Megs Morley appointed head of visual art at Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Aug 19, 2021

THE CURATOR, public art commissioner, educator and editor, Megs Morley, has been appointed as the new head of visual art at the Galway Arts Centre.

Poetry workshops in September

Thu, Aug 19, 2021

POETRY WORKSHOPS from beginner to advanced levels, with the poet, Kevin Higgins, begin in September and take place via Zoom.

Film Review: Boys from County Hell

Films Reviews Wed, Aug 18, 2021

WILLIAM AND Eugene are two Irish lads in their mid-twenties. They are feeling aimless, and spend their time drinking pints, playing ball, and ripping off tourists.

‘Working with another's voice gives you a new set of tools to play with’

Wed, Aug 18, 2021

SOMETHING CATHARTIC, something collective, happened when Mick Flannery played the first live gigs in Galway in more than a year, a spontaneous response to seeing such a thing happening again.

A day in the life - Bedsit at GIAF 21

Tue, Aug 17, 2021

“I'M UP and about and living again without realising that that’s what I’m doing.” So says a woman Galway will meet during the 2021 Galway International Arts Festival.

HousePlants and Jape - live in Galway

Tue, Aug 17, 2021

HOUSEPLANTS, the exciting duo of Bell X1’s Paul Noonan and electro artist Daithí, and Jape, the solo project of The Redneck Manifesto’s Richie Egan, play The Grand Auld Stretch at Nimmo’s Pier this week.

Darragh O'Dea - new album and County Galway shows

Mon, Aug 16, 2021

FOLLOWING THE release of the single, 'Guerrilla Warfare In Your Back Garden', Tuam singer-songwriter Darragh O'Dea, has announced a debut album and two Galway gigs this winter.

Online creative writing classes for the autumn

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

CREATIVE WRITING classes with the poet Kevin Higgins, and the post and short story writer Susan Millert DuMars, will begin in September.

Niamh Regan gets ‘Happy Again’ on new single

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

‘HAPPY AGAIN’, the new single from County Galway singer-songwriter Niamh Regan, is released tomorrow, Friday August 13, on all digital platforms.

Cultural infrastructure must be made a key factor in Galway’s expansion, says Theatre 57

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

AFTER THREE years without funding, Theatre57 have successfully been awarded grants from the Galway County Council and the Arts Council for three separate strands of activity, which will support independent theatre artists in Galway city and county during the next nine months.

New exhibition from Olga Magliocco

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

ICE MELTING into water, thermodynamics, motion, and constant change - these are the ideas behind Entropy, a new exhibition at Oughterard Courthouse.

Christy Moore to open new series of Pearse Stadium concerts

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

FOR THE first time in more than a decade, Pearse Stadium will host a series of major concerts, starting with the legendary Christy Moore on August 26.

3 Kinds of Music digital Pop-up weekender

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

3 KINDS Of Music, the Galway Music Residency’s multi-genre concert series returns with an online weekender of classical, jazz, folk and trad.

GIAF seeks volunteers for 2021 festival

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

Volunteer applications are now open for Galway International Arts Festival, which this year runs from August 28 to September 18.

‘Ditch Drinking’ - Galway Street Club man releases new single

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

FOLLOWING HIS debut single ‘Radio Caroline’, Galway indiepop artist, James Dillon - better known as one of the lead singers in Galway Street Club - returns with new single, ‘Ditch Drinking’.

Film review: Stillwater

Films Reviews Wed, Aug 11, 2021

ON THE surface, Stillwater is one of those ‘ripped from the headlines’ films. Extremely loosely (and controversially) based on the Amanda Knox saga it has already met with a lot of criticism - including from Knox herself.

Declan O’Rourke, Cathy Davey, and Andy Irvine to play The Grand Auld Stretch

Wed, Aug 11, 2021

DECLAN O’ROURKE, Cathy Davey, Toucan, and Andy Irvine have been added to The Grand Auld Stretch’s already jam-packed bill of events taking place at Nimmo’s Pier.

Free outdoor concerts in Galway in August and September

Wed, Aug 11, 2021

CEOL AN tSamhraidh, a series of live music events taking place across County Galway, begins this weekend, with shows in Ballyglunin and Corr na Móna for audiences of 200 people.

A lifelong love affair with colour

Tue, Aug 10, 2021

A 68-year relationship between an artist and a gallery is rare, but that is how long the painter Kenneth Webb and Kenny’s have been working together.

Declan O'Rourke to play Nimmo’s Pier next week

Tue, Aug 10, 2021

“HE WRITES the sort of classic songs people don’t write anymore, songs that sound like they’ve been around forever. Listen to 'Galileo', possibly the greatest song written in the last 30 years.”

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