Leo O’Kelly - new album and Galway show

Thu, Jun 30, 2011

LEO O’KELLY, solo artist and one half of legendary folk-rock duo Tír Na nÓg (with Sonny Condell), plays Kelly’s on Wednesday July 6 at 9pm as part of the Colours Fringe Festival.

Much to enjoy at the Colours Fringe Festival

Thu, Jun 30, 2011

GALWAY IN July is home to two of the biggest festivals in the country - the Galway Film Fleadh and the Galway Arts Festival - but there is a third festival also worth checking out.

American children’s choir to sing in Galway

Thu, Jun 30, 2011

THE KALAMAZOO Children’s Chorus touring choir are coming to Galway to perform in St Augustine’s Church, Middle Street, tomorrow at 8pm.

Danny O’Mahony gig and album launch @ The Crane

Thu, Jun 30, 2011

CO KERRY accordionist Danny O’Mahony will launch his debut album In Retrospect at The Crane Bar, Sea Road, this Saturday at 7pm.

Henry Rollins @ Black Box

Thu, Jun 30, 2011

Henry Rollins - writer, raconteur, comedian, and former lead singer with Black Flag - is coming to Galway to perform at a ‘Kelly’s presents...’ show in the Black Box Theatre on Wednesday August 24. Tickets are €17.50 in advance from the Town Hall on 091 - 569777 or www.tht.ie

Be among the first to see Cars 2

Thu, Jun 30, 2011

GALWAY CHILDREN can look forward to being among the first in Ireland to see Cars 2 which is among the Disney films being shown at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh.

Phill Jupitus @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jun 30, 2011

PHILL JUPITUS made his name as a stand up comic, however in recent years he has become better known for his TV and radio work, but now he is returning to stand-up.

Win tickets to Transformers: Dark of the Moon @ Omniplex

Thu, Jun 30, 2011

A MYSTERIOUS event from Earth’s past erupts into the present day and threatens to bring a war to Earth so big that the Transformers alone may not be able to save us.

Sean Lock & Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Thu, Jun 30, 2011

8 OUT Of 10 Cats team captain Sean Lock will be the special guest joining the Whose Line Is It Anyway? team at their two Galway Arts Festival shows next month.

Sean Lock and Stephen Frost’s Improv All Stars will bring Whose Line Is It Anyway? to the Róisín Dubh on Friday July 15 at 4.30pm and again at 8.30pm.

De La Soul

Thu, Jun 23, 2011

THEY ARE brothers in hip hop, part of the music’s ‘golden age’, yet still a going concern, keen to look for new ways to express themselves; they are innovators, legends, but also laid back and nice guys. They are De La Soul.

Emma Donoghue - Room author talks books, frog catchers, and film

Thu, Jun 23, 2011

AMONG THE many illustrious visitors to this year’s Galway Arts Festival is writer Emma Donoghue, author of the international best-seller and multi-award winning novel, Room.

The return of Gerry Mallon’s Laughter Loft

Thu, Jun 23, 2011

LUNCHTIME LAUGHS and the chance to see some of the very best Irish comedians up close and personal are the order of the day when Gerry Mallon’s Laughter Loft returns next month.

Gerry Mallon’s The Laughter Loft is by now a Galway Arts Festival institution and these series of lunchtime shows in The Ruby Room of The King’s Head are some of the most fun and essential shows you will see in July.

A feast of film at the Galway Film Fleadh

Thu, Jun 23, 2011

THE GALWAY Film Fleadh returns from Tuesday July 5 to Sunday 10 and film fans are in store for a feast of new Irish cinema, feature documentaries, short films, Oscar winners, and movies from Korea, Argentina, India, Germany, and Japan.

The guest of honour at this year’s fleadh will be the distinguished actor Martin Sheen, who is celebrated for his roles in Apocalypse Now and The West Wing. Mr Sheen will attend the world premiere of Stella Days, in which he plays a Roman Catholic priest who wants to set up a cinema in rural Irish town. He will also be the subject of the Galway Film Fleadh Public Interview in the Town Hall Theatre on Sunday July 10.

Liza Minnelli show @ Town Hall

Thu, Jun 23, 2011

A SINGING sensation, a Golden Globe winner, an Oscar nominee, a legend, a recovering alcoholic, and Judy Garland’s daughter - Liza Minnelli has been all these.

Around the World on 80 Quid

Thu, Jun 23, 2011

AINDRAIS DE Staic has made the headlines in theatre internationally for his acclaimed one man shows, and his best known show is coming back to Galway.

Wonderland album winners

Thu, Jun 23, 2011

THE WINNERS of signed copies of the deubt album by Irish girl group wonderland were:

Carmel Creaven, Belclare; Catherine Mohan, Caherlistrane; Marie Biard, Oranmore; Marese Sheehy, Tuam; and Elaine Flaherty, Claregalway.

Launch of new Crannóg

Thu, Jun 23, 2011

THE NEW edition of Crannóg will be launched in The Crane Bar, Sea Road, tomorrow at 6.30pm.

On the night there will be prose and poetry readings from the magazine. All are welcome.

Albert Niland to launch new album at Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jun 23, 2011

ALBERT NILAND, one of Ireland’s leading guitarists, is coming back to his native county to launch his new album in the Róisín Dubh on Sunday July 3 at 9pm.

Gráda @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jun 23, 2011

“GRÁDA IS to Irish music what Arcade Fire is to indie - informal, prodigious and full of spirit.” So said The Washington Post and Gráda play Monroe’s Live on Sunday at 8.30pm.

The Chakras @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jun 23, 2011

THE CHAKRAS are creating something of a stir at the moment. The Times compared them to Doves while Q said their “epic, swirling psychedelia recalls Richard Ashcroft’s gang at their peak”.

If you want to see what all the fuss is about then check them out when they play the Róisín Dubh on Monday at 9pm.

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