Claddagh Swans - a new multimedia ballet

Tue, Nov 02, 2021

CLADDAGH SWANS, a new classical ballet fused with contemporary dance, and inspired by the swans at Nimmo’s Pier, will be performed this weekend.

Light Grey return with Are You Even Real EP

Tue, Nov 02, 2021

LIGHT GREY, the Galway pop-punk/alt-rock band are back with a new EP - their first EP release since 2018 - and it unveils new developments in their sound and style.

Niamh Regan - new single, Róisín Dubh show

Mon, Nov 01, 2021

‘LOVE YOU Senseless’, the second single from Niamh Regan’s forthcoming EP, In The Meantime, is out now, and later this month she plays the Róisín Dubh.

GAZE LGBT+ film festival @ Pálás

Mon, Nov 01, 2021

IRELAND’S NATIONAL LGBTQ+ film festival - GAZE - is coming to Galway for the first time this November and will be showing a selection of films at the Pálás Cinema.

Eoin Dolan releases new album, Mirror Liver

Mon, Nov 01, 2021

EOIN DOLAN, the Galway singer-songwriter who Nialler9 said “channels the Beach Boys’ sunny warmth like no other”, is back with his fourth album.

Cervical Check scandal film to show at the Eye Cinema

Thu, Oct 28, 2021

The Eye Cinema in Wellpark is showing the highly-anticipated new drama ‘The Letters (15A) by Irish director Robbie Walsh from tomorrow, Friday October 29.

Steve Hughes: Are You Serious?

Thu, Oct 21, 2021

Outspoken Australian comedy legend Steve Hughes is returning to Ireland with his first full length show in six years. A world class comedy performer and former thrash metal drummer, Steve is known the globe over for his hard hitting, take no prisoners stand up. Having lived here back in 1999 Steve is no stranger to Ireland or indeed Galway, where some of his Roisin Dubh appearances achieved heights other comedians can only dream of.

Pan Pan Theatre make a welcome return to Galway with 'The First Bad Man'

Thu, Oct 21, 2021

Pan Pan Theatre make a welcome return to Galway with The First Bad Man - a live performance based on a reading of The First Bad Man, a novel by Miranda July on October 26th & 27th at the Black Box Theatre.

The Met Opera is back at Eye Cinema

Wed, Oct 20, 2021

The Eye Cinema in Wellpark is delighted to welcome back The Met Opera Live in HD broadcasting from New York as part of their Event Cinema Programme.

Misleór - Celebrating Nomadic Cultures from around the World

Fri, Oct 15, 2021

Misleór, which starts on Friday the 22nd of October, is a truly special event, and the only festival in Ireland that celebrates and connects nomadic cultures from around the world.

Album review: Billy Bragg

Music Reviews Thu, Oct 14, 2021

FROM HIS earliest days with ‘The Milkman of Human Kindness’ and ‘Between The Wars’, few artists have possessed Bragg’s ability to write songs possessing intelligent political commentary and a deep, humane, empathy.

'Getting to Know'...Tom O'Mahony, comedian

Thu, Oct 14, 2021

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A cleared mortgage.

An evening of Mozart at NUI Galway

Thu, Oct 14, 2021

CHRISTIAN BLACKSHAW, one of the foremost interpreters and performers of Mozart at work today, will perform at Music for Galway’s annual Emily Anderson concert.

TULCA visual arts festival returns in November

Thu, Oct 14, 2021

THE 2021 TULCA Festival of Visual Arts takes place from November 5 to 21, under the theme of ‘there’s nothing here but flesh and bone, there’s nothing more’, and curated by Eoin Dara.

John Soden exhibition

Thu, Oct 14, 2021

THE ARTIST John Soden will exhibit new works, depicting “everyday scenes I come across through the exploration of colour and its application onto the canvas”.

Film review: No Time To Die

Films Reviews Wed, Oct 13, 2021

THERE IS no point in going over the story of No Time To Die as all the Bond films follow the same blueprint - there is a villain threatening the world. Bond must stop him. He does.

‘Galway provides the best atmosphere...it has that good reputation’

Wed, Oct 13, 2021

FOR KARL Spain, the return to live comedy, and especially the return to indoor gigs, is “akin to Italia 90 - without the climbing up on cars and big crowds hugging each other, we can't do that yet - but that kind of euphoria”.

Hermitage Green to play Black Box Theatre

Tue, Oct 12, 2021

LIVE MUSIC is back and so are Hermitage Green - back on the road and with a new album, and heading to Galway this month.

Japanese Film Festival 2021

Tue, Oct 12, 2021

DRIVE MY Car, the Cannes-winning film from director Ryusuke Hamaguchi, will get an exclusive preview at the Japanese Film Festival 2021, which takes place in Galway this week.

A journey through Walter Macken’s Connemara

Tue, Oct 12, 2021

WALTER MACKEN, the Galway author of Rain On The Wind, The Silent People, and The Scorching Wind, fell in love with Connemara as a child, and that fascination will be explored in a new show.

E-paper

Read this weeks E-paper. Past editions also available from within this weeks digital copy.