Dáil Bar to host charity gig

Thu, Jun 10, 2010

THE DÁIL Bar will host a charity gig to raise funds for The Niall Mellon Township Trust this Sunday, starting at 9pm.

Playing on the night are Seven Days, whose debut single ‘Outside’ has just been released to support the Niall Mellon Township Trust. Support on the night comes from Emmet Scanlan and What the Good Thought.

Two chances to see Heathers

Thu, Jun 10, 2010

IF YOU have heard the Fáilte Ireland Discover Ireland advert on the radio, you have definitely heard Heather’s song ‘Remember When’.

GMIT film and TV graduate screenings

Thu, Jun 10, 2010

STUDENTS OF film & television at the GMIT will screen their end of year work in the Town Hall Theatre on Saturday June 12.

Some 24 students on the three-year BA programme have worked together on six film projects which will be screened for their families, friends, and special guests.

Sarah Millican @ The Laughter Lounge

Thu, Jun 10, 2010

SARAH MILLICAN, the first woman to win the Best Headliner at the Chortle awards, plays The Laughter Lounge in the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday at 8.30pm.

Experience Shakespeare through Chekhov

Thu, Jun 10, 2010

SHAKESPEARE’S MEASURE For Measure will be the subject of an actors’ masterclass from Theatrecorp actor and director Max Hafler.

The classes will examine Shakespeare’s comedy through Michael Chekhov’s psycho physical technique in order to extend and develop actors’ imaginative range.

Live metal concert @ The Eye

Thu, Jun 10, 2010

THE FOUR pillars of American metal - Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, and Anthrax - will be live on stage and live on screen at the Eye Cinema in Wellpark.

Super-8 film festival programme launch

Thu, Jun 10, 2010

SUPER8 SHOTS, Galway’s Super8 film festival takes place from June 23 to 27 and the festival programme will be launched tomorrow in Kelly’s Bar, from 6pm to 8pm.

Win Streetdance 3D soundtracks

Thu, Jun 10, 2010

STREETDANCE 3D is currently in cinemas and the Galway Advertiser has five copies of the film soundtrack to give away.

She’s Out of My League

Thu, Jun 10, 2010

They say love is blind, so when geeky but loveable Kirk bagged a ‘hard 10’ hottie like Molly he couldn’t believe his luck, and neither could anyone else. Not exactly a laugh a minute but it will definitely put a smile on your face.

Poetry reading in Gort

Thu, Jun 10, 2010

THE POET and publisher Noel King will read from his new collection of poetry in The Café Gallery, Gort, this evening at 8pm.

Exciting new trad band Guidewires @ Kelly’s

Thu, Jun 10, 2010

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

June writers’ gathering at Sheridan’s Wine Bar

Thu, Jun 10, 2010

SHERIDAN’S WINE Bar will host an Over The Edge reading by the poets Denise Blake and Quincy Lehr and fiction writers, Aidan Hynes and Ger Burke on Friday June 18 at 8pm.

Quincy Lehr’s first collection of poems, Across The Grid of Streets, was described by The Irish Times as showing “much energy and narrative talent.” Lehr’s poetry and criticism have appeared in numerous journals in the US, Britain, Ireland, Australia, and the Czech Republic. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Choral concert to span languages and the centuries

Thu, Jun 10, 2010

A CHORAL concert, spanning four centuries and four different languages, takes place in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, tomorrow.

Proust Questionnaire

Thu, Jun 10, 2010

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Meeting where heaven and earth concur.

Meeting where heaven and earth concur.

RSAG get ready to be right

Thu, Jun 10, 2010

HE WAS born Jeremy Hickey, goes under the name Rarely Seen Above Ground, which is abbreviated to RSAG, and he takes the notion of ‘the one man band’ to extreme places.

Galway audiences will have another chance to see the talented Kilkenny man, whose music goes from rock’n’roll workouts to thoughtful, melancholy, songs, when he plays the Róisín Dubh on Friday June 18 at 9pm.

Stellar line up to back Dutch singer-songwriter in Kelly’s

Thu, Jun 10, 2010

HE USED to sing on Shop Street, but on Thursday June 17, he returns to play Galway, not on the streets, but upstairs in Kelly’s Bar at 8pm.

Mudhoney to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jun 10, 2010

“NIRVANA MAY have put an entire generation in flannel, and Pearl Jam and Soundgarden both sold a lot more records, but Mudhoney were truly the band that made the ‘90s grunge rock movement possible.”

IN-FEST ‘10 - a weekend of ruthless punk

Thu, Jun 10, 2010

IN-FEST ‘10, the new alternative music festival in Galway, will see 18 bands from across Ireland and Britain descend on our city for a weekend of ruthless punk and thrilling live music.