Meet Frederick at The Painter’s Palette
Thu, Feb 24, 2011
IF YOU have been passing by The Painter’s Palette in Moycullen, and taken a quick peek inside the gallery, you may have noticed the emergence of Frederick.
Read more ...Print exhibition at Ard Bia
Thu, Feb 24, 2011
PRINT DESIGN artist Eimearjean McCormack is currently displaying a collection of her works in the Ard Bia restaurant at Nimmo’s.
The prints on display relate to a combination of works from various themed group shows in 2010 and 2011.
Read more ...Go Fifties crazy at Monroe’s
Thu, Feb 24, 2011
FANS OF the current fifties revival will be in their element on Sunday March 6 from 8pm when Monroe’s opens its new venue, The Backstage Bar.
Read more ...Tigh Cóilí’s to celebrate tenth birthday
Thu, Feb 24, 2011
TIGH CÓILÍ’S bar celebrates its 10th birthday next month and some of the best trad musicians around will be there for two nights of music and song.
Read more ...Mumford and Sons play Galway next month
Thu, Feb 24, 2011
THE ENGLISH folk-pop band Mumford and Sons have announced a run of intimate Irish dates including a concert at the Radisson Blu Hotel Galway’s Live Lounge on Tuesday March 15.
Read more ...The Salad Circus @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Feb 24, 2011
THE SALAD Circus, led by former No Banjo member Jack O’Grady, play Monroe’s Live this Saturday from 9.30pm.
Read more ...Halves to play Strange Brew
Thu, Feb 24, 2011
IRISH TRIO Halves use a vast range of acoustic and electronic instruments to create an evocative, cinematic, live experience.
Read more ...RTÉ NSO to perform Mozart at NUIG
Thu, Feb 24, 2011
THE RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, with pianist and conductor Finghin Collins, will play the Bailey Allen Hall, Áras na Mac Leinn, NUI, Galway, on Tuesday March 8 at 8pm.
Read more ...Italian string quartet to play city museum
Thu, Feb 24, 2011
THE INDACO Quartet, featuring County Galway cellist Naomi Berrill, will be performing at the Galway City Museum on Tuesday March 1 at 8pm.
Read more ...Over The Edge New Writer competition
Thu, Feb 24, 2011
THE 2011 Over The Edge New Writer of The Year competition returns and is open to both poets and fiction writers.
The best fiction entry will win €300. The best poetry entry will win €300. One of these will be chosen as the overall winner and receive an additional €400, giving the overall winner total prize money of €700 and the title Over The Edge New Writer of The Year 2011.
Read more ...Jazz gigs in Galway
Thu, Feb 24, 2011
JAZZ FANS in Galway have something to look forward to on Saturday with a show from the Aengus Hackett Quartet in the Galway City Museum at 4.30pm.
Read more ...Cinema Review - Just Go With It
Thu, Feb 24, 2011
I lost all love for Adam Sandler films a long time ago, as they all seemed to be the same old thing on endless repeat, however I am willing to re-evaluate my opinion of him as Just Go With It managed to keep the annoying at bay and the hilarious gags coming.
Read more ...Placido Domingo @ The Eye Cinema
Thu, Feb 24, 2011
PLACIDO DOMINGO, one of the world’s greatest ever tenors, will be performing live at The Eye Cinema in Wellpark, via satellite from New York.
Read more ...Kudos - Galway’s new comedy club
Thu, Feb 24, 2011
TOMORROW NIGHT sees the opening of County Galway’s newest comedy club - Kudos nightclub, at Keanes bar and restaurant, in Oranmore.
Read more ...Galway films seek your vote on RTÉ’s StoryLand competition
Thu, Feb 24, 2011
THE OUTLAW Concy Ryan and Lucky Run are two Galway based drama series competing with six others from across the country on RTÉ’s StoryLand competition.
Read more ...The Go! Team
Thu, Feb 17, 2011
WHEN THE Go! Team play Galway next month it may be the last time they grace a stage in this city, as the Brighton based collective are thinking of calling it a day by the end of the year.
Read more ...‘Oh Me Oh My You Make Me Sigh’...The Night Joe Dolan’s Car Broke Down
Thu, Feb 17, 2011
IMAGINE BEING stranded with the legendary Joe Dolan in a rural pub in Co Cavan on the night his car breaks down. That is the fantasy scenario imagined in Padraic McIntyre’s The Night Joe Dolan’s Car Broke Down.
Read more ...KATS to perform Portia Coughlan
Thu, Feb 17, 2011
PORTIA COUGHLAN is haunted by the death of her twin brother, which took place 15 years ago, and yet, over this time, his ghost keeps calling her.
Read more ...Town Hall invites submissions from local artists
Thu, Feb 17, 2011
THE TOWN Hall Theatre has been a central feature of Galway’s artistic landscape since it opened its doors in 1996 and, alongside the readings, plays and concerts, it also hosts art exhibitions in the bar area.
Read more ...Unusual ways of looking at love
Thu, Feb 17, 2011
IF YOU still feel all loved up from Valentine’s Day, then check out Dreams Of Love, a new theatre show which looks at love, through different, spectacular, and unusual acts.
Side-Show Productions will present its debut show in Galway, Dreams Of Love, in the Town Hall studio from Thursday February 24 to Saturday 26 at 8.30pm.
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