An ambient affair in store at Kelly’s
Thu, Oct 27, 2011
TONIGHT SEES The Ambience Affair bring their new show to Kelly’s. Part of a nationwide tour, the gig is a follow up to the release of their debut album Burials which was launched with Bluestack Records on October 14.
Originally comprising vocalist/guitarist Jamie Clarke and Marc Gallagher on drums, The Ambience Affair became a three piece last year when Yvonne Ryan joined the band on bass/vocals/keys.
Read more ...Citóg at the Cellar celebrates Halloween in style
Thu, Oct 27, 2011
Citóg celebrates Halloween in style this Friday with a typically inventive and exciting line-up. There will be a fancy dress party, a free mixtape, some original poster art, as well as three of the finest up and coming acts in the country. Getting proceedings under way are girl punk pop band Fred & Bob, described by Hotpress as "a roughed up Jades with a nastier Blondie".
Read more ...Play Irish, play Bipolar Empire’s ‘Trip Around the World’
Thu, Oct 27, 2011
This week’s Play Irish band are popular Dublin outfit Bipolar Empire. The track ‘Trip Around the World’ will feature heavily on the city airwaves and on the Jon Richards Show at 3.35pm every day as part of the initiative designed to increase support and airtime for Irish bands and singers, on Irish radio stations.
Read more ...Tulca Festival of Visual Arts reveals exciting line-up
Thu, Oct 27, 2011
THE TULCA Festival of Visual Arts 2011 kicks off on Friday next November 4. The festival will examine aspects of the recent fall-out in Ireland and internationally, by addressing artist responses to political, social, and economic collapse. Entitled ‘After the fall’ it will also consider re-imaginings of the future in the wake of these collapses. A range of well-known Irish artists will feature in this year’s programme, many of these artists engage with contentious issues in post-Celtic Tiger Ireland. Tulca runs until November 20 in galleries across Galway.
Read more ...Gerry Galvin launches debut novel
Thu, Oct 27, 2011
DOIRE PRESS has announced that Gerry Galvin’s debut crime novel Killer à la Carte will launch in Galway on Saturday. Described as a dark humoured crime thriller, Killer à la Carte introduces us to James Livingstone Gall, a respected restaurant critic, creative chef, and serial killer, matched in evil by Claudia Catalano, heiress to a hotel empire. We wine and dine with them and watch as they kill with ease and impunity.
Read more ...Change of China at NUIG
Thu, Oct 27, 2011
THE GALWAY Irish Chinese Society will launch the Change of China photo exhibition in the atrium of NUIG’s Arts Millennium Building at 3pm tomorrow. It will be opened by the newly appointed Ambassador of China, the Mayor of Galway, and the university president, and will run until November 24.
Read more ...Freaky arty Halloween party
Thu, Oct 27, 2011
ON SUNDAY at 8pm Galway Arts Centre will host a freaky fun night of Halloween hi-jinks. The evening will kick off with a psychic ice cream workshop by local artist Mitch Conlon followed by a dunking, drawing, wrapping and catching obstacle course that will see patrons battle it out for a monstrous prize. Galway city arts officer James C Harrold will lead an eerie tour of the building, unveiling the centre’s hidden history, formerly the residence of the legendary Lady Gregory.
Read more ...Proust Questionnaire - Conor Montague
Thu, Oct 27, 2011
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Perfect happiness is a meaningless ideal. I’m as content now as I’ve ever been.
Aran Trad Fest 2011
Thu, Oct 27, 2011
Inis Mór is hosting its first Trad Fest this weekend. With just a short boat/plane trip to Inis Mór, you can experience a magficient weekend of traditional music and dancing and join in the music sessions in the pubs with acts such as Frankie Gavin & De Dannan, the Mulkerrin Brothers, and Dalta.
Read more ...Garvey’s comedy open mic night
Thu, Oct 27, 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 with the first act taking to the stage at 10pm.
Read more ...Welcome children to The Nightmare Club
Thu, Oct 27, 2011
OF ALL the festive occasions celebrated during the year, perhaps the one that has changed most is Halloween where the old customs of ducking the apple or finding the ring in the barmbrack have been largely exchanged for an emphasis on horror stories - the more ghoulish the better.
Read more ...Halloween fun at the Galway Omniplex
Thu, Oct 27, 2011
THIS SUNDAY Galway Omniplex is offering the chance to celebrate Halloween with a day out for the whole family. As well as the usual selection of great family films, there will be face-painting and spot prizes for children who come to the cinema in fancy dress.
Read more ...Little Cinema Club Halloween fancy dress party
Thu, Oct 27, 2011
THE LITTLE Cinema Club will hold its Halloween party in Kelly’s, Bridge Street, on Tuesday at 9pm. It will be a fancy dress event with Halloween themed films on display.
The club is seeking submissions for short films, with a Halloween/spooky theme, to be screened on the night and anyone interested can submit ideas at [email protected] or http://www.facebook.com/littlecinemagalway
Read more ...Julian Lloyd Webber - conversations with a cellist
Thu, Oct 20, 2011
2011 HAS been a milestone for Julian Lloyd Webber, one of the greatest and most admired cellists of our time. This year saw the birth of Julian and wife Jiaxin Cheng’s daughter Jasmine Orienta; the release of the double-CD collection The Art of Julian Lloyd Webber; and Julian’s 60th birthday.
Read more ...Monica Loughman to bring The Nutcracker to Galway
Thu, Oct 20, 2011
BALLET AFICIONADOS will be delighted to hear that the Monica Loughman Ballet Company will bring its latest production, The Nutcracker, to Town Hall Theatre on Friday November 4 and Saturday 5.
This ever popular and superbly beautiful ballet scored by Tchaikovsky will be a visual and aural delight staged by one of the country’s leading ballet companies to kick-start the senses for some magical pre-Christmas cheer this November.
Read more ...A romantic trio of classical musicians
Thu, Oct 20, 2011
NICOLA BENEDETTI, the violinist and a rising star of classical music, returns to Galway to play the Aula Maxima, NUI Galway on Wednesday at 8pm.
Read more ...Who Needs Enemies? II - Nightmare on Henry Street
Thu, Oct 20, 2011
EOIN HANCOCK is lucky to have a girlfriend like Cindy. No matter how angry she gets with him, she sticks around, but he’s quite unlucky to have friends like Bottle, Raymo, and Gonz - the kind of ‘friends’ you would not wish on your worst enemy.
Read more ...Galway Theatre Festival - a feast of theatre shows
Thu, Oct 20, 2011
THE FOURTH Galway Theatre Festival returns from Tuesday October 25 to Monday 31 and promises a Bank Holiday weekend of exciting new theatre shows.
Work will be presented by companies from Cork, Dublin, Cavan, and Britain, as well as from nine Galway-based theatre companies. To help you decide what to go to, here is a selection of the many shows on offer throughout the festival.
Read more ...Marketa Irglova plays St Nicholas’
Thu, Oct 20, 2011
MARKETA IRGLOVA, who rose to prominence with her collaborations with Glen Hansard in The Swell Season and in the Oscar winning film Once, is coming to Galway.
Read more ...The Dead Flags @ The Cellar
Thu, Oct 20, 2011
THE DEAD Flags, described as a “band for the future” by the Irish Independent and “explosive” by The Daily Star, are coming to Galway.
The Dublin trio will play Citóg at The Cellar Bar tomorrow night. The Dead Flags combine 1950s sensibilities with punk and doo wop to create an infectious and raucous sound.
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