Finale of ambitious series celebrating Europe’s cultural diversity

Thu, Mar 31, 2022

Finale of ambitious series celebrating Europe’s cultural diversity

Loner Deluxe releases new digital single

Wed, Mar 30, 2022

GALWAY UNDERGROUND musician Loner Deluxe will release his new single, 'How the West Wind Blows' on Friday April 1.

The Doris Day Story at the Town Hall

Tue, Mar 29, 2022

APRIL 2022 marks the centenary of the birth of Oscar-winning actress, Golden Globe, and Grammy Award winner, and lifetime animal activist, Doris Day.

‘Get on with your meals!’ - Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience returns

Mon, Mar 28, 2022

THERE WERE only 12 episodes made of Fawlty Towers between 1975 and 1979, but there will be six servings of Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience in Galway in April.

Helen Hancock’s charity concert for UNICEF Ireland

Mon, Mar 28, 2022

HELEN HANCOCK, the acclaimed Oranmore based soprano will next week give a concert to raise funds for UNICEF Ireland.

How well do you know your Friends?

Thu, Mar 24, 2022

HEY…HOW you doin’? More importantly, how is your Friends trivia knowledge? Put yours to the test at The One with the FRIENDS Quiz Night in Massimo, William Street West.

Seamount College students host art exhibition

Thu, Mar 24, 2022

LEAVING CERT cycle students at Seamount College will be hosting an exhibition of their artwork at the Courthouse Gallery, Kinvara.

Brian Arkins - new poetry collection

Thu, Mar 24, 2022

BRIAN ARKINS, professor emeritus of Classics at NUI, Galway, will launch his new collection of poems, Towards a Credo, tomorrow evening, Friday March 25.

Carpe Diem Rise and Shine fundraising concert

Thu, Mar 24, 2022

SPRING IS here, restrictions are lifted, and musicians are ready to rise and shine, especially in south Galway for the return of the annual Carpe Diem concert.

The brainchild of Coole Music School's director, Katharina Baker, Carpe Diem (Rise and Shine) is the theme for a series of commemorative fundraising concerts in memory of Eimear Noonan and Eli Murray, two young musicians who died tragically in 2017 and 2019 respectively.

EP Review: The Clockworks

Music Reviews Thu, Mar 24, 2022

FEW SONGS capture the flux and white noise of our times quite like ‘Endgame’, the ironically positioned opening track of the debut EP from Galway band The Clockworks.

Baile Beag Mór - a noir thriller as Gaeilge

Wed, Mar 23, 2022

BAILE BEAG Mór, the first of eight world premieres being presented by Fíbín as part of its first season in residence in An Taibhdhearc, continues into next month.

‘Her voice originated from deep in her soul, you could hear it’

Wed, Mar 23, 2022

MARY MCPARTLAN, a powerhouse of Irish folk music - as a vocalist, a supporter of songwriters, an event organiser, as someone who nurtured the tradition, not just keeping it alive, but giving it a future - will be celebrated in Galway in April.

Town Hall to stage world premiere of Mairéad Folan’s Luke

Tue, Mar 22, 2022

THE WORLD premiere of Luke, written by Mairéad Folan, directed by Diarmuid de Faoite,and with dramaturgy by Little John Nee, takes place in the Town Hall Theatre from Thursday March 31 to Saturday April 2.

Tragedy and comedy - Seán Begley headlines the Róisín Dubh

Tue, Mar 22, 2022

GALWEGIAN AND award-winning stand-up comedian, Seán Begley, brings his debut solo show, Tragic, to the Róisín Dubh on Sunday March 27.

Niamh Regan - new EP out tomorrow

Tue, Mar 22, 2022

COUNTY GALWAY singer-songwriter, Niamh Regan, releases her new EP, In The Meantime, tomorrow, Wednesday March 23, digitally and as a CD.

Fontaines DC to play Galway in December

Mon, Mar 21, 2022

ARGUABLY THE most exciting band to emerge from Ireland in recent years, Fontaines DC release their new album next month and play Galway in December.

Viola, percussion, and a colourful sound world

Mon, Mar 21, 2022

STREET VENDOR songs, St Brigid, Sicilian folk music, and the melodic percussion instrument, the gamelan, will all come together at the next Music for Galway concert.

Bicurious and Poly-Math to play the Róisín Dubh

Mon, Mar 21, 2022

EXPERIMENTAL INSTRUMENTAL rock duo Bicurious, and Brighton prog/math band Poly-Math, play the Róisín Dubh this week.

The Staves - sisters in harmony, sisters in song

Wed, Mar 16, 2022

"THE HUMAN voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, the most moving...even the greatest virtuoso will never be able to give you even a fraction of the emotion a beautiful voice can...That is our share of the divine.”