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.

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.

Films from all genres are sought but films being submitted must be no longer than 10 minutes. The festival is especially interested in films under five minutes. Films entered have a chance to win either the audience choice or the judges’ choice award.

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.

Music concerts on Inishbofin

Thu, Jul 21, 2011

ELEANOR SHANLEY, Declan O’Rourke, and Damien Dempsey are just a few of those who will be playing concerts on Inishbofin island over the next few weeks.

The concerts take place on Tuesdays in the Dolphin Hotel and begin at 9.30pm with singer Eleanor Shanley taking to the stage on July 26. She will be joined by singer/musician Frankie Lane and Paul Kelly on fiddle and mandolin.

Over The Edge New Writer of The Year competition

Thu, Jul 21, 2011

THE 2011 Over The Edge New Writer of The Year competition returns and is open to poets and fiction writers, but take note, the closing date is Wednesday August 3.

Galway bands sought for IMRO Showcase Tour

Thu, Jul 21, 2011

GALWAY BANDS are being sought for the 11 date IMRO Showcase Tour which takes place in September 2011. All genres are welcome, from rock to folk, pop to hip-hop, and beyond.

UK Subs - still faithful to punk

Thu, Jul 21, 2011

ONCE JOE Strummer saw the Sex Pistols he quit pub rock and r’n’b and formed The Clash. When Charlie Harper saw the Damned he did the same thing.

Jazz, blues, and lounge @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jul 21, 2011

FANS OF jazz, blues, and lounge music have plenty to look forward to this weekend when two of the finest practitioners of such genres play Monroe’s Live.

Tomorrow at 9.30pm, Mary Coughlan will take to the stage. From her 1985 debut Tired and Emotional, to the recent The House of Ill Repute, described by Q as “a serious return to form”, Mary has delivered many memorable musical moments and is rightly regarded as the queen of Irish jazz and blues. After Mary’s gig, roots-rock/psychedelic band The Deans will take to the stage at midnight.

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