All ages pop-punk show @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 28, 2011

GALWAY TEENS will be able to enjoy a live music gig in the Róisín Dubh on Thursday August 4 at 2.30pm with a special all ages show.

Performing are Downhill, a Dublin pop/punk band who are currently promoting their EP Recovery; Storyboard, also a pop/punk Dublin band who have an EP out entitled Tear This Down; Mayo pop/punk band Struck; and Tipperary singer-songwriter Derek Ellard.

Jello Biafra @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 28, 2011

FORMER DEAD Kennedys’ lead singer Jello Biafra, and his band, The Guantanamo School Of Medicine, play the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday August 10 at 9pm.

Scott Project to DJ in Oranmore

Thu, Jul 28, 2011

SCOTT PROJECT, one of Europe’s leading DJs, is coming to County Galway to perform a DJ set in Kudos nightclub in Oranmore, this Bank Holiday Sunday.

Trina G to DJ @ The Cellar

Thu, Jul 28, 2011

TODAY IS Ladies Day at the Galway Races and those who would like to continue the ‘girl power’ theme can do so at The Cellar tonight.

Royseven @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jul 28, 2011

ROYSEVEN HAVE enjoyed sell-out tours, festival appearances, and two Top 20 albums over the last four years, and next month they take some time to play Galway.

Conscious Sounds’ reggae gig

Thu, Jul 28, 2011

GALWAY REGGAE fans can look forward to Conscious Sounds’ Dougie Wardrop, King General and Kenny Knots who play 21 Eglinton Street, formerly The Drum, this Saturday.

King General and Kenny Knots are both associated with Dougie Wardrop’s Conscious Sounds, the legendary East London recording studio and independent record label.

Seán Moloney to launch new album in The Crane

Thu, Jul 28, 2011

IRISH TRAD musician Seán Moloney will launch his new album, Where’s Me Cap?, with a gig in The Crane Bar on Tuesday at 9pm.

Artspace to celebrate silver jubilee

Thu, Jul 28, 2011

ARTSPACE WILL celebrate its 25th anniversary with Artspace 25: Collective Consciousness, a major exhibition in the Galway Arts Centre, which opens this evening at 6pm.

Artspace was founded in 1986 as an artist collective. Over the years it has provided a platform for many locally based artists to share ideas, find common cause, and develop their individual careers.

Polish organist to play Galway

Thu, Jul 28, 2011

POLISH ORGANIST Józef Kotowicz will play the Galway Cathedral tonight at 8pm performing music from his native country and also Scandinavia.

Trad music concerts in St Nicholas’

Thu, Jul 28, 2011

ST NICHOLAS’ Collegiate Church will host the next Tunes In The Church gig tomorrow from 8pm to 9.30pm.

Soul Sauce Street Party

Thu, Jul 28, 2011

Galway’s Modfather and veteran DJ, DJ Mullers, along with Sleepless Nights Soul Club resident Paul Grant will be spinning the finest Northern soul, Southern Funk, and R’n’B at the Soul Sauce Street Party tomorrow from 8pm to 2am at The Bierhaus, Henry Street.

Lunchtime gig with Dermot Dunne

Thu, Jul 28, 2011

ACCORDIONIST DERMOT Dunne will perform Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, as part of his lunchtime concert in the Town Hall Theatre on Tuesday at 1.10pm.

This Nachez @ Campbell’s

Thu, Jul 28, 2011

GALWAY ROCKERS This Nachez will play Campbell’s Tavern, Cloughanover, on Friday August 5 at 8.30pm.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Thu, Jul 28, 2011

IT HAS been a wait of 10 years but, boy, has it been worth it as the concluding chapter of the Harry Potter saga packs a punch, with amazing graphics, and plenty of action, as well as dramatic intensity at the right moments, all leading to a breathtaking show-down between Voldemort’s minions and a defiant Hogwarts.

Junior Film Fleadh wants short films from young Galwegians

Thu, Jul 28, 2011

THE JUNIOR Galway Film Fleadh is calling on young Galwegians with an interest in film-making to submit entries to its Short Film Programme.

Short films sought for Tuam arts festival

Thu, Jul 28, 2011

TUAM'S EARWIG Arts Festival is looking for short films for its We Like Short Shorts!! annual short films programme.

Journeys through the musical cosmos

Thu, Jul 21, 2011

THE GREAT science fiction writer Isaac Asimov once declared that “writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers”. For Nik Turner playing the saxophone is something similar, it is thinking and communicating through his breath and fingers.

Strange Brew Summer Shindig 7

Thu, Jul 21, 2011

STRANGE BREW Summer Shindig - the annual celebration of all things Irish, indie, and alternative at the Róisín Dubh - returns next week for its seventh year.

Matt Berry @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 21, 2011

MATT BERRY is best known for playing Dixon Bainbridge, the evil, megalomaniacal zoo owner in The Mighty Boosh, and the womanising Douglas Raynhom in The IT Crowd.

Exploring the ‘Wilde West’ with The Devil’s Spine Band

Thu, Jul 21, 2011

ONE OF the most memorable shows of the 2007 Galway Arts Festival was Featherhead Productions’ Slat, an astonishing piece of dance theatre/performance art initially conceived by composer Trevor Knight, featuring design by artist Alice Maher, and the amazing Japanese butoh dancer Maki Wantanabe.

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