Horslips to play Town Hall

Thu, Oct 31, 2019

HORSLIPS, A phenomenon of Irish rock in the 1970s, who brilliantly fused Irish trad with hard rock, glam, and prog, play the Town Hall Theatre this weekend.

Mary Black plays the Town Hall Theatre

Thu, Oct 31, 2019

MARY BLACK, one of Ireland's finest, and most loved, contemporary folk singers, recently released a new album, and next week she is coming to Galway to play the Town Hall Theatre.

A charity concert with soprano Helen Hancock

Thu, Oct 31, 2019

ORANMORE SOPRANO Helen Hancock will perform classical works and songs from the musicals, at her show, A Night In November, which will also raise funds for the St Vincent de Paul Society.

Rory and The Island - new EP, Galway gig

Thu, Oct 31, 2019

ADDICTED TO Applause, the new EP by Rory and The Island, will be launched this Saturday at a gig in The Loft at Seven, Bridge Street, at 9pm.

Vickers Vimy start new tour in Galway

Thu, Oct 31, 2019

THE IRISH folk and Americana band Vickers Vimy, begin their new tour with a gig in The Crane Bar, Sea road, tomorrow night, Friday November 1.

A musical trip to Bulgaria

Thu, Oct 31, 2019

CONTEMPO WILL bring Galway audiences on a musical trip to Bulgaria, performing works by Marin Goleminov and Dobrinka Tabakova at the next From Europe with Love concert.

Jazz gigs for the Halloween weekend

Thu, Oct 31, 2019

FOR THE Halloween weekend, a series of jazz gigs, featuring leading Irish jazz musicians, takes place in the Black Gate Cultural Centre on St Francis Street.

Pixies to play GIAF 2020

Tue, Oct 29, 2019

THE PIXIES, one of the the greatest, and most influential, of all American alternative rock bands, and a primary inspiration to Nirvana and Radiohead, will play Galway next summer.

Lloyd Cole - ageing, electronica, and a Galway show

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

HE WALKED in the rain with Jesus, endured a lost weekend in Amsterdam, but today, as allmusic.com has pointed out, he enjoys a status of "one of the most articulate and acute songwriters of the post-punk era".

Album review: Lankum

Music Reviews Thu, Oct 24, 2019

'THE WILD Rover' is known as a rambunctious, 'no regrets' ode, to a one time life of boozing. In the hands of Lankum though, it is a very different proposition.

Aslan announce Galway concert for next year

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

ASLAN, ONE of Ireland's best loved rock bands, bring their Goodbye Charlie Moonhead tour - marking the 25th anniversary of the release of the album of the same title - to Galway next year.

Slyrydes new single out tomorrow

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

'DANGEROUS ANIMALS', the new single from Slyrydes, finds the Galway band tackling ignorance, bigotry, and a world where threatening forces are on the rise.

Moon Looks On - Galway gig this weekend

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

THIS YEAR has been a big one for Irish folk-pop band Moon Looks On, having played three shows at the Glastonbury festival and appearing at the 2000 Trees festival in Gloucestershire.

Welsh choirs to sing for hospice memorial concerts

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

TWO LEADING Welsh choirs - Côr Mebion Ardudwy male choir and Cana-Mi-Geib - are coming to Galway to perform two special memorial concerts in support of Galway Hospice.

Leading jazz guitarist to play Galway

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

MIKE NIELSEN, one of Europe's finest jazz guitarists, will join forces with Galway guitar great, Aengus Hackett, for a night of six string magic at The Black Gate Cultural Centre, St Francis Street.

Misfits tribute this weekend

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

WHERE GOMIES Dare, who describe themselves as "Galway's ugliest Misfits tribute band" play Sally Longs this Friday [October 25] at 9pm.

Le Boom play the Róisín this weekend

Thu, Oct 17, 2019

IN THREE years, Irish electro-pop duo Le Boom have racked up 2.1 million streams for their five single releases so far; played Primavera Sound and Electric Picnic, and put on shows in New York, Reykjavik, and Bilbao.

Album review: Daithí

Music Reviews Thu, Oct 17, 2019

INTROSPECTIVE, CONFESSIONAL songwriting is not an approach readily associated with electronic music, which tends mostly towards the austere and abstract on one side, or euphoric, Balearic, hedonism on the other.

Silver Jews tribute at Róisín Dubh

Thu, Oct 17, 2019

IN AUGUST, David Berman, the vocalist, songwriter, and leader of the band Silver Jews, took his own life. In his memory, and to raise funds for charity, a show takes place this weekend at the Róisín Dubh.

Johnny Cash’s grandson to play Monroe’s Live

Thu, Oct 17, 2019

THOMAS GABRIEL, eldest grandchild of Johnny Cash and June Carter-Cash, and a country and Americana singer-songwriter in his own right, returns to Galway this month to play Monroe's Live.

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