Kevin Higgins' online poetry workshops

Thu, Dec 17, 2020

KEVIN HIGGINS, the acclaimed Galway based poet, will host three online poetry workshops, starting in January, and facilitated by the Galway Arts Centre.

The Goldberg Variations to usher in 2021

Thu, Dec 17, 2020

"I DON'T know much about classic music," Sandy Bates, Woody Allen's character in Stardust Memories noted. "For years I thought the Goldberg Variations were something Mr and Mrs Goldberg tried on their wedding night."

Two by Two: Overboard! - Galway animated film proves a big hit

Thu, Dec 17, 2020

TWO BY Two: Overboard!, produced by Galway animation company Moetion Films, and featuring a new song from Galway composer Eimear Noone, is in cinemas now.

Galway Advertiser's Galway Musicians of the Year 2020

Thu, Dec 17, 2020

THIS YEAR has, as Stephen Fry noted at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, been "a very dark time for the performing arts". A sector so reliant on human interaction; the gathering together of people; and which lives on the shared experience, remains one of the most profoundly affected, and curtailed, areas of life and activity.

New Year online creative writing classes

Thu, Dec 17, 2020

IT IS said everyone has a book in them, or perhaps a poem, or a short story. Whichever it may be, if getting it onto paper is your ambition for 2021, then a new series of classes will help.

A gig every evening from the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Dec 17, 2020

MARY COUGHLAN, Tracy Bruen, Daithí, and John Conneely Inc, are just some of the singers and musicians Galway will be able to enjoy this Christmas in a series of streamed gigs from the Róisín Dubh.

Baboró unveils plans for 2021 festival

Thu, Dec 17, 2020

This year is not yet over, and 2021 is likely to remain a time of uncertainty, but with all things arts and culture, "the show must go on", and the Baboró International Arts Festival for Children has already unveiled plans for its next festival.

The worker's voice in prose

Thu, Dec 17, 2020

“THE COOKS, the cleaners, the porters: unsung heroes on the frontline” was one of the most memorable headlines to appear in an Irish newspaper this year - and perhaps the most pointedly accurate.

Livefeed youth music project to stream Christmas concert

Thu, Dec 17, 2020

A LIVE music concert, featuring young musicians from Galway, Gort, Kinvara, Headford, Tuam, and Loughrea, will be broadcast from Nuns Island Theatre this month.

The Curly Organ to play Hibernacle Online Festival

Thu, Dec 17, 2020

DONAL MCCONNON, of Galway prog-folk band My Fellow Sponges and the solo act, The Curly Organ, will join Lisa Hannigan, Paul Noonan, Saint Sister, and others at the Hibernacle festival.

The Nutcracker - live from the Town Hall

Thu, Dec 17, 2020

THE NUTCRACKER, one of Tchaikovsky’s great compositions, featuring some of classical music's most popular and loved scores, will be presented as a family concert this weekend.

A rock'n'roll Christmas family show

Thu, Dec 17, 2020

CLEAR SOME space in the living room and get ready to rock around the Christmas tree as Galway's Branar Téatar do Pháistí present Rockin' Christmas Rhymes.

We Banjo 3 - live online across Ireland and the US

Tue, Dec 15, 2020

A WINTER Wonderful, a Christmas show hosted by We Banjo 3, the Galway bluegrass/folk sensation, takes place this Saturday, December 18, broadcasting at 1pm Irish time and 8pm in the USA.

Galway's Danny Darcy releases new single

Tue, Dec 15, 2020

DANNY DARCY, the Galway born singer-songwriter, has this week released his new single, 'Jerusalem Is Calling', and his third album is in the works as well.

Joe Rooney and a Christmas comedy cabaret

Mon, Dec 14, 2020

LAUGHTER AND craic in the (socially distanced) company of other people awaits on Tuesday, December 15, when Joe Rooney of Father Ted and Kilnascully fame, performs at Massimo.

Padraig Jack - live from An Taibhdhearc

Thu, Dec 10, 2020

PADRAIG JACK, described by Hot Press as "one of Ireland’s most exciting emerging folk artists", will play a special live streamed concert from An Taibhdhearc this Sunday, December 13, at 8.30pm.

Why are theatres still closed, while cinemas and galleries re-open?

Thu, Dec 10, 2020

LAST WEEK, as retailers, restaurateurs, beauty, health and fitness businesses began to resume at the new Level 3, theatre spaces around Ireland remained closed, causing confusion and dismay among the arts sector.

EP review: Shygirl

Music Reviews Thu, Dec 10, 2020

OSCAR WILDE noted that if you wanted someone to tell you the truth, let them wear a mask, the creation of an alter-ego allowing them a confidence they may otherwise not have.

‘We’re continuing Gilgamesh, making it work in a different way’

Thu, Dec 10, 2020

“SHE’S SOME woman for one woman” is a phrase that can very easily be applied to Macnas artistic director Noeline Kavanagh, who also embodies that old adage, “The show must go on.”

'Getting To Know...'

Thu, Dec 10, 2020

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A delicious dinner and a few drinks with my partner and friends, before a gig in Róisín Dubh. Maybe next year.

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