Rubberbandits add second Róisín Dubh date
Thu, Dec 23, 2010
THE SCOURGE of Liveline listeners, the urban poets of Limerick, the wild men of Irish comedy, The Rubberbandits are all this and more.
Read more ...Cinderella in January
Thu, Dec 23, 2010
THE PERFORMING Arts School Galway will stage its pantomime Cinderella in The Black Box Theatre from Saturday January 1 to Saturday January 8.
Read more ...Matt Keane at the Claregalway Hotel
Thu, Dec 23, 2010
DOLORES KEANE will join her brother, the folk-singer Matt Keane, on-stage at Matt’s fifth annual Christmas season concert in the Claregalway Hotel.
Read more ...Keith Barry’s The Asylum returns for final run
Thu, Dec 23, 2010
THE ASYLUM, Keith Barry’s acclaimed live show, returns to the west of Ireland in January, as part of its final Irish run.
Read more ...Seanua album brings world cultures together
Thu, Dec 23, 2010
IN 2002 Israeli producer and engineer Shay Leon launched his professional recording studio Shay’s Studio in Leitrim village, outside Loughrea.
Read more ...And So I Watch You From Afar @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Dec 23, 2010
NORTHERN IRELAND has given us three of the most exciting Irish bands to emerge over the last 18 months - Two Door Cinema Club, not Squares, and And So I Watch You From Afar.
Read more ...An indie disco for COPE
Thu, Dec 23, 2010
DO YOU love indie and alternative music? Do you love Joy Division, The Smiths, The Cure, Stone Roses, Pixies, Kings Of Leon, Arcade Fire? Want to raise some money for charity?
Read more ...The Nitty Gritty New Year’s party set to rock Salthill
Thu, Dec 23, 2010
THE NITTY Gritty, Galway’s only club night to cater for Rockabilly, Soul, 60s Ska, Swing, 50s Rock n’ Roll and the rest, is back.
Read more ...Expect ‘dynamic and engaging’ exhibitions in 2011
Thu, Dec 23, 2010
A DYNAMIC and engaging arts programme awaits the Galway public in 2011 as the Galway Arts Centre has prioritised staying open and accessible regardless of next year’s budget cuts.
Read more ...Paint studio workshops at Galway Arts Centre
Thu, Dec 23, 2010
GALWAY ARTIST Maeve Curtis will hold her Paint Studio workshops in the Galway Arts Centre, starting in January.
The two and a half hour Wednesday evening Paint Studio workshop is specifically designed for beginners. The class costs €155/145.
Read more ...GTI creative writing classes
Thu, Dec 23, 2010
ACCLAIMED GALWAY writers Kevin Higgins and Susan Millar DuMars will hold creative writing classes in the Galway Technical Institute in 2011.
Creative writing for beginners with Kevin Higgins starts on January 17 and will take place on Mondays from 7pm to 9.30pm for eight weeks
Read more ...New art gallery opens at Bridge Mills
Thu, Dec 23, 2010
A NEW art gallery has opened in Bridge Mills and it is currently hosting the exhibition Behind The Walls of Kylemore, a series of paintings of Kylemore Abbey by Sara Kyne.
Read more ...Well, Holy God!
Thu, Dec 16, 2010
MICK LALLY’s life and work will be remembered and celebrated this Sunday from 5pm when Sean Tyrrell, Johnny Mulhearn, Wally Page, Johnny Moynihan, Tony Small, Lena Ullman, Eugene Lambe, Terry Smith, and Mary Staunton take to the stage for Music and Song Tribute to Mick Lally in Monroe’s Live.
Read more ...Somadrone - the heart and soul of electronic music
Thu, Dec 16, 2010
HE IS a member of The Redneck Manifesto, a ‘Doctor of Music’, and one of Ireland’s leading avant garde composers, whose solo releases explore ambient, minimalist electro-acoustic pop, soundscapes, and mood music - he is Somadrone.
Somadrone, the stage name of Neil O’Connor, made his first solo recordings on 1995 and his first 10 years of experimentation were released as the double album Fuzzing Away To A Whisper in 2005.
Read more ...Fiddler On The Roof
Thu, Dec 16, 2010
FIDDLER ON The Roof, the much loved musical about a Russian Jewish father and his strong willed daughters, will be staged in Galway next year.
Read more ...Attack Of The Circus at Black Box
Thu, Dec 16, 2010
THRILLS, SPILLS, and circus skills galore can be anticipated in Attack Of The Circus, an exciting co-production between the Galway Community Circus and Fidget Feet Aerial Dance Theatre, which plays the Black Box Theatre on Wednesday at 8pm.
Read more ...Who Needs Enemies? returns to Town Hall
Thu, Dec 16, 2010
EOIN HANCOCK just wants break. He wants to clean up his act, detox himself, put his dissolute past behind him, and live a healthier, simpler, life. Some hope when your friends are pot heads, boozers, and hell raisers.
This is Who Needs Enemies? the debut play of Conor Montague, which returns to the Town Hall Theatre this Monday at 8pm. The play, a runaway success during the Galway Comedy Festival, returns now in an extended form and with a Christmas twist for this seasonal performance.
Read more ...The Celtic Tenors to perform charity concert
Thu, Dec 16, 2010
THE CELTIC Tenors will perform a charity concert for Voices For Galway in the Radisson Blu Hotel on Monday December 20 at 8pm.
Read more ...KeyWest @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Dec 16, 2010
IRISH ROCK band KeyWest, chosen by The Killers’ Mark Needham as “my top tip this year for success”, play Monroe’s Live tomorrow night.
Read more ...Eclipse winners
Thu, Dec 16, 2010
THE FIVE winners of our The Twilight Sage: Eclipse film tie-in goodie bags were: Tallann Maguire, Kilconly; Lorna Real, Galway; Aleksandra Leszczynska, Galway; Milla Gordon, Galway; and Ashley Ferriter, Tullykyne.
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