On The Fringe

Local poet Wayne Power chats to Gemma about curating this years upcoming Poetry Day 2025 taking place this Thursday,

Plight of The Bumblebee, a documentary by Brenda Castles comes to the Sean Tí May 18th. Brenda talks about everything from bees role in religion to their fight to survive and

Local historian Chrissy Knight O'Connor tells Gemma all about the ancient battle of Dungarvan

Scáthach, a Celtic-inspired Waterford band, currently recording their debut album. Lead singer Taylor Lily popped in for a chat about their brand new single and upcoming gigs,

'Grasp' is a new play taking place in the GOMA Gallery of Modern Art gardens over the May bank holiday weekend. Waterford playwright, Hannah Carberry, tells Gemma all about it and

Last Friday marked the 30th anniversary of Fr Ted. The WLR presenters joined Gemma on air for a reenactment of one of the most famous scenes

Eunice Power tells Gemma about what drives her passion for the West Waterford Festival of Food,

Damien Tiernan sits down to chat with Dermot Whelan about his brand new mindset book "Busy and Wrecked" and 

Kieran Goss chats with John Keane about his Seanti gig with Annie Kinsella 

On The Fringe, Perform South East comes to the SETU Arena on April 26th billed as the ultimate performance expo. Richie Hayes sits down with Gemma to tell her all about it;

Devour the Night, a night of fire, fearless sword swallowing and more comes to Wexford Racecourse April 19th MC-ed by Waterford's own Bonnie Boux. Megan from Devour the Night tells Gemma the inspiration behind this 18+ only circus and

Herb Dee brings his solo acoustic set to the Market Bar on May 7th. He chats with Gemma about how Covid renewed his love of music

Woodstown Waves, possibly Waterford's smallest music festival, is back for Volume two at the Saratoga bar. Aoife Kennedy and Sarah Mulligan tell Gemma about their incredible local line up

He's been tour drummer for Bellx1 among other things, Tim O Donovan's latest venture is probably his most exciting yet. John Keane recently caught up with the artist otherwise known as Neosupervital

Tell of the Estuary comes to Faithlegg National School the 4th and 5th of April.  Damien Tiernan spoke with Minuan Theatre Group to find out what it was all about.

Author Martina Devlin will join City and County Librarian Mary Conway for the first Writers at Waterford Libraries event of 2025 in Central Library on 29th March at 3.00 pm to discuss her latest book Charlotte. Martina chats with Gemma about her love of the written word and Charlotte Bronte's Irish connection

Pilgrimage Presents is celebrating its third birthday. Having hosted some truly brilliant bands and musicians, the birthday celebrations kick off this Friday 28th in The Vic Tramore with  Deep Down Detox, Kilkenny’s High-Energy Rock Phenomenon. Ricky Grogan chats to Gemma about the COVID passion project that grew legs and 

Fresh off the back of winning the Lifetime Achievement Award in the Green Room awards, Jim Nolan tells Gemma about directing the new play 'Gas Ticket',  a one woman show starring Shauna Farrell. It is the story of a sixteen-year-old girl who is forced to leave her baby behind in a mother and baby home, what becomes of them and the lives they imagine for one another.

On The Fringe this week saw John Keane chat with Tara Howley and George Murphy about the play Dockers. They both appear in this show from April 8th - 12th in Dublin's Ambassador

On The Fringe, Gemma chats with local band Forge Hounds about the new album plus The Big Breakfast blaa chat to John Grubb about this weekends St Patricks day celebrations in Waterford

Building on the success of its 2024 programme, Blackwater Valley Opera Festival and Music Generation Waterford is once again bringing the magic of opera and singing to classrooms across the county with the return of Discover Opera and Discover Singing. These inspiring music education initiatives offer primary school children an engaging introduction to the transformative power of music. Director Eamon Carroll tells Gemma all about it and

The Thomas Francis Meagher Tricolour celebrations take place from this Friday March 7th until Sunday the 9th 

Numerous events are planned to mark 177 years since the Irish tricolour was first flow at 33 The Mall in Waterford. WLR's Kieran Foley attended the launch of this year's programme at the Bishop's Palace 

Beauty and the Beast is the new production from the TY class in The Presentation Secondary school and Flexx Carter chats to John Keane about his upcomimg new music and all about just who is Flexx Carter