No Stairway - Led Zeppelin tribute @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

NO STAIRWAY, the brilliant Galway Led Zeppelin tribute band, fronted by the multi-talented phenomenon that is Steven Sharpe, play the Róisín Dubh next week.

Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi tribute @ Monroe’s

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

BON JOVI tribute band Slippery When Wet, according to The Times, “play note perfect renditions” of the New Jersey band's greatest songs, and, "they are not just talented performers…they are masters of illusion”.

Pearl Jam tribute @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

PEARL JEM, the Irish tribute band to Pearl Jam, the long running Seattle band who were among the pioneers of grunge, return to Galway in October.

The Galway Spiegeltent Sessions 2018

Thu, Sep 20, 2018

THE SPIEGELTENT returns to Eyre Square to house another week of raucous, riotous, comedy, but this year it will not just be comedy that takes place within - some of the very best of Irish music from Declan O'Rourke to The Undertones will be heard also.

Irish SoundSystem Gathering Weekender 2018

Thu, Sep 20, 2018

FIRE UP the dance - Ireland’s second nationwide Soundsystem Gathering Weekender comes back to Galway this Halloween, to deliver two days of music, culture, and cuisine.

Irish acts at 2018 Galway Jazz Festival

Thu, Sep 20, 2018

IRISH JAZZ musicians, channelling the sounds of Cuba and American hip hop, the ideas of Albert Camus, and others possessing voices that can croon with the best, are all coming to the 2018 Galway Jazz Festival.

David Bowie - the alien has landed in the 1980s

Music Reviews Mon, Sep 17, 2018

THE WARNING signs were there, though it is only in retrospect we see and recognise them. Having dominated the 1970s as the decade's key artistic innovator and trendsetter, Bowie was prepared to admit that the following decade may not be quite so productive.

Galway bands join forces for the Gig Against Cancer

Thu, Sep 13, 2018

THE AMAZING Apples and Rofi James, along with iRadio's Louise Clarke, will join forces for the Gig Against Cancer to raise funds for Cancer Care West's Inis Aoibhinn facility and East Galway & Midlands Cancer Support.

Album review - The Goon Sax

Music Reviews Thu, Sep 13, 2018

DISTANCE IS usually required to process and understand an experience, but The Goon Sax - 17 when they released their marvellous debut, 19 now for their second album - are still teens writing about the adolescent experience.

Cherish The Ladies and Don Stiffe - new albums, Galway concert

Thu, Sep 13, 2018

GRAMMY-NOMINATED Irish American super-group Cherish The Ladies, and popular Galway folk singer-songwriter Don Stiffe, have new albums coming out and they will perform a major concert in Galway.

Join Barry Douglas on a journey via piano

Thu, Sep 13, 2018

TWO SONATAS by Schubert, and Tchaikovsky's 'The Seasons', will be performed in Galway by one of the finest classical musicians to ever come from Ireland - Belfast pianist Barry Douglas.

Wild Youth and Rofi James @ Monroe's

Thu, Sep 13, 2018

TWO OF Ireland's leading emerging bands, Wild Youth and Galway's Rofi James, play Monroe's on Thursday September 27 at 9pm at a show presented by the GMIT Students Union.

Trad titans to celebrate Mary McPartlan

Thu, Sep 13, 2018

FOLK SINGER Mary McPartlan has been a driving force in the cultural life of Galway city for many years, and she will be celebrated at the next Druid Sessions concert in The Mick Lally Theatre.

The Ultimate Eurovision Show comes to the Town Hall

Thu, Sep 13, 2018

IT SOLD out the National Concert Hall in Dublin two months in advance, and received a rapturous reception from the audience, including five standing ovations! This month it comes to Galway.

Midnight Riot to descend on Galway

Thu, Sep 13, 2018

MITCH PRESENTS X Midnight Riot, will see one of Galway's leading DJs, and an acclaimed record label, join forces to present Yam Who? and Jaegerrossa in the Electric Garden and Theatre on Saturday September 29 from 11pm.

Galway Jazz Festival jazz masterclasses

Thu, Sep 13, 2018

MASTERCLASSES FOR jazz musicians will be held as part of next month's Galway Jazz Festival, with pianists Liane Carroll and Huw Warren among the musicians taking part.

Dead Horse Jive - Back To College Tour

Mon, Sep 10, 2018

DEAD HORSE Jive are sharp dressed men, possessed of "insatiable energy and musical talent" according to Lazer Guided Reporter, who have "seriously original songs and stories," says the Independent Music Review.

Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill return to the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

MARTIN HAYES and Dennis Cahill may be one of, if not the greatest, partnership in Irish trad. The duo, going strong since meeting in Chicago in the 1980s, return to Galway this month to play the Róisín Dubh.

The Whileaways are coming to Kinvara

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

THE WHILEAWAYS, the Galway based folk, roots, and Americana trio, acclaimed for their songwriting abilities and captivating three-part harmonies, will play Kinvara.

Relive the The Last Waltz at Monroe's

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

AT FIRST it was a concert, then a film of the concert, now it is a concert of the film! The Last Waltz, Martin Scorsese's celebrated documentary of the final concert by The Band, will be re-created in Galway.

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