General Fiasco to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

NORTHERN IRELAND is on a musical roll these days, with Two Door Cinema Club, Not Squares, and Japanese Popstars - showing that some of the best Irish bands right now are from up north.

DJ Shadow plays Radisson on Saturday

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

DJ SHADOW, one of the world’s leading and most innovative DJs, will play the Live Lounge in the Radisson Blu Hotel this Saturday at 8pm.

The best of world cinema for Indreabhán

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

THE GIRL With The Dragon Tattoo will kick start an impressive season of European films to be shown in Seanscoil Sailearna, Indreabhán, this autumn.

Jinx Lennon @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

JINX LENNON, the Co Louth agit-folk troubadour, will bring his hard hitting and witty rants against mediocrity, racism, and the current state of society, to the Róisín Dubh tomorrow.

Opera Theatre Company’s The Diary of Anne Frank

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

ON THURSDAY October 7 at 8pm, the Town Hall Theatre will present Opera Theatre Company’s production of The Diary of Anne Frank.

Clarinbridge Arts Festival starts tomorrow

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

CLARINBRIDGE ARTS Festival takes place this weekend and will feature a reading with Australian poet Robyn Rowland and a concert from Sweden’s Choir Klampare.

Take a chance on art on Mainguard Street

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

THIS SUNDAY, Colours Street Theatre Company will present an exhibition of art and performance on Mainguard Street.

The best of English @ Galway Comedy Festival

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

IF YOU are ever asked ‘What have the English ever done for the world?’ you can resist the temptation to mention such vile things as imperialism and X-Factor, and reply instead: comedy.

Have your say on the Manhattan Short Film Festival

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

GALWAY FILMGOERS will join with audiences in 203 cities across six continents to view and judge the next generation of filmmakers for the 12th Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival.

Jeff O’Connell’s literature lectures

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

JEFF O’CONNELL, the author and Galway Advertiser columnist, will give a series of six talks on poets and novelists in Johnston’s Hall, Kinvara.

Rita Ann Higgins - the fearless poetic voice

Thu, Sep 23, 2010

RITA ANN Higgins has been one of the most individual and outspoken voices in Irish poetry for the last 25 years and her poetic journey continues with the publication of the ‘part essay, part rhyme’, Hurting God, a fascinating refection on family, religion, memory, and community.

Maeve Higgins @ Galway Comedy Festival

Thu, Sep 23, 2010

MAEVE HIGGINS, one of the best and most popular comedians on the Irish circuit will play two shows at next month’s Galway Comedy Festival.

Arden at eighty

Thu, Sep 23, 2010

ON FRIDAY October 1 the Town Hall Theatre is presenting a tribute to author John Arden to mark the writer’s 80th year.

John Arden first came to prominence as one of the much-feted Royal Court playwrights in the late 1950s. His best known play, Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance, shocked the critical establishment when it premiered in 1959 and Arden’s radical stance has been consistent ever since.

Burn The Bad Lamp returns to Town Hall

Thu, Sep 23, 2010

AN AGEING owner of an antique shop sits astride the tumble down remains of a life's work...this is the setting for Burn The Bad Lamp, a play adapted from the short story by Kevin Barry.

Mary McPartlan to make Town Hall debut

Thu, Sep 23, 2010

THE GREAT Mary McPartlan is no stranger to Galway or its vibrant trad/folk scene, but she has never before graced the stage of the Town Hall Theatre.

Blue Teapot to spread Midsummer madness around the county

Thu, Sep 23, 2010

BLUE TEAPOT Theatre Company will be performing Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Galway city and Ballinasloe over the next week.

Want to join Galway Youth Theatre?

Thu, Sep 23, 2010

GALWAY YOUTH Theatre is recruiting new members for its part time theatre performance course and the closing date for applications is tomorrow.

DJ Shadow is coming to Galway

Thu, Sep 23, 2010

FOR MANY DJ Shadow might be ‘the man from UNKLE’, but it is as a solo artist that he has truly made his mark.

Leading DJ is coming to Kelly’s

Thu, Sep 23, 2010

THOMAS GANDEY, aka Cagedbaby, who has worked with Talking Head’s David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, plays Kelly’s Bar, Bridge Street, on Friday October 1 at 10pm.

Guidewires return to Kelly’s

Thu, Sep 23, 2010

MUSIC FROM the Celtic nations and the Middle East will fill Kelly’s Bar, Bridge Street, when Guidewires play there this Sunday at 8.30pm.

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