'Can I Speak To A Manager?' - The Clockworks release new single
Thu, Aug 13, 2020
TOMORROW, FRIDAY August 14, The Clockworks - one of the most exciting bands to come out of Galway in recent years - will release their new single, 'Can I Speak To A Manager?'.
Read more ...Lady Gregory to get the Druid treatment
Thu, Aug 13, 2020
IT HAPPENED with Tom Murphy, it happened with JM Synge, it happened with Shakespeare. Now it is the turn of one of the major lights of the Irish Literary Revival - Lady Gregory - to get a Druid cycle.
Read more ...‘Loughrea is very supportive. There is a deep love for music in the town’
Thu, Aug 13, 2020
SOMETHING IS happening in Loughrea, something exciting. Over the past few years the east Galway town has become a goldmine for new musical talent, nurtured by individual determination and strong grassroots support.
Read more ...Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture launches reimagined programme
Thu, Aug 13, 2020
From next month until March 2021, more than 350 artists from Galway, and across Ireland, will take part in a seven month, reimagined, Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture programme.
Read more ...An exhibition by the coast
Thu, Aug 13, 2020
ARTISTS FROM around the Kinvara area will display new work at the Coastal Living exhibition which opens tomorrow [Friday August 14] in Kinvara Courthouse.
Read more ...Galway Fringe Festival 2020 - a physical and virtual festival
Thu, Aug 13, 2020
THE GALWAY Fringe Festival will come in two forms this year - a physical form featuring art exhibitions throughout this month, and a virtual form with online shows in September.
Read more ...New youth music hubs for Ballinasloe and Clifden
Thu, Aug 13, 2020
FROM SEPTEMBER, young people and children in County Galway will have access to two new Music Hubs – one in Ballinasloe, the other in Clifden.
Read more ...Autumn Creative Writing Classes
Thu, Aug 13, 2020
THE POET Kevin Higgins will begin a new series of his Creative Writing For Beginners classes at the Galway Technical Institute.
Read more ...Bell X1's Paul Noonan to perform show for children
Thu, Aug 13, 2020
BELL X1 frontman Paul Noonan will perform a concert for children as part of the 2020 Baboró International Arts Festival for Children.
Read more ...The craic is back - Comedy at the Galway Summer Garden
Tue, Aug 11, 2020
JOE ROONEY, a legend of Irish comedy, best known for roles in Father Ted and Killinaskully, and Tom O'Mahony, who has appeared on Damo & Ivor and Bridget & Eamon, will deliver comedy in Salthill tomorrow night.
Read more ...Fontaines DC ready to take next step with A Hero's Death
Thu, Aug 06, 2020
Making it in the world of music is never easy and random meetings of minds and lucky breaks along with hard work, are all key parts of what can make or break you.
Read more ...‘A rebel garda chases a local hoodlum into the underworld’
Thu, Aug 06, 2020
We have all been missing out: that music festival, that cinema date, that theatre show; the exhilaration of live entertainment. Well, Fíbín has the answer.
Read more ...Rusted Rail releasing new single from Galway's A Lilac Decline
Thu, Aug 06, 2020
Rusted Rail will be releasing the new single from Galway's A Lilac Decline (the indie/shoegaze/folk-rock alter ego of visual artist Cecilia Danell) tomorrow via Bandcamp.
Read more ...Theatre57 open for membership
Thu, Aug 06, 2020
Artist collective Theatre57 is open for membership for the month of August. The collective accepts new and old members who identify as performers, producers, directors, designers, technicians, playwrights, and anyone pursuing a career in professional theatre outside of a regularly funded organisation. Members must be making theatre in Galway city or county.
Read more ...Dating Amber
Thu, Aug 06, 2020
With the cinemas finally reopening I was pleased to see some films that were released on streaming during lockdown are getting the big screen treatment after all. Dating Amber is an Irish movie that got a bit of press when it was released on Amazon a few months ago but really deserved more so I’m happy to review it during its cinema release.
Read more ...The Word Ark: a voyage worth taking
Literature Reviews Thu, Aug 06, 2020
On a bright Good Friday morning when Good Friday was Good Friday I was sitting behind the counter of the bookshop, then in High Street. Suddenly, the front door windows blacked out, the door opened and one of the biggest men I have ever seen walked in, followed by a much older man, obviously a relation. They greeted me in Irish and then passed through to the Gallery.
Read more ...The Coronas are coming to Galway
Thu, Jul 30, 2020
THE CORONAS, one of Ireland's most popular bands, release their new album, True Love Waits, with a whistle-stop tour of Ireland, which includes Galway.
Read more ...A Race Week vibe at Galway Summer Garden
Thu, Jul 30, 2020
SUMMER 2020 will not pass by completely without some form of physical festival vibe in Galway, thanks to the Galway Summer Garden pop-up outdoor festival venue in Salthill.
Read more ...Exploring the Liminal Entities at Galway Arts Centre
Thu, Jul 30, 2020
THE QUIET tensions existing through and between bodies and objects, is a major theme of Liminal Entities, a new group exhibition at the Galway Arts Centre, Dominick Street.
Read more ...Album review: Fontaines D.C.
Music Reviews Thu, Jul 30, 2020
THE OPENING riff of the title track to Fontaines D.C.’s new album will have people of a certain age feel a need to cry, “Last night, she said, Oh, baby, I feel so down…”
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