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".

Could Galway win the Choice Music Prize?

Thu, Jan 23, 2020

TWO GALWAY artists, and two albums on an independent Galway record label, are among the 10 shortlisted for the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year award.

A trio of trios in concert

Thu, Jan 23, 2020

THREE CLASSICAL music trios - Con Brio, the RFM Trio, and the Zephyr Clarinet Trio - will be in concert in the Emily Anderson Concert Hall, Upper Aula Maxima, NUI Galway, this Sunday at 3pm.

Calling all young Galway musicians

Thu, Jan 23, 2020

GALWAY MUSICIANS aged between 13 and 18 are encouraged to take part in the Livefeed and Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture youth music event in Loughrea in February.

Galway Youth Orchestra's first concert of 2020

Thu, Jan 23, 2020

GALWAY YOUTH Orchestra begins its 2020 with a concert on Saturday January 25 in the Bailey Allen Hall, NUI Galway, at 6.30pm.

The Fureys return for 15th concert at the Town Hall

Thu, Jan 23, 2020

THE FUREYS, one of the great families and bands of Irish folk music, return to Galway to play the Town Hall Theatre on Saturday February 1 at 8pm - their 15th concert in the venue.

Another January outing for Club GASS

Thu, Jan 23, 2020

CLUB GASS - the Great and Secret Show, Galway's main LGBT clubnight returns for its second outing of the New Year with another night of top dance tunes and the always brilliant drag show.

Judy Collins - folk legend returns to Galway

Thu, Jan 16, 2020

IN 1961, a young singer-songwriter, originally from Seattle, but now part of the thriving folk scene in New York's Greenwich Village, released her debut album, A Maid Of Constant Sorrow.

Ryan Bingham - the music of America in one man

Thu, Jan 16, 2020

“I ALWEAYS really struggled with my identity – who I was, where I was from. I always had my cowboy hat with me, but at the same time, you adapt to your environment.”

Me Auld Flower releases debut album

Thu, Jan 16, 2020

ME AULD Flower, the Connemara folk singer-songwriter, this week released his debut album, The Vaults of Consciousness. It features nine original songs, and contributions from a range of acclaimed Irish musicians.

Blackbird & Crow - electric pagan blues

Thu, Jan 16, 2020

DONEGAL DUO Blackbird & Crow, will bring their Celtic folk blues, with a punk attitude, to the next Eclectics gig in the Black Gate Cultural Centre, St Francis Street.

Cédric Tiberghien and Alina Ibragimova - in Galway this weekend

Thu, Jan 16, 2020

DESCRIBED BY the great Irish classical pianist Finghin Collins as "one of the great duos of our time", French pianist Cédric Tiberghien and Russian violinist Alina Ibragimova play Galway this weekend.

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