Citóg @ The Cellar
Thu, May 10, 2012
GALWAY BAND It Was All A Bit Black & White will launch their debut EP at Citóg in The Cellar Bar tomorrow night.
Read more ...Two Galway gigs from Síomha Brock
Thu, May 10, 2012
SINGER-SONGWRITER Síomha Brock has just released her new download-only single ‘Talk A Little Less’ and she will play two shows in Galway.
Read more ...Jigsaw Jam launch debut EP @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, May 10, 2012
THE JIGSAW Jam release their debut EP There Was A Time this Saturday at 9pm with a gig in Monroe’s Live.
Read more ...New club night @ The Cellar
Thu, May 10, 2012
THIS SATURDAY sees the start of a new clubnight at The Cellar Bar on Eglinton Street - Epoch - and to launch the night there will be a DJ set from Massimiliano Pagliara.
Read more ...Máire Mhac an tSaoi Symposium at NUIG
Thu, May 10, 2012
MÁIRE MHAC an tSaoi, one of the most significant Irish poets of the 20th century, and the most important living poet working as Gaeilge, will be celebrated in NUI Galway.
Read more ...Cois Cladiagh to open Galway Early Music Festival
Thu, May 10, 2012
THE 17TH Galway Early Music Festival runs from Thursday May 17 to Sunday 20 and this year’s festivities will open with a concert by the Cois Cladiagh Choir.
Read more ...Galway Record & CD Fair @ Kelly’s
Thu, May 10, 2012
Record Fairs Ireland returns to Galway this Saturday and will hold its Record & CD Fair upstairs at Kelly’s Bar, Bridge Street.
Read more ...Rich Hall @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, May 10, 2012
The great American comic Rich Hall (pictured) makes a welcome return to the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday at 8.30pm. Part Cherokee, part cranky Southerner, part country singer, Rich is, in addition to being an award winning comic, a songwriter, author, and documentary maker. Get your tickets now. Tickets are available from the Róisín Dubh and www.roisindubh.net
Read more ...The Space Where Thought Once Was
Thu, May 03, 2012
“DANCE IS not very good at telling stories, unless it is classical ballet, but it is very good for exploring emotion and dance allowed me to go through the emotions experienced of knowing someone who has Alzheimer’s and witnessing what was happening to them.”
This is how Chrysalis Dance Company founder, artistic director, and principal choreographer Judith Sibley describes her new dance show Thought Once Was, a double bill featuring two new dance displays - The Space Where Thought Once Was and Scatenato - in the Black Box Theatre on Friday May 11 at 8pm.
Read more ...Garrett Lombard on DruidMurphy’s ‘sense of excitement’
Thu, May 03, 2012
IT IS all systems go with Druid at the moment as rehearsals proceed apace for the forthcoming production of DruidMurphy, comprising three of Tom Murphy’s greatest plays; Famine, Whistle In The Dark, and Conversations On A Homecoming.
Read more ...Italian stoner rock/indie band for The Cellar
Thu, May 03, 2012
ITALY’S TALISMANSTONE will play The Cellar Bar’s underground venue tonight from 8pm displaying a bass driven approach to metal, stoner rock, and indie.
Read more ...Flamenco dance concert at Black Box
Thu, May 03, 2012
SOLTANDO AMARRAS, an evening of traditional flamenco dance and music takes place in the Black Box Theatre on Thursday May 10 at 8pm.
Read more ...Birgit Lochmann’s People
Thu, May 03, 2012
GERMAN BORN, Galway based artist Birgit Lochmann will host her new exhibition, entitled People, in the Town Hall Theatre bar.
Read more ...Americana night @ The Crane
Thu, May 03, 2012
TWO BANDS, one Irish, the other American, both playing roots, folk, and Americana music, play The Crane Bar this Saturday at 6.30pm.
Read more ...The Galway Early Music Festival returns this month
Thu, May 03, 2012
BAGPIPES AND harps, France, Spain, and Scotland, the mediaeval world to the 18th century, all will be explored and celebrated for the 2012 Galway Early Music Festival.
Read more ...Cúirt articles
Thu, May 03, 2012
Last week’s article on the poet Sarah Clancy was written by Kevin Higgins, while the March 22 article on Paul Durcan, Monsieur Durcan poete, Je te salue was penned by Des Kenny. They were not written by Kernan Andrews as was stated in the by-line.
Read more ...Citóg @ The Cellar
Thu, May 03, 2012
VICKERS VIMY, The Little Smoke, and Emma O’Reilly will play Citóg in The Cellar Bar tonight from 9pm.
Vickers Vimy are a Galway quintet formed by Ed Drea and Fintan Hanley. They take their name from the aeroplane that made the 1919 cross-Atlantic flight from New Foundland to Clifden.
Read more ...Bronagh Gallagher @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, May 03, 2012
BRONAGH GALLAGHER, the actress, singer, and songwriter is about to release her new album, simply entitled Bronagh Gallagher, and this month will see her on tour across Ireland.
Read more ...Swedish house duo @ Central Park
Thu, May 03, 2012
THE SWEDISH electro-house duo Dada Life will make their Galway debut this Bank Holiday Sunday when they play a gig at Central Park Nightclub on Abbeygate Street.
Read more ...The Japanese Popstars DJ set
Thu, May 03, 2012
DERRY ELECTRONIC band The Japanese Popstars will perform a special DJ set at Carbon, nightclub this Bank Holiday Sunday, from 11pm.
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