Latvian State Choir to celebrate Arvo Pärt in Galway

Thu, Oct 07, 2010

GALWAY CITY will celebrate the 75th birthday of the renowned Estonian classical composer Arvo Pärt with a major concert next week.

BULK - a voyage into industry and capitalism

Thu, Oct 07, 2010

DURING APRIL and May, artist Niamh Heery embarked on a 24-day transatlantic voyage on a freighter ship from Buenos Aires to London.

The Other Guys

Thu, Oct 07, 2010

THE OTHER Guys takes the cringy moments from cop movies, and there have been plenty, to produce a laugh-a-minute look at one section of the New York City police where the heroes are worshipped like gods by their bootlicking colleagues and where there is always one idiot, cue Will Ferrell.

The Metropolitan Opera season live at The Eye

Thu, Oct 07, 2010

THE 2010/2011 season of performances from The Metropolitan Opera will be transmitted live via satellite from New York to The Eye Cinema in Wellpark.

The 2010-11 MET Live season features 12 live opera transmissions and opens this Saturday at 6pm with a new production of Wagner’s Das Rheingold by maestro James Levine and director Robert Lepage.

Earth Star returns to Monroe’s Live

Thu, Oct 07, 2010

EARTH STAR returns to Monroe’s Live on Thursday October 14 from 9pm for a night of trad and ambient from live bands and DJs.

Zion Train rolls into town

Thu, Oct 07, 2010

ZION TRAIN, the dub/dance pioneers and undisputed leaders in the genre for more than 15 years, play Cuba*Live this Saturday at 9pm.

Rusted Rail night @ Cítog

Thu, Oct 07, 2010

THREE ACTS on the independent Galway label Rusted Rail will play Cítog at The Cellar, Eglinton Street, tomorrow at 9pm.

Johnny Duhan @ Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Oct 07, 2010

JOHNNY DUHAN will perform his latest album, the critically acclaimed The Burning Word, in the Galway Arts Centre on Friday October 15 at 8pm.

Back In The Day

Thu, Oct 07, 2010

After the phenomenal response to their first house classics party earlier this year, Disconauts Padraic & Keith are going back to their roots again this Saturday 9 October in Deeper with a selection of house, disco, proto-house (and perhaps even pop) anthems from the vaults that have helped form the Disconauts' sound and indeed the sound of today's house music.

The bird is the word @ The Laughter Lounge

Thu, Oct 07, 2010

RADIO BIRDMAN might have sung about ‘More Fun’ but Markus Birdman can promise plenty of it when he comes to Galway next week.

Poetry with a Galway accent

Thu, Oct 07, 2010

TAKING US from the harsh realities of Baile Crua to the cautious serenity of the Spiddal bogs, Rita Ann Higgins’ new book Hurting God - part essay, part rhyme (Salmon) is a short but intense spiritual autobiography.

Hawaii Five-O and streams of consciousness

Thu, Oct 07, 2010

DRIFTING UNDER The Moon, published by Dedalus Press, is the second book by Westport’s Ger Reidy. Unlike most poets, Reidy has a proper job – he is a civil engineer with the Mayo County Council.

This perhaps accounts for the long gap between the publication of his debut in 1998 and this book’s appearance. Reidy’s territory is the smalltown nearly rural landscape that was most of Ireland until the 1970s.

MET Opera star to join Music for Galway for its anniversary gala and concert

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

MUSIC FOR Galway is proud to announce that Metropolitan Opera star Rodion Pogossov has agreed to come to Galway to celebrate MFG’s 30th Anniversary Season on Saturday October 16, at the Town Hall Theatre.

Get sprung out with The Rubberbandits

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

LIMERICK COMEDY/hip-hop duo The Rubberbandits first came to prominence when their prank phone calls were featured on Irish and international radio.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar at Baboró

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

ERIC CARLE’S The Very Hungry Caterpillar is one of the world’s best-loved children’s stories, having sold some 30 million copies internationally since it was first published in 1969.

Now Nova Scotia’s Mermaid Theatre Company have brought Carle’s classic story to the stage in a stunningly beautiful blacklight puppet production which is sure to be one of the highlights of this year’s Baboró festival.

Galway actresses perform in US theatre festival

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

GALWAY BASED Jasango Theatre has been invited to take part in the Celtic Classic Festival in Pennsylvania, USA.

Galway Theatre Festival fundraising event

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

A MUSIC Bingo, Spelling Bee, and Yes No Interlude will be held to raise funds for the Galway Theatre Festival which runs from October 25 to 31.

These fun events will take place on Thursday October 7 from 8pm in the Galway Arms, Dominick Street, and finger food will be provided.

A promise of great songs from Marc Roberts

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

SINGER, SONGWRITER, DJ, and broadcaster, Marc Roberts grew up listening to American country classics and British and Irish pop in his native Crossmolina, County Mayo.

English folk legends for The Crane

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

FORMER MEMBERS of Pentangle, as well as Beverly Martyn and Mary Coughlan are part of a very exciting line-up of gigs in The Crane Bar, Sea Road, in the coming weeks.

Guitar, farewells, and French flair @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

OCTOBER STARTS tomorrow and is a feast if you are a comedy and/or theatre fan with both the Galway Comedy Festival and Galway Theatre Festival taking place.

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