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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Raga Mala is a Indian style performance concept from Australian born, Galway based sarode player, Mattu Noone. It takes place in the Nuns Island Theatre tomorrow at 9pm and in the Blue Frog Café, Ennistymon, Co Clare, on Saturday at 9pm.

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.

Oddsocks Revival album launch

Thu, Apr 28, 2011

ODDSOCKS REVIVAL bring their mix of classic rock, blues, and rock‘n’roll to Monroe’s Live tonight at 9pm.

Superlungs

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

TERRY REID could have been the lead singer in Led Zeppelin. Richie Blackmore wanted him to be Deep Purple’s frontman. Both incidents have gone down in legend to cast Terry as rock’s ‘great nearly man...’, but to think this way is to forget that Terry Reid has always been his own man.

Sex, death, and dildos; the joys of Little Gem

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

LOVE, SEX, birth, death, dildos and salsa classes: bittersweet comedy Little Gem by Elaine Murphy sees three generations of Dublin women on a wild and constantly surprising journey which has proved an international theatrical smash.

Karl Jenkins to conduct The Armed Man in Galway

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

COMPOSER AND conductor Karl Jenkins will make his Irish debut in Galway when he conducts The Armed Man - a Mass for Peace in Leisureland, on Thursday April 28 at 8pm.

Explosive Moment at Town Hall

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

As part of its ‘Springtime of Drama’ season, the Town Hall Theatre is presenting Moment, one of the most exciting new Irish dramas of recent years.

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