The Saw Doctors to showcase new album at extra Kelly’s gigs
Thu, May 27, 2010
The Saw Doctors, who are just back in Ireland after sell-out shows in New York at Irving Plaza, and Boston at the House of Blues, have announced two more Galway concerts on Tuesday June 22 and Wednesday June 23, upstairs at Kelly's, to add to the previously announced Galway shows at the Bridge Street venue on June 1 and 2.
There are only 200 tickets available for each of these four intimate shows by The Saw Doctors, Upstairs at Kelly's, Galway, on June 1, 2, 22, and 23. Tickets cost €15 plus charges, and are available from Zhivago Records in Shop Street, Galway and from Ticketmaster outlets.
Read more ...Keeping it simple with American bluesman Eric Bibb
Thu, May 20, 2010
ACOUSTIC BLUES singer-songwriter Eric Bibb was born in New York in 1951 and grew up surrounded by the Greenwich Village folk music and literary scene which included Bob Dylan, Dave Von Ronk, Pete Seeger, Odetta, Judy Collins, and Joan Baez.
Read more ...Become Possessed at Galway Early Music Festival
Thu, May 20, 2010
AS PART of the Galway Early Music Festival, innovative Dublin-based early music Ensemble eX will perform Possessed, a unique staged and costumed concert exploring the theme of possession through the prism of early music.
Read more ...Playing cards with the devil?
Thu, May 20, 2010
IF YOU played a game of cards with the devil, who do you think would win? The devil no doubt, as he would have no compulsion about cheating and pulling devious strokes.
Read more ...A new day dawns for Lúnasa
Thu, May 20, 2010
IRISH TRAD ensemble Lúnasa have been touring for more than 14 years and are poised to release their seventh studio album Lá Nua through their own Lúnasa Records.
Read more ...Get involved in the Glee Summer Camp
Thu, May 20, 2010
IF YOU’RE mad about the hit TV series Glee and would love to be involved in a Glee Club, then take notice as the Glee Summer Camp is taking place around Co Galway this month.
Read more ...Win tickets to see Ronan Tynan at Town Hall
Thu, May 20, 2010
INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED Irish tenor Ronan Tynan plays the Town Hall Theatre on Saturday June 5 at 8pm as part of his first tour in almost six years.
Read more ...Terry Pratchett novel takes to the Town Hall stage
Thu, May 20, 2010
MEN AT ARMS, the comedy-fantasy Discworld novel by Sir Terry Pratchett, will be performed as a stageplay by Croi8 productions in the Nuns Island Theatre on Friday May 28 and Saturday 29 at 8pm.
Read more ...Lost Chord and Disconnect 4 headline charity gig at Monroe’s
Thu, May 20, 2010
TWO OF Galway’s leading indie-rock bands - Lost Chord and Disconnect 4 - will take to the stage of Monroe’s Live tonight for the Galway Hospice Charity Night concert.
Read more ...Scots-Canadian rock party at Kelly’s
Thu, May 20, 2010
THE SCOTTISH Highland regiments won Canada for the British at the Battle of Quebec in 1759 and over the centuries Scots have emigrated to and made a new home in the Maple Leaf nation.
Read more ...International jazz @ The Crane
Thu, May 20, 2010
THERE WILL be a night of jazz from a group of musicians, who come from all over Europe, but are known collectively as The Matthew Berrill European Quintet.
Read more ...Silent disco @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, May 20, 2010
THE SILENT Disco returns to the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 11pm with DJs Gugai and Graham Dolan going head to head.
Read more ...Blue Not Soul Weekender
Thu, May 20, 2010
A bonanza of soul from original R&B to Funk all this weekend (21st-23rd) in the Blue Note. All gigs start at 9pm and are absolutely free. Not to be missed.
Read more ...Africa at the movies
Thu, May 20, 2010
IT’S STRANGE but many people actually think of and refer to Africa as if it were one country, not a continent of many and diverse nations.
However the third annual Galway African Film Festival which takes place in the Town Hall Theatre on Monday May 24 and Tuesday May 25 to coincide with Africa Day (May 25) will showcase the quality and diversity, not only of African films, but of the peoples who make up the continent as well. The event also promises to top quality entrainment for film fans.
Read more ...See Peter O’Toole in Dean Spanley
Thu, May 20, 2010
THE LEGENDARY Peter O’Toole will star in Dean Spanley, which will be screened by the Galway Film Society on Sunday.
Read more ...Prince of Persia family weekend at The Eye
Thu, May 20, 2010
THE ADVENTURE film Prince of Persia: the Sands of Time (12A), starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, and Ben Kingsley opens tomorrow.
Read more ...Galway artists make cartoon film
Thu, May 20, 2010
GALWAY ARTISTS John Jennings, Aideen Barry, Rab Fulton, Frances Kilcommins, Vivienne Martin, and Ann Murphy have just completed an animated film.
Read more ...Little Cinema seeks short films
Thu, May 20, 2010
THE LITTLE Cinema Short Film Club is seeking submissions for the upcoming premiere of its monthly showcase.
Read more ...From these acorns...
Thu, May 20, 2010
THE VOLCANIC ash and the cultural cavalry - the writers all over the country who stepped in enthusiastically to substitute for the writers whose flights were cancelled - grabbed the headlines at last month’s Cúirt.
Read more ...Jason Byrne returns to Laughter Lounge
Thu, May 20, 2010
The great Jason Byrne (pictured), one of Ireland’s leading comedians, returns to The Laughter Lounge in the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday May 26 at 8.30pm. Support is from Ballymun based comic Willa White. The MC is Karl Spain. Tickets are available from the Róisín Dubh and Zhivago.
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