DJ Dave Barry to get Uptight
Thu, Dec 13, 2012
TOMORROW NIGHT Massimo on Sea Road will reverberate to some of the finest black music of all time.
Read more ...Opera and ballet @ The Eye
Thu, Dec 13, 2012
VERDI’S AIDA and the Bolshoi’s production of The Nutcracker will be screened live from The Met in New York to The Eye Cinema, Wellpark, this month.
Read more ...Jarlath Regan @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Dec 13, 2012
JARLATH REGAN, described as “Dylan Moran on valium” by Three Weeks, plays the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday December 19 at 8.30pm.
Read more ...Comedy show @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Dec 13, 2012
COMEDIAN DAVE Young has been called “flat-out hilarious” by the Irish Independent, while America Today says he is “thrilling to watch”.
Now Dave is coming to Monroe’s Live this evening at 7.30pm where he will perform his show BOLD, where he will discuss sex, marriage, the afterlife, and 100 years of Irish Culture in 100 minutes. He has appeared on The Late Late Show and produced four live DVDs and two albums.
Read more ...Klub Orange to host charity fundraiser
Thu, Dec 13, 2012
TOMORROW NIGHT sees the launch of a new dance club, Klub Orange, in the Townhouse Bar on Spanish Parade.
The club opens its doors at 10pm and to mark its opening night there will be three DJs, visuals, food, and 20 per cent of profits on the night will be donated to the Galway Rape Crisis Centre. There will be spot prizes. The club will also have a chill room.
Read more ...ConTempo’s Christmas concert
Thu, Dec 13, 2012
THE CONTEMPO Quartet will host a Christmas Concert this evening at 8pm in The Mechanics Institute, Middle Street.
Read more ...NUIG students to launch anthology
Thu, Dec 13, 2012
ABANDONED DARLINGS, a collection of writings from students of NUI Galway’s MA in Writing 2011-2012, will be launched on Wednesday December 19.
Read more ...Java Writers launch new collection
Thu, Dec 13, 2012
THE JAVA Writers group, who meet every Tuesday’s in Java’s café on Abbeygate Street, will launch an anthology of their poetry and prose tomorrow.
Read more ...Jack L - the eternal songs of the 27 Club
Thu, Dec 06, 2012
JIMI HENDRIX died after choking on his own vomit; Brian Jones drowned on a summer’s day in 1969; Jim Morrison died of heart failure in Paris; Kurt Cobain put a gun in his mouth and said farewell to life. All were young men - only 27 years of age.
Read more ...Mad dogs and Irishmen
Thu, Dec 06, 2012
TOMMY TIERNAN will join Dylan Moran, Joanna Lumley, Omid Djalili, and Caroline Quentin in this year’s run of Sky 1’s excellent short comedy-drama series Little Crackers.
Read more ...Martin Dyar to launch debut poetry collection
Thu, Dec 06, 2012
MARTIN DYAR, the award winning poet, playwright, actor, singer, and songwriter, launches his debut poetry collection in Galway this weekend.
Read more ...Who’s The Man? at the Town Hall
Thu, Dec 06, 2012
NOT TO be missed at the Town Hall next week is Who’s The Man?, a one-man musical drama, written and performed by Steven Sharpe, about growing up gay in Ireland.
Read more ...Experience A Viennese Christmas
Thu, Dec 06, 2012
SEÁN COSTELLO, the popular and award-winning tenor, is bringing his Viennese Christmas concert back to the Town Hall Theatre this weekend.
Read more ...Fregoli’s Home run
Thu, Dec 06, 2012
FREGOLI THEATRE Company graces the Town Hall Theatre stage next week with the play Home, described by Irish Theatre Magazine as “vibrant and heart-wrenching”.
Read more ...Rob Wade - new single and Monroe’s gig
Thu, Dec 06, 2012
THE GALWAY singer-songwriter Rob Wade will launch his new single ‘Trained Fighter’ with a gig at Monroe’s Live this Sunday at 9pm.
Read more ...Delorentos @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Dec 06, 2012
DELORENTOS WILL round off a very successful 2012 with their Winter Tour of Ireland, which takes in Galway next week.
Read more ...The Original Rudeboys @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Dec 06, 2012
WITH THEIR YouTube viewing figures at 2.4 million; 31,000 fans on Facebook; and 18,000 followers on Twitter; The Original Rudeboys are becoming a phenomenon.
Read more ...Basswax @ The Cellar
Thu, Dec 06, 2012
BASSWAX ARE a DJ crew, an influential mix series, a blog, and an outlet for graphic design, and Irish artists, and they come to Galway this weekend.
This Saturday, Basswax will be in The Cellar and the headliner is Belfast’s Undadog. A veteran of the jungle scene, he is known for his idiosyncratic style and massive selections. He also holds a weekly slot at Nu-Perception Radio.
Read more ...Frank Turner @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Dec 06, 2012
FRANK TURNER, the North London singer-songwriter and NME Award nominee for Best Solo Artist, plays the Róisín Dubh tomorrow at 9pm.
Read more ...Big September @ HALO
Thu, Dec 06, 2012
INDIE ROCK band Big September play upstairs at HALO tomorrow from 11pm.
The quintet, from Bray, County Wicklow, formed two years ago and have played numerous festivals around the country. They are currently working on their new album, due for release next year.
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