Indie/alternative gig @ Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

GARAGE POP, rock/hardcore, and experimental electronica will be the diverse order of the day at a gig that weekend in the Galway Arts Centre.

A weekend of gigs @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

MONROE’S LIVE will host a number of gigs this weekend as part of the Once Upon A Time Back The West mini-festival.

Win tickets to The Descendants @ Galway Omniplex

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

THE DESCENDANTS, is a sometimes humorous, sometimes melancholy, story of a man forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers an accident.

Haywire competition winners

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

THE WINNERS of the Haywire film hoodies were: Chris Morris, Ballybane; David Tiernan, Ballindooley; and Grace Dawson, Loughrea.

Black Pencil to bring the folk sounds to NUIG

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

BLACK PENCIL “evokes a unique sound world of melody, polyphony, and abstraction. The ensemble is a great representative of new ways of combining folk cultures and contemporary art.”

Galway folk legends on YouTube

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

IN CONCERT footage of the 1970s Galway folk duo Dicklerfitz - singer Terry Smith and the late Mickey Finn on the fiddle - has been posted on YouTube.

Cúirt New Writing Prize 2012

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

THE CÚIRT International Festival of Literature is seeking submissions for Cúirt New Writing Prize 2012.

NUI Galway’s public lecture series return

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

NUI Galway’s Babel Public Lecture Series returns to the Town Hall Theatre this month, with a variety of speakers delivering talks on the theme of Tradition and Transformation.

Denise Hogan’s one-day glasspainting workshop

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

IF YOU would like to learn how to paint on glass and create your own stained-glass artworks, then check out a new class from artist and designer Denise Hogan.

A Monster In Paris opens tomorrow

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

A MONSTER In Paris, the new animated film, about a monster with great musical talent who becomes the toast of the French capital, opens in cinemas tomorrow.

Opera from the Met, live @ The Eye

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

PLACIDO DOMINGO, Danielle de Niese, Lisette Oropesa, and Joyce DiDonato will star in The Enchanted Island, which will be screened at The Eye Cinema in Wellpark this weekend.

Get Up, Stand Up @ Garvey’s

Thu, Jan 19, 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.

Comedian Steve Hughes @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

HEAVY METAL fan Steve Hughes once was a drummer in a band, but then he decided to step out centre-stage, not as a singer, but as a comedian.

It was a good move as the Australian has enjoyed a great career with his blend of laid-back charm and caustic anti-establishment humour receiving rave reviews and leading to appearances on the BBC’s Michael McIntyre’s Roadshow and Channel 4’s Stand Up For The Week. Now comes his debut solo tour which takes in the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday at 8.30pm.

Jason Byrne’s Cirque Du Byrne

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

CIRQUE DU Byrne, the acclaimed stand-up show from one of Ireland’s leading comedians, Jason Byrne, is coming to Galway next month.

Making Connection workshop

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

THE DANCER Bernadette Divilly will hold a workshop, entitled Making Connection, in St Nicholas Parochial School Hall, this Saturday and Sunday.

Galway Peace Proms take place next month

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

THE GALWAY Peace Proms, featuring the Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland and more than 1,800 primary school children from county Galway, take place next month.

The Spaghetti Western Orchestra ride into town

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

SPAGHETTI WESTERN was a term of abuse invented by American critics for the Wild West movies made by Italian directors in the 1960s, but the Italians were to have the last laugh.