Galway Record & CD Fair at Kelly’s
Thu, Nov 24, 2011
THE GALWAY Record & CD Fair returns to upstairs at Kelly’s Bar, Bridge Street, this Saturday.
Read more ...Eleanor Shanley in Moycullen
Thu, Nov 24, 2011
ELEANOR SHANLEY makes a welcome return to Galway to play The Forge in Moycullen this Saturday.
Read more ...Hootenanny @ Campbell’s
Thu, Nov 24, 2011
THE AMERICANA Music & Arts Month at Campbell’s Tavern, Cloughanover, will end on a high note with shows from Mr William’s Goodtime String Band and The Midnight Cowboys.
Mr William’s Goodtime String Band will host their ‘Thanksgiving Hootenanny’ on Saturday at 10pm.
Read more ...New exhibitions to open
Thu, Nov 24, 2011
FOUR NEW exhibitions open in Galway over the coming days, ranging from traditional landscapes and still lifes to conceptual arts installation pieces.
Read more ...Proust Questionnaire
Thu, Nov 24, 2011
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Climbing trees! Or a nice bun.
Michaela Madden releases debut EP
Thu, Nov 24, 2011
MICHAELA MADDEN, a young County Galway singer-songwriter, has released her debut EP Where? featuring original songs and covers.
Read more ...Leading pianist Alexej Gorlatch to perform in NUIG
Thu, Nov 24, 2011
ALEXEJ GORLATCH, described by The New York Times as a “remarkably talented pianist” and by The Irish Times as a musician “who can take you into areas others just can’t reach” is coming to Galway.
Read more ...Frank Naughton to sing at St Nicholas’
Thu, Nov 24, 2011
GALWAY TENOR Frank Naughton will host his Christmas concert in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church on Sunday December 4 at 8pm.
Read more ...Fred Johnston launches new short story collection
Thu, Nov 24, 2011
GALWAY WRITER Fred Johnston will launch his new collection of short stories Dancing In The Asylum next week.
Dancing In The Asylum, published by Parthian, will be launched in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, Middle Street, at 6pm on Thursday December 1.
Read more ...French comedy film to be screened at Town Hall
Thu, Nov 24, 2011
LES FEMMES du 6ème Étage, the light-hearted comedy from writer/director Philippe LeGuay will receive an exclusive screening in Town Hall Theatre this weekend.
Read more ...Win tickets to 50/50 @ Omniplex
Thu, Nov 24, 2011
INSPIRED BY a true story, 50/50 features Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen, starring as best friends whose lives are changed by a cancer diagnosis.
Read more ...Abandonman @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Nov 24, 2011
ABANDOMAN HAVE been described by Chortle.co.uk as “Flight of the Conchords meets 8 Mile” and as “nothing short of genius”.
Read more ...Pump Lane mural makes case for Movember and street art
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
IF YOU are walking along the canal at the back of the Róisín Dubh, or along Pump Lane, between the Róisín and the Bierhaus, you cannot fail to have seen the evolution of the Movember mural.
Read more ...Mark Ryan: from Adam Ant guitarist to award-winning playwright
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
WELSH THEATRE group, Company of Sirens, visit the Town Hall studio next week with Mark Ryan’s bold and accomplished play Sean Tyrone. Although his name may not be familiar to Irish audiences, Ryan – who died earlier this year – had a remarkable career as a musician, composer, and playwright.
Ryan, whose parents originally came from Limerick, was born in London in 1959. After leaving school at 16 he worked in a variety of factory jobs before the arrival of punk and his own innate musical talents opened up a new world to him.
Read more ...Music For Dead Birds release new album
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
JIMMY MONAGHAN, the highly talented Irish-American singer-songwriter, will be performing in the Acoustic Room, Áras na Mac Léinn, NUI Galway, today at 1pm.
Read more ...The Lost Circus - a place where time was forgotten
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
ON FRIDAY November 25 and Saturday 26 at 7.30pm in the Black Box Theatre, Galway Community Circus and Fidget Feet Aerial Dance Theatre presents their new show, The Lost Circus.
Read more ...Everybody get Footloose
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
KEVIN BACON had the moves and Kenny Loggins had the song, but Performing Arts School Galway will also “kick off the Sunday shoes” when they stage Footloose: the Musical.
Read more ...A collection of various playwrights
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
BRIAN FRIEL, Martin McDonagh, Oscar Wilde, and Tom Murphy are just some of the playwrights to feature in a new show from The Séamus O’Kelly Players.
Read more ...Get Up, Stand Up @ Garvey’s
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
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.
The show is open to the public and comedians, and admission is free. Every week there is a lively crowd and a load of up and coming comedians performing. Each comedian is allowed seven to eight minutes for his/her set. There will also be a comedy caption contest with the winner getting a prize at the end of the show.
Read more ...Scottish comic for Róisín Dubh
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
THE COMEDY of Scotland’s Phil Kay has been described as “hysterical in every sense of the word” and the man himself has been called a “mesmerizing...genius”.
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