Who dares imitate Jack Sparrow at The Eye?

Thu, May 19, 2011

IF YOU are going to The Eye Cinema in Wellpark to see Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, you could be in with a chance to win some swashbuckling presents.

Super8 Shots Film Festival calls for submissions

Thu, May 19, 2011

GALWAY CITY and Inis Óirr set the stage for this year’s Super8 Shots Film Festival, an independent festival promoting small medium format film-making.

Garvey’s comedy open mic night

Thu, May 19, 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.

Galway Baroque Singers’ summer concert

Thu, May 19, 2011

THE GALWAY BAROQUE SINGERS’ summer concert takes place in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church on Saturday May 28 at 8pm.

The Pride of Parnell Street

Thu, May 12, 2011

FISHAMBLE THEATRE Company brings its hugely successful revival of The Pride of Parnell Street to the Town Hall Theatre for one night only on Friday May 20.

Go Panda Go - dare to think, dare to act

Thu, May 12, 2011

GO PANDA Go began life as a duo in County Donegal before relocating to Galway where they became a quartet, and then come the New Year, they expanded to a quintet.

Get Up Close & Personal with Frankie Gavin

Thu, May 12, 2011

FRANKIE GAVIN “is a true fiddle-playing genius, one who continues to inspire and dumbfound in equal measure,” so said The Scotsman about the Galwayman.

And now for something completely different... DoDo Theatre Company’s The Pump

Thu, May 12, 2011

FOR THE third week of the JOLT season of new work at the Town Hall Studio, newly-formed Galway theatre company, DoDo Theatre present The Pump.

A key element of DoDo’s work is the use of art, particularly installation art, and in The Pump the company uses this to explore the idea that we all have secret selves, which we can never truly share with another person, and what that means in terms of relationships.

Here We Are Again Still at Town Hall

Thu, May 12, 2011

PADDY SITS on a bench by a soccer pitch. He sits there every night because he cannot sleep and he is still grieving for his wife who has passed away.

Burke & Scott to perform Irish Session Suite at Town Hall

Thu, May 12, 2011

KEVIN BURKE and Cal Scott, along with RTÉ Vandbrugh String Quartet, are bringing their Irish Session Suite, featuring traditional tunes arranged in the classical style, to the Town Hall Theatre.

Lee Evans to play Black Box

Thu, May 12, 2011

THE HUGELY popular English comedian Lee Evans will play The Black Box Theatre on Wednesday June 15 and Thursday 16.

Michelle Conroy exhibition

Thu, May 12, 2011

THE PAINTER, sculptor, and soprano singer, Michelle Conroy, will host her new exhibition Whispers in The Painter's Palette Moycullen.

Idlewild’s Roddy Woomble @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, May 12, 2011

IDLEWILD’S LEAD singer Roddy Woomble is taking time out from his duties with his band to tour and promote his new album The Impossible Song & Other Songs.

Republic of Loose @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, May 12, 2011

IRELAND’S LIBIDINOUS funk’n’soul brothers, The Republic of Loose, return to Monroe’s Live tomorrow night.

Five reasons to see Triúr

Thu, May 12, 2011

IRISH, SCOTTISH, and Breton traditional music combine in the sound of Triúr, the trad music trio, who play a series of gigs in Galway city this month.

Johnny Óg Connolly releases new album

Thu, May 12, 2011

AISLING YOSHUA (Joshua’s Dream), the new album from County Galway accordion great Johnny Óg Connolly, has just been released.

The album features 12 tracks, offering a mix of traditional tunes and compositions by Connolly, including two waltzes, a lament, a set of polkas, and a lullaby in honour of his nephew Joshua who lends his name to the album title.

ConTempo Quartet and Kinnunen in concert

Thu, May 12, 2011

THE CONTEMPO Quartet will be joined by Finnish accordionist Timo Kinnunen, for a concert which promises to bring audiences on a musical journey from South America to Latvia.