Album review: Alt-J
Music Reviews Thu, Feb 10, 2022
IT WAS once said of the Rolling Stones: “They wanted to be American. How British is that?” Something of the same could be said of Alt-J - at least in regards to their new album.
Read more ...Eddi Reader to play Town Hall in 2022
Thu, Feb 10, 2022
FROM BACKING vocals with Gang of Four, to lead vocals with Fairground Attraction, to acclaimed solo artist, Eddi Reader has every reason to celebrate her 40 years in the music business.
Read more ...Rhiannon Giddens headlines new music series on TG4 player
Wed, Feb 09, 2022
GRAMMY-AWARD winning American musician, Rhiannon Giddens, will be among the performers in a new music series, which launches on Friday February 11, on the TG4 Player.
Read more ...An evening of musical fantasies with Mishka Rushdie Momen
Wed, Feb 09, 2022
MISHKA RUSHDIE Momen, The Times Arts Critics’ Nominee for 2021 in the field of classical music, will perform a concert in NUI Galway next week.
Read more ...Galway Restaurant and Adult Sex Store partner up for Valentine’s Day Tinder Night
Wed, Feb 09, 2022
Bangin’ Restaurant in Galway are holding a Tinder Night this Valentine’s Day, February 14th, in De Burgo’s bar on Augustine Street.
Read more ...Aine Ní Dhubhghaill, Ros na Rún
Tue, Feb 08, 2022
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Good company, good food, good music, and no stress.
The Comedy KARLnival is back - on a Sunday
Tue, Feb 08, 2022
LIVE COMEDY is back in Galway, as is the Róisín Dubh’s Comedy KARLnival, and there is also the hugely welcome return of acclaimed Canadian comic, Phil Nichol.
Read more ...Edel Coffey and Miriam O’Callaghan at Cúirt 2022
Mon, Feb 07, 2022
EDEL COFFEY, the former Sunday Tribune editor and now a best selling novelist, will be in conversation with RTÉ’s Miriam O’Callaghan at Cúirt 2022.
Read more ...Niamh Regan to release new EP
Mon, Feb 07, 2022
IT IS onwards and upwards for County Galway singer-songwriter Niamh Regan, who is set to release her new EP, In The Meantime, with launch shows in Dublin and London.
Read more ...Show Me The Funny 2022
Thu, Feb 03, 2022
IT HAS been a long wait, but the Show Me The Funny comedy competition is finally returning to The King’s Head after a two year hiatus.
Read more ...The Dance - capturing a work from start to finish
Thu, Feb 03, 2022
THE DANCE, the new film by Pat Collins, exploring the staging of a new dance work by choreographer Michael Keegan-Dolan, is coming to the Pálás Cinema.
Read more ...Aimée to play Róisín Dubh
Thu, Feb 03, 2022
AIMÉE, THE Irish singer obsessed with Scandinavian pop from the 1990s and 2000s, will play the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday February 9 at 8pm.
Read more ...Looking anew at James Joyce’s Galway connections
Thu, Feb 03, 2022
THIS YEAR marks the centenary of the publication of James Joyce’s groundbreaking work of modernist fiction, Ulysses, but while that book, and its author, are profoundly rooted in Dublin, Joyce himself had Galway connections.
Read more ...Take a stroll through Joyce’s Ulysses
Thu, Feb 03, 2022
A GALWAY made, two-part radio drama adaptation of James Joyce’s Ulysses will be aired on Newstalk on February 6 and 13 at 7am.
Read more ...Over The Edge Poetry Book Showcase
Thu, Feb 03, 2022
THE ANNUAL Over The Edge Poetry Book Showcase, takes place in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, Middle Street, on Friday February 11 at 6pm.
Read more ...May the Force and the music be with you
Wed, Feb 02, 2022
WHEN STEPHEN Bell ascends the podium in Leisureland to conduct the RTÉ Concert Orchestra in an evening of music by John Williams, he will do so, not only as a lifelong fan of film scores, but as someone who has worked with John Williams himself.
Read more ...Film review: Doineann
Films Reviews Wed, Feb 02, 2022
SET ON the Aran Islands, Doineann (Irish for storm) centres around a husband searching for his missing wife. It debuted last year at the Galway Film Fleadh and is now on general release.
Read more ...Rachel Goode, country and Irish singer
Tue, Feb 01, 2022
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Being happy in oneself and singing my way through life.
Galway Arts Centre to launch 2022 visual arts programme
Tue, Feb 01, 2022
FRIDAY WILL see the launch of the Galway Arts Centre’s 2022 visual arts programme, Entangled Histories, the first under its new director/curator Megs Morley.
Read more ...St Patrick’s Day Festival to return to the city streets
Tue, Feb 01, 2022
The St Patrick’s Day parade makes its long awaited return to the streets of Galway city in March, and this year’s festivities will include an outdoor village, family activities, vintage amusements, and a new ‘Greening’ initiative.
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