The Importance of Being Earnest at Monroe’s

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

OSCAR WILDE’S theatrical masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest, will be staged in Monroe’s Live today and tomorrow.

Classical concert with Galway Sinfonietta

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

GALWAY SINFONIETTA will perform Glazunov’s Saxophone Concerto, Anton Dvorak’s three Slavonic Dances, and ‘Romance’ by Finzi in NUI Galway on Saturday.

The concert, which is part of the Galway Fringe Festival, takes place at 7pm in the Bailey Allen Hall, Áras na Mac Léinn. The concert will be conducted by John Roe and the soloist for the evening is Bertrand Huve.

Deadline looms for submissions to TULCA 2012

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

THE DEADLINE for Irish and international artists working in any media, who wish to submit work for the TULCA 2012 visual arts festival is Monday August 13.

An electrician at the edge of madness

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

DARREN KILLEEN of Game of Thrones and Ros Na Rún, stars in the one man show Sparks, in Kelly’s, Bridge Street, tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday at 3pm.

Big Whiskey @ HALO

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

BIG WHISKEY will bring their funky bass lines and fiery vocals to the HALO stage tonight followed by Deuces Wild tomorrow.

Sligo trio Big Whiskey are Sean McCarthy on lead guitar and vocals, Duane Gallagher on bass, and Eddie Delaney on drums. Deuces Wild are regarded as one of the country’s top live performing groups. The quartet performs popular music from the past three decades together with present chart toppers.

Planet of sound

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

BLUR IS a band I’ve long had a difficult relationship with - from loving their early psychedelic indie pop, then despising their Britpop era, to regaining admiration for the quartet’s late 1990s triumphs.

Strange Brew Summer Shindig

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

THE STRANGE Brew Summer Shindig returns to the Róisín Dubh on Thursday August 2 with a stellar line-up of some of the best indie acts in Ireland.

Fringe Festival Grande Finale @ Monroe’s

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

A HOST OF some of the best local bands will take to the stage of Monroe’s Live for the Galway Fringe Festival Grande Finale concert this Sunday at 9pm.

Citóg @ The Cellar

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

THE LAST Citóg to take place on a Friday night will be held tomorrow when The Souterrain, The West Nile Ramblers, Appian Way, and July Hawk take to the stage.

Ben Reel @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

COUNTY ARMAGH singer-songwriter Ben Reel plays Monroe’s Live tonight at 9pm.

Sam Amidon @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

THERE WILL be songs - some sacred, some secular; there will be storytelling, and maybe some field recordings and cartoon videos to watch while you listen.

Kormac band leader of Kormac’s Big Band

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Either on-stage with the band or at home, cooking and listening to Newstalk’s Off The Ball.

Either on-stage with the band or at home, cooking and listening to Newstalk’s Off The Ball.

Mary Coughlan to play Inishbofin

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

THE GREAT jazz-blues singer Mary Coughlan, will be among the performers taking part in the Inishbofin Concerts series which takes place in the island’s Dolphin Hotel on Tuesdays.

Galway Fringe art exhibition

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

ART OF Galway, the main art exhibition at the Galway Fringe Festival, featuring numerous local artists, is on show in the Dominican Hall in The Claddagh.

The exhibition features Human Collage by Ali Raza, exploring in the dark side in an expressionist style; The Insomniac is a cinematic narrative by Enda Burke; Symbiosis series of photos by Lara Luxardi; Tara Breathnach’s Saothair on Iarthar, inspired by the west of Ireland; Deirdre Deegan’s prints examining the process of decay, entitled What’s left Behind; Joanna Kasinska will exhibit conceptual ceramics; and An Spidéal’s Ruth Cadden will display landscape, figurative, and mythological paintings and drawings.

Theatre and music on Inis Oírr

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

SINGER-SONGWRITER Juliet Turner and Geraldine Aron’s comic play My Brilliant Divorce can both be seen on Inis Oírr this weekend.

Kate Hodmon exhibition

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

PLACE, THE new exhibition by Galway artist Kate Hodmon opens at Padraig’s Restaurant & bar on Dock Road on Monday.

Trad lunchtimes at Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

IF YOU love Irish trad and fancy hearing some music during your lunch break then head down to Monroe’s for the Galway Arts Festival Trad Lunchtimes.

Stiúideo na Coiríbe exhibition

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

PARTICIPANTS IN the Stiúideo na Coiríbe art school with artist Jim Kavanagh, will host an exhibition of their work at The Oslo Bar, Salthill, this evening at 6.30pm.