Julie Feeney @ Town Hall

Thu, Sep 10, 2009

THE ATHENRY vocalist, composer, and conductor Julie Feeney will play the Town Hall Theatre on Thursday September 24.

Julie first came to attention ion 2005 with her debut album 13 Songs. Its mix of pop, avant garde, and classical marked her out as an individual talent on the Irish scene, a fact acknowledged when she won the inaugural Choice Music Prize in 2006.

Mick Lally to perform in Town Hall

Thu, Sep 10, 2009

MICK LALLY will perform in Last Train From Holyhead, a new theatre piece which examines identity and how the past has a habit of re-emerging whether we like it or not.

Croi actors agency

Thu, Sep 10, 2009

THE NEW Croi acting agency’s books are now open and Croi is looking for actors from 20 to 70 for TV, film, and commercial auditions.

Hell raisin’ folk and country with the Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir

Thu, Sep 10, 2009

THEIR NAME was inspired by an eccentric preacher from Kansas, they play music brought by the Scots and the Irish to the Southern US states, but their view of the world is shaped by the pioneer spirit of Canada.

Galway Americana festival

Thu, Sep 10, 2009

THE THIRD annual Galway Americana Festival of music and culture takes place this weekend at venues across the city as well as Kinvara.

From songwriting to film with Arts In Action at NUIG

Thu, Sep 10, 2009

UNIVERSITY IS not solely about academic work, it is also about opening the mind to new possibilities and experiences, and with Arts In Action, NUI, Galway wants students to engage with the arts and explore their own creativity.

Acclaimed Irish author to read in Clifden

Thu, Sep 10, 2009

JOHN BOYNE, the author of the international best-seller The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas, will read at the 32nd Clifden Community Arts Festival.

Karnival @ Karma

Thu, Sep 10, 2009

KARNIVAL, ALSO known as a festival, celebration, or Mardi Gras, is coming to Karma Club Galway, on Saturday September 18.

Reggae in the Bierhaus

Thu, Sep 10, 2009

With DJs Dave Barry, Mick Horkan and Papy. Saturday 19 Setember. Deepest music this side of Kingston!

Blaze X single released in USA

Thu, Sep 10, 2009

SING SING Records, a New York based company, has just issued a vinyl single of ‘Some Hope’, by the Tuam punk band Blaze X.

Blaze X were one of the great cult Irish punk bands of the early 1980s and featured future Saw Doctor Davy Carton and the late, very talented songwriter Paul Cunniffe. ‘Some Hope’ was first released in a limited edition of 500 in 1980. The original 45 has in recent years fetched up to £200 on the collectors market.

Creative Writing classes at Westside Library

Thu, Sep 10, 2009

THE ACCLAIMED poet Kevin Higgins will teach creative writing classes in the Westside Library in September and October.

The class will run for eight weeks, commencing the week of September 21. They will take place on Mondays, from 10.30am to 12.30pm. The cost is €70. Places must be paid for in advance.

Owen McDonnell; back on the beat of The Lonesome West

Thu, Sep 03, 2009

THE TOWN Hall’s autumn season gets underway in earnest next week with a high-profile production of Martin McDonagh’s brilliantly visceral comedy of sibling rivalry, The Lonesome West.

Music For Galway concert season launch

Thu, Sep 03, 2009

MUSIC FOR Galway’s 29th International Concert Season will be launched on Tuesday September 8 at the Galway City Museum by Professor William Schaba, director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at NUI, Galway.

Everyone’s invited to The Big Sing birthday bash

Thu, Sep 03, 2009

THE BIG Sing Multicultural Community Choir will celebrate it’s first birthday at it’s First Birthday Bash at The Cottage Bar, Lower Salthill, on Friday September 18 at 8pm.

The event is to help welcome new members, celebrate the regulars and their achievements, and to thank all the people who have helped the group over the past 12 months. All are welcome.

New writing courses

Thu, Sep 03, 2009

A SERIES of new writing courses will take place this autumn facilitated by poet and short stroy writer Susan Millar DuMars and poet Kevin Higgins.

Galway Youth Theatre call for actors

Thu, Sep 03, 2009

GALWAY YOUTH Theatre is currently recruiting new members for its two year performance course starting at the end of September.

Pete Mullineaux acting classes

Thu, Sep 03, 2009

GALWAY BASED actor, poet, and songwriter Pete Mullineaux will teach an acting class in the Galway Arts Centre, starting Wednesday September 16.

Stagecoach Theatre Arts classes

Thu, Sep 03, 2009

STAGECOACH THEATRE Arts, the world’s largest theatre school for children and young people has a few remaining places for its autumn term.

Stagecoach’s new term, with classes in dancing, singing, and acting, starts on Saturday September 12 in St Mary’s College.

Natural Born Artists

Thu, Sep 03, 2009

FOR THE last 12 years Galway city and county has been alive with the sight and sound of thousands of children and families attending shows, workshops and other activities during Baboró.

Baboró, Ireland’s flagship children’s festival, is celebrating its 13th year with a sophisticated entry into the world of the adult. This October, along with one of the strongest programmes of Irish work ever presented, the festival organisers have programmed an international conference to examine the benefits of the arts and creativity for children.