Alt.Folk, Americana, and Mná Mná

Wed, May 20, 2015

LEFT-FIELD folk, Bluegrass, and Americana, will all be heard in the upstairs bar of the Róisín Dubh when Laura Mulcahy, Wilde Ida, and Rivers & Crows play the next Mná Mná Music night this Thursday [May 21] at 8.30pm.

Captain A & The Commercial Monsters to launch debut album

Tue, May 19, 2015

CAPTAIN A & The Commercial Monsters, the Galway band whose sound mixes the diverse influences of prog, Bill Withers, and Big Tom, will launch their debut album Dreams at the Citóg night in the Róisín Dubh tomorrow [May 20] at 9pm.

Don McLean - Galway concert in September

Thu, May 14, 2015

DON MCLEAN, the singer-songwriter whose 'American Pie', 'Vincent', and 'And I Love You So' are standards in the great songbook, not just of America, but of the world, comes to Galway in the Autumn.

Kitty, Daisy & Lewis for Strange Brew

Thu, May 14, 2015

KITTY, DAISY, & Lewis have always done things their own way. Long before the rock'n'roll/rockabilly revival became hip, the then teenagers were recording on old analogue equipment to give their rock and blues an authentic 1950s vibe.

King Creosote to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, May 14, 2015

HE IS Scotland's most acclaimed, and most prolific, contemporary singer-songwriter, a man who, the Mail On Sunday, said uses folk music "for its finest purpose: connecting the past to the present, and making both come alive in the moment of hearing".

Where the cello will go Baroque

Thu, May 14, 2015

MUSIC FOR Galway's successful cello season Cellissimo closes this weekend when MFG joins forces with the Galway Early Music Festival for a concert of Baroque music in St Nicholas' Collegiate Church.

Oliver Dollar @ Factory

Thu, May 14, 2015

OLIVER DOLLAR, the Berlin born and based producer/DJ, has over the last three years become a staple of the house music scene, and he is coming to Galway to play the Electric Main Floor tonight from 11pm.

Mark Geary @ Monroe's Live

Thu, May 14, 2015

"HIS DELICATE songs about love and defiance…..recall Richard Thompson and John Lennon…..one of the East Village’s favorite adopted sons.” So said Time Out New York about Irish singer-songwriter Mark Geary.

Epoch third birthday bash

Thu, May 14, 2015

THE EPOCH clubnight at Factory celebrates its third birthday this Saturday with a DJ set from no less a figure in the scene than the formidable DJ TLR.

Tech House @ The Loft

Thu, May 14, 2015

THE LOFT will be treated to a night of underground tech house and techno soundscapes this Saturday [May 16] when the Tech House Legion crew return to the Bridge Street venue.

Bridal Rock - the Wedding Band Festival

Thu, May 14, 2015

BRIDAL ROCK, Ireland's - and the world's - only Wedding Band Festival, makes its debut in Monroe’s Live on Sunday May 24 from 5pm to 9pm, featuring some of the best wedding bands performing back to back.

Citóg - the eccentric and the wonderful

Mon, May 11, 2015

LEFT-FIELD, eclectic, eccentric, and marvellously creative Irish indie music is always the order of the day at the Citóg nights in the Róisín Dubh, and the nights remaining two shows for May will prove to be no exception.

The Coronas return to Galway for Big Top Arts Festival gig

Thu, May 07, 2015

ONE OF Ireland’s best loved bands, The Coronas, will play the Galway International Arts Festival Big Top party on Saturday July 25 it was announced this morning.

Album review: And So I Watch You From Afar

Music Reviews Thu, May 07, 2015

HAVING BROKEN new ground, not only for themselves, but also for the post-rock genre with 2013’s All Hail Bright Futures, Antrim’s ASIWYFA could hardly be expected to reinvent the wheel yet again.

The Hard Ground @ The Loft

Thu, May 07, 2015

IRISH ALT-POP band The Hard Ground have been winning the praises of Nialler9, The Last Mixed Tape, and GoldenPlec, and Galway will see what the fuss is about next week.

Roesy to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, May 07, 2015

THE AUSTRALIAN based Irish singer-songwriter Roesy returns home thIS month for a nationwide tour, promoting his new album, Wolf Counsel.

A cello concert in Brigit’s Garden

Thu, May 07, 2015

‘UP TO My F Holes’ is not the kind of title you expect for a piece of classical music, but this composition by Judith Ring will be among those performed at the next Music For Galway concert.

Concert in aid of MADRA and the Thai Animal Sanctuary

Thu, May 07, 2015

SINGER-SONGWRITER and artist Jim McKee, along with Ray O’Brien, Joyce Redmond, and James Gallagher will give in concert in aid of MADRA and the Thai Animal Sanctuary.

Keb Darge to DJ @ SHUFFLE!

Thu, May 07, 2015

GALWAY’S PREMIER soul, funk, r’n’b, and ska night SHUFFLE! in the Róisín Dubh, will play host of one of the great Northern Soul DJs when Keb Darge hits the decks.