Calling all aspiring young authors

Thu, May 06, 2021

Does your child love writing? A new Galway based education company is running an online creative writing course for aspiring young authors in mid-May.

Galway International Arts Festival moves to autumn for 2021

Thu, May 06, 2021

For the second year running, the Galway International Arts Festival will take place in the autumn, with the city’s premiere arts events running from August 28 to September 18.

Nina Conti to bring Róisín Dubh’s online comedy shows to a close - for now

Wed, May 05, 2021

FROM THE moment that Covid-19 called a halt to pretty much everything, Róisín Dubh Comedy - the people behind Galway Comedy Festival - have been fighting the good fight and keeping us laughing during the lockdowns.

Nomadland - a beautiful, moving, untraditional film

Films Reviews Wed, May 05, 2021

THIS WEEK on Disney+, the film which won best picture, director and actress at the Oscars has been made available to stream.

Galway’s Brú Theatre tours virtual reality film, Ar Ais Arís, this June

Tue, May 04, 2021

CONNEMARA, the writings of Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Pádraic Ó Conaire, and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, the music of the West of Ireland, and the impact of emigration will coalesce in an immersive, virtual reality film, to tour Galway in June.

Three young Galwegians chosen for Lasta young curators programme

Mon, May 03, 2021

LISA MANNION, Oisín Parslow, and Emily White - two NUI Galway students and an NUIG graduate - have been chosen for Lasta, the ground-breaking new national arts programme for young people by young people.

Young Galway musicians to perform in Livefeed concert film

Thu, Apr 29, 2021

TOMORROW, FRIDAY April 30, will see some of Galway’s finest and most exciting young songwriters, singers, and musicians perform in an online concert.

Town Hall Theatre seeks applications for 2021 Patron Donation Awards

Thu, Apr 29, 2021

The Town Hall Theatre is inviting applications for its 2021 Patron Donation Awards from artists, companies, or producers based in Galway city or county.

Gardner - at last, the debut single arrives

Thu, Apr 29, 2021

GARDNER ARE back! Following possibly the longest break in Galway musical history, the band is releasing a new single, and proving that, for some, lockdown has been a real spur to creativity.

Galway 2020 Super 8 Shots Festival to livestream tonight!

Thu, Apr 29, 2021

Join Super8 Shots Festival today, Thursday, 29th April at 7PM for a once off screening of unseen footage gathered from Galway's past and Kaunas, Lithuania's present. Super 8 Shots Festival’s 'Wonder Years' screening will give you a glimpse into rare never seen before 8mm and 16mm digitally remastered amateur footage from Galway and Ireland dating back to the 1950s, 60s and 70s, with an original soundtrack composed by Galway based composer Mr Weasel.

Theatre from Galway - direct to wherever you are

Wed, Apr 28, 2021

FROM FRIDAY, on screens in living rooms, home offices, and bedrooms around the country, the Galway Theatre Festival will be streaming, offering a feast of live theatre, works-in-progress, workshops, and talks.

Just who is ‘The Masked Singer’?

Wed, Apr 28, 2021

THE MASKED Singer, a top-secret singing competition, where nine vocalists, shrouded from head to toe in elaborate costumes, concealing their identity, and competing against one another, takes place this week.

Simon Mawhinney - in concert at NUIG

Tue, Apr 27, 2021

SIMON MAWHINNEY, the innovative and intriguing composer and pianist from County Down, is to give a concert live streamed from NUI Galway.

Bring back our girls - Club GASS returns

Tue, Apr 27, 2021

CLUB GASS, Galway city’s LGBT+ club night, and arguably the best club night in Galway is back, with a drag extravaganza this Bank Holiday weekend.

The best Oscar winning films to watch this week

Mon, Apr 26, 2021

A LOW key Oscars this year struck a tasteful tone given the year we’ve had, and the 2021 awards were spread throughout a group of deserving and interesting films.

Seann Walsh - live from London to Galway

Mon, Apr 26, 2021

SEANN WALSH, described by the London Evening Standard as “one of comedy’s hottest properties” and “one of the most entertaining observational comics on the block" by The Independent, headlines the next online Comedy KARLnival.

Galway online event for Poetry Day Ireland

Mon, Apr 26, 2021

SIX STORYTELLERS and writers, from Galway, Ireland, and abroad, will read poems and discuss the inspiration behind the work, in an online event for Poetry Day Ireland.

‘Wires Crossed’ - A Balancing Act for Europe!

Mon, Apr 26, 2021

‘Wires Crossed’, an innovative Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture project illustrating the importance of head and heart balance, continues to be delivered by Galway Community Circus. While the Covid pandemic has brought significant challenges, the project has reached hundreds of community participants in 13 countries to date. Wires Crossed is being delivered by a network of 15 European youth and social circus schools, led by Galway Community Circus and Ecole De Cirque De Bruxelles. The project promotes physical and mental wellbeing, safe risk-taking and social inclusion through funambulism – tightwire walking using a balancing pole.

'Getting to Know...' Billy O'Callaghan

Thu, Apr 22, 2021

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A good day of writing, at that point when a story really starts to come together.

Drone Bone Jetty - Little John in a dystopian landscape

Thu, Apr 22, 2021

IN A dystopian future, where ‘art without artists’ is the desired reality, Puck roams a ravaged landscape, attempting to find meaning in a world divorced from nature and humanity.

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