Rich Hall added to Galway Comedy Festival line-up

Tue, Sep 28, 2021

THE SINGING cowboy of comedy, the inspiration for The Simpsons Moe Szyslak, and a Galway favourite, Rich Hall is coming to the 2021 Galway Comedy Festival.

The Opacas - new artist video and piano version of ‘Outta Time’

Tue, Sep 28, 2021

THE OPACAS, the Galway/Leeds ‘virtual band’ who kept spirits up during the lockdowns with their songs and videos, have released a new collaboration with Connemara based artist Aoife Dowd.

Steven Sharpe to play 126 Sessions

Tue, Sep 28, 2021

STEVEN SHARPE, Laura Duff, Straightpour, and Yurtis Mayfield will play the city’s new music event - the 126 Sessions, which will take place this weekend.

Squid to play Galway’s Róisín Dubh in 2022

Mon, Sep 27, 2021

“IN A time of crippling uncertainty, an absolute tonic.” This is how MOJO has described Brighton post-punk rockers Squid, who play Galway as part of their Irish tour next year.

Swans guitarist Norman Westberg to play Róisín Dubh

Mon, Sep 27, 2021

FROM NO-WAVE, experimental rockers Swans, to work with the Cinema Of Transgression movement, and bands like The Heroin Sheiks and Five Dollar Priest, Norman Westberg is a key part of the New York arts and music scene.

The Staves reschedule Galway show to 2022

Mon, Sep 27, 2021

THE STAVES, the English folk-pop sister trio, known for their exquisite vocal harmonies, have rescheduled their Galway show until next year.

Three poets go Over The Edge

Thu, Sep 23, 2021

THE POETS Hannah Lowe, D'or Seifer, and Liz O’Riordan will be the readers at the Over The Edge: Open Reading on Zoom on Thursday September 30 at 6.30pm.

Jennie O’Connell, artist

Thu, Sep 23, 2021

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Having just ordered in a great restaurant.

Exhibition to explore psychological effects of social media

Thu, Sep 23, 2021

“MODERN TECHNOLOGY provides many benefits as well as potentially harmful results. There is a significant grey area to be found when approaching peoples' mental health and these handheld devices.”

Theatre57 is open for membership

Thu, Sep 23, 2021

THEATRE57, the Galway community of more than 100 independent theatre artists, is seeking new members and the closing date for applications is September 30.

Galway made film is Ireland’s entry for Oscars’ Best International Feature Film category

Thu, Sep 23, 2021

FOSCADH, THE Galway made, Irish language feature film, inspired by Donal Ryan's The Thing About December, has been chosen as Ireland’s entry for Oscars’ Best International Feature Film category.

Have a 'LOOK' at Arja’s exhibition

Thu, Sep 23, 2021

'LOOK', AN exhibition reflecting the changing scenery, light, and seasons in Connemara, by the Finnish artist, Arja, is on display at the Renzo Café, Eyre Street.

Keepsakes - documenting a migrants journey

Thu, Sep 23, 2021

KEEPSAKES - CUIMHNEACHÁIN, a new exhibition at the Galway City Museum, will document the journey of 10 migrants to Ireland through the keepsakes they brought with them or the objects that helped them feel at home in Ireland.

Declan O’Rourke to play Town Hall in 2022

Wed, Sep 22, 2021

HIS MUSIC has been praised by Paul Weller and Pete Townshend; his songs have been covered by Josh Groban and Eddi Reader; while writer Pete Paphides has called him, “the Irish John Prine”.

‘It means the world to us we can have live audiences again’

Wed, Sep 22, 2021

WITH THE return of live music and concerts, there is a sense of optimism and possibility again, not to mention a determination to make up for the lost time enforced by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Eva’s Echo to declare, ‘It’s True I Love You All So Much’

Tue, Sep 21, 2021

IT’S TRUE I Love You All So Much, a new digital, interactive, theatrical experience, from Galway theatre company, Eva's Echo, will explore mental health, self harm, family dynamics, and relationships.

Film review: The Green Knight

Films Reviews Tue, Sep 21, 2021

ON CHRISTMAS Day in King Arthur’s court, a knight enters the banquet hall and offers to be struck by one of knights in the room, and in a year and a day's time the knight must find him and he will return the blow.

Artist decorated currachs on display at NUIG

Mon, Sep 20, 2021

TWENTY-ONE uniquely decorated currachs have journeyed from Inis Oírr to the NUI Galway campus - where they will be on display until next month - marking a new partnership between Áras Éanna and the university.

John Prine to be celebrated at livestream concert in Galway

Mon, Sep 20, 2021

JOHN PRINE, the late, great, American singer-songwriter, best known for such songs as ‘Same Stone’, ‘Illegal Smile’, and ‘Angel From Montgomery’, will be celebrated next month in his adopted home of Galway.

One man’s doomed attempt at stand-up comedy

Thu, Sep 16, 2021

THREE YEARS after this critically acclaimed comic short story collection, Juggling With Turnips, Karl MacDermott returns with a comic novel - 58% Cabbage.

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