St Patrick’s Brass Band Christmas concert

Thu, Dec 17, 2009

THE ST Patrick’s Brass Band Christmas Concert takes place this Sunday in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church at 8.30pm.

A Galway Christmas book hamper

Thu, Dec 17, 2009

ONCE AGAIN we reach the season of goodwill and of exchanging gifts to show our appreciation and love for those whose presence we cherish.

Have a giggle for Santa at The Laughter Lounge

Thu, Dec 17, 2009

BART SIMPSON once said: “Hey, since when is Christmas just about the presents? Aren’t we forgetting the true meaning of this day? The birth of Santa?”

Taking Bart at his word, The Laughter Lounge in the Róisín Dubh is hosting ‘Santa’s Birthday Party’ on Wednesday December 23, with a major comedy gig featuring some of the best comedians in Co Galway - John Donnellan, Giles Brody, The Father Ted Toilet Duck Award winner Bob Hennigan, Kieran Lawless, and the New Zealand born, Galway based, Danny Dowling.

The longest journey home

Thu, Dec 10, 2009

MARY COUGHLAN has been the undisputed First Lady of Irish jazz and blues since she arrived on the music scene in 1985 when her debut album Tired and Emotional sold more than 100,000 copies.

Sean Tyrrell -getting a bus for Mikey and recalling Paul Simon in Galway

Thu, Dec 10, 2009

THIS SUNDAY at 6pm in Kelly’s Bar, Bridge Street, a host of renowned Galway musicians, including the great folk singer-songwriter Sean Tyrrell, are getting together to play a fundraising concert.

Jung Turks return with debut album

Thu, Dec 10, 2009

THIS YEAR may be fast drawing to a close, but for the Galway based guitar and percussion duo Jung Turks, it marks the opening of a new chapter in their existence.

Frank Naughton’s Yuletide Serenade

Thu, Dec 10, 2009

GALWAY TENOR Frank Naughton is doing his bit to spread some Christmas cheer and festive atmosphere with a concert of seasonal songs in the setting of St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church on Friday December 18, entitled Yuletide Serenade.

Over The Rainbow at the Town Hall

Thu, Dec 10, 2009

OVER THE Rainbow, the new dance show based on The Wizard Of Oz, will be performed by the Corrib Dance Academy in the Town Hall Theatre next week.

This production, aimed at all the family, is based on the original story by Frank Baum and influenced by both the original Judy Garland film (1939) and The Wiz (1978) with Michael Jackson. All of the young people and children featured are CDA dance students, many have been training with the academy for more than 12 years.

Baroque singers in Franciscan Church

Thu, Dec 10, 2009

THE GALWAY Baroque Singers, with their musical director Audrey Corbett, will present their annual Christmas concerts in a new venue, the Franciscan Church (The Abbey), Francis Street.

Get some Gift Grub in Castlebar

Thu, Dec 10, 2009

THE BEST, most hilarious, and pointed satire of politicians, celebrities, sportspeople and their foibles, egotism, and absurdity is Mario Rosentocks’s Gift Grub.

Having joined the team at the Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show on Today FM 10 years ago, Gift Grub has become essential listening across Ireland every weekday morning. Now Mario is taking the show on the road and will stage Gift Grub - Live on the stage of the Royal Theatre Castlebar on Friday April 9 2010.

Celtic Earth Show to raise funds for flood victims

Thu, Dec 10, 2009

THE CELTIC Earth Show, a feast of the finest traditional and Celtic music, returns to the Town Hall Theatre on Tuesday December 15 at 8pm.

A Day In The Life Of An Asylum Seeker

Thu, Dec 10, 2009

A DAY In The Life Of An Asylum Seeker, an interactive theatre performance piece, will be staged in the Town Hall Studio tonight and tomorrow at 8.30pm.

Dawn Landes to play Love Music Hate Racism launch gig

Thu, Dec 10, 2009

LOVE MUSIC Hate Racism Ireland will host its Galway launch with a concert in the Róisín Dubh featuring Irish, American, and African acts on Tuesday at 8pm.

Thrilling post-rock for Kelly’s

Thu, Dec 10, 2009

ONCE THE music starts, a tall, thin man in a red wool balaclava from which he cannot see, leaps from the stage and runs, dances, and stumbles maniacally around, before slinging on his bass guitar.

Joe Steve Ó Neachtain to launch new book of short stories

Thu, Dec 10, 2009

SALANN GARBH, a new collection of short stories from the writer and actor Joe Steve Ó Neachtain will be launched this evening at 8.30pm in the Park Lodge Hotel in An Spidéal.

North Beach Poetry Nights

Thu, Dec 10, 2009

RAVEN, THE Californian poet who has shared the stage with Saul Williams, is the guest poet at the North Beach Poetry Nights in The Crane Bar, Sea Road, on Monday at 9pm.

Conor Mark Kavanagh goes Over The Edge

Thu, Dec 10, 2009

RTÉ NEWS reporter Conor Mark Kavanagh will read a selection of his poetry at the December Over The Edge: Open Reading in the Galway City Library, St Augustine Street, on Thursday December 17 at 6.30pm.

Cinema Review - Law Abiding Citizen

Thu, Dec 10, 2009

FOLLOWING THE brutal rape and murder of his wife and daughter a man who is let down by the so-called justice system takes matters into his own hands by exacting lethal revenge on all who hurt or failed him.