Gavin James - two shows in Salthill in 2022
Mon, Dec 06, 2021
AHEAD OF the release of his forthcoming third album, Gavin James will play Leisureland, Salthill, on Friday April 15 and Saturday 16 at 7.30pm.
Read more ...Met Opera and André Rieu at Eye Cinema
Thu, Dec 02, 2021
A WEEKEND of event cinema screenings awaits at The Eye as The Met Opera Live returns alongside André Rieu’s traditional Christmas special show.
Read more ...Album review: Can
Music Reviews Thu, Dec 02, 2021
BY 1975, Can still had gas in the tank, but their best years were already appearing in the rear view mirror. Proof of both can be found in this live set from that year.
Read more ...Eddi Reader to play Town Hall in 2022
Thu, Dec 02, 2021
FROM EARLY days doing backing vocals for Gang Of Four, to hit singles with Fairground Attraction, to her present position as one of Scotland’s most esteemed folk singers, Eddi Reader can look back with satisfaction at her 40 year career.
Read more ...Fibín to mark centenary of the Treaty with outdoor performance
Thu, Dec 02, 2021
ON DECEMBER 6 1921, the Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed in London by Irish republicans and members of the British Government.
Read more ...New anthology of children’s stories by working class writers
Thu, Dec 02, 2021
LAND OF The Ever Young is a new anthology of writing for children by working class authors - the final volume in a trilogy of working people’s writing from contemporary Ireland.
Read more ...The Earth Dies Screaming
Thu, Dec 02, 2021
THE EARTH Dies Screaming, the new exhibition from Galway artist, Austin Ivers, opens tomorrow, Friday December 3, at the 126 Artist-Run Gallery & Studios.
Read more ...New poetry collection from Denis Mockler
Thu, Dec 02, 2021
THE POET and singer-songwriter, Denis Mockler, will launch his latest collection of poetry live on Facebook this Saturday, December 4, at 6.30pm.
Read more ...Ultan Conlon - new single is a sugar rush of a song
Thu, Dec 02, 2021
ULTAN CONLON has revealed a whole new side to his songwriting with his new single, ‘Penny Sweets’, a catchy, yet muscular, pop-rocker.
Read more ...Gol - a show about the mná caointe
Thu, Dec 02, 2021
AN IRISH community and its culture are under siege. Ancient traditions and customs are dying out. The public act of keening is disappearing, and edicts for new ways of doing things are being handed down.
Read more ...New Year online creative writing classes
Thu, Dec 02, 2021
WITH 2021 winding to a close and 2022 on the horizon, many will be looking ahead to what they can finally get around to doing in the New Year.
Read more ...An Taibhdhearc Christmas panto returns
Thu, Dec 02, 2021
AFTER TWO years of closure due to the Covid crisis, An Taibhdhearc will reopen its doors with a Christmas panto - Jeacaí agus an Fathach Mór Dána, an Irish language version of Jack and the Beanstalk.
Read more ...Tommy Tiernan - two nights in Leisureland in 2022
Wed, Dec 01, 2021
TOMMY TIERNAN’S Róisín Dubh shows in January sold out lightning quick, but there is another chance to see the maestro in action when he plays Leisureland in February.
Read more ...Film review: The Power of the Dog
Films Reviews Wed, Dec 01, 2021
SET IN 1920s Montan, the film follows two cowboys, brothers Phill and George, but they are not stereotypical cowboys.
Read more ...Galway singer releases Christmas single
Tue, Nov 30, 2021
ANNE BRENNAN, the singer from Maam, Connemara, who has shared the stage with Paul Brady, Damian Dempsey, Declan O’Rourke, and Sharon Shannon, is about to release her new single.
Read more ...Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience returns in 2022
Tue, Nov 30, 2021
FAULTY TOWERS: The Dining Experience, the run-away hit show of the 2021 Galway Comedy Festival, returns in 2022 for five performances in April.
Read more ...David Keenan - live at the Róisín Dubh
Mon, Nov 29, 2021
IN A time of Covid, when very little can happen, especially for musicians, David Keenan has remained active, with the close of the year proving a period of great industriousness.
Read more ...Mozart’s final three symphonies to be performed at St Nicholas’
Mon, Nov 29, 2021
MOZART’S FINAL three symphonies will be performed in Galway when Jörg Widmann and the Irish Chamber Orchestra play St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church.
Read more ...Me Auld Flower releases second album
Thu, Nov 25, 2021
THE CONNEMARA singer-songwriter, Me Auld Flower, releases his second album, The Vaults of Consciousness, Vol. II on Friday November 26.
Read more ...Club Áras na nGael Christmas culture fest
Thu, Nov 25, 2021
CLUB ÁRUS na nGael’s Christmas Culture Festival takes place from December 3 to 5, featuring a drag show, trad music, a trad session, and events focussing on Transgender issues.
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