Reggae poet Linton Kwesi Johnson to play Kelly’s

Thu, Oct 29, 2009

LINTON KWESI Johnson describes himself as a “reggae artist who is also a poet” and his commitment to reggae and radical politics is as strong now as when he began in the late 1970s.

Handel’s Alcina at Town Hall

Thu, Oct 29, 2009

“THE GREATEST composer who ever lived. I would bare my head and kneel at his grave.” So said no less a composer than Ludwig van Beethoven about the great Georg Friedrich Handel.

Handel (1685 - 1759) was a success at any style of music he turned his hand to - operas, oratorios, concerti grossi, string quartets, and guitar pieces. Now one of his most famous operas is coming to Galway.

Galway Jazz Festival 2009

Thu, Oct 29, 2009

THE 2009 Galway Jazz Festival takes place from Thursday November 19 to Sunday 22 and will feature acts from Norway, The US, Germany, Britain, Italy, and Ireland.

Dance classes at Woodquay

Thu, Oct 29, 2009

THE CHOREOGRAPHER Carol Langstaff of the award winning Flock Dance Company will hold dance classes at the Galway Rowing Club, Woodquay.

Singin’ & Dancin for children ages six to 13 will focus on the Dalcroze method of learning music through movement. Organic Dance for adults will focus on contemporary, classical, soul, and traditional dance.

Enjoy a weekend of Japanese films

Thu, Oct 29, 2009

THE JAPANESE Film Festival takes place this weekend in the Town Hall Theatre with an array of diverse new films from the country to be screened.

Piano workshops with ‘great grand pupil of Chopin’

Thu, Oct 29, 2009

JAMES LISNEY, the self-styled “great grand pupil of Chopin”, will visit Galway for a mini-residency during the NUI Galway Muscailt Festival in February.

Voices for Burma fundraiser

Thu, Oct 29, 2009

THE PORTRAITS will play upstairs in the Róisín Dubh on Friday October 30 at 8pm at a show to raise funds for children in Burma.

Brill-iant

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

NEW YORKER Eddie Brill had originally intended to study science and mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology but after experiencing a family tragedy he discovered stand-up comedy.

Abbey Theatre brings Mark O’Rowe’s Terminus to Black Box

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

THE ABBEY Theatre is touring one of its most successful and critically-acclaimed plays of the last three years this autumn, Mark O’Rowe’s Terminus, which comes to Galway’s Black Box from November 4 to 7.

A picture show and a talk show at Galway Comedy Festival

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

TWO SHOWS, which could prove highlights of this year’s Galway Comedy Festival, could also be its most unusual - one is a slide show of photographs, the other a chat show.

Past the point of rescue and beyond with Hal Ketchum

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

“I NEVER meant to push or shove you/ Do you know how much I love you/ No you don’t, but I do/and I wonder if I’m past the point of rescue?”

A haunting in Galway

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

TRISTAN IS broken hearted and intends to leap to his doom from the Wolfe Tone Bridge into the River Corrib, but just before he jumps he meets the mysterious Ghostwriter.

Miss Paula Flynn

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

Miss Paula Flynn (pictured) the solo artist known for her chart topping cover of David Bowie’s ‘Let’s Dance’ and for being the vocalist with agit-folk singer Jinx Lennon, plays the Town Hall on Tuesday October 127 at 8.30pm. Tickets are available from the Town Hall on 091 - 569777.

Galway Theatre Festival

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

THE GALWAY Theatre Festival takes place this week and there are numerous shows and events worth checking out in the Town Hall and the Nuns Island theatres.

Welcome the new soul of Mayer Hawthorne

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

DETROIT IS not just Motor City, it is the home of Motown, the label which had Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, and Smokey Robinson on it’s books. It is the epicentre of soul.

When the blues comes to The Crane

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

“CHAZ DE Paolo is a fretburner with strong, undistorted Stratocaster tone, chops, and a grip on dramatic dynamics that brings a level of interest to his blues-rock compositions and covers.”

Something different and outrageous at Kelly’s

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

KELLY’S PROMISES two very diverse acts this Bank Holiday weekend with shows by the outrageous and surreal The Rubberbandits and the acclaimed DJ duo The Nextmen.

Silent disco at Róisín Dubh

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

AFTER THE Hypnotic Brass Ensemble play Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh tonight, the venue will host another of the increasingly popular silent discos.

For this silent disco, Gugai and SHAKE!’s Aran McMahon will go head to head. Expect a clash of the best indie/alternative against the finest and most furious funk’n’soul.

Goldie to play GPO

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

ON SUNDAY, the GPO on Eglinton Street will host a gig by drum‘n’bass legend Goldie - just one of a number of big events the venue has this month.

From Budapest to Vienna with Music For Galway

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

ONCE HUNGARY and Austria were among the most powerful countries in Europe - the days of the Viennese court, the Hapsburg family and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

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