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.
Pick up your headphones on the way in and switch between the two DJs to see who is playing the songs you most want to dance to. If you need a break, take the headphones off and marvel at the bizarre spectacle of a room full of people dancing and singing different songs, even though no music is to be heard.
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.
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.
Read more ...GPO to relive the dance decade
Thu, May 20, 2010
RELIVE, OR if you weren’t there first time around, experience the days of “Acciiiiiid”, house parties, and the ‘Second Summer of Love’ at the GPO’s RRRRETRO night.
Read more ...Duke Special - Berlin, books, and Steve Albini
Thu, May 13, 2010
THE GERMANS have a word for it - Gesamtkunstwerk - the ‘total work of art’ or ‘synthesis of the arts’, where a variety of different art forms go into creating one major piece of work.
Read more ...A Sunny Day In Glasgow - passionate introverts
Thu, May 13, 2010
MUSICIANS OFTEN say in advance of coming to your town to play a gig “Oh yes we’re really looking forward to playing there,” and no doubt it is a line they use to every journalist ahead of every town they play.
Read more ...Jakob Dylan to play Galway in July
Thu, May 13, 2010
JAKOB DYLAN, the son of the great Bob Dylan, and an acclaimed singer-songwriter in his own right, will make his Galway debut at the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday July 28 at 7.30pm.
Read more ...Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro - Sixties’ style
Thu, May 13, 2010
MUCH FETED for its innovative approach to opera, Opera Theatre Company come to the Town Hall Theatre next week with a dynamic new production of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro.
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