Galway trad/folk titans charity concert @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jan 22, 2015

SOME OF Galway’s greatest trad/folk acts, including Dolores Keane, We Banjo 3, and Dessie O’Halloran, play Monroe’s Live tomorrow at 8pm for the Walk In My Shoes Campaign.

Earthship to touch down @ Kelly’s

Thu, Jan 22, 2015

SEVENTIES JAZZ-funk fusion, dance grooves, fiery improvisation, and irresistible pop hooks are on the cards when Earthship touch down at Kelly’s this Saturday at 10pm

Chieftains’ Matt Molloy @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jan 22, 2015

THE CHIEFTAINS’ Matt Molloy and London-Irish fiddle great John Carty - both winners of the TG4 Musician of the Year Award - play Monroe’s Live on Tuesday January 27.

Get Boogie is back

Thu, Jan 22, 2015

THE GET Boogie clubnight returns to the Factory at Electric Garden tomorrow from 11pm with Dublin’s Northside Jungle Collective hitting the decks.

Shuffle! back @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 22, 2015

JANUARY CAN be a grim month, a time of bills and the post-Christmas blues, but it does not have to be that way - it can be a time of uptown soul and stomping funk.

Sinead O’Connor and John Grant for festival Big Top

Wed, Jan 21, 2015

SINEAD O’CONNOR, one of Ireland’s most individual, eclectic, and controversial singer-songwriters, and John Grant, the American singer-songwriter, whose music The Guardian described as “completely compelling, profoundly discomforting but beautiful”, play the Galway International Arts Festival this summer.

The artists will play the Festival Big Top in the Fisheries Field on Thursday July 23, and the pairing makes sense given that they have collaborated previously, O’Connor having performed backing vocals on Grant’s songs ‘It Doesn’t Matter To Him’ and ‘Why Don’t You Love Me Anymore’, from his album Pale Green Ghosts.

Wyvern Lingo to play Róisín Dubh in February

Wed, Jan 21, 2015

“FLAWLESS IS the only word to describe their harmonious melodies and perfectly written songs that are a mish-mash of pop, r’n’b and folk.” This is how Outmost.com described Wicklow’s Wyvern Lingo.

Boyfights to play Citóg tomorrow night

Tue, Jan 20, 2015

BOYFIGHTS, THE exciting indie-rock quartet play the new series of Citóg nights for 2015 when they take to the stage of the Róisín Dubh tomorrow at 9pm.

Galway venues shortlisted for IMRO music venue award

Mon, Jan 19, 2015

THREE OF Galway city’s leading music venues - The Róisín Dubh, Monroe’s Live, and The Quays Bar - have been nominated for the IMRO Connacht Live Music Venue of the Year 2014.

Album review: Belle and Sebastian

Music Reviews Thu, Jan 15, 2015

THE TWIN peaks of Belle and Sebastian’s artistic achievements, 1996’s If You’re Feeling Sinister and 2003’s Dear Catastrophe Waitress, have set a high standard for a band that, over its long career, has regularly delivered quality work.

Coming to Monroe’s Live in February

Thu, Jan 15, 2015

FROM KRAUTROCK to country, mainstream rock to full on techno, a range of bands and singers working in diverse styles are set to play Monroe’s Live next month.

Irish Youth Choir seeks Galway members

Thu, Jan 15, 2015

THE IRISH youth choir is seeking singers aged between 18 and 28 and auditions for new members will take place in Galway this Saturday.

Mná Mná @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 15, 2015

SINGER-SONGWRITERS Niceol Blue and Ruth Dillon play the Mná Mná showcase in the upstairs bar of the Róisín Dubh tonight at 8.30pm.

Kastis Torrau to DJ @ Kelly’s

Thu, Jan 15, 2015

KASTIS TORRAU, the Lithuanian DJ, producer, and remixer brings his electrifying mix of tuneful house and tech rhythms to Kelly’s this Saturday at 10pm.

The Three Tenors to play Town Hall

Thu, Jan 15, 2015

THE THREE Tenors return to Galway in the New Year to play the Town Hall Theatre on Saturday January 24 at 8pm.

Honningbarna - Norwegian punks return to Galway

Mon, Jan 12, 2015

“IF YOU were there and you didn’t like it, you might as well stay home on concert nights. There exists no better live injection of musical bliss than the one Honningbarna supplies.”

Lord Of The Rings musician @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jan 08, 2015

ALAN DOHERTY, the Irish trad musician who performed on the Lord Of The Rings soundtrack, will lead his new band in concert at Monroe’s Live on Thursday January 29.

Matt Molloy to play Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jan 08, 2015

THE CHIEFTAINS’ Matt Molloy and London-Irish fiddle great John Carty - both recipients of the TG4 Musician of the Year Award - share the stage at Monroe’s Live on Tuesday January 27.

The High Kings in concert in Salthill

Thu, Jan 08, 2015

THE HIGH KINGS are coming back to Galway to play a ‘Róisín Dubh presents...’ concert at the Seapoint Ballroom, Salthill, on Saturday January 17 at 8pm.