PASG’s panto The Frog Prince

Wed, Dec 23, 2009

THE PERFORMING Arts School Galway’s annual panto takes to the boards next week and this year’s offering is The Frog Prince.

Renmore Panto’s Mother Goose

Wed, Dec 23, 2009

IT WAS all the way back in 1979 that Renmore staged its first panto and in the decades since the show has gone from strength to strength and today it is one of the highlights of Galway’s Christmas season.

John O’Callaghan at the GPO

Wed, Dec 23, 2009

MONDAYDECEMBER 28 will see John O Callaghan take to the decks at the GPO nightclub Eglinton Street, Galway.

Christmas charity music event

Wed, Dec 23, 2009

Club De Burgo will host a special Christmas fundraiser for Galway based charity CD's Helping Hands on Wednesday December 30.

New Year creative writing classes

Wed, Dec 23, 2009

THE POETS Kevin Higgins and Susan Millar DuMars will host creative writing classes in poetry, fiction, and memoir writing in the GTI and GMIT in the New Year.

Jazz at the Co-op

Wed, Dec 23, 2009

THIS SUNDAY from 12.30pm to 2pm the Co-op in Moycullen will host Strictly Dixie, a newly formed Galway based traditional Dixieland band. The group include an amazing line up of trumpet, clarinet, trombone, saxophone, piano, guitar, bass/tuba and drums. Strictly Dixie will play old classics like ‘High Society’, ‘South Rampart Street’, and ‘Parade Clarnet Marmalade’, promising a fun morning of upbeat music.

Cinema Review - Avatar

Wed, Dec 23, 2009

It’s been a long time coming but Avatar has surpassed all expectations with amazing CGI, heart-racing action scenes, a healthy dose of sentiment, and an intriguing story line.

Fight Like Apes - Man the battlestations, the New Year approaches

Thu, Dec 17, 2009

FOR THE second year running, the mighty Fight Like Apes will ring in the New Year at the Róisín Dubh - and this time they will have the added joy of also ringing in the new decade - when they headline the venue’s Strange Brew New Year’s Eve 2009 party.

Philip Donnelly - The Clontarf Cowboy rides into town

Thu, Dec 17, 2009

PHILIP DONNELLY’S long musical career began in the 1960s when he was a member of Elmer Fudd, part of the emerging Irish rock scene which also included Them, Skid Row, Thin Lizzy, and Taste.

Macka B to spread the Rastafarian message to Galway

Thu, Dec 17, 2009

MACKA B, one of Britain’s most influential dancehall toasters, who has pushed the music back toward a Rastafarian political consciousness, plays Galway tomorrow night.

Mick Lally in MacLiammóir’s Diarmaid agus Gráinne

Thu, Dec 17, 2009

MICK LALLY is starring in Diarmaid agus Gráinne, a revised version of the play written by Micheál MacLiammóir, and which was An Taibhdhearc’s first production in 1928.

It’s panto time

Thu, Dec 17, 2009

WITH THE yuletide season in full swing it is time once again to relish the annual theatrical treat of the pantomime.

Galway audiences have two to look forward to this season; Performing Arts School Galway’s The Frog Prince and Renmore Pantomime’s Mother Goose.

Bryan Adams heads west

Thu, Dec 17, 2009

Bryan Adams (pictured) will bring his solo-acoustic concert tour to Ireland in January. The Bare Bones tour will take in the Royal Theatre Castlebar on Monday January 18. Tickets are available from www.ticketmaster.ie and the Royal Theatre Box Office on

New Year laughs with Brendan Grace

Thu, Dec 17, 2009

IRELAND’S FAVOURITE funnyman Brendan Grace is coming to County Galway in January.

He will be in The Salthill Hotel on Sunday January 3 and The Shannon Oaks Hotel, Portumna, on Sunday 17. Tickets are €30 at both venues.

Have a left field musical Christmas at the Rusted Rail party

Thu, Dec 17, 2009

THE VERY best of Galway’s underground, avant-folk, and left-field rock scene will gather in the Róisín Dubh on Tuesday December 22 at 8pm for the Rusted Rail Christmas Party.

Soon unveils the sinister world of Blasterbra

Thu, Dec 17, 2009

THE COVER of Blasterbra’s debut EP Soon says a lot about the band. It’s colourful, playful, endearing, and vibrant, yet the artwork was inspired by the Mexican El Día de los Muertos festival, a day which commemorates the dead.

A musical and artistic gathering at The Twelve

Thu, Dec 17, 2009

VINNIE KILDUFF, the Grammy award winning musician who has recorded with U2, and artist Dara McGee are joining forces this month for a special show of music, storytelling, food, and art.

A home that became a gallery

Thu, Dec 17, 2009

WHEN THEN Now/Cuimhne Na Nollag, the pre-Christmas art exhibition at the Rosa Parks Art Gallery and Studio in Mervue, will be officially opened today at 5pm.

A home that became a gallery

Thu, Dec 17, 2009

WHEN THEN Now/Cuimhne Na Nollag, the pre-Christmas art exhibition at the Rosa Parks Art Gallery and Studio in Mervue, will be officially opened today at 5pm.

Cois Cladaigh perform for Lions Club

Thu, Dec 17, 2009

COIS CLADAIGH choir will present a concert of Christmas music in the Claddagh Church this Saturday at 9pm in aid of the Lions Club Christmas Appeal.

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