The Academic to play Róisín Dubh
Thu, Dec 08, 2016
THE ACADEMIC, the Westmeath indie-rock sensation called “one of Ireland’s most exciting new bands” by The Independent, play the Róisín Dubh next week, as part of their December tour of Ireland.
Read more ...A feast of Christmas choral concerts for Galway
Thu, Dec 08, 2016
A FEAST of Christmas choral concerts will take place in Galay over the coming days, featuring many of Galway city and county's leading choirs - The Kiltullagh Community Choir, Coole Harmonies, and Cois Cladaigh.
Read more ...Big Jelly to headline charity concert
Thu, Dec 08, 2016
GALWAY SKA and reggae band Big Jelly will headline a charity concert night, the Haiti Music Project Fundraiser, which will also feature an array of Galway musical talent.
Read more ...St Patrick's Brass Band annual Christmas concert
Thu, Dec 08, 2016
ST PATRICK'S Brass Band holds its annual Christmas concert this weekend, joined by vocalist Nicola McGuire, and the show will also help raise funds for homeless charity COPE.
Read more ...Welsh choir to sing in the Town Hall
Thu, Dec 08, 2016
NORTH WALES' leading male voice choir, Cantorion Gogledd Cymru, will join the Galway Choral Association for a concert in the Town Hall Theatre on Saturday 17 December 17 at 8pm.
Read more ...Paddy Casey - new single and Róisín Dubh show
Thu, Dec 01, 2016
PADDY CASEY closes 2016 with new song, ‘Everything Must Change’, a taster for his forthcoming sixth album, due for release in spring 2017. Before that he plays the Róisín Dubh.
Read more ...Viral sensation Dan Owen to play Seven
Thu, Dec 01, 2016
THE RISE of singer-songwriter Dan Owen began with a kind gesture. A friend who felt Owen deserved wider exposure for his talent uploaded a video of him performing Bob Dylan's 'The Ballad of Hollis Brown' to Reddit.
Read more ...Julie Feeney to play Moycullen
Thu, Dec 01, 2016
JULIE FEENEY, the award winning and critcally acclaimed Athenry born vocalist and composer, plays her only Galway show this year, at The Forge, Moycullen, on Saturday December 10 at 8.30pm.
Read more ...FEAST brings the metal to the Róisín
Thu, Dec 01, 2016
MARES OF DIOMEDES, the doom/fuzz/sludge metal band are back in Galway this weekend, having just released a new split record with Copenhagen based purveyors of bleak doom, Dreich.
Read more ...Syrias Vibes Fundraiser @ Electric
Thu, Dec 01, 2016
THE DISCONAUTS, Shake!, Gigantic, 110th Street, Graham Dolan, and other leading Galway and Irish DJs hit the decks at Electric tomorrow from 8pm, to raise funds for Syrias Vibes.
Read more ...Seán Keane's Town Hall Christmas show
Thu, Dec 01, 2016
THIS YEAR saw Seán Keane release his first new album in almost a decade and he closes 2016 with his Christmas By The Hearth show in the Town Hall Theatre on December 9 and 10.
Read more ...Frank Naughton's A Vintage Christmas
Thu, Dec 01, 2016
FRANK NAUGHTON, one of Galway's best loved singers, host shis annual yuletide concert, A Vintage Christmas, in the Town Hall Theatre, where he will be joined by soprano, Sandra Oman.
Read more ...Rusangano Family - music for a new Ireland
Tue, Nov 29, 2016
THE RUSANGANO Family are from Zimbabwe, Togo, and County Clare; they are based in Limerick; their bass-led sound fuses hip-hop and world music; Nialler 9 said they "continue to impress everywhere they play"; and they are coming to Galway.
Read more ...Richie Egan to play final Nocturne of 2016
Tue, Nov 29, 2016
RICHIE EGAN, the solo artist best known as JAPE and also as the bassist for the pioneering Irish post-rock band The Redneck Manifesto, will play the final Nocturne concert of 2016 this weekend.
Read more ...Daniel O’Donnell - Galway concert in 2017
Mon, Nov 28, 2016
DANIEL O'DONNELL will tour Ireland for the first time in four years when he takes his Back Home Again tour on the road in August 2017, and Galway will be among the first ports of call to play a concert.
Read more ...Beardyman - DJ improv king @ The Loft
Thu, Nov 24, 2016
“A CROSS between a DJ, a comedian, and a human sound-sample library," is how The Guardian described Beardyman. It could have also added front-rank improv artist and entertainer to that description.
Read more ...The Low Anthem - foward thinking indie-folk
Thu, Nov 17, 2016
AFTER A four year hiatus, American indie-folk and roots band The Low Anthem released their long awaited new album in June, and this month they tour Ireland and Britain, including a show in Galway.
Read more ...Album review: Body/Head
Music Reviews Thu, Nov 17, 2016
IN HIS despair MacBeth chastised humans, and thereby life, as "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing". Kim Gordon's music has long been driven by "sound and fury" but is certainly not meaningless.
Read more ...Rofi James - new single and launch gig
Thu, Nov 17, 2016
ROFI JAMES, the Galway pop/rock duo, officially launch their new single 'Fool For Your Love' this weekend, and proceeds from half of all downloads/sales of the single will be donated to the Solidarity-Pikpa refugee camp in Greece.
Read more ...Sample Answer - indie-soul with a real edge
Thu, Nov 17, 2016
HE PLAYS "soulful pop with a dusting of hip-hop thrown in for good measure," say Gigwise, while that pop has "a real sense of edge" according to Clashmusic.com. He is Sample Answer, and he is coming to Galway.
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