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FAMILY: Ta Tum Tum!

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Ta Tum Tum is an educational music performance with 4 piece band, designed for children and their adults to explore popular music with a Brazilian twist in a creative, integrative and fun way! The performance will be followed by a workshop where children will have a chance to play real instruments from Brazil and learn

free, booking essential

EARLY YEARS: Still Here

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

For children aged 3-6 years and their adults we are still here. we are stuck in the same place.  and it’s not a good or interesting place. it’s frustrating, it’s boring and it’s a bit scary. but we can take ourselves elsewhere, both on our own and together because we are still standing, still dreaming, still

€8 – €28

WORKSHOP: Artzone Summer Camp 2022

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Artzone are back in the venue! Students aged 5-12 years will cover a range of art projects including painting, drawing, materials manipulation and clay construction, with lots of personal design and creativity input. The theme for this year will be ‘Summer Time Fun’ Our camps are run by qualified art teachers, with strict safety protocols,

€100 – €120

SUMMER CAMP: Songwriting with Megan O’Neill

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Chart topping and multi-award winning singer- songwriter Megan O’Neill is hosting a week long musical workshop for young people aged 9-12 years exploring songwriting, lyric writing, collaborating and performance. Each student will write at least one full song in these four days (although some will write more) and there will be the option to design

€5 – €120

FAMILY: Joe the Magician Live! Children’s Magic & Illusion Show

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

It’s Joe the Magician from RTÉjr! And he’s bringing his spectacular children’s comedy magic and illusion show to Riverbank Arts Centre for one spectacular afternoon of mind boggling fun! Joe’s show fuses laugh out loud comedy magic with absolutely jaw dropping spectacular illusions live on stage. It’s a rollercoaster theatrical ride that reinvents children’s entertainment.

€15 – €55

FAMILY CINEMA: Lightyear

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

A sci-fi action adventure and the definitive origin story of Buzz Lightyear, the hero who inspired the toy. Lightyear follows the legendary Space Ranger after he’s marooned on a hostile planet 4.2 million lightyears from Earth alongside his commander and their crew. As Buzz tries to find a way back home through space and time,he’s

€4

FAMILY: An Ant Called Amy

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

This is a story about an ant called Amy (an award-winning ant I might add), her brother Andy and a Brown Spider. A story about a busy little ant who learns to slow down. An Ant Called Amy is a story about an Ant called Amy, her brother Andy and a brown spider. Amy the

€4 – €28

FAMILY CINEMA: The Addams Family 2

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Just in time for Halloween and perfect for your little Ghouls and Ghosts! Everyone’s favourite spooky family is back in the animated comedy sequel, The Addams Family 2. In this all new movie we find Morticia and Gomez distraught that their children are growing up, skipping family dinners, and totally consumed with “scream time.” To reclaim their bond they decide

€4

FAMILY: Super Paua Family Storytelling Day

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Welcome! Bine ati venit! Graltcha! Let’s celebrate storytelling in all its shapes- through language, movement, and play with local families! Listen to and create stories with words and movement, play games and take in some music, or just enjoy chats over a cup of tea. Join us for an afternoon of fun drop in activities,

Free event

FAMILY: Niall de Búrca – The Christmas Turkey & Other Tales

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Michael’s mother has sent him on an important errand. He must collect the Christmas turkey from the Butchers and come straight home. No Messing! Can Michael do what he’s told just this once.... or will he stuff it up?! Join legendary storyteller Niall de Búrca for this cracker of a storytelling show that is perfect

€4 – €28

FAMILY: Whistleblast Quartet

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

A very WhistleBlast Christmas Show including lots of favorites from Tchaikovsky to the Snowman, a sing along WhistleBlast Christmas Tale and other seasonal songs! Bell ringing and percussion for you to join in a joyful concert finale… Performed by fun loving musicians: Conor Linehan, piano. Ken Edge, saxes and clarinets. Oonagh Keogh, violin. Mary Curran,

€4 – €32

FAMILY CINEMA: The Greatest Showman Sing-a-long

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Ladies and gents, this is the moment you’ve waited for…a special sing-a-long screening of The Greatest Showman! It’s your time to shine – have fun, sing loud and ‘Come Alive’ – It’s Showtime! Step right up and into the spellbinding imagination of a man who set out to reveal that life itself can be the most

€4

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EARLY YEARS: Music & Sensory Play with Catherine Hartnett

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Music and sensory play class for toddlers aged 1 to 3 years and parents in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Toddlers will be given the opportunity to learn through music, movement and play, and explore different textures and sounds. This class, led by music teacher Catherine Hartnett promotes adult-child interaction as well as interactions between

€10

FAMILY: Theatre Lovett Presents The Teddy Bears’ Picnic by Louis Lovett

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Theatre Lovett presents The Teddy Bears’ Picnic By Louis Lovett If you go down to the woods today you’re in for a big surprise…   The teddy bears’ picnic! Where can we find it? What’s the address? Are we invited? Do teddies eat food? Is the tea they drink real? It’s hard to digest, this mythical

€4 – €28
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EARLY YEARS: Music & Sensory Play with Catherine Hartnett

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Music and sensory play class for toddlers aged 1 to 3 years and parents in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Toddlers will be given the opportunity to learn through music, movement and play, and explore different textures and sounds. This class, led by music teacher Catherine Hartnett promotes adult-child interaction as well as interactions between

€10

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FAMILY: Jess Rowell – Making Waves

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Making Waves is an immersive multi-sensory dance theatre performance, designed specifically for children aged 8 to 13 years with mild to more complex needs. In this magical sea voyage the audience and performers set sail in search of hidden treasure and along the way encounter rolling waves, sparkling fish and swooping gulls. In this inclusive

€8
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FAMILY: Jess Rowell – Making Waves

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Making Waves is an immersive multi-sensory dance theatre performance, designed specifically for children aged 8 to 13 years with mild to more complex needs. In this magical sea voyage the audience and performers set sail in search of hidden treasure and along the way encounter rolling waves, sparkling fish and swooping gulls. In this inclusive

€8
Recurring

EARLY YEARS: Music & Sensory Play with Catherine Hartnett

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Music and sensory play class for toddlers aged 1 to 3 years and parents in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Toddlers will be given the opportunity to learn through music, movement and play, and explore different textures and sounds. This class, led by music teacher Catherine Hartnett promotes adult-child interaction as well as interactions between

€10

FAMILY: Kyle Riley Little Folk – On The Road

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Little Folk- On the Road is a fun family concert perfectly suited for 2-8 year olds and their adults. Kyle has been writing and performing children’s music for over 10 years, touring Ireland and abroad. Little Folk features his award-winning original children’s music, catchy kids tunes and some proper sing-a-long songs. It’s a foot-stomping, hand-clapping and jumping good

€10 – €36

FAMILY: The Speks

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

The Speks present a lively show of nursery rhymes and sing-along songs set to acoustic Irish music which will have adults and kids jumping in their seats! Their hand-clapping, toe-tapping, hearty-laughing show is all about life on Glasses Island – a magical island off the coast of Co. Clare where everybody wears glasses! The Speks

€10

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EARLY YEARS: Music & Sensory Play with Catherine Hartnett

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Music and sensory play class for toddlers aged 1 to 3 years and parents in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Toddlers will be given the opportunity to learn through music, movement and play, and explore different textures and sounds. This class, led by music teacher Catherine Hartnett promotes adult-child interaction as well as interactions between

€10

THEATRE: The Wrens by Dan Colley

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

An odd collection of tricksters live in the gorse bushes at the edge of the town. They’re best left alone, the townsfolk say. We’ve nothing to do with them. What they don’t say is; except the odd healing spell, love cure, hair-cut, or to burn them out of their nests once a year. This magic-realist

€4 – €28

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EARLY YEARS: Music & Sensory Play with Catherine Harnett

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Music and sensory play class for toddlers aged 1 to 3 years and parents in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Toddlers will be given the opportunity to learn through music, movement and play, and explore different textures and sounds. This class, led by music teacher Catherine Hartnett promotes adult-child interaction as well as interactions between

€10

FAMILY: StrongWomen Science

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

StrongWomen Science is a circus science show for children and families starring two women scientists turned circus performers. Aoife Raleigh is an engineer, Maria Corcoran an environmental scientist. Ever wanted to know how you balance a chair on your chin, if you can juggle liquid, or how circus performers eat fire? StrongWomen Aoife and Maria

€4 – €32

FAMILY: Family Drumming Workshop

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Enjoy the energy of Group drumming in a friendly Group environment with Jabba JabbaJembe. This interactive  workshop is family friendly allowing all ages to learn and play a vast range of Drums and Percussion instruments. Learn about the origins of the instruments, how to play rhythms with your body and voice, discover rhythms  from across the globe. Jabba JabbeJembe has been providing

free, booking essential

FAMILY: CBI Book Clinic

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Are you a young reader? Looking for a new series to delve into? Feeling uninspired by your bookshelves at home? Then pop along to Children’s Books Ireland Book Clinic! Chat to the Book Doctor, consult on your favourite reads and leave with a prescription for your next book which you can take to your local bookshop or

free, booking essential
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FAMILY WORKSHOP: Selma Daniel & Little Lion Dance Theatre Presents – moving words

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

moving words is a story-time workshop with live dance performance for early years that combines dance & the reading of a selected picture book. moving words aims to aims to bring children closer to reading and dancing. moving words aims to bring children closer to reading and dancing. Each ticket covers one child and one

free, booking essential
Recurring

FAMILY WORKSHOP: Selma Daniel & Little Lion Dance Theatre Presents – moving words

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

moving words is a story-time workshop with live dance performance for early years that combines dance & the reading of a selected picture book. moving words aims to aims to bring children closer to reading and dancing. moving words aims to bring children closer to reading and dancing. Each ticket covers one child and one

free, booking essential
Recurring

FAMILY WORKSHOP: Selma Daniel & Little Lion Dance Theatre Presents – moving words

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

moving words is a story-time workshop with live dance performance for early years that combines dance & the reading of a selected picture book. moving words aims to aims to bring children closer to reading and dancing. moving words aims to bring children closer to reading and dancing. Each ticket covers one child and one

free, booking essential

FAMILY: FLiP

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Like children raging over the playground, that’s how the performers of Flip storm the stage… What follows is a whirling, twirling, tumbling, rumbling, jumping and flipping stream of playful necessity. Flip is an unstoppable ode to playing. A performance full of movement, rhythm and beautiful chaos for children and grown-ups who can’t keep still… Flip received

€8 – €28

FAMILY: FLiP

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Like children raging over the playground, that’s how the performers of Flip storm the stage… What follows is a whirling, twirling, tumbling, rumbling, jumping and flipping stream of playful necessity. Flip is an unstoppable ode to playing. A performance full of movement, rhythm and beautiful chaos for children and grown-ups who can’t keep still… Flip received

€8 – €28
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EARLY YEARS: BabyLovesMusic

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

BabyLovesMusic is a unique concert for babies. BabyLovesMusic is an informal concert for babies aged 0-12 months and their carers featuring four award-winning musicians – Tim Doyle, Kate Hearne, Anna Newell, and Eamon Sweeney – with musical arrangements by Malachy Robinson, of the Irish Chamber Orchestra. An eclectic musical journey with a distinctly Irish feel,

€10
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EARLY YEARS: BabyLovesMusic

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

BabyLovesMusic is a unique concert for babies. BabyLovesMusic is an informal concert for babies aged 0-12 months and their carers featuring four award-winning musicians – Tim Doyle, Kate Hearne, Anna Newell, and Eamon Sweeney – with musical arrangements by Malachy Robinson, of the Irish Chamber Orchestra. An eclectic musical journey with a distinctly Irish feel,

€10
Recurring

EARLY YEARS: BabyLovesMusic

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

BabyLovesMusic is a unique concert for babies. BabyLovesMusic is an informal concert for babies aged 0-12 months and their carers featuring four award-winning musicians – Tim Doyle, Kate Hearne, Anna Newell, and Eamon Sweeney – with musical arrangements by Malachy Robinson, of the Irish Chamber Orchestra. An eclectic musical journey with a distinctly Irish feel,

€10
Recurring

EARLY YEARS: BabyLovesMusic

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

BabyLovesMusic is a unique concert for babies. BabyLovesMusic is an informal concert for babies aged 0-12 months and their carers featuring four award-winning musicians – Tim Doyle, Kate Hearne, Anna Newell, and Eamon Sweeney – with musical arrangements by Malachy Robinson, of the Irish Chamber Orchestra. An eclectic musical journey with a distinctly Irish feel,

€10
Recurring

EARLY YEARS: BabyLovesMusic

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

BabyLovesMusic is a unique concert for babies. BabyLovesMusic is an informal concert for babies aged 0-12 months and their carers featuring four award-winning musicians – Tim Doyle, Kate Hearne, Anna Newell, and Eamon Sweeney – with musical arrangements by Malachy Robinson, of the Irish Chamber Orchestra. An eclectic musical journey with a distinctly Irish feel,

€10
Recurring

EARLY YEARS: BabyLovesMusic

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

BabyLovesMusic is a unique concert for babies. BabyLovesMusic is an informal concert for babies aged 0-12 months and their carers featuring four award-winning musicians – Tim Doyle, Kate Hearne, Anna Newell, and Eamon Sweeney – with musical arrangements by Malachy Robinson, of the Irish Chamber Orchestra. An eclectic musical journey with a distinctly Irish feel,

€10
Recurring

EARLY YEARS: Music & Sensory Play with Catherine Harnett

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Music and sensory play class for toddlers aged 1 to 3 years and parents in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Toddlers will be given the opportunity to learn through music, movement and play, and explore different textures and sounds. This class, led by music teacher Catherine Hartnett promotes adult-child interaction as well as interactions between

€10

FAMILY: Joe the Magician Presents It’s Magic!

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Joe the Magician is back! Yes, it's Joe from RTÉjr’s abraKIDabra and Dizzy Deliveries He’s back to Riverbank with his brand-new show It’s Magic! All new impossible magic and illusion that will have children all ages roaring laughing one minute and in complete awe the next. The show fuses magic, music, special effects and illusion that

€15 – €55
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Paul Curley and Draíocht Present Grey Matter

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

A new play for young audiences by Paul Curley and Ger Clancy. A scientist.  A parrot.  A lifelong friendship. Grey Matter explores the joyful relationship between a boy and his pet (African Grey) parrot as they  journey through life together, experiencing the highs, the lows, and everything in between. Performer and writer Paul Curley in

€10

Paul Curley and Draíocht Present Grey Matter

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

A new play for young audiences by Paul Curley and Ger Clancy. A scientist.  A parrot.  A lifelong friendship. Grey Matter explores the joyful relationship between a boy and his pet (African Grey) parrot as they  journey through life together, experiencing the highs, the lows, and everything in between. Performer and writer Paul Curley in

€10

Into the Deep: Stories of exploring the underwater world of the North Atlantic with Ken O’Sullivan 

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Ken O’Sullivan talks about his life and experiences as an underwater cameraman, documentary filmmaker and ocean conservationist in Ireland’s Atlantic waters. From freediving with blue whales, the largest animal ever to have lived, to filming sharks, dolphins, and the magical underwater world around Ireland and his family’s 250-year history on Fenit Island, Co. Kerry.  Ken

€10 – €17

Mavka: The Forest Song

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

In an enchanted Ukrainian forest, a spirited Mavka nymph falls in love with Lucas, a village artist. Their forbidden romance faces challenges from disapproving spirits and Mavka's protective father. As a dark force threatens the forest, Mavka and Lucas embark on a journey to save their worlds, learning about love, bravery, and the interconnectedness of

€4

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I AM BABA

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

I AM BABA a show for babies aged 0-12 months created by Anna Newell Funded by the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon Presented in association with The Civic, Tallaght I AM BABA is a theatre adventure for babies created by internationally renowned theatre director Anna Newell (www.annanewell.ie) and composer David Goodall.  Their shows for early years have

€10

Kildare Jazz Festival: Ta Tum Tum! Workshop (3-6 Years)

Newbridge Town Hall Main Street, Newbridge, Kildare, Ireland

Listen to the beat of your heart and unleash your little one's creativity in this exciting samba workshop for ages 3-6 with musicians Kasia and William. Discover the building blocks of samba as we play with rhythm and melody and explore music through creative movement, singing, sound exploration and body percussion! Little ones and their

€5