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.
Your DJs are the glamourous Kit Kola and soul brother Dave Barry. They will be spinning floor fillers all night on New Year’s eve in the spacious new venue of the Office in Salthill. Special guest appearancesfrom Byron and Mick H. This one is not to be missed. Get there early to avoid dissapointment. Best dressed on the night get a free mix CD. Doors open at 10pm and admission is .€7 For more details find us on Facebook or contact 087 7773156
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.
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.
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.
The band mix full throttle rock with dollops of blue eyed soul, and melodic and anthemic pop.
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.
Read more ...Singers and Their Songs @ The Crane
Thu, Dec 16, 2010
SINGERS AND Their Songs is an annual series of live sessions in The Crane Bar, Sea Road, promoting Galway based singer-songwriters, acoustic groups, and roots bands.
Read more ...An impressive step forward for The Mighty Stef
Thu, Dec 16, 2010
THE MIGHTY Stef is something of a character on the Irish music scene with his larger than life personality and that huge, rough hewn, and unapologetically, Dublin voice.
Read more ...Folk-rock double bill @ Kelly’s
Thu, Dec 16, 2010
TWO OF Galway’s leading folk-rock acts - Niall Teague and The Fast Company and singer-songwriter Fia Rua - play Kelly’s this Monday at 8.30pm.
Read more ...Wingnut Records in Bell, Book and Candle
Thu, Dec 16, 2010
WINGNUT RECORDS is a new independent music retailer located in Bell, Book and Candle, at The Small Crane.
Read more ...The Nitty Gritty New Year’s party
Thu, Dec 16, 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.
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