Melanie sings with Hot 4 Kilkenny
2025-06-06 17:30 - 2025-07-06 19:30 UTC | The Left Bank, 1 The Parade, Gardens, Kilkenny, Ireland
Melanie performs as guest singer with the Hot 4 swing jazz band. with Dave Mooney on bass, Tony Rex on piano, and Lorcan on drums. Swing jazz, and great ambiance in a super venue!

Melanie O'Reilly Trio: La Fête de la Musique
2025-06-21 13:00 | Wexford Arts Centre, Cornmarket, Ferrybank South, Wexford, Y35X5HF, Ireland
Melanie O’Reilly Trio: La Fête de la Musique . Melanie – vocals, Carole Nelson- piano, Dave Mooney- Bass
Join Melanie and her trio for this special celebration of La Fête de la Musique, – when the world joins France to celebrate music! .Also known as Make Music Day, it originated in France and is now celebrated not only in France but every year all over the world on the 21st of June! . Melanie will sparkle with her unique rendition of swing jazz, including French jazz classics . A fun and sparkling event for lunchtime on Midsummer’s Day! Everyone welcome! Supported by l’Ambassade de France en Irlande & Wexford normandy Cultural Association.

B-EAU KARINE SAPORTA
2025-06-29 10:45 - 17:00
Kasa-Les Maisons Karine Saporte
B-EAU
KARINE SAPORTA
WORLD CREATION
MILLENNIUM OF CAEN
SUNDAY, JUNE 29 – 10:45 AM :
” Medieval Reminiscences ” ( B-EAU, PART 1) – 2 PM: “Aquatic Reminiscences” (B-EAU, PART 2) – 4 PM: “Nuptial Reminiscences” (B-EAU, PART 3) Port of Ouistreham Place Général de Gaulle
INFORMATION & RESERVATIONS
Tel: 06 43 45 66 84 – 06 64 20 19 71
kasa@karinesaporta.com
THE PROJECT
In keeping with the content and innovative spirit of the Caen Millennium , the event will take place as part of the third highlight of the festivities: the Maritime Weekend (from June 27 to 29) . It will celebrate the relationship between Normandy and Ireland in the Middle Ages.
The overall aesthetic of the project will therefore be under Irish cultural influence and will refer to the story of the king of the province of Leinster Dermot MacMurrough who came to Normandy to seek help from the king of England Henry II, Count of Anjou and Maine, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine. The music and dances will revisit this legendary culture in a resolutely contemporary way .
In perfect correspondence with the spirit of the Millennium, it will integrate professional artists and members of voluntary associations.
The framework of the B-EAU show
The show is part of the projects labeled for the Millennium of Caen, and it is part of one of the highlights of this event, namely the maritime weekend, from June 27 to 29, 2025, where 48 ships will go up the canal from Caen to Ouistreham .
Karine Saporta’s show is constructed like a fresco on medieval history, water, boats, and on the imagination suggested by these aquatic movements. The title of the show reveals this orientation, but in an allegorical way.
The performances
The event will take place on Sunday, June 29 at the port of Ouistreham Riva-Bella , Place du Général de Gaulle . Corresponding to the times of passage of the boats, the three different shows will take place:
– At 10:45 AM, for ” Medieval Reminiscences” (B-EAU, PART 1)
– At 2 PM, for “Aquatic Reminiscences” (B-EAU, PART 2)
– At 4 PM, for “Bridal Reminiscences” (B-EAU, PART 3)
Performers and Participants
The show will be performed by professional dancers from KASA les Maisons Karine Saporta , but also by amateur groups who have been working for months in theater and dance workshops to participate in the event. Note that under the direction of Karine Saporta’s costume designer, amateurs and volunteers actively participated in the creation of the headdresses and costumes essential to the magnificence and successof the show. The music is a creation of Patrick Clancy , and will be partly sung live by the Irish artist Mélanie O’Reilly.
Port de Ouistreham
Place Général de Gaulle, Ouistreham Normandy.
https://mailchi.mp/karinesaporta.com/29-juin-beau-creation-mondiale-karine-saporta-millenaire-caen

Melanie O'Reilly 's a grúpa Snagcheol Ceilteach : Melanie O'Reilly's Celtic Jazz ensemble
2025-08-07 18:00 - 19:00 | Selskar Square, 7 Trimmers Lane West, Wexford, County Wexford, Y35 WC78, Ireland
Beo i Selskar: Melanie brings her Gaelic Jazz sound to the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉirean 2025. Her unique exhilarating sound fuses two great traditions – Jazz and Celtic.
Her own original compositions are inspired by Irish literature, contemporary Irish Gaelic poetry such as Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill, Seán Ó Ríordáin and the myths and legends of Ireland, creating a contemporary fusion of Irish traditional music mixed with jazz arrangements and improvisation. Utterly contemporary, rooted in tradition, she is accompanied by her stellar ensemble:- Scott Flanigan on piano, Dave Mooney on bass, and special guest from the London-Irish community, James Patrick Gavin on fiddle .
“Melanie swings and shimmers with a Gaelic edge… A thoroughly modern take on the jazz tradition…utterly transformative.” Music Connection

“Gorgeous sound…Celtic cadence with a jazz sensibility” Berkeleyside, California

Melanie O'Reilly & Trio: Le Jazz est Revenu
2025-11-01 20:00 - 22:00 | Wexford Arts Centre, Cornmarket, Ferrybank South, Wexford, Y35X5HF, Ireland
Wexford Arts Festival! Join Melanie and her jazz trio for “Le Jazz est Revenu”: Jazz returns!: A celebration of French songs in jazz and film/ celebrating French songs & songwriters in jazz and film, internationally known and loved. Songs composed and recorded by French legends such as Michel Le Grand, Charles Aznavour, and Jacques Brel, interwoven with other renowned performers such as Henri Salvador, and Claude Nougaro . Melanie sings les chansons with a jazz flavour bringing new life to songs such as “ Les Moulins de mon Coeur/ The Windmills of your Mind” from the iconic movie “The Thomas Crown Affair”; “I will wait for you/Je ne pourrai jamais vivre sans toi” from Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, Ne Me Quitte Pas, Le Jazz et la Java and more. As Charles Aznavour sings: Le Jazz est revenu!
With her stellar band: Mathew O’ Connell – guitar, Cormac Kenny– piano, Dave Mooney -Bass

Melanie O'Reilly & Trio: A Swingin' Christmas!
2025-12-10 14:00 - 16:00 | Wexford Arts Centre, Cornmarket, Ferrybank South, Wexford, Y35X5HF, Ireland
Melanie and her stellar trio return to perform their highly popular “A Swingin’ Christmas“, a Jazz in the Afternoon Christmas special! Join Melanie and her Swing trio – featuring Carole Nelson on piano, and Adrian Jackson on Bass – for an afternoon of uplifting celebration of Christmas jazz favourites from legendary singers and composers such as Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Diana Krall, David Benoit, Michael Buble and more! An afternoon full of toe tappin’ seasonal swing rhythm –
All welcome!
