The Beat Room DJ night @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Aug 04, 2011

FOR THE LAST year and a half, great music from the 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s, have been keeping audiences dancing like crazy upstairs in the Róisín Dubh on Friday nights.

Finally the night has a name, it’s The Beat Room, and tomorrow it will see the return of DJ Kit Kola alongside DJ Byron Yeates for another night of the best classic mid-20th century music.

Erin Brazill @ Monroe’s

Thu, Aug 04, 2011

CALIFORNIA’S ERIN Brazill will bring her mix of vintage pop, blues, indie, and jazz to Monroe’s Backstage Bar this Saturday at 9.30pm.

All ages pop-punk show @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 28, 2011

GALWAY TEENS will be able to enjoy a live music gig in the Róisín Dubh on Thursday August 4 at 2.30pm with a special all ages show.

Performing are Downhill, a Dublin pop/punk band who are currently promoting their EP Recovery; Storyboard, also a pop/punk Dublin band who have an EP out entitled Tear This Down; Mayo pop/punk band Struck; and Tipperary singer-songwriter Derek Ellard.

Jello Biafra @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 28, 2011

FORMER DEAD Kennedys’ lead singer Jello Biafra, and his band, The Guantanamo School Of Medicine, play the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday August 10 at 9pm.

Royseven @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jul 28, 2011

ROYSEVEN HAVE enjoyed sell-out tours, festival appearances, and two Top 20 albums over the last four years, and next month they take some time to play Galway.

Matt Berry @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 21, 2011

MATT BERRY is best known for playing Dixon Bainbridge, the evil, megalomaniacal zoo owner in The Mighty Boosh, and the womanising Douglas Raynhom in The IT Crowd.

Jazz, blues, and lounge @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jul 21, 2011

FANS OF jazz, blues, and lounge music have plenty to look forward to this weekend when two of the finest practitioners of such genres play Monroe’s Live.

Milan Jay launch new EP @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 21, 2011

BALLINASLOE DUO Milan Jay will launch their new EP with a gig upstairs in the Róisín Dubh tomorrow night.

Fionn Regan @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 14, 2011

IRELAND IS awash with singer-songwriters so it takes someone special to stand out from the hordes of ‘three chords and the truth’ merchants - Fionn Regan is one such individual.

Arts festival gigs @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jul 14, 2011

MONROE’S LIVE will host two of what are sure to be among the most popular gigs of this year’s Galway Arts Festival - Jack L and The Walls.

Jack L will bring his mix of cabaret, rock, black romanticism, and undoubted charisma for what is sure to be a high energy show tonight from 9pm.

Testify! @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 14, 2011

TESTIFY! GALWAY’S monthly night of music, poetry, and much more is having a party next Monday at 8pm in the Róisín Dubh’s upstairs bar.

Driftwood Manor album launch @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 07, 2011

GALWAY AVANT-folk band The Driftwood Manor will launch their new album with a show upstairs in the Róisín Dubh on Friday July 15 at 9pm.

The album, The Same Figure (Leaving), is a joint release between independent Galway label Rusted Rail and independent Dublin label Slow Loris.

Track Dogs @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jul 07, 2011

TRACK DOGS, the new band name for the Garrett Wall Band, are coming back to Galway to play Monroe’s Live on Sunday at 10.30pm.

Pugwash @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jun 30, 2011

PUGWASH, the great Dublin power-pop band, centred around singer-songwriter Thomas Walsh, play Monroe’s Live tonight at 9.30pm.

Since their wonderful 1999 debut Almond Tea, Pugwash have released five outstanding albums, which delight in the melodic and the psychedelic, and never afraid to doff their cap to The Beatles and ELO.

Phill Jupitus @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jun 30, 2011

PHILL JUPITUS made his name as a stand up comic, however in recent years he has become better known for his TV and radio work, but now he is returning to stand-up.

And what better place to return to stand up than in the Róisín Dubh, which has become something of a second home to the man, who has both DJed and performed in the Whose Line Is It Anyway? shows in the venue.

Gráda @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jun 23, 2011

“GRÁDA IS to Irish music what Arcade Fire is to indie - informal, prodigious and full of spirit.” So said The Washington Post and Gráda play Monroe’s Live on Sunday at 8.30pm.

The Chakras @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jun 23, 2011

THE CHAKRAS are creating something of a stir at the moment. The Times compared them to Doves while Q said their “epic, swirling psychedelia recalls Richard Ashcroft’s gang at their peak”.

Don Stiffe @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jun 16, 2011

DON STIFFE, the popular Galway folk singer-songwriter will play Monroe’s Live this Saturday at 9.30pm as part of the Galway Sessions Festival 2011.

Sharon Shannon @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jun 16, 2011

SHARON SHANNON, along with a host of the finest Galway trad, folk, and singer-songwriter talent, will play Monroe’s Live on Wednesday at 8pm.

Family fun and evening singalongs - The Wizard of Oz @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jun 09, 2011

THE MUSICAL version of The Wizard of Oz has given the world two of its most loved songs - ‘Follow The Yellowbrick Road’ and the magnificent ‘Somewhere Over The Rainbow’.

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