Galway Jazz Festival returns
Thu, Sep 15, 2011
RICK MARGITZA, the American saxophonist described by Allmusic.com as one of the “young lions” of modern jazz will play Galway as part of the Galway Jazz Festival.
Read more ...Galway Youth Theatre - twenty years a-growing
Thu, Sep 15, 2011
THIS YEAR marks both the 20th anniversary of the foundation of Galway Youth Theatre and the 10th anniversary of Andrew Flynn becoming the company’s artistic director.
Read more ...Galway Theatre Festival returns next month
Thu, Sep 15, 2011
POPULAR IRISH actor Don Wycherly recently launched the fourth Galway Theatre Festival which will run from October 25 to 31.
This year’s programme features the return of Dragonfly with two short plays; Jinx Lennon’s one man audio-visual performance; a production direct from Dublin’s Absolut Fringe Festival; British visual artist Donna Rutherford’s multi-media piece KIN; Mephisto’s new production Almost A Fantasy.
Read more ...Concert to celebrate John McCormack
Thu, Sep 15, 2011
THE TOWN Hall Theatre will host a concert celebrating singer John McCormack and violinist Fritz Kreisler this Monday at 8pm.
Read more ...The Celtic soul brother
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
GROWING UP in a house where the old vinyl collection featured Bob Dylan, Sweeney’s Men, and Pentangle alongside the Rolling Stones and Slade meant there was a good chance I would end up liking folk music as much as rock.
Read more ...Marketa Irglova to play Galway
Thu, Sep 08, 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 ...Sarah Lasko on The Crucible’s ‘manipulative’ Abigail
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
ARTHUR MILLER’S classic play The Crucible graces the Town Hall stage next week in an exciting co-production between the venue and Washington DC’s Keegan Theatre Company.
Read more ...Duo Vocis - Frank Naughton and Sean Costello
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
GALWAY TENORS Frank Naughton and Sean Costello will present their show, From Broadway to La Scala, in the Town Hall Theatre on Tuesday 20 and Wednesday 21 at 8pm.
The singers, going under the name of Duo Vocis, will perform musical greats like ‘Bring Him Home’, ‘Music Of The Night’, and ‘Love Changes Everything’, as well as opera favourites such as ‘The Brindisi’, ‘Funiculi Funcula’, and ‘Nessun Dorma’. The duo will be joined by musical director John Roe and his six piece orchestra.
Read more ...Don Wycherley to launch Galway Theatre Festival
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
IRISH ACTOR Don Wycherley will launch the fourth annual Galway Theatre Festival in Massimo, Sea Road, this evening at 8pm.
Read more ...The funk is coming to Monroe’s
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
THE BACKSTAGE Bar at Monroe’s will be getting funky when The Getaway Gondola funk band and DJ Will Softly take to the stage this evening from 9pm for Tougue.
Read more ...The Followers Of Otis to launch new EP
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
GALWAY BAND The Followers Of Otis will launch their new EP The Claddagh Sessions with a gig in Muddy Maher’s, Woodquay, this Saturday at 9.30pm.
Read more ...The High Kings play Seapoint on Saturday
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
THE HIGH Kings, the Irish folk/trad/balladeer group who have taken the US by storm, return to Galway for a show in Seapoint this Saturday at 7.30pm.
Read more ...September Silent Discos @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
SEPTEMBER IS Silent Disco month at the Róisín Dubh with the Dominick Street venue running four such events over the next few weeks.
The dates for the Silent Discos are Tuesday September 13 at 10pm; Saturday 17 at 11pm; Tuesday 20 at 10pm; and Tuesday 27 at 10pm.
Read more ...Country singer Georgette Jones is coming
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
AS HER father is George Jones and her mother was Tammy Wynette there was always a strong chance that their only daughter Georgette Jones would become a musician.
Read more ...Gerry Hanberry booklaunch
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
GERRY HANBERRY’s new book More Lives Than One will be launched this Saturday in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop at 6pm.
Read more ...Julian Gough unveils Jude’s next adventure
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
JULIAN GOUGH may have been born in London, raised in Tipperary, and be resident in Berlin, but Galway will always claim him as ‘one of our own’.
Read more ...A feast of music in Clifden
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
CLIFDEN, THE capital of Connemara, will resound to the sound of classical music, folk, rock, Irish trad during the 34th Clifden Arts Week Festival from Thursday September 15 to Sunday 25.
Read more ...Rugby fever @ Kenny’s
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
THE RUGBY World Cup starts this weekend and fingers are crossed that Ireland’s display will be vastly improved from the 2007 tournament.
Read more ...Rising rap star to play Central Park
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
AMERICAN rapper Mann, whose hit singles ‘Buzzin’ and ‘The Mack’ have made him the exciting new face of hip-hop, plays Galway’s Central Park this Saturday at 11pm.
Read more ...GTI creative writing classes
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
CREATIVE WRITING classes will be held in GTI, starting this month, and bookings are now being taken.
Creative writing for beginners with the poet Kevin Higgins starts on Monday September 19 and will take place on Mondays from 7pm to 9.30pm, running for eight weeks.
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