Have you a song to sing?

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

ARE YOU in a band or do you play solo? Can you sing? Play guitar? Entertain? Want a free gig and a free beer?

Christy Moore winners

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

THE WINNERS of tickets to see Christy Moore play Leisureland, Salthill, on Friday July 16 are Darren Creaven, Belclare, and Laura Daly, Roscahill.

Celtic songs @ Monroe’s

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

CELTIC FC fans refer to the team as The Bhoys and that nickname, with a little help from Celtic legend Billy McNeill, inspired the name of a Glasgow band who sing songs about the club.

Desperately seeking Warhols

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

ANDY WARHOL one said: “In future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.” Now the Galway Arts Festival is offering you the chance to have your “15 minutes”.

Fame the Musical at Castlebar

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

FAME - THE Musical, Ireland’s musical theatre talent show, which went on air on RTÉ 1 in April, is now touring the nation and is coming west in September.

Galway Theatre Festival seeks new play scripts

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

THE GALWAY Theatre Festival is seeking new play scripts for this year’s Rehearsed Reading Series. The festival takes place from October 25 to 31.

Celebrate Chopin’s birthday with a concert of his music

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

THE 200th anniversary of the birth of the great Franco-Polish composer Frederick Chopin will be celebrated by a concert of his music in the Town Hall Theatre this Saturday at 8pm.

Reading of Bertolt Brecht play at Kelly’s

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

THE CAUCASIAN Chalk Circle, Bertolt Brecht’s play about a peasant girl who steals a baby but becomes a better mother than its natural parents, is to be read in Kelly’s.

Galway Youth Theatre’s artsfest double bill

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

GALWAY YOUTH Theatre has consistently impressed at the Galway Arts Festival over the past number of years, so there should be plenty of interest in its two productions for this year - Polly Stenham’s Tusk Tusk and Mark Ravenhill’s Citizenship.

Oscar winning Argentine film to be screened at Galway Film Fleadh

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

ARGENTINA ARE proving to be a thrilling team at the South African World Cup, and are among the favourites to lift the trophy, but it is also a good time for Argentine film making.

A Divine night of song

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

Neil Hannon always like to surprise when it comes to live performances. From a standard guitars and drums line-up to a string quartet to a full orchestra, you never quite know what to expect. His Galway Arts Festival performance later this month will be something special however — he will perform songs from his new album, Bang Goes The Knighthood, in an intimate solo show.

Uncle Vanya - a comic look at the human darkness

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

ANTON CHEKHOV’S timeless classic Uncle Vanya is among the highlights of this year’s Galway Arts Festival in a much-praised co-production by two of Bristol’s foremost companies - the Bristol Old Vic and Shakespeare At The Tobacco Factory.

The Bristol Old Vic can lay claim to be Britain’s oldest continually operating theatre, with its Theatre Royal space dating back to 1766, while the present Old Vic company was founded in 1946 as an offshoot of the London Old Vic.

New Galway cartoon series online

Thu, Jun 24, 2010

GIRLS TEDDY, a new animated series by the award winning Galway animator John Jennings is now available to view online.

Go to http://sites.google.com/site/girlsteddyanime/ to see all 42 episodes of the series and links to character profiles, special Girls Teddy feature films, and exhibition details.

Colours Fringe Festival

Thu, Jun 24, 2010

THE COLOURS Fringe Festival programme runs from Saturday June 26 to Friday July 2 and will feature an array of theatre shows, music gigs, and street events.

The return of Dolores Keane

Thu, Jun 24, 2010

DOLORES KEANE, the singer who dominated the Irish folk scene in the 1980s and 1990s, is returning to music and will make her ‘comeback’ in The Office Bar in Salthill on Friday July 2.

Dolores took time off from the scene for a number of years in order to raise her young family.

Maeve Carney to launch debut album with Kinvara gig

Thu, Jun 24, 2010

MAEVE CARNEY, the Kinvara based singer, will officially launch her new album, Let It Happen, with a concert in Johnston’s Hall, Kinvara, on Saturday at 8.30pm.

Gerry Mallon’s Laughter Loft

Thu, Jun 24, 2010

GERRY MALLON’S Laughter Loft, a series of lunchtime comedy gigs in The King’s Head, is now an essential part of any Galway Arts Festival.

Jo Caulfield - cruel to be kind

Thu, Jun 24, 2010

WHEN BRITISH comedienne Jo Caulfield first came to Galway she had no idea why so many people were talking to her as if she were an old friend. It led to one hell of a night on the town, one that almost cost her her flight back home.

Dignity wants to know if you’ve got talent

Thu, Jun 24, 2010

JOANNA RYDE, the former Alternative Miss Ireland, is bringing her Dignity’s Got Talent show to Galway’s new gay club Dignity West on Thursday July 8.

Jimmy Fitzgerald to launch new album at The Crane

Thu, Jun 24, 2010

GALWAY GUITARIST Jimmy Fitzgerald will launch his new album, Jimmy Fitz, in The Crane Bar on Wednesday at 9pm.

Jimmy, best known for his stints in The Little Fish, Maimin Cajun Band, The Screamin Bluecats, got a chance to record the album after Eric Clapton’s producer Jon Astley expressed an interest in working with the Galwegian on the strength of his demos.

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