Acclaimed Colin Dunne dance show for Town Hall

Thu, Dec 08, 2011

OUT OF Time, dancer Colin Dunne's internationally acclaimed solo show, returns to Ireland for a limited run and will play the Town Hall Theatre Galway this Saturday at 8pm.

Stewart Lee and Gift Grub - coming to Galway in 2012

Thu, Dec 08, 2011

GALWAY COMEDY fans have two major shows to look forward to with the great Stewart Lee and Gift Grub Live 2 show both coming our way in the New Year.

Taibhdhearc’s Cochaillín Dearg (Little Red Riding Hood)

Thu, Dec 08, 2011

IF YOU go down to the woods today you are sure to get all kinds of surprises, that is if the woods are the ones featured in An Taibhdhearc’s upcoming panto Cochaillín Dearg (Little Red Riding Hood) which is on next week at The Black Box.

Celtic Earth returns to Town Hall

Thu, Dec 08, 2011

CELTIC EARTH, a night of contemporary Irish music, led by County Galway native and former musical director of Lord of the Dance, Gerard Fahy, returns to the Town Hall.

Celtic Earth will be staged on Monday at 7.30pm and audiences can expect an exciting fusion of Irish trad with classical and rock. Joining Ger for the show will be former Riverdance singer Morgan Crowley; The Furry Village band, and members of the Fahy family, Terry, Yvonne and Maureen.

Charity concert for Peruvian children’s home

Thu, Dec 08, 2011

GALWAY TRAD-fusion band The Rye and singer-songwriter Emmet O’Malley will play the HUAHUA: Music for the Children of Peru charity concert next week.

Joe Chester PLAY IRISH and Monroe’s gig

Thu, Dec 08, 2011

JOE CHESTER, the critically acclaimed singer, songwriter, and producer is this week’s PLAY IRISH GALWAY artist of the week.

Listen out for his song ‘Foreign Correspondent’ on Galway Bay FM’s with Jon Richards show at 3.35pm each day. The song comes from Chester’s latest album She Darks Me which can be downloaded from joechester.bandcamp.com.

Access Music Project gig

Thu, Dec 08, 2011

THE ACCESS Music Project will debut its current crop of talented musicians in an informal performance in The Crane Bar, Sea Road, next Wednesday at 9pm.

AMP provides focused training for musicians to develop the skills and knowledge required to further their careers in the music industry while also providing opportunities leading to further education.

Andy Blake to DJ @ The Blue Note

Thu, Dec 08, 2011

LEADING UNDERGROUND DJ Andy Blake returns to Galway where he will be spinning the decks in The Blue Note this Saturday.

Fish - Marillion and solo eras show

Thu, Dec 08, 2011

IT IS a mark of the impact he had while with veteran British prog-rockers Marillion that you can get T-shirts bearing the legend ‘Fish, not a member of Marillion since 1989’.

Come On Live Long @ Kelly’s

Thu, Dec 08, 2011

IRISH BAND Come On Live Long, though barely a year in existence, have generated much excitement among indie fans and music critics, and Galway will see why this weekend.

Singers and their Songs @ The Crane

Thu, Dec 08, 2011

JULIET TURNER, Mary Coughlan, and Johnny Moynihan are just three of the diverse and outstanding talents that will play The Crane Bar’s Singers and their Songs sessions.

Ham Sandwich @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Dec 08, 2011

HAM SANDWICH have had a great 12 months with their profile rising to new heights throughout 2011 and to top it off they tour Ireland this month.

The Kanyu Tree all-ages show at Róisín Dubh

Thu, Dec 08, 2011

THE KANYU Tree will round off a very successful year with two shows in the Róisín Dubh on Saturday December 17, including an all-ages family show.

Citóg’s Nativity play

Thu, Dec 08, 2011

TOMORROW NIGHT Citóg in The Cellar Bar will host a Nativity play, devised and directed by Donal McConnon in collaboration with Sideshow Productions.

The play will also feature musical accompaniment from a number of prominent local artists, including members of The Depravations and Rural Savage. The play will be followed by a show from one of Galway’s most eclectic of bands My Fellow Sponges, led by eccentric songwriters Donal McConnon and Anna Mullarkey. Their shows mix fine musicianship, kooky arrangements, and musical theatre.

Proust Questionnaire

Thu, Dec 08, 2011

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
At home with my family.

Art exhibitions

Thu, Dec 08, 2011

THIS WEEKEND sees the opening of three exhibitions in Galway city - two group shows and a solo exhibition.

Galway and Westport are the subject of a new exhibition of oil paintings by Breege Staunton which opens in the Renzo Cafe, Eyre Street, this evening at 7.30pm.

North Beach Poetry Nights

Thu, Dec 08, 2011

RITA ANN Higgins will read from her new poetry collection Ireland is Changing Mother at this month’s North Beach Poetry Nights.

The event takes place on Monday at The Crane Bar at 9pm. Rita’s new collection “chronicles the lives of the Irish dispossessed, before as well as since the demise of the Celtic Tiger”.

Festive French music and dance

Thu, Dec 08, 2011

A FESTIVE concert of French and Irish traditional music and dance takes place in the Corrib Rowing and Yachting Club, Earls Island, on Thursday December 15 at 8pm.