Brendan Benson Detroit rock city man

Thu, Aug 26, 2010

BRENDAN BENSON was born and raised in Royal Oak, Michigan, a suburb of the port city of Detroit. The city is known as the world’s centre of the automobile industry, but it is even more famous for its music.

Lost Chord to play Electric Picnic

Thu, Aug 26, 2010

THIS YEAR’S Electric Picnic boasts an impressive and mouth-watering line up of acts such as Roxy Music, The National, and LCD Soundsystem, and now Galway band Lost Chord have joined the list.

Lost Chord have just been included on the Picnic line-up and will play the festival which takes place in Stradbally, Co Laois, from September 3 to 5.

David Gray for Arthur’s Day

Thu, Aug 26, 2010

DAVID GRAY is coming to Galway next month for Arthur’s Day in what will be the singer-songwriter’s third live performance in the city in the past five years.

Celebrate American music in Galway

Thu, Aug 26, 2010

AMERICAN FOLK, traditional, and country music is a convergence of the folk and trad styles that the Irish, Scots, English, and German emigrants brought with them to the New World.

The Irish contribution to American folk has been enormous with Irish music giving rise to the American trad genre of bluegrass and the musical connections between the two countries is to be celebrated in Galway next month.

Clifden Arts Festival programme unveiled

Thu, Aug 26, 2010

THE LINE-UP for the 33rd Clifden Community Arts Festival, which runs from September 16 to 26, was unveiled on Monday evening at a reception in Galway’s Courtyard Marriott Hotel.

Theatrical hat trick for Druid and Enda Walsh

Thu, Aug 26, 2010

DRUID AND playwright Enda Walsh won the Edinburgh Fringe First Award for Penelope, which is currently running at the Traverse Theatre in the Scottish capital.

This is the third time in four years the Galway company, together with Mr Walsh, has won a Fringe First Award, making it a hat-trick of theatrical successes.

Power Performance Academy enrolling for new term

Thu, Aug 26, 2010

THE POWER Performance Academy begins again in September and is open to those aged from four to 18 who are interested in drama, dance, singing, and performance.

Theatre auditions

Thu, Aug 26, 2010

ANAM THEATRE is holding auditions for its production of Patrick Marber’s Closer which will be performed in late October/early November.

RnaG to celebrate Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh next month

Thu, Aug 26, 2010

Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh, possibly Ireland’s greatest sports commentator, will be the subject of a special interview on Raidió na Gaeltachta, to be broadcast next month.

The Saw Doctors play Tuam this weekend

Thu, Aug 26, 2010

ON THEIR second album they were All The Way From Tuam, and now The Saw Doctors, used to playing concerts across the world, are coming home.

Seán Kangataran releases debut album

Thu, Aug 26, 2010

GALWAY BASED indie-acoustic singer-songwriter Seán Kangataran has just released his self-titled debut album.

Campbell’s Tavern to celebrate major birthday

Thu, Aug 26, 2010

CAMPBELL’S TAVERN in Cloughanover, Headford celebrates its 10th birthday this weekend with a host of gigs, games, and events.

DJ Shadow is coming to Galway

Thu, Aug 26, 2010

DJ Shadow (pictured), a key figure in developing the experimental instrumental hip-hop style associated with the London-based Mo' Wax label, and a former member of UNKLE, will play a ‘Róisín Dubh presents...’ show at the Live Lounge at the Radisson Blu Hotel on Saturday October 2 at 8pm. Tickets are €35/33 and are available from the Róisín Dubh and Zhivago.

Mirakil Whip @ Citóg

Thu, Aug 26, 2010

MIRAKIL WHIP, the guitar-electronica duo of Annmarie Deacy and Aaron Coyne are to play their first live show in more than a year.

The duo will play Citóg at The Cellar Bar tomorrow at 9pm. Admission is free.

Trad at St Nicholas’

Thu, Aug 26, 2010

ST NICHOLAS’ Collegiate Church will host concerts of Irish traditional music tomorrow and on Monday.

New exhibition to explore ideas of ‘home’

Thu, Aug 26, 2010

“AN ENGLISHMAN’S home is his castle,” goes the old saying, but as The Temptations pointed out, “Papa was a rolling stone, wherever he laid his hat was his home.”

ConTempo on tour in September

Thu, Aug 26, 2010

THE CONTEMPO Quartet will embark on its first mini-tour in Ireland next month with performances in Dublin, Belfast, and Galway.

Connemara painting workshop

Thu, Aug 26, 2010

WOULD YOU like to learn how to paint? Do you already paint but feel you need to progress your skills? If so, a two day course next month is for you.

Have a bounce on the Poulnabrone Bouncy Dolmen

Thu, Aug 26, 2010

Dolmens are ancient portal stone burial sites found throughout Ireland, Britain, and Brittany and are places of archaeological and spiritual importance - but are they really places to have fun?