Live gigs @ Halo
Thu, Jun 21, 2012
HALO’S NEW upstairs venue will host two gigs over two nights this weekend with Big September tonight and Hot Fuss tomorrow.
Read more ...Westlife live via satellite @ The Eye
Thu, Jun 21, 2012
THE EYE Cinema in Wellpark will be screening Westlife’s final concert, live via satellite, from Croke Park, this Saturday at 8.30pm.
This is the final night of the Farewell Concert tour and will be Westlife’s last live performance. Tickets are €15 and early arrival at The Eye is advised.
Read more ...Alejandro Escovedo to play Kelly’s
Thu, Jun 21, 2012
TEXAN SINGER-songwriter Alejandro Escovedo & The Sensitive Boys play upstairs at Kelly’s, Bridge Street, on Friday June 29 at 8pm.
Escovedo will perform songs from his new album Big Station, released on June 5, as well as songs from across his career and the 10 albums he has released since his debut Gravity in 1992.
Read more ...Noeline Kavanagh; looking to ‘entice, excite and ignite’ with the Macnas parade
Thu, Jun 14, 2012
AS THE Galway Arts Festival fast approaches, it is all systems go at Macnas as the company gears up for this year’s parade, entitled This Thunderous Heart, which will take to the city streets on Sunday July 22.
Read more ...Shortcut To Hallelujah returns to Town Hall
Thu, Jun 14, 2012
FRESH FROM a triumphant visit to Listowel Writer’s Week, Truman Town Theatre’s Shortcut To Hallelujah makes a welcome return to the Town Hall Theatre for a five night run.
Read more ...Savages, trumpets, and unisex bands
Thu, Jun 14, 2012
THE BLISTERING Ulster punk of Rural Savage, the post-punk energy of Trumpets Of Jericho, and the alternative rock of Fred and Bob are coming to Citóg.
Read more ...Exploring Issues with Florence Films
Thu, Jun 14, 2012
GALWAY-BASED production company Florence Films have just completed an hour-long pilot episode of their new TV series Issues which dramatises the meetings between a psychotherapist and his clients.
Read more ...Frasier star John Mahoney returns to Galway
Thu, Jun 14, 2012
THE GREAT American actor John Mahoney, best known for his role as Marty Crane in the classic comedy Frasier, is coming to Galway for next month’s arts festival.
Read more ...Heartwarming tale from Branar
Thu, Jun 14, 2012
BRANAR, TÉATAR DO PHÁISTÍ’s mission is to create a “simple elegant form of theatre for young people”, which it delivers in its latest production Croi a Mhuscailt - Awakening a Heart.
Read more ...Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Thu, Jun 14, 2012
THE WHOSE Line Is It Anyway? gang make a welcome return to the Róisín Dubh next Wednesday at 8.30pm.
Read more ...Story Night to return
Thu, Jun 14, 2012
THE STORYTELLER Clare Muireann Murphy will be back in Galway to host an annual reunion of Story Night on Friday June 22 at 8pm.
Read more ...Elly O’Keeffe @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Jun 14, 2012
COUNTY CORK singer-songwriter Elly O’Keeffe will play Monroe’s Live tomorrow at 9.30pm.
Read more ...The Nitty Gritty @ Massimo
Thu, Jun 14, 2012
THE NITTY Gritty returns to Galway when DJs Kit Kola and Dave Barry DJ in Massimo on Friday June 22 from 11pm.
Read more ...Ray Davis @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Jun 14, 2012
The great Ray Davis, lead singer and songwriter of The Kinks, who has penned such classic songs as ‘Waterloo Sunset’, ‘Dedicated Follower Of Fashion’, ‘Lola’, and ‘See My Friends’, plays the Róisín Dubh on Friday June 22 at 8pm. Tickets available online at www.roisindubh.net, from the Ticket Desk at OMG, Shop Street (formerly Zhivago), and The Róisín Dubh.
Read more ...Thin Lizzy guitarist to play Monroe’s Live
Thu, Jun 14, 2012
THE GRACEFUL, melodic solo on ‘Whiskey In The Jar’; the searing, blistering guitar lines on ‘Black Boys On The Corner’; and the wah-wah drenched funk of ‘Ray-Gun’. This is the sound of Eric Bell.
Read more ...David Kitt’s Small Moments tour
Thu, Jun 14, 2012
IN 2000 a Dublin singer-songwriter called David Kitt released his debut album Small Moments which won praise in Ireland and Britain for its mixture of gentle folk-pop and indie/electro.
Read more ...Róisín Dubh to celebrate eighth birthday
Thu, Jun 14, 2012
THE RÓISÍN Dubh will celebrate its eighth birthday on Sunday with a feast of good music and DJ sets from 8pm.
Read more ...Get ready for Latin Fiesta 2012
Thu, Jun 14, 2012
LOVERS OF all thigns Latin American are in for a treat this weekend with the Latin Fiesta 2012 mini-festival which takes place tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday.
The festival starts tomorrow with a live concert in Krcma, Salthill, from Sabor Cubano, lead by Evelio Galan of the Afro Cuban Allstars. Guests on the night will be singer Andres Martorell and members of Cuba Libre. There will also be a DJ set from Matt.
Read more ...Calling all composers
Thu, Jun 14, 2012
THE GALWAY Music Residency is seeking a composer to write a piece of music in celebration of the residency’s 10th birthday.
Read more ...Get Up, Stand Up @ Garvey’s
Thu, Jun 14, 2012
GET UP, Stand up, the weekly stand up comedy open mic night at Garvey’s Hotel and Bar, Eyre Square, takes place tonight from 9.30pm.
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