New Irish GAA Film ‘Lakelands’ set for world premiere at Galway Film Fleadh

Thu, Jun 30, 2022

Lakelands, the debut feature from longford-based filmmakers robert higgins and patrick mcgivney, will have its world premiere at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh. Set within the world of smalltown GAA, the film is a searing and subversive look at this world from the inside that doesn’t pull any of its punches.

This Weekend’s Classic Fest Set to be a Cracker

Wed, Jun 29, 2022

With only a few days to go before the gates of Galway Racecourse open to welcome hundreds of vintage and classic cars, tractors, motorbikes, steam engines and much more, it already promises to be the biggest show held in Ireland in 2022. So far there are over twenty vintage and classic clubs from all over Ireland registered to display – as well as the local Western Veteran & Vintage Motor Club and Kiltulla & District Vintage Club, there are clubs travelling from as far away as Carlow, Limerick, Kilkenny, Dublin, Meath, Louth and Donegal. Making the trip west for Classic Fest, these clubs will bring with them an array of cars and exhibits, including displays of individual marques like the Ford Cortina, Jaguar, Ford Capri, Toyota, TVR as well as the Mercedes-Benz Club, who have the largest stand space reserved for fifty cars.

Back to what they do best — Fleadh programmer relishes a return to reality

Wed, Jun 22, 2022

Compared to the past two years, this year's Galway Film Fleadh feels positively idyllic and director of programming Will Fitzgerald makes no bones about it. He was gushing with enthusiasm when we spoke this week.

John Gerard is back — with Flare

Thu, Jun 16, 2022

If you were bowled over by the Mirror Pavilion of 2020 and 2021, then prepare to be wowed by the latest from the inspirational John Gerard. His Flare [Oceania] 2022 will be unveiled on the Galway Docks this July as part of Galway International Arts Festival 2022 This exciting new work represents an ecology in hyper distress and a world faced with the existential threat of rising seas.

The Heineken Big Top returns to Galway International Arts Festival

Thu, Jun 16, 2022

The team at Galway International Arts Festival are delighted that live music will once again return to Fisheries field this July when artists take to the stage of the Heineken® Big Top.

Harry Potter director, the original Derry Girl and Cannes Best performance winner for Galway Film Fleadh Masterclass series

Thu, Jun 16, 2022

Galway Film Fleadh have announced an impressive line-up for their annual Filmmaker’s Masterclass series. The annual masterclass series at the Fleadh’s industry section, Galway Film Fair, offers actors, directors and screenwriters a unique chance to learn from experts in their respective fields, in an intimate engaging environment.

Tickets for Fall Right Into Place at Claregalway Castle go on sale tomorrow

Thu, Jun 16, 2022

Newdad, The Scratch and The Mary Wallopers will headline Fall Right Into Place when it returns to Claregalway Castle this September. Many more acts will be announced over the coming months.

Original Jurassic did not need a sequel and this shows why

Thu, Jun 16, 2022

It's a slow summer for blockbuster movies, pre covid summers there woUld be one sometimes two, a week.

Farmer Michael back on the land with new show

Thu, Jun 16, 2022

Sir Stevo Timothy with his alter ego Farmer Michael makes a return to the Town Hall Theatre Galway on Saturday June 25 with tickets on sale now.

LiveStock - Music and Arts Festival

Thu, Jun 16, 2022

The summer is here and with it LiveStock 2022 arrives. An exciting, new, family friendly, independent music & arts festival is taking place in Aughrim, Co. Galway on Friday 1st- Saturday 2nd July. You will be welcomed to what promises to be a fun and relaxing experience with fantastic independent music, art, food, entertainment, and activities centred around the ancient ringfort at Liskelly Farm just a few miles from Ballinasloe (Exit 15 on the M6).

Two exceptional American theatrical productions from US

Wed, Jun 08, 2022

Extraordinary theatre awaits as part of this year’s Galway International Arts Festival, with productions from Ireland and abroad. However, this year, US theatre features strongly in the programme with two stand-out productions.

Podcast looks behind the scenes at Mirror Pavilion

Wed, Jun 01, 2022

If, like me, you are fascinated with the logistics of staging major and unusual events, then you will be thriled with the new podcast which looks behind the scenes at the iconic Mirror Pavilion installation which stood alone as a solitary cultural landmark in the city during the initial stages of the pandemic.

GALWAY AFRICA DAY 2022 - EXPERIENCE THE MAGIC OF CULTURE.

Tue, May 24, 2022

On Saturday 28th May 2022, 2-6 pm at Salt Hill Park, Galway’s African Community invites all of Galway to join them in a celebration of culture as part of the national Africa Day Celebrations.

Six is the number at Fíbín sa Taibhdhearc innovative new production

Thu, May 19, 2022

You have to hand it to Fíbín sa Taibhdhearc for innovation. Their new production involves six short plays by six temporarily anonymous writers in six different intimate sections of the theatre.

Powerful dance and dramatic show to premiere at THT tomorrow

Thu, May 19, 2022

A powerful new show is to have its world premiere at Galway’s Black Box Theatre tomorrow Friday, May 20.

Artists undertake solar powered expedition to spark climate action through the arts

Thu, May 19, 2022

The Eco Showboat Mayfly expedition is a four-month arts voyage from Limerick to Enniskillen on the Mayfly, the flagship of the Eco Showboat project, and the first solar electric boat to make this journey. The project is the brain child of artists Anne Cleary and Denis Connolly, aka School of Looking.

This Eco Sunday, May 22, the Eco Showboat Mayfly will be moored at Portumna Castle Harbour in Portumna, County Galway for an afternoon of fascinating waterside events.

Catch your laughs on Thursday nights at Tigh He-He

Thu, May 19, 2022

A pop-up comedy club, featuring the very best of Irish stand up comedy launched last week and will run on Thursdays until June 30.

An Cailín Ciúin — finest film made in Ireland for a long time

Thu, May 19, 2022

The Quiet Girl is Cait, we first see her she is being called by her mother lying completely still in a field surrounded by brush. Her mother is heavily pregnant and has another baby taking up her time, along with Cait’s three older siblings she deemed too much work for the family so is sent away for the summer. Her father takes her three hours south to her mother's cousin, a childless couple who will look after her during the summer holidays. Cait is uneasy at first, not used to attention and affection but slowly she begins to enjoy her time on the farm.

Ralph Fiennes in NT Live’s ‘Straight Line Crazy’ at the EYE Cinema

Thu, May 19, 2022

The EYE Cinema in Wellpark is thrilled to bring to Galway National Theatre Live’s new production‘Straight Line Crazy’ for one night only on Thurs May 26 at 7pm.

Music as science — Galway Early Music Festival is back

Wed, May 18, 2022

One of the cornerstones of the Galway cultural season, The Galway Early Music Festival – “Musica et Scientia”, May 27-29, is live and hybrid in 2022 with a dazzling programme featuring music and the stars, the harmony of the planets in their orbits, the music of mathematics and geometry, music in art, and the music at the heart of the Universe.

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