The Comedy KARLnival is back - on a Sunday

Tue, Feb 08, 2022

LIVE COMEDY is back in Galway, as is the Róisín Dubh’s Comedy KARLnival, and there is also the hugely welcome return of acclaimed Canadian comic, Phil Nichol.

Edel Coffey and Miriam O’Callaghan at Cúirt 2022

Mon, Feb 07, 2022

EDEL COFFEY, the former Sunday Tribune editor and now a best selling novelist, will be in conversation with RTÉ’s Miriam O’Callaghan at Cúirt 2022.

Niamh Regan to release new EP

Mon, Feb 07, 2022

IT IS onwards and upwards for County Galway singer-songwriter Niamh Regan, who is set to release her new EP, In The Meantime, with launch shows in Dublin and London.

Show Me The Funny 2022

Thu, Feb 03, 2022

IT HAS been a long wait, but the Show Me The Funny comedy competition is finally returning to The King’s Head after a two year hiatus.

The Dance - capturing a work from start to finish

Thu, Feb 03, 2022

THE DANCE, the new film by Pat Collins, exploring the staging of a new dance work by choreographer Michael Keegan-Dolan, is coming to the Pálás Cinema.

Aimée to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Feb 03, 2022

AIMÉE, THE Irish singer obsessed with Scandinavian pop from the 1990s and 2000s, will play the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday February 9 at 8pm.

Looking anew at James Joyce’s Galway connections

Thu, Feb 03, 2022

THIS YEAR marks the centenary of the publication of James Joyce’s groundbreaking work of modernist fiction, Ulysses, but while that book, and its author, are profoundly rooted in Dublin, Joyce himself had Galway connections.

Take a stroll through Joyce’s Ulysses

Thu, Feb 03, 2022

A GALWAY made, two-part radio drama adaptation of James Joyce’s Ulysses will be aired on Newstalk on February 6 and 13 at 7am.

Over The Edge Poetry Book Showcase

Thu, Feb 03, 2022

THE ANNUAL Over The Edge Poetry Book Showcase, takes place in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, Middle Street, on Friday February 11 at 6pm.

May the Force and the music be with you

Wed, Feb 02, 2022

WHEN STEPHEN Bell ascends the podium in Leisureland to conduct the RTÉ Concert Orchestra in an evening of music by John Williams, he will do so, not only as a lifelong fan of film scores, but as someone who has worked with John Williams himself.

Film review: Doineann

Films Reviews Wed, Feb 02, 2022

SET ON the Aran Islands, Doineann (Irish for storm) centres around a husband searching for his missing wife. It debuted last year at the Galway Film Fleadh and is now on general release.

Rachel Goode, country and Irish singer

Tue, Feb 01, 2022

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Being happy in oneself and singing my way through life.

Galway Arts Centre to launch 2022 visual arts programme

Tue, Feb 01, 2022

FRIDAY WILL see the launch of the Galway Arts Centre’s 2022 visual arts programme, Entangled Histories, the first under its new director/curator Megs Morley.

St Patrick’s Day Festival to return to the city streets

Tue, Feb 01, 2022

The St Patrick’s Day parade makes its long awaited return to the streets of Galway city in March, and this year’s festivities will include an outdoor village, family activities, vintage amusements, and a new ‘Greening’ initiative.

Careful Now! - TedFest returns in March

Mon, Jan 31, 2022

INIS MÓR on the Aran Islands will be the venue for Ireland’s first post-pandemic festival - TedFest, the celebration of all things Father Ted.

These Moments - Cian Finn to release new EP

Mon, Jan 31, 2022

CIAN FINN, the Galway musician whose works straddles reggae, world, folk, and traditional, releases a new EP, These Moments, on Thursday February 3.

Album review: The Divine Comedy

Music Reviews Thu, Jan 27, 2022

FOR AN artist with a very definite, almost idiosyncratic, sound, style, and identity, Charmed Life reminds us that Neil Hannon’s influences and range are both broad and diverse.