Galway Street Club - Róisín Dubh shows and new single

Wed, Mar 09, 2022

GALWAY STREET Club make their long awaited return to the stage with two headline shows at the Róisín Dubh for St Patrick’s Day.

‘I’ve always had that feeling nothing could stop me’

Wed, Mar 09, 2022

SITTING BY a river in the south of France on a windy day in 1980, as November and the dark and cold drew in, Eddi Reader made a decision that would change the course of her life, and define it over the next 40 years.

Colin Geddis for the Sunday Night Comedy KARLnival

Tue, Mar 08, 2022

COLIN GEDDIS, the comedian, YouTuber, podcaster, and one of the powerhouses of the Northern Irish comedy scene, is coming to Galway this weekend.

World premiere of Olympic award winning work

Tue, Mar 08, 2022

THE 1948 Olympics in London still saw artists, musicians, painters, and architects compete for medals, alongside sportspeople, and one of the works for that olympiad has never been given a public performance.

Jason Byrne: on your marks, get set...gig

Tue, Mar 08, 2022

JASON BYRNE, the man The Times called “the outright king of live comedy” returns to Galway with his new show, On Your Marks, Get Set... Gig!

Inni-K - live in Galway on Thursday

Tue, Mar 08, 2022

INNI-K, “one of the most acclaimed voices in the extraordinary revival of traditional and folk music we have witnessed in recent years,” according to RTÉ’s Arena, plays Galway this Thursday, March 10.

Aristophanes’ The Frogs to be staged at NUIG

Mon, Mar 07, 2022

ATHENS IS at war and it is not winning. The best playwrights in Greece are dead. Morale in the city is low. The time is right for a hero to step forward.

'Getting to Know...' actor Siobhan O’Kelly

Thu, Mar 03, 2022

What is your idea of perfect Happiness?
Sunshine, sea swims, tanned legs, and Tayto crisps.

Groundbreaking new book on Irish trad to be launched

Thu, Mar 03, 2022

A GROUNDBREAKING new book on Irish traditional music, particularly the music of the Aran Islands, will be launched next week.

EP Review: NOBRO

Music Reviews Thu, Mar 03, 2022

IT BEGINS with a gospel choir, all harmonies, hand claps, and finger clicks, and an immaculate delivery of the lines, “I spent my whole life running away…”

Macnas Spectacle Youth Theatre seeks members

Thu, Mar 03, 2022

Macnas is looking for young people aged between 14 and 19 to apply for its new performance and theatre programme, Macnas Spectacle Youth Theatre.

‘We took the risk of creating something new’

Thu, Mar 03, 2022

SOMETHING UNPRECEDENTED and utterly original will happen in Galway this month - a wild and thrilling fusion of live theatre, cinema, radio, rock concert, and the Irish language. This is Fiach from Fíbín sa Taibhdhearc.

Kevin Bridges to play four nights in Galway

Thu, Mar 03, 2022

FOLLOWING THE long-awaited end to the ban on public laughter, the team at Róisín Dubh Comedy has hit the ground running, and are bringing a festival-worthy string of comedy stars to Galway in 2022.

Show Me The Funny - the grand final

Thu, Mar 03, 2022

AFTER FOUR keenly contested heats, the final of the hugely popular comedy competition, Show Me The Funny, takes place on Monday March 7 at The King’s Head Bar..

Galway author nominated for European Union Prize for Literature

Thu, Mar 03, 2022

MADAME LAZARE, the Irish language novel by Galway author Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin, has been nominated for the European Prize for Literature 2022.

International Women’s Day show at Town Hall Theatre

Thu, Mar 03, 2022

COURAGE, HOPE & Laughter is the title of a show taking place in the Town Hall Theatre to mark International Women’s Day on Tuesday March 8.

Phyllis Del Vecchio at The Kenny Gallery

Wed, Mar 02, 2022

THE 55th Kenny Gallery annual exhibitions schedule begins this Friday, March 4, with the opening of the latest exhibition from leading Irish watercolourists, Phyllis Del Vecchio.

‘Foscadh is a challenging film, in a good sense’

Wed, Mar 02, 2022

JOHN CUNLIFFE was the apple of his parents eye. There was nothing they could not do for him, but such devotion to their son left John with little sense of independence and ill-prepared when the challenges of the adult world forcibly intrude upon his life.

EVØKE release new single 'Somehow'

Tue, Mar 01, 2022

TODAY SEES the release of 'Somehow', the new single by Loughrea indie-folk quartet EVØKE, via the Limerick based music collective, BitDepth.

Ceara Conway - new single, new album

Tue, Mar 01, 2022

CEARA CONWAY, known for unique use of traditional song and lament in contemporary art, has released the single ‘An Caoineadh’, a taster for her debut album, Caoin.

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