Alex Borstein - the voice of Lois Griffin in concert

Thu, Feb 20, 2020

SHE IS the voice of Lois Griffin in Family Guy and plays Susie Myerson in the award-winning Amazon Prime series The Marvelous Mrs Maisel. She is Alex Borstein and she is coming to Galway.

Varo - an international Irish folk duo

Thu, Feb 20, 2020

FOLLOWING THE recent release of their eponymous debut album, Dublin trad/folk duo Varo will play two shows in County Galway this weekend.

Nashville music label to host songwriting showcase in Galway

Thu, Feb 20, 2020

AFTERTOUCH MUSIC, the Nashville based record label, will host its first annual songwriting camp in Galway this weekend, featuring 20 songwriters, producers, and singers.

Album review: Grrrl Gang

Music Reviews Thu, Feb 13, 2020

WHILE INDIE fans on this side of the world are open to, and to a certain extent familiar with, indie-rock from Japan and Korea, Indonesia is entirely unknown territory.

Daoirí Farrell - leading folk singer for the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Feb 13, 2020

DAOIRÍ FARRELL has been called "one of the most important traditional singers to emerge in the last decade", by a key figure in Irish music, and a former Planxty member, Dónal Lunny.

Flash Harry to bring 'a kind of magic' to the Town Hall

Thu, Feb 13, 2020

FREDDIE MERCURY was a legend in his own lifetime, and close to 30 years after the Queen frontman's death from AIDS, his legend endures, and he remains one of the most beloved singers in rock.

Into The Heart with Helen Hancock

Thu, Feb 13, 2020

SONGS BY Brahms, Strauss, Mendelssohn Schubert, Fauré, and Debussy, as well as opera arias by Handel and Mozart, will be heard at a concert to raise funds for children with special needs.

A Valentine's Club GASS

Thu, Feb 13, 2020

CLUB GASS - the Great and Secret Show, Galway's main LGBT clubnight will be getting all loved up this weekend at its Valentines's Special with another night of top dance tunes and the always brilliant drag show.

Amhrán Mór rehearsals - new members sought

Thu, Feb 13, 2020

AMHRÁN MÓR, Oranmore’s intergenerational choir, returns to rehearsals this Sunday, from 2pm to 4pm in Scoil Mhuire Hall, ahead of its performance at the Oranmore Arts Festival 2020.

Ultan Conlon - new single, Galway gig

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

SPARKS OF The Divine', Ultan Conlon's new single, and the first offering from his eagerly anticipated fourth studio album, There’s A Waltz, is released tomorrow, via DarkSideOut Records.

St Patrick's Brass Band to make Town Hall debut

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

ST PATRICK'S Brass Band, a Galway institution, will make, astonishingly, its debut appearance at the Town Hall Theatre, as part of a gala concert produced by Twin Productions.

Choice nominee Maija Sofia to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

MAIJA SOFIA, the only Galway born artist to be nominated for RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album, will play a 'homecoming' gig at Strange Brew in the Róisín Dubh on Thursday February 20.

ConTempo in concert at Kylemore Abbey

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

KYLEMORE ABBEY in Connemara will be the setting for a concert of music by Beethoven, as part of the celebrations for the 250th anniversary of the composer’s birth.

Christy Moore - extra date added

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

CHRISTY MOORE has announced he will play an extra date in Galway this August and tickets go on sale next week.

Imagining Ireland - a celebration of creative Irish women

Thu, Jan 30, 2020

LANKUM SINGER Radie Peat, Galway poet Elaine Feeney, and Choice Music Prize 2020 nominees SOAK and Sorcha Richardson will perform at the Imagining Ireland event as part of Galway 2020.

Mango X Mathman - Irish hip hop pioneers to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 30, 2020

MANGO X MATHMAN have set new standards for Irish hip hop, which every other act in that genre now has to reach for, and which they will be compared to, and there are few more exciting acts in the country right now.

Zeros & Ones to launch debut single

Thu, Jan 30, 2020

GALWAY ALTERNATIVE rock band Zeros & Ones release their debut single '15 to 1' (featuring Tiny Murder), to stream/buy on all standard online platforms on Friday February 7.

Maria Kesselman to sing at the Viennese Strauss Gala

Thu, Jan 30, 2020

MARIA KESSELMAN, who starred opposite Michael Crawford in the celebrated Phantom of the Opera performances of the late 1980s, is coming to Galway to take part in the Viennese Strauss Gala.

Carvin Jones to bring the blues to Galway

Thu, Jan 30, 2020

CARVIN JONES can count two of the finest guitarists to ever play the instrument - Eric Clapton and Albert Collins - among his admirers, while Jimi Hendrix drummer Buddy Miles called him "the New King of Strings".

The music of two Irishwomen

Thu, Jan 30, 2020

TOMORROW BRITAIN formally - finally! - leaves the EU, which means we no longer have to pretend there are 28 EU member states or say the "remaining EU 27".

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