Issue #001 Saturday 24 October | Your Saturday Craic

🌧️ A practical Saturday weather check

🎶 A free concert celebrating 80 years on Putland Road

🎤 80s favourites and local live music tonight

🎨 Final weekend for a Boghall Road-inspired exhibition

🧘 A different kind of Saturday afternoon

😄 A Bit of Craic from the seafront

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It's a day to keep an eye on showers, wind and any coastal warnings. If you're heading out on the promenade or Bray Head, check the latest forecast before you go, and consider an indoor option for the afternoon. The weather around the bay can change faster than the plans in your group chat.

Check Met Éireann's live forecast and warnings →

Our Lady Queen of Peace on Putland Road is marking its 80th anniversary with a free choral concert tonight at 7pm. The programme brings together Holy Redeemer Gaudium Choir, Cross Community Choir, Ukraine Singers and Scoil Chualann Children's Choir, with guest performer Niamh Murray.

It's the kind of community gathering that doesn't need an expensive ticket or a journey into Dublin. If you're looking for something welcoming and a little different this evening, this could be a lovely way to spend it. Concert details →

The 80s Icons Show returns to Mermaid Arts Centre tonight. An eight-piece band revisits Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Wham!, Madonna, Whitney Houston and more. Whether you remember the records first time around or just know every chorus, expect a proper nostalgia night. See the show's details →

Artist Eabha Cleary has looked to Bray's Boghall Road for inspiration in Becoming Animal, an exhibition exploring the relationship between suburban spaces, mythology and the natural world. It's at Signal Arts Centre on Albert Avenue, with the exhibition scheduled to close on Sunday. See exhibition details →

🎶 80th Anniversary Choral Concert · 7pm · Our Lady Queen of Peace, Putland Road · Free. Details

🎤 80s Icons Show · Mermaid Arts Centre · An eight-piece live music tribute to the eighties. Show details

🎸 High Voltage Rock/Funk · 9pm · The Harbour Bar · Free admission. Local listing

🎻 Trad Session · Listed for 9.30pm · The Harbour Bar · Free, confirm before attending. Local listing

🧘 Cacao Ceremony & Soundbath · 1–4pm · Resonate with Christine, Putland Road · A three-hour relaxation and guided sound session. Organiser details

🎨 Eabha Cleary: Becoming Animal · Signal Arts Centre, Albert Avenue · Exhibition inspired by Boghall Road. Exhibition details

🎨 Becoming Animal: final day · Signal Arts Centre · Last scheduled date to catch the exhibition. Details

🧘 Sunday Soundbath · 5–6.30pm · Resonate, Putland Road · A gentler end to the bank-holiday weekend. Organiser details

Booking availability and performance times can change; use the linked organisers' details before travelling.

There is far more happening around Bray than the seafront on a sunny Sunday. This weekend alone, Putland Road has a community concert and a wellness session, Albert Avenue has an exhibition that looks back towards Boghall Road, and the Harbour Bar has free music.

It's a good reminder to explore a little beyond your usual route. And if there's a brilliant event or little-known local place in Ballywaltrim, Little Bray, Old Connaught or Southern Cross, send us the details. We'd love to share it.

Bray seagulls checking the forecast: One brings sunglasses. The other brings an umbrella. Both still manage to get chips.

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