Ceramics exhibition in An Spidéal
Thu, May 26, 2011
AN EXHIBITION of contemporary ceramics, featuring work by 10 different artists, opens this Sunday at 2.30pm in Sliding Rock Contemporary Ceramics, Ceardlann, An Spidéal.
Read more ...All woman comedy night @ the Róisín Dubh
Thu, May 26, 2011
NEXT WEDNESDAY at the Róisín Dubh will be something of a ladies’ night as the bill for the evening will feature four female comedians.
Read more ...Get ready for the whacky world of The Pajama Men
Thu, May 26, 2011
WHEN ON stage, The Pajama Men create “a cartoon of the mind – a shape-shifting world in which anything seems not just possible, but imminent”.
Read more ...A folk night @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, May 26, 2011
THREE FOLK-influenced, acoustic acts - Fia Rua, Sweeney Lee, and Harry Bird and the Rubber Wellies, will play upstairs in the Róisín Dubh on Thursday June 2 at 8.30pm.
Read more ...Garvey’s comedy open mic night
Thu, May 26, 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 10pm.
Every week there is a lively crowd and a load of up and coming comedians performing. All comedians are welcome. Each comedian is allowed seven to eight minutes for his/her set.
Read more ...Surfing on an Indian vibe
Thu, May 26, 2011
INDIAN CLASSICAL music, blues, and trad will collide to wonderful effect when The Bahh Band play the Galway City Museum this Saturday at 8.30pm.
Read more ...Roddy Woomble - to the waters and the wild
Thu, May 19, 2011
IT HAS been a decade since Roddy Woomble has played Ireland. Back then it was as lead singer of Idlewild. This month he returns as a solo artist, armed with a set of songs and perspectives that reflect the many changes in his life over that time.
Read more ...Sunday Morning Coming Down back for one night only
Thu, May 19, 2011
HIT PLAY Sunday Morning Coming Down returns to the Town Hall Theatre main stage after an explosive sell-out run in the studio last month. The play, directed by its debutant author Mick Donnellan, will be at the venue on Saturday May 28.
Read more ...Guitar and violin classical concert in Tuam
Thu, May 19, 2011
REDMOND O’TOOLE, one of Ireland’s most exciting young classical guitarists, and the brilliant violinist Elizabeth Cooney, will play St Mary’s Cathedral Tuam this month.
Read more ...ALâ presents Good Bye Harry
Thu, May 19, 2011
ALÂ, THE community theatre and education organisation, will present a new variety theatre show Good Bye Harry in the Menlo Park Hotel on Saturday May 21 and Sunday 22.
Taking its inspiration from cabaret style shows, Good Bye Harry sees a group of characters gathering to reminisce after the death of their friend, the acclaimed theatre director, Harry. They tell stories, sing, and of course act.
Read more ...Here We Are Again Still
Thu, May 19, 2011
CHRISTIAN O’REILLY’S moving, funny and inspiring play Here We Are Again Still makes a welcome return to the Town Hall Theatre next week as part of an ongoing national tour.
Read more ...Powerful emotions from the Chamber Philharmonic Europe
Thu, May 19, 2011
THE MUSIC of Vivaldi, Bach, Greig, and Faure will be heard in the Town Hall Theatre this Saturday when The Chamber Philharmonic Europe perform for Galway.
Read more ...Core Theatre College auditions
Thu, May 19, 2011
CORE THEATRE College is holding auditions for 10 students to participate in its 11 week intensive part time main course, which runs from September 19 to December 4.
This is a professional theatre training course is based in Galway. Experienced theatre professionals will teach core theatre skills such as voice, movement, acting technique, text analysis, masks, theatre production, and theatre history. It concludes with a presentation of work.
Read more ...O Emperor and Adebisi Shank for FMC Tour
Thu, May 19, 2011
FROM MAJESTIC, melodic, pop/rock to outrageous, fret burning, post-rock workouts, the FMC Tour, featuring Adebisi Shank and O Emperor, has it and the tour is coming to Galway.
Read more ...Seán Tyrrell & friends @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, May 19, 2011
THE GREAT folk-singer-songwriter Seán Tyrrell, fiddle player Kevin Glackin, and uilleann piper Ronan Browne have joined forces to produce a new album and they are taking it on the road.
Read more ...Sharon Shannon @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, May 19, 2011
SHARON SHANNON will play a special charity show in aid of the Animal Heaven Animal Rescue in Monroe’s Live on Wednesday June 22.
Suzanne Gibbons runs AHAR on a voluntary basis in Castleisland, Co. Kerry. The centre is located on a 30 acre farm and has no running water or electricity.
Read more ...Appalachia and Ireland mix in I Draw Slow
Thu, May 19, 2011
FANS OF roots, Irish trad, Americana, folk, and old-time music, will be looking forward to Irish quintet I Draw Slow, who will launch their new album in Galway this weekend.
Read more ...Rita Ann Higgins to read at Over The Edge
Thu, May 19, 2011
RITA ANN HIGGINS, one of Galway’s greatest and most outspoken poets, will read at the May Over The Edge: Open Reading in the Galway City Library, on Thursday May 26 at 6.30pm.
Read more ...Galway Early Music Festival starts today
Thu, May 19, 2011
TODAY, TOMORROW, Saturday, and Sunday, the narrow streets of Galway city centre’s mediaeval past will come alive with mediaeval music for the 16th annual Galway Early Music Festival.
Read more ...Murray & Falkenau to launch debut album
Thu, May 19, 2011
ANNA FALKENAU is from Germany and lives in Galway and across Ireland she has won acclaim for her Irish traditional fiddle playing.
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