Wayword Tuesdays’ book launch

Thu, Nov 29, 2012

THE ROLLING Stones sang about ‘Ruby Tuesday’; Primal Scream had ‘Gentle Tuesday’, but Galway has Wayword Tuesdays, a new book by the Tuesday Knights.

‘And They Flew…’ art exhibition

Thu, Nov 29, 2012

‘AND THEY Flew...’, the annual exhibition by the students of the award winning Galway artist Denise Hogan, opens this Saturday at 7.30pm in the Renzo Café, Eyre Street.

Poetry - in print and audio

Thu, Nov 29, 2012

THE LAUNCH of two different poetry collections - one in book form, the other in CD form - will be launched in the Galway City Museum’s Kitchen Café this Saturday at 7pm.

Kavanagh and Christmas

Thu, Nov 29, 2012

PATRICK KAVANAGH’s poem ‘A Christmas Childhood’ will serve as the inspiration for a show in Árus na nGael this Saturday at 7pm.

Handel’s Messiah at St Nicholas’s Collegiate Church

Thu, Nov 22, 2012

ONE OF the highpoints of Galway’s musical calendar and festive season is coming up shortly when Music For Galway, the Irish Baroque Orchestra, and the Resurgam choir join forces for a presentation of Handel’s Messiah at St Nicholas’s Collegiate Church, on Saturday December 8.

Zechs Marquise to bring on da funk

Thu, Nov 22, 2012

IF SLY Stone and Isaac Hayes had ever teamed up with Yes and King Crimson, the end result might have been something along the lines of Zechs Marquise.

Comedy and music at Busker Brownes

Thu, Nov 22, 2012

BUSKER BRTOWNE’S on Cross Street will host another night of stand-up comedy at it’s new comedy club along with music gigs ranging from rock to jazz.

New book on George Moore to be launched

Thu, Nov 22, 2012

GEORGE MOORE, the Irish novelist and man of letters, and an influence on Virginia Woolf and James Joyce, is the subject of a new book of essays.

Celebrate the life and work of Liam O’Flaherty

Thu, Nov 22, 2012

LIAM O’FLAHERTY was one of Ireland’s greatest short story writers and a meeting takes place next week to look at how to celebrate and honour the writer and the man.

What If, Why Not? Adventure Film Festival

Thu, Nov 22, 2012

FILMS ABOUT individuals who surf the highest waves, row across oceans, and explore remote parts of the globe, along with talks, and music gigs, feature in a new film festival.

Julie Feeney bringing it all back home

Thu, Nov 15, 2012

TOMORROW SEES the release of Clocks, the third album by Athenry born vocalist/composer Julie Feeney, whose highly individual music straddles the lines between chamber music, pop, indie, folk, and avant garde.

TULCA gig - Phantom Dog Beneath The Moon

Thu, Nov 15, 2012

PHANTOM DOG Beneath The Moon, the avant garde folk rock/shoegaze band centred around Galway born singer-songwriter Aaron Hurley, will feature in two different shows during the TULCA festival.

Phantom Dog’s music will be featured in Aughty, a new, feature length, experimental documentary by the artists Megs Morley and Tom Flanagan. The film explores the Aughty Mountain area in south Galway and the people who live there.

Exhibition review: TULCA

Art Reviews Thu, Nov 15, 2012

WHAT BECAME Of The People We Used To Be is the title and over-arching thematic question which informs this year’s TULCA visual arts festival which runs until November 23.

Mairtín O’Connor @ An Taibhdhearc

Thu, Nov 15, 2012

THE GREAT Máirtín O’Connor will headline what promises to be a superb night of Irish folk and trad at An Taibhdhearc on Thursday November 22.

Máirtín will be on accordion and joined by his band of fiddler and banjo player Cathal Hayden, singer-songwriter Séamie O’Dowd, and percussionist Jimmy Higgins. On the night, the trio will play music from their two albums, Going Places and Crossroads

Tubers transformed at TULCA

Thu, Nov 15, 2012

WE IRISH probably feel we know our way round a potato. Boiled, baked, roasted, mashed or fried, we’ve gazed upon the trusty spud in pretty much all its forms.

Patrician Musical Society Jubilee Concert

Thu, Nov 15, 2012

THE PATRICIAN Musical society will hold its diamond jubilee Christmas concert in The Town Hall Theatre on Friday November 30 at 8pm.

Brand Spanking New @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Nov 15, 2012

BRAND SPANKING New, the night in the Róisín Dubh which hosts new material from new Irish comedy talent, takes place on Wednesday at 8.30pm.

Gig for Peruvian children’s home

Thu, Nov 15, 2012

BRAZILIAN BAND Kalanguetal will take to the stage of De Burgo’s, Saint Augustine Street, tomorrow at 8.30pm, for a charity concert in aid of a children’s charity in Peru.