The Special One of indie music returns with new album and tour

Thu, Nov 13, 2008

WHEN BELFAST songwriter Peter Wilson adopted the name Duke Special some years ago it led to a transformation that truly set him apart. With his long dreadlocks, dark eyeliner, and lovelorn songs, he became the pied piper of the Irish indie music scene.

The songs, paintings, and pieces of Jim McKee

Thu, Nov 13, 2008

JIM MCKEE is well known for his work as an artist. His vibrant canvases, depicting scenes of west of Ireland life through layers of thick oil paints, bright colours, and impressionistic forms, has won much praise for the Co Tyrone native.

Come What May with Frank Naughton

Thu, Nov 13, 2008

GALWAY TENOR Frank Naughton launches his new album, Come What May, at the Town Hall next week with three gala concerts.

Meridian’s theatrical feast

Thu, Nov 13, 2008

IT WAS once said of the Abbey Theatre Co that its actors were the best fed in Ireland due to the proliferation of plays which featured scenes of dining.

Charity concert at Town Hall

Thu, Nov 13, 2008

ARTY MCGLYNN, Jim Rooney, John Faulkner, and friends, will take to the stage of the Town Hall Theatre on Tuesday November 18 at 8pm for a special charity concert.

Two shows from ALâ Community Theatre

Thu, Nov 13, 2008

A RE-IMAGINING of The Alice In Wonderland story and two one-act comedies from the USA will be presented by ALâ Community Theatre in the Town Hall Studio next week.

Korean/Irish dance spectacular

Thu, Nov 13, 2008

KOREAN AND Irish dancers will create an east/west fusion of dance styles when Dance Theatre of Ireland and NOW Dance Company Korea take to the stage of the Town Hall Theatre.

Together, the companies will present Parallel Horizons/Under the Roof on Monday November 17 at 8.30pm. The show will feature eight dancers, four drummers, and a group of musicians.

Mirakil Whip to bring the Alternate Frequencies to Galway

Thu, Nov 13, 2008

Music, art, and animation, the aural and the visual, will collide and coalesce in Alternate Frequencies, a new music concert and video art night in the Nuns Island Theatre.

The Pale are coming to The Quays

Thu, Nov 13, 2008

DUBLIN’S LONG serving duo The Pale play The Quays on Friday November 21 at 8.30pm as part of the series of gigs to raise funds for Cancer Care West.

Alabama 3 to play Loughrea

Thu, Nov 13, 2008

ALABAMA 3 will return to Co Galway in December to play a special concert in aid of Ability West, a Galway based charity, which provides services for people with disabilities.

B & The Honeyboys to bring the blues to The Cellar

Thu, Nov 13, 2008

GALWEGIANS LOOKING for a night of blues, funk, and rhythm‘n’blues are in for a treat when B & The Honeyboys play The Cellar Bar this Sunday.

Do you have the Coyote Factor?

Thu, Nov 13, 2008

CAN YOU sing? Have you ambitions to perform on-stage? If so than get down to Coyotes Late Bar & Club, Forster Street, for its nationwide singing contest The Coyote Factor.

The Coyote Factor is a singing contest open to anyone 18 and over. The contest will be held every Thursday from 9pm to 12 midnight, but the fun will continue until 2am at the late bar. Open auditions will be held today from 6pm to 9pm.

Proust Questionnaire

Thu, Nov 13, 2008

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
An open bottle and a roaring fire.

An open bottle and a roaring fire.

Mexican guitarist to play Coole Park

Thu, Nov 13, 2008

THE MEXICAN guitarist Rosa María Robinson will play music by Dowland, Sor, Villa Lobos, Tedesco and Ponc, in Coole Park this Saturday at 8pm.

A night of passion and music

Thu, Nov 13, 2008

A NIGHT of passion is to be unleashed in Leisureland on Tuesday at 8pm with a concert from the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Vladimir Altschuler, and violinist Elizabeth Cooney.

Poet John Goodby goes Over The Edge

Thu, Nov 13, 2008

LEADING POET John Goodby will read from his work at The November Over The Edge: Open Reading in the Galway City Library, on Thursday November 20 at 6.30pm.

John Goodby lectures at the University of Swansea. His poetry has been described by Sean O’Brien as “bold and sensuous...it reads like a chowder of names laced with methedrine...at once lush and abrasive.”

An old story without a new flair

Thu, Nov 13, 2008

The Tierneys are a tight-knit multi-generational police family, who live for and love their jobs with the New York Police Department. Wait. Sounds familiar doesn’t it? Oh, it will.

A reindeer’s dream to fly to Santa

Thu, Nov 13, 2008

NIKO & The Way To The Stars, an award winning new CGI animated film, will be shown in the Town Hall Theatre on Saturday at 12 noon as part of the Junior Galway Film Fleadh.

Meet Des Bishop @ HMV

Thu, Nov 13, 2008

DES BISHOP is about to release two new DVDs and he will be in HMV Galway on Sunday at 4pm to sign copies his new releases and meet the fans.

Relishing ravioli and Raftery

Thu, Nov 13, 2008

Accomplished broadcaster and producer John Quinn reveals that one month on, he is still recovering from the artistic delights of the successful Clarinbridge Arts Festival and pleads that funding for such events are not cut in the post-Budget gloom.

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