Enjoy A Sunny Day In Glasgow @ Stress!!

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

A SUNNY Day In Glasgow are not Scottish, they are a Philadelphia based trio and they will perform their acclaimed mix of indie, pop, and techno at Stress!! in De Burgo’s this Tuesday at 10pm.

Kurt Cobain approved Calvin Johnson to play Bell, Book, & Candle

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

CALVIN JOHNSON, the American indie-rock legend and the founder/owner of K Records, will play Bell, Book & Candle, the Small Crane, Sea Road, on Monday at 5pm.

Disconauts’ summer party

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

THE DISCONAUTS’ Summer Party takes place this Saturday. Things kick off with soulful party grooves on board the Corrib Princess and afterwards a club night in The Cellar Bar.

Berlin DJ to play Lowerstate

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

PANTHA DU Prince, the Berlin based electronic music producer will perform a live electronic set at Lowerstate in De Burgo’s on Friday August 1.

Pantha du Prince (aka Hendrik Weber) mixes melodic experimental techno with Detroit house and melancholic moodiness. His driving and euphoric live sets wander between the avant-garde and the rush and excitement of the dance floor, and he is admired by such figures as Michael Mayer (Kompakt), Richie Hawtin (Minus), and Martin Gore.

Foot stamping at Freedom Café

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

TOES WILL tap and feet will stomp at the next Unchained Melodies gig in Amnesty International’s Freedom Café this evening from 5pm.

Brazilian guitar and Argentinean dance for St Augustine’s

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

BRAZILIAN GUITAR duo Siqueira Lima are coming to Galway - as part of their honeymoon - to perform a night of Brazilian and Argentinean music in St Augustine’s Church.

Proust Questionnaire

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A black, suede room - I’m just taking these off the top of my head.

A black, suede room - I’m just taking these off the top of my head.

Acclaimed dance show Giselle @ Black Box

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

ONE OF the most high acclaimed Irish dance/theatre shows of all time - Fabulous Beast’s Giselle, choreographed by Michael Keegan-Dolan - is in the Black Box Theatre this week.

Doug Stanhope plays Laughter Lounge in September

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

DOUG STANHOPE, the fearless, controversial, and provocative US comedian, will play the Laughter Lounge in the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday September 3 at 9pm.

Ed Byrne @ Comedy Club

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

Ed Byrne (pictured) plays the Comedy Club at Cuba* this Sunday at 8.30pm as part of the Galway Arts Festival. One of the major names in Irish comedy, Byrne is a regular on RTÉ’s The Panel, Channel 4’s 8 Out Of 10 Cats, and BBC2’s Mock The Week, he has also enjoyed sell out shows at the Edinburgh Festival. For tickets contact the Galway Arts Festival Box Office, 1-5 Merchants Road, on 091-566577. Online booking is through www.galwayartsfestival.com

Don’t miss final Laughter Loft shows

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

Gerry Mallon’s Laughter Loft in The Ruby Room in The King’s Head - part of this year’s Galway Arts Festival - continues for three more shows. Today sees Ian Coppinger (pictured) take to the stage, followed by Jarlath Regan tomorrow, and US comedienne Heather Le Roy on Saturday. Tickets are only available at the door which opens at 12.30pm and the shows begin at 1pm sharp.

Edinburgh previews @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

THERE ARE two more Edinburgh previews to go in the upstairs bar at the Róisín Dubh.

East meets West dance show

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

FLAMENCO IS a style of music and dance that is synonymous with Spain, yet its roots go back to Islamic and North African music.

Dr Suess characters to appear at Town Hall

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

THE WONDERFUL characters of Dr Seuss will gather at the Town Hall next month for a musical performance with The Cat in the Hat as the MC for the evening.

Donkey Punch

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

Three gorgeous girls holidaying in the beach town of Mallorca meet four charming British boys and end up completely isolated on a luxurious yacht in the middle of the Mediterranean. After meeting the guys in a nightclub, the girls are determined to let their hair down and set off with them on the yacht to party.

The Dark Knight swoops into the Eye this weekend

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

IN THE 1960s TV series Batman was ‘The Caped Crusader’, but in the much darker films of more recent years, he is ‘The Dark Knight’.

Fantastical family adventure in 3D

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

JOURNEY TO The Centre Of The Earth takes the original Jules Verne novel as a point of departure, with three unknowing travellers following codes scribbled in the margins of a tattered copy of the book directing them to a hidden world far underground.

Preachers, pioneers, cowboys, and The Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir

Thu, Jul 17, 2008

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 the true melting pot of North America - Canada.

Out of Africa

Thu, Jul 17, 2008

THEY HAVE been described by The Guardian as “the best African band in the world”. Live, they have played support to The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin. Their musical scope is such that in a recent interview Chris Martin said Tinariwen was a “great influence” on Coldplay’s new album Viva La Vida.

Theatre review: New Electric Ballroom (Druid Theatre Co)

Thu, Jul 17, 2008

DRUID’S EXCITING Galway Arts Festival season of Enda Walsh work got off to a compelling start on Monday with the Irish premiere of his “coiled, dark, glitter-dusted fable”, The New Electric Ballroom, which Walsh also directed.

The play was conceived as a distaff companion piece to Walsh’s Walworth Farce (which Druid also staged in 2006) and while it has clear parallels to that work, there are also echoes of authors like Beckett and Ionesco, and Tom Murphy’s Bailegangaire, in the way that storytelling forms such a huge part of the action.

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