Online art and fashion auction for Concern

Thu, Sep 13, 2012

The Summit Seekers - Galway women Laura Rigney, Sinead Coughlan, and Sarah O’Toole - who are climbing Kilimanjaro in October for charity, are holding another fundraising drive.

Book launch in Charlie Byrne’s

Thu, Sep 13, 2012

A new book, charting the life and times of the 19th century Irish aristocrat and businesswoman Eva O’Flaherty, will be launched in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop tomorrow at 6pm.

Guinness Live gigs return to the Latin Quarter

Thu, Sep 13, 2012

DELORENTOS, THE UNDERTONES, and Bez of the Happy Mondays are just some of those who will be taking to the stage around the city’s Latin Quarter for the Guinness Live festival weekend.

The Cast Of Cheers @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Sep 13, 2012

STRANGE BREW at the Róisín Dubh next Thursday will play host to one of Ireland’s most exciting new bands, Dublin quartet The Cast of Cheers.

Tokyo Rosenthal @ Monroe’s

Thu, Sep 13, 2012

THE AMERICANA singer-songwriter Tokyo Rosenthal will play Monroe’s Backstage Bar this Sunday.

Citóg @ The Cellar

Thu, Sep 13, 2012

“IT WOULD be surprising if this band didn’t join the mainstays of the modern folk music world to become known as Ireland's best of the genre.”

Portumna’s 2012 Shorelines Arts Festival

Thu, Sep 13, 2012

PORTUMNA’S 2012 Shorelines Arts Festival will be officially opened this evening at 6pm, paving the way for a weekend of music, poetry, theatre, film, and children’s events.

Share your story or poem @ Kenny’s

Thu, Sep 13, 2012

DO YOU write poetry? Are you working on a novel? Do you pen short stories? Would you like to get the chance for others to hear them?

Jane O’Malley @ Norman Villa

Thu, Sep 13, 2012

MEMORIES HOME and Abroad, the new exhibition by Canadian-Irish artist Jane O’Malley, will be officially opened in the Norman Villa Gallery, Salthill, this evening at 6pm.

The history of music in four preludes

Thu, Sep 13, 2012

THE HISTORY of music, from pieces written in 1800 BCE to songs recorded this year, compressed into an audio-visual experience is the ambitious new exhibition at 126.

Core Theatre College

Thu, Sep 13, 2012

CORE THEATRE College will hold a module in the Lecoq technique with Judith Higgins for 10 weeks, starting on Thursday September 20.

Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering

Thu, Sep 13, 2012

ALEX SKOVRON, the Australian based poet and author, will read at the Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering in the Galway Arts Centre, Dominick Street, tomorrow at 8pm.

Spanking new comedy

Thu, Sep 13, 2012

DANNY DOWLING will host a night of up and coming comedians at Brand Spanking New in the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday at 8.30pm.

Danny will present four new comics who will deliver seven minutes of material. This will be followed by 20 minutes of sketches from Foil Arms & Hog who have just returned from sell out, critically acclaimed, Edinburgh run. The Irish Times has described them as “one of the brightest new acts out there”.

Solarise @ HALO

Thu, Sep 13, 2012

LEADING IRISH funk-soul band Solarise return to the upstairs stage at HALO this Friday from 11pm.

Christian Bookshop debut album

Thu, Sep 13, 2012

CHRISTIAN BOOKSHOP, a band and album project by Galway-based Irish-American singer-songwriter Jimmy Monaghan and singer Aisling Walsh, is out now on Bandcamp.

The Sumbrellas in concert

Thu, Sep 13, 2012

THE SUMBRELLAS, the Galway based folk-rock/Americana band, will play the launch party for The Scholars Rest, formerly The River Inn) in Newcastle tomorrow from 8pm.

Galway Theatre Festival unveils programme

Thu, Sep 06, 2012

THIS EVENING at 8pm in Massimo on William Street West, will see the launch of this year’s Galway Theatre Festival which runs from Monday October 1 to Sunday 7.

Calling The Heroism Hotline

Thu, Sep 06, 2012

DAVE, MARY, and Sean are paid to be heroes, but who are they being heroes for? The massive heroism outsourcing corporation they work for, or the needy clients who ring their call centre because they have no one else to turn to? And how can they help either of those when they cannot even help themselves?

Frightened Rabbit - Strange Brew bound

Thu, Sep 06, 2012

SELKIRK, IN the eastern Scottish lowlands is a place with rich associations to Scottish history and culture. William Wallace, Sir Walter Scott, and James Hogg, all having connections to the town.

In more recent years, Selkirk has produced Frightened Rabbit, one of the finest of the many indie-folk bands that have spring up across Scotland over the past decade or so.