Café Sol

So with a plethora of long weekends, festivals, awards and sessions behind us, it's time to start gearing up for the summer! OFTW has a few events lined up for the summer months and we're kicking off with a dining out night on May 14th in Café Sol at 8:30. If you'd like to come along just drop a mail to Alan - eatingout@outfortheweekend.ie before the 9th of May. Looking forward to seeing...

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