Parle and Barnes @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Nov 20, 2014
LUAN PARLE, the Meteor Award winning singer-songwriter is coming to Galway on Friday November 28 to play an intimate acoustic set, upstairs in the Róisín Dubh.
Read more ...110th Street’s birthday bash
Thu, Nov 20, 2014
YOU ONLY turn 16 once, so when that milestone birthday comes around, it makes sense to do it in style, and that is just what clubnight 110th Street plans to do.
Read more ...Shuffle! @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Nov 20, 2014
SHUFFLE! RETURNS to the Róisín Dubh for another instalment of foot stomping floor fillers with DJ Dave Barry tomorrow at 11pm.
Read more ...Abandoman @ The King’s Head
Thu, Nov 20, 2014
Comedy/hip-hop duo Abandoman (pictured) play a free ticketed gig at The Kings Head on Thursday November 27 at 8.30pm. From Kanye to Jay Z, from country to funk, their set will contain musical, lyrical and comical scenes of a seriously awesome nature. Check The Kings Head Facebook to book on how to get free tickets
Read more ...Sing praises - Harlem Gospel Choir
Thu, Nov 13, 2014
THE WORLD famous Harlem Gospel Choir are coming to Galway to sing at the Town Hall Theatre on Sunday November 23 at 8pm as part of their current Irish tour.
Read more ...Spirit of Voice returns for 2014
Thu, Nov 13, 2014
THE 11TH annual Spirit of Voice festival, a celebration of the human voice through song, takes place in The Victoria Hotel on Friday November 21 at 9pm.
Read more ...The Lost Brothers - voices to stop you in your tracks
Thu, Nov 13, 2014
“ONCE IN a while you hear voices that stop you in your tracks. The Lost Brothers are the real deal. They have the most beautiful harmonies around and...they have the songs to back it up.”
Read more ...Dub reggae man Mad Professor @ Monroe’s
Thu, Nov 13, 2014
A DISCIPLE of Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Mad Professor is no insignificant figure in reggae himself, as Galway will see when he plays Monroe’s Live on Thursday November 27 at 8pm as part of his current Irish tour.
Read more ...Belfast rockers Echo Raptors @ Kelly’s
Thu, Nov 13, 2014
BELFAST HAS had a long and proud record of producing raucous rock’n’roll and r’n’b back to the time of Van Morrison’s Them in the 1960s. Carrying on that tradition are Echo Raptors who play Kelly’s Bar, Bridge Street this Saturday.
Read more ...MASS - a weekend of electronic music
Thu, Nov 13, 2014
A THREE day celebration of electronic music takes place in Galway with the inaugural MASS weekend tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday.
Read more ...Nicole Maguire to play Monroe’s Live
Thu, Nov 13, 2014
NICOLE MAGUIRE, the Cork singer-songwriter who has just released her new single ‘With You’, plays Monroe’s Live on Thursday November 20 at 8.30pm.
Read more ...Barbara Dickson to play Town Hall
Thu, Nov 13, 2014
BARBARA DICKSON, the singer and actress best known for ‘Another Suitcase in Another Hall’ and her hit duet with Elaine Page, ‘I Know Him So Well’ will give a concert at the Town Hall Theatre next Monday at 8pm as part of her current Irish tour.
Read more ...Epoch @ Factory
Thu, Nov 13, 2014
THE EPOCH clubnight is back at Factory in the Electric Garden this Saturday with Enda Geoghegan, Colin Finnegan, and Conor Lynam on the turntables.
Read more ...Peter Doran - 'a very special songwriting talent'
Wed, Nov 12, 2014
THE SOULFUL indie-folk of Peter Doran, described by The Last Mixed Tape blog “as a very special songwriting talent”, will be heard in the upstairs bar of the Róisín Dubh on Friday November 14 at 9pm.
Read more ...All Tvvins to play Róisín Dubh
Tue, Nov 11, 2014
TWO MAJOR figures in contemporary Irish indie - The Cast Of Cheers’ Conor Adams and No Spill Blood/Adebisi Shank’s Lar Kaye - are All Tvvins, who together create an exciting hybrid of sounds.
Read more ...The HardChargers - Dirty blues from Belfast @ Monroe’s Backstage Bar
Tue, Nov 11, 2014
TERRI HOOLEY, the man who signed the Undertones and released their single ‘Teenage Kicks’, the man who nurtured the Northern Irish punk scene, has called The HardChargers “my kind of feckin’ band”.
Read more ...Villagers to play Choice Music Prize Galway show
Thu, Nov 06, 2014
THE METEOR Choice Music Prize celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, and to mark that prestigious milestone, special concerts featuring past winners take place around Ireland, including the Róisín Dubh on Monday November 24 at 8pm.
Read more ...Album review: Thurston Moore
Music Reviews Thu, Nov 06, 2014
ACOUSTIC GUITARS dominated Thurston Moore’s last two solo albums, but the recent collaboration with Chelsea Light Moving and that magnificent January 2013 show in the Róisín Dubh announced his electric six-string was plugged back in.
Read more ...Jägermeister Freezer Sessions for Monroe’s Live
Thu, Nov 06, 2014
THE MINUTES, RSAG, The Statics, and Galway acts Oh Boland and Chris Haze play The Jägermeister Freezer Sessions 100 Series in Monroe’s Live on November 14. Galway has been selected by Hot Press and Jägermeister as one of four locations across the country to host the sessions, and tickets for the event are free.
Read more ...A cello, violin, and piano concert
Thu, Nov 06, 2014
KATHERINE HUNKA, leader and director of the Irish Chamber Orchestra; top British cellist Guy Johnston; and one of Ireland’s finest pianists Hugh Tinney, are joining forces for a concert in NUI Galway’s Aula Maxima on Tuesday November 11 at 8pm.
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