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.

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.

Michelle’s work is influenced by her home environment which is within sight of the Partry Mountains in Co Mayo.

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.

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.

David Bremner to play Árus na nGael

Thu, May 12, 2011

PIANIST DAVID Bremner will perform a diverse range of music at Árus na nGael, Dominick Street, on Friday May 20 at 7pm.

Poetry on the farm

Thu, May 12, 2011

MICEÁL KEARNEY’S On The Farm will take place regardless of the weather on May 21 on the poet’s farm in Ballinderreen, South Galway.

Communist era inspires video exhibition

Thu, May 12, 2011

EVERYTHING MUST Finally Fall, an exhibition featuring video works by Declan Clarke opens at The Niland Gallery, Lower Merchants Road, tonight at 6pm.

Clarke’s video pieces explore the fleeting symbols and derelict statues of power, particularly the iconography of the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc.

JM Synge’s photographs on show on Inis Oírr

Thu, May 12, 2011

JM SYNGE is best known as a playwright but he was also a keen photographer and his photos are currently on exhibition in the Áras Éanna Arts Centre on Inis Oírr.

Galway Early Music Festival exhibition

Thu, May 12, 2011

MAGO MUSICAE, a new exhibition of contemporary artwork inspired by mediaeval music will take place next week as part of the Galway Early Music Festival.

Cinema Review - Priest

Thu, May 12, 2011

It may not be everyone’s cup of tea and, granted, there are quite a few disappointing moments, but I am willing to stick my neck out for this post-apocolyptic vampire slayer movie and say it is not a complete failure.

Wagner’s Die Walküre at The Eye

Thu, May 12, 2011

IN TIMES of battle, the Valkyries, rode from the spirit world, choose those who would die in battle, and carry them off as heroes to the afterlife in Valhalla.

Garvey’s comedy open mic night

Thu, May 12, 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.

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