Comedy improv @ Townhouse Bar
Thu, Dec 08, 2011
THE MAKE-Up Artists will bring their A Tale Of Three Cities show to the Townhouse Bar, this Sunday at 8pm, as part of their Comedy Improv Tour 2011.
Read more ...Galway Omniplex Christmas toy drive
Thu, Dec 08, 2011
THE GALWAY Omniplex in association with the St Vincent de Paul is hosting a ‘Toy drive’ this Saturday and Sunday at the Omniplex on the Headford Road.
Read more ...Over The Edge December reading
Thu, Dec 08, 2011
AWARD WINNING American poet Tamar Yoseloff will read at Over The Edge in the Galway City Library, St Augustine Street, on Thursday December 15 at 6.30pm.
Read more ...Get Up, Stand Up @ Garvey’s
Thu, Dec 08, 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.
Read more ...Agnes Obel
Thu, Dec 01, 2011
SCANDINAVIA has been a great centre of pop and rock over the last 30 years and without question Sweden is the dominant nation. It has given us pop giants ABBA; a thriving heavy metal scene; and inspired indie/alternative acts such as I’m From Barcelona, Jens Lekmann, and Peter Bjorn and John.
Norway also has a strong metal scene, while indie/singer-songwriter acts such as Kings of Convenience and Ane Brun have also done well, and above all there is A-Ha, who had a run of excellent singles in the 1980s.
Read more ...From Mayo to Mozart
Thu, Dec 01, 2011
2011 IS a landmark year for Opera Theatre Company, being its 25th birthday, and to mark the occasion it is touring Mozart’s much-loved The Magic Flute in a sparkling new production which arrives at the Town Hall, for one night only, this coming Tuesday at 8pm.
Read more ...Four Men and a Dog @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Dec 01, 2011
FROM THEIR debut performance in Dungiven, County Derry, in 1990, Four Men and a Dog have been arguably the most colourful, eccentric, and talented of trad band ensembles.
Read more ...Core Theatre College struts its stuff
Thu, Dec 01, 2011
GALWAY AUDIENCES may just catch a glimpse of some acting stars of the future this Sunday, when the students of Core Theatre College present a public showcase of their work at Druid Lane Theatre.
Read more ...NUIG Dramsoc to stage Enda Walsh’ Delirium
Thu, Dec 01, 2011
NUI GALWAY’S Dramasoc will stage Enda Walsh’s Delirium in the Bank of Ireland Theatre on the university campus, at 8pm this evening, tomorrow, and Saturday.
Read more ...An Taibhdhearc Christmas panto
Thu, Dec 01, 2011
LITTLE RED Riding Hood will be An Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe’s Christmas pantomime and it will take place in The Black Box theatre this month.
An Taibhdhearc promises a suspenseful, colourful, dramatic and entertaining re-telling of this much loved fairy tale, which will also include a mixture of well-known and original songs. The production will also feature cast members of TG4 soap Ros na Rún.
Read more ...Tom Portman gigs
Thu, Dec 01, 2011
TOM PORTMAN, the gifted guitarist and Dobro player has a series of shows coming up around Galway city and county over the next month.
Read more ...New short story collection from Fred Johnston
Thu, Dec 01, 2011
DANCING IN The Asylum, the second collection of short stories from Galway writer and critic Fred Johnston will be officially launched this evening.
Read more ...Scratch legend DJ Yoda @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Dec 01, 2011
DJ YODA is no ordinary scratch DJ. Q has declared him “one of the 10 DJs to see before you die”, while Hip Hop Connection voted him “one of the top three DJs in the world”.
Read more ...Delorentos PLAY IRISH and all-ages Galway gig
Thu, Dec 01, 2011
Dublin indie-rock/pop quartet Delorentos (pictured) are this week’s PLAY IRISH artists. Listen out for their song ‘Did We Ever Really Try?’, from the band’s new EP Little Sparks, on Jon Richard’s Galway Bay FM show each day. Delorentos will also play a free all-ages show at the Roisin Dubh at 1pm this Saturday. Their third album will be out next year.
Read more ...Susie Soho @ Wingnut Records
Thu, Dec 01, 2011
IRISH ALTERNATIVE-rock band Susie Soho will play Wingnut Records, in Bell, Book and Candle at The Small Crane off Sea Road, this Saturday at 1pm.
Read more ...Break your CURFEW @ The Cellar
Thu, Dec 01, 2011
THIS SATURDAY sees the start of CURFEW, a new monthly club night, downstairs in The Cellar Bar on Eglinton Street.
DJs Fuz and Yoseph will be throwing down everything from cool chill wave to classic electro frm 10.30pm. CURFEW will bring you back to all the rules you have broken, the house parties you crashed, and the nights you snuck out.
Read more ...Painting demonstration at Kenny’s
Thu, Dec 01, 2011
THE ARTIST Kieran Tobin will give a pastel painting demonstration in The Kenny Gallery, Liosbán Industrial Estate, this Saturday at 2pm.
Read more ...Leading vocal coach to hold classes in Galway
Thu, Dec 01, 2011
GREG ENRIQUEZ, one of the world’s leading speech level singing instructors is in Galway this weekend to give workshops.
Read more ...Hansel and Gretel panto for Cloughanover
Thu, Dec 01, 2011
SOLSTICE ART Group, Cloughanover, Headford will present Hansel and Gretel as its Christmas pantomime.
Read more ...Exhibitions opening this weekend
Thu, Dec 01, 2011
THREE NEW exhibitions open in Galway city this weekend - solo exhibitions by Jennie Moran and Una Howley, and a group exhibition at the Space Invaders Art Gallery.
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