Scotland’s rising comedy start to play Galway this month

Thu, Dec 09, 2010

KEVIN BRIDGES, the Scottish comedian who is one of the star’s of Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow and BBC One’s Live at the Apollo series is coming to Galway.

Ruth Cadden’s Seductive Mythology

Thu, Dec 09, 2010

LAST FRIDAY at the Town Hall saw the opening of a striking new exhibition by artist Ruth Cadden entitled Seductive Mythology.

A night of sacred and festive song with Eimear Quinn

Thu, Dec 09, 2010

EIMEAR QUINN was originally best known for the Eurovision winning song ‘The Voice’, but more recently she has been celebrated for her rendition of ‘O Holy Night’.

Go Wilde about Dorian in Clarinbridge

Thu, Dec 09, 2010

OSCAR WILDE’S controversial and celebrated novel The Picture of Dorian Gray will be performed and read in Clarinbridge this weekend.

Christmas art exhibition

Thu, Dec 09, 2010

THE SECOND annual exhibition by students of Geraldine Folan‘s painting classes takes place in the Clybaun Hotel.

Seán Costello’s Viennese Christmas concerts

Thu, Dec 09, 2010

THE CHRISTMAS Market in Eyre Square is giving us a touch of Germany and now Galway tenor Seán Costello is about to give us a Viennese Christmas.

Galway Baroque Singers free concert

Thu, Dec 09, 2010

THE GALWAY Baroque singers are inviting members of the public to attend a free lunchtime recital of Christmas carols and music.

Simon Community fundraiser @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Dec 09, 2010

THE FOLLOWERS of Otis and A Band Called Wanda will play a double-headline show in the Róisín Dubh on Monday to raise funds for the Galway Simon Community.

Stick Around launch debut album

Thu, Dec 09, 2010

STICK AROUND, the Galway old skool DIY punk band, have just released their debut EP When We Ran.

De Dannan to play Campbell’s

Thu, Dec 09, 2010

FRANKIE GAVIN & De Dannan will play Campbell’s Tavern, Cloughanover, Headford as part of their Up Close & Personal Tour across Ireland this month.

Sébastien Léger to DJ at Kelly’s

Thu, Dec 09, 2010

OVER THE last decade French DJ Sébastien Léger has become one of the most assured techno producers around, and he will be spinning the decks in Kelly’s on Friday December 10 at 11pm.

Sebastian’s label Mistakes is one of Europe’s leading proponents of contemporary underground techno. His much lauded musical ability stems from a classical background, but the formal training he received when younger also served his apprenticeship in clubs around France in his teens.

A fairy tale ballet for the Town Hall

Thu, Dec 09, 2010

LITTLE RED Riding Hood, the Sugar Plum Fairy, and Goldilocks will all come to life on the stage when Youth Ballet West perform at the Town Hall Theatre next week.

University Hospital Galway art exhibition

Thu, Dec 09, 2010

ARTWORK CREATED by Galway University Hospitals staff will be exhibited at the eighth Art@work exhibition in the University Hospital Galway.

North Beach Poetry Nights

Thu, Dec 09, 2010

THE 2010 North Beach Poetry Nights Grand Slam takes place this Monday in The Crane Bar at 9pm, with 14 poets set to compete against one another.

Go Over The Edge for poetry

Thu, Dec 09, 2010

A POET, a painter, and a voracious music fan read at Over The Edge in the Galway City Library, St Augustine Street, on Thursday, December 16 at 6.30pm.

Proust Questionnaire

Thu, Dec 09, 2010

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Good company, great food, and a nice bottle of wine.

cinema reviews Megamind

Thu, Dec 09, 2010

By using all the cliches of hero verses super villain movies and looking at it from a different perspective Megamind is a hilarious animation which is incredibly entertaining for all the family.

Different Directions Experimental Film Festival

Thu, Dec 09, 2010

THE DIFFERENT Directions Experimental Film Festival returns to Galway and will screen challenging works from around the globe tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday.

This year’s theme is women filmmakers, and the festival will screen work by Marguerite Duras, Agnes Varda, and Chantal Akerman, as well as the explicitly political work of Johanna Vaude and Carole Roussopoulos.