Finale of ambitious series celebrating Europe’s cultural diversity

Thu, Mar 31, 2022

Finale of ambitious series celebrating Europe’s cultural diversity

Loner Deluxe releases new digital single

Wed, Mar 30, 2022

GALWAY UNDERGROUND musician Loner Deluxe will release his new single, 'How the West Wind Blows' on Friday April 1.

Helen Hancock’s charity concert for UNICEF Ireland

Mon, Mar 28, 2022

HELEN HANCOCK, the acclaimed Oranmore based soprano will next week give a concert to raise funds for UNICEF Ireland.

Carpe Diem Rise and Shine fundraising concert

Thu, Mar 24, 2022

SPRING IS here, restrictions are lifted, and musicians are ready to rise and shine, especially in south Galway for the return of the annual Carpe Diem concert.

The brainchild of Coole Music School's director, Katharina Baker, Carpe Diem (Rise and Shine) is the theme for a series of commemorative fundraising concerts in memory of Eimear Noonan and Eli Murray, two young musicians who died tragically in 2017 and 2019 respectively.

EP Review: The Clockworks

Music Reviews Thu, Mar 24, 2022

FEW SONGS capture the flux and white noise of our times quite like ‘Endgame’, the ironically positioned opening track of the debut EP from Galway band The Clockworks.

Niamh Regan - new EP out tomorrow

Tue, Mar 22, 2022

COUNTY GALWAY singer-songwriter, Niamh Regan, releases her new EP, In The Meantime, tomorrow, Wednesday March 23, digitally and as a CD.

Fontaines DC to play Galway in December

Mon, Mar 21, 2022

ARGUABLY THE most exciting band to emerge from Ireland in recent years, Fontaines DC release their new album next month and play Galway in December.

Viola, percussion, and a colourful sound world

Mon, Mar 21, 2022

STREET VENDOR songs, St Brigid, Sicilian folk music, and the melodic percussion instrument, the gamelan, will all come together at the next Music for Galway concert.

Bicurious and Poly-Math to play the Róisín Dubh

Mon, Mar 21, 2022

EXPERIMENTAL INSTRUMENTAL rock duo Bicurious, and Brighton prog/math band Poly-Math, play the Róisín Dubh this week.

Éirí - a musical odyssey with Luminosa Strings Orchestra

Wed, Mar 16, 2022

TWO CONCERTS will take place in Galway this year - one is themed around journeys, the other around transformation, and both come under the overall theme of Éirí - arise.

Night of classic hits in Monroe’s for Ukraine

Wed, Mar 16, 2022

ONE OF Ireland’s favourite DJ’s, Gareth O’Callaghan is hosting an eighties and nineties night in Monroe’s Live on Thursday March 24, with all proceeds going to Red Cross and its work in Ukraine.

Trad titans to play Galway’s new music venue, Stiúideo Cuan

Mon, Mar 14, 2022

IARLA Ó LIONÁIRD, Steve Cooney, Máirtín O’Connor, and Matt Molloy - titans of Irish traditional music - will give concerts at Stiúideo Cuan, County Galway’s new flagship creative centre.

Clannad bring farewell tour to Leisureland

Mon, Mar 14, 2022

CLANNAD WILL mark its 50th anniversary as a band, and bring the curtain down on an extraordinary career with a farewell world tour.

Galway band's new single to raise funds for Ukrainian refugees

Thu, Mar 10, 2022

GALWAY BAND Baba Yarga, made up of members from eastern Europe, have released a new song, ‘Zozulya’, based on a Ukrainian folk song, and with proceeds going to the UNHCR’s work with Ukrainian refugees.

Éirí for a musical odyssey

Thu, Mar 10, 2022

TWO CONCERTS will take place in Galway this year - one is themed around journeys, the other around transformation, and both come under the overall theme of Éirí - arise.

The Opacas new single, ‘Bye Bye’, out today

Thu, Mar 10, 2022

TODAY, THURSDAY March 10, sees the release of the new single and video by the Galway/Leeds pop-rock band, The Opacas.

Matt Keane to play The Claregalway Hotel

Thu, Mar 10, 2022

AFTER AN absence of two years, the Matt Keane & family concert returns to the Claregalway Hotel on Friday March 25.

Galway Street Club - Róisín Dubh shows and new single

Wed, Mar 09, 2022

GALWAY STREET Club make their long awaited return to the stage with two headline shows at the Róisín Dubh for St Patrick’s Day.

World premiere of Olympic award winning work

Tue, Mar 08, 2022

THE 1948 Olympics in London still saw artists, musicians, painters, and architects compete for medals, alongside sportspeople, and one of the works for that olympiad has never been given a public performance.

Inni-K - live in Galway on Thursday

Tue, Mar 08, 2022

INNI-K, “one of the most acclaimed voices in the extraordinary revival of traditional and folk music we have witnessed in recent years,” according to RTÉ’s Arena, plays Galway this Thursday, March 10.

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