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Shine On - more magic from the summer music spectacular

Intimately shot at the National Concert Hall, enjoy interviews, backstage footage and extra performances from Dermot Kennedy and Denise Chaila accompanied by The RTÉ Concert Orchestra.

Music • 29 Aug 20

Shine - watch the magical RTÉ summer concert

Dermot Kennedy, Denise Chaila, Villagers and many more perform in a special summer concert

Shine • 29 Aug 20

Denise Chaila, pictured in the National Concert Hall (Pic: Andrew Cummins)

Something for the Weekend – Denise Chaila's Cultural Picks

Denise Chaila is a Zambian-Irish rapper, poet, grime and hip-hop artist from Limerick, and one of the stars of Shine, airing on RTÉ One on Saturday 29 August.

Something For The Weekend • 26 Aug 20

Poet Stephen Murphy performs as part of Shine on RTÉ One

Something for the Weekend – Stephen Murphy's Cultural Picks

As part of Shine, airing on RTÉ One on Saturday 29 August, poet Stephen Murphy will perform a specially commissioned spoken word piece entitled The Language of the Birds.

Something For The Weekend • 25 Aug 20

Tom Robbins and Morgan Freeman in The Shawshank Redemption

Shine, Shawshank and recording the perfect lockdown aria

Shine preview: Matthew Manning, Principal Oboe in the RTÉ NSO, writes about the perfect lockdown aria and the experience of recording it.

Shine • 25 Aug 20

Let It Shine - behind the scenes at RTÉ's musical spectacular

Airing on RTÉ One on Saturday 29 August, Shine is a magical hour of music and words filmed at the Iveagh Gardens, the National Concert Hall and at RTÉ over a couple of summer days.

Shine • 23 Aug 20

Niamh Farrell performs with Booka Brass at Shine - coming to RTE One on Saturday 29th August

Something for the Weekend – Niamh Farrell's Cultural Picks

Choice cultural picks from the lead singer of popular Irish band Ham Sandwich - she performs alongside Booka Brass at Shine, airing on RTÉ One on Saturday 29 August...

Something For The Weekend • 20 Aug 20

Shine: Denise Chaila and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra

RTÉ brings artists together for Shine

At summer draws to a close, RTÉ continues the commitment it has shown to artists throughout the pandemic and brings performers together to play for all of us...

Shine • 28 Aug 20

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