Coors Light brings weekend of free gigs to city
Thu, Apr 28, 2011
JAPE, O’DEATH, Cathy Davey, Donal Dineen, Legends of Vegas, and Converse Allstars, and others, will be in Galway this Bank Holiday weekend to play free gigs.
Read more ...Noriana Kennedy to launch debut album in Kelly’s
Thu, Apr 28, 2011
GALWAY folk singer, musician, and songwriter Noriana Kennedy will launch her debut album Ebb’n’Flow with a concert in Kelly’s Bar, Bridge Street, on Thursday May 5 at 9pm.
Read more ...Three men walk into a bar...
Thu, Apr 28, 2011
WHAT HAPPENED when An Irishman, an Englishman, and an American walked into a bar? They took out their guitars and started to play.
Read more ...New Model Army men @ Monroe’s
Thu, Apr 28, 2011
NEW MODEL Army have been going strong for 30 years but they have never played Galway in all that time. That, however, is about to change.
Read more ...Two exhibitions at Galway Arts Centre
Thu, Apr 28, 2011
TWO DIFFERENT exhibitions - Strangely Familiar Shades of Gray and Unfolding Collections - will open in the Galway Arts Centre this Saturday.
Read more ...Stephen Murray @ Testify!
Thu, Apr 28, 2011
STEPHEN MURRAY, one of the most exciting new voices in Irish poetry will be among the performers at Testify! in the Róisín Dubh this Monday at 8pm.
Stephen has just launched his debut collection of poetry, The House of Bees (Salmon), which was launched at Cúirt. He was also the subject of an extensive interview in the Galway Advertiser (See www.advertiser.ie/galway).
Read more ...Leading crime writer to read in Portuma
Thu, Apr 28, 2011
JOHN CONNOLLY, one of Ireland’s leading crime writers, is coming to Portumna on Thursday May 5 at 7.30pm in The Shannon Oaks Hotel.
Read more ...Lecture on Galway’s tribal families
Thu, Apr 28, 2011
GALWAY IS known as The City of The Tribes, but who were these 14 families? What did they do? Why are their names still remembered today?
Read more ...Women artists’ Beautiful Man
Thu, Apr 28, 2011
BEAUTIFUL MAN, a group exhibition inspired by the poetry of Kathy Enders, opens in The Kenny Gallery, Liosbán Retail Park, Tuam Road, this Saturday at 2pm.
Read more ...Cuba Libre @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Apr 28, 2011
CUBA LIBRE, one of Ireland’s leading Latin music bands, featuring a line up of international musicians, plays Monroe’s Live this Saturday at 8.30pm.
Read more ...Garvey’s comedy open mic night
Thu, Apr 28, 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.
Read more ...Your Highness
Thu, Apr 28, 2011
It was clear from the trailers that this was going to be a medieval ‘stoner’ movie but it is far too brain dead for my liking, there just were not enough laughs to really pull you in and some of the acting was cringeworthy.
Read more ...De Dannan to play Inishbofin Community Arts Festival
Thu, Apr 28, 2011
DE DANNAN will play the opening night of the Inishbofin Community Arts Festival 2011, kick starting a weekend of music, dance, storytelling, and other events.
Read more ...Pete Mullineaux’s acting classes
Thu, Apr 28, 2011
PETE MULLINEAUX’S popular acting classes for adults return to the Galway Arts Centre next week.
Read more ...Free drama workshops for the over fifties
Thu, Apr 28, 2011
GALWEGIANS AGED 50+ and who are interested in acting should check out the free drama workshops from community theatre organization ALâ.
Read more ...Few remaining tickets for Il Trovatore @ The Eye
Thu, Apr 28, 2011
GIUSEPPE VERDI’s Il Trovatore will be broadcast live from The Metropolitan Theatre in New York directly to The Eye Cinema this Saturday at 6pm.
Read more ...Jazz and blues @ Muddy Maher’s
Thu, Apr 28, 2011
MUDDY MAHER’S bar in Woodquay will be hosting a series of gigs and music sessions, catering for jazz, blues, Americana, salsa, world, and roots.
There is jazz every Sunday morning featuring The Bay Blues Band while NUI, Galway’s Rock Soc promises a weekly acoustic blues session. Keep an eye out for some rhythm‘n’blues gigs later in the year.
Read more ...Vladimir Jablokov’s Classical Twist
Thu, Apr 28, 2011
VLADIMIR JABLOKOV is a violin virtuoso, from a classical music family in Slovakia, who enjoys putting contemporary spin on the classics, be they Bowie or Bach.
Read more ...Indian music event
Thu, Apr 28, 2011
RAGA MALA, an event to “present the subtle beauty of Indian classical music through a variety of mediums” takes place this weekend.
Read more ...A Gig For All Seasons
Thu, Apr 28, 2011
A GIG FOR ALL SEASONS, a concert of sean nós song, ancient harp music, and traditional tunes, takes place in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church on Thursday May 5 at 8pm.
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