Could Niamh Regan become Galway's next Choice Music Prize winner?

Thu, Jan 14, 2021

SINGER-SONGWRITER Niamh Regan could become the third Galwegian to win the Choice Music Prize when the winners are announced on March 4.

Album review: Midnight Sister

Music Reviews Thu, Jan 14, 2021

IN THE mind of Midnight Sister (aka artist, film-maker, and musician Juliana Giraffe, and composer Ari Balouzian), it is always the 1970s, or rather, it is in the current guise their imagination has adopted.

‘Music is living, growing, evolving’

Thu, Jan 14, 2021

IN THE bleak midwinter of the Covid pandemic and another lockdown, there is a bright point of light - Music for Galway’s annual midwinter festival, the first major event of any year on Galway’s cultural calendar, is going ahead.

KATS and Athenry actors to again star in new Opacas video

Thu, Jan 14, 2021

GALWAY VIRTUAL band, The Opacas have again joined forces with actors from the Knocknacarra Amateur Theatre Society and Athenry Drama Group, for a new video - which is released today on YouTube.

Kings added to Fleadh's Solstice line-up

Thu, Jan 14, 2021

KINGS, TOM Collins acclaimed 2007 feature film, and starring Colm Meaney, is now streaming as part of the Galway Film Fleadh's Solstice programme.

'Getting To Know...'

Thu, Jan 14, 2021

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Early morning. Pot of tea. Book.

‘Everything I do and write is influenced by feminism’

Thu, Jan 07, 2021

IT IS 1975. Second wave feminism is in full flow, and a young woman, with dreams of becoming an artist, puts a failed relationship behind her and travels to Italy.

Ballinasloe inspires new audio-visual artwork

Thu, Jan 07, 2021

BALLINASLOE, AND its surroundings, are the inspiration behind a new audio visual work, Zones of Transit, created by two east Galway artists, and which will be launched next week.

Chris Haze releases new single 'The Business'

Thu, Jan 07, 2021

CHRIS HAZE, one of Galway's leading singer-songwriters, will release his debut album in 2021, and ahead of that, comes the new single, 'The Business'.

New music and artwork to celebrate life and work of Eilís Dillon

Thu, Jan 07, 2021

Eilís Dillon, the Galway born novelist, and one of Ireland's most versatile writers, will be honoured with a new piece of music, and a new artwork, both commissioned by Galway Public Libraries.

Yawning Chasm - songs for tenor guitar

Thu, Jan 07, 2021

YAWNING CHASM - the moniker of indie-folk singer-songwriter Aaron Coyne - may be one of the quieter presences on the Galway music scene, but his songs are not those which should pass you by.

Drawings from around the world

Thu, Jan 07, 2021

SIXTY ARTISTS from around the world, presenting drawings on A5 sized paper, created during the Covid-19 pandemic, will make up The Drawing Box exhibition.

Calling all young Galway nature photographers

Thu, Jan 07, 2021

THE GALWAY City Council Children’s Nature Photography Competition deadline has been extended to January 28, and is open to all young people 16 and under living in Galway City.

Galway Film Fleadh - Solstice

Tue, Dec 22, 2020

CHRISTMAS IS a time when it is traditional to gather around the screen and watch films, it is also a time of togetherness and reflection - values the Galway Film Fleadh want to uphold, despite the best efforts of 2020 to undo them.

Staying Local - the exhibition

Tue, Dec 22, 2020

SEVEN ARTISTS, from three different parts of Galway, are currently exhibiting paintings, prints, and drawings in oil, acrylic, gouache, ink, and charcoal, in Anton’s Café, Fr Griffin Road.

Hans Christian Andersen - online at the Town Hall

Tue, Dec 22, 2020

FOR MORE than 150 years, the stories of Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen have delighted, inspired, and enthralled children, and some of his greatest stories will be coming to a stage and screen near you.

Aimee Banks among Eimear Noonan Music Bursary Awards recipients

Tue, Dec 22, 2020

GALWAY SOPRANO Aimee Banks, has become the youngest Eimear Noonan Music Bursary Awards recipient for 2020-21, at eighteen years of age.

New exhibition at Renzo Café

Tue, Dec 22, 2020

DAVID MCLOUGHLIN, an artist, illustrator, and animator based in Galway, is currently exhibiting his work at the Renzo Café on Eyre Street.

Galway Advertiser's Best Albums of 2020

Music Reviews Mon, Dec 21, 2020

THIS HAS been a year without gigs, concerts, or festivals, and yet, it has still been a year which has given us some outstanding music. Here is my selection of the best albums of 2020.

Galway Advertiser's Best Films of 2020

Films Reviews Mon, Dec 21, 2020

Wolfwalkers: This may be is the best Irish film made in the last 10 years. An absolutely beautifully told story about two young girls in Ireland during the 15th century, it is a cert to be nominated for best animated film at the Oscars and could finally be the winner Kilkenny based studio Cartoon Saloon deserves after being nominated for its last three films. Available on AppleTv+

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