Galway Comedy Festival 4 Kids

Thu, Oct 25, 2012

IF THE adults are having a comedy festival then why shouldn’t the children and the Galway Comedy Festival 4 Kids will host a number of great shows for children this weekend.

New play to chart life of Gráinne Mhaol

Thu, Oct 25, 2012

GRÁINNE MHAOL, the 16th century Irish pirate queen and clan leader, will be the subject of a new play by ALâ Community Theatre.

Gráinne Mhaol and the Pages of History will premier in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church on Wednesday November 28 at 8pm. The show will focus on her challenging and manipulating the turbulent politics of the 16th century and breaching boundaries of gender imbalance and bias.

Richie Hayes @ Town Hall

Thu, Oct 25, 2012

Enjoy an evening with one of Ireland’s top entertainers Richie Hayes (pictured) performing songs from his new album at the Town Hall Theatre on Tuesday October 30 at 8pm. Richie is currently taking park in RTÉ’s Celebrity Bainisteoir and enjoyed success on The Voice of Ireland. There will be special guests on the night. Tickets are available from the Town Hall on 091 - 569777 and www.tht.ie

Halloween family day @ Galway Omniplex

Thu, Oct 25, 2012

THE GALWAY Omniplex will hold its Spooky Halloween family fun day this Sunday from 2pm to 6pm.

The Sumbrellas to launch debut album

Thu, Oct 25, 2012

THE SUMBRELLAS, a Galway based band led by an American and an Italian, will launch their debut album with a gig in the Townhouse Bar tomorrow night.

American singer-songwriter Chris White and Italian fiddle player Fede Betti met in Galway about three years ago and formed The Sumbrellas with Emmet O’Malley. Emmet left to pursue other interests and in 2011 Chris and Fede added Irish musicians Finbar and Flossie, and together the quartet play an energetic and infectious mix of acoustic rock, old time country, and Kentucky stomp, driven by sweet harmonious interplay and musical sparring.

The Notions EP launch and gig

Thu, Oct 25, 2012

GALWAY BLUES, roots, and rock quartet The Notions, will launch their new four-track EP Scoop, with a gig in The Townhouse Bar this weekend.

Grandmaster Flash - hip hop pioneer @ Electric

Thu, Oct 25, 2012

WHEN HIP-HOP emerged from the Bronx in the late 1970s and spread throughout New York, punk and new wave musicians in the city btook notice.

The Wedding Present to play Seamonsters @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Oct 25, 2012

THE WEDDING Present, the long running British indie band led by songwriter David Gedge, hasd made many fine albums over the years, with 1991’s Seamonsters being among their best.

Róisín O for Monroe’s Live

Thu, Oct 25, 2012

DUBLIN SINGER-songwriter Róisín O, proclaimed as “One To Watch” for 2012 by Hotpress, and her band ,will play Monroe’s Live on Saturday November 3 at 9pm.

FMC Tour comes to Róisín Dubh

Thu, Oct 25, 2012

THREE OF the most exciting Irish indie bands - Squarehead, We Cut Corners, and The Lost Brothers, play Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh on Thursday November 1.

Acclaimed New York singer Ari Heist @ Campbell’s

Thu, Oct 25, 2012

NEW YORK singer-songwriter Ari Heist is coming to Campbell’s Tavern, Cloughanover, near Headford, as part of the venue’s Americana Music & Arts Month.

Proust Questionnaire

Thu, Oct 25, 2012

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Slouched in the dark corner of a proper pub about three minutes after a spur-of-the-moment decision to have cheeky afternoon pints.

Amiri Baraka to read at NUIG

Thu, Oct 25, 2012

AMIRI BARAKA, the award-winning American poet, writer and political activist will be reading at 5pm today in the O’Flaherty Theatre in the NUI Galway main concourse.

TULCA returns next month

Thu, Oct 25, 2012

TULCA, GALWAY’S festival of visual arts returns from November 9 to 23 bringing 41 Irish and international artists together for exhibitions, talks, tours, and workshops in the city and county.

ConTempo to play St Nicholas’

Thu, Oct 25, 2012

THE GREAT ConTempo Quartet will perform a concert in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church tomorrow at 8pm.

Ceramics exhibition at Norman Villa Gallery

Thu, Oct 25, 2012

THE CERAMICISTS Sonja Landweer and Katherine West will host an exhibition of their work at the Norman Villa Gallery in Lower Salthill.

Set List line-up revealed

Thu, Oct 25, 2012

RICH HALL, Andrew Maxwell, Phill Jupitus, and Colin Murphy are all confirmed to take part in Set List at the Bulmer’s Galway Comedy Festival, and more names will be announced.

Launch of debut poetry book

Thu, Oct 25, 2012

THE ART Of Non-Fishing, the debut poetry collection from Moycullen writer Kevin O’Shea will be launched this Saturday at 1pm.

Bridget Christie - at war for the donkeys and ants

Thu, Oct 18, 2012

EVER NOTICED how men who are comedians will just be called comedians, but women who are comics will almost always be referred to as ‘female comedians’, as if their gender requires them to be labelled as a separate and distinct category?

Tim Key - the Masterslut performance poet

Thu, Oct 18, 2012

AWARD-WINNING comic performance poet Tim Key brings his unique brand of hilarious deadpan versifying to Galway for the Bulmer’s Galway Comedy Festival with his current show, Masterslut in An Taibhdhearc.

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