Laura Vechhi Ford retrospective at The Kenny Gallery
Thu, Mar 05, 2020
UNTITLED, UNLESS Otherwise Stated – A Retrospective, an exhibition by Laura Vechhi Ford, will feature paintings from across the last six decades, with a particular emphasis on her works in the 2010s.
Read more ...Style Council/Paul Weller drummer to attend Galway Drum show 2020
Thu, Mar 05, 2020
STEVE WHITE, drummer for Paul Weller between the Modfather's 1992 solo debut album and 2006's Catch-Flame! and the drummer in Weller's post-Jam band, The Style Council, is coming to Galway.
Read more ...Decadent returns with Marina Carr's The Mai
Thu, Mar 05, 2020
AFTER 17 years together, Robert, husband of a teacher known as The Mai, leaves her. Her response is to decorate a dream house in the hope he will one day return. Four years later, he does.
Read more ...Calm With Horses - Galway shot film out next week
Thu, Mar 05, 2020
CALM WITH Horses, the new film from the BAFTA and Sundance Festival award nominee Nick Rowland, shot at numerous locations around Galway city and county, opens in cinemas on Friday March 13.
Read more ...Spring creative writing classes
Thu, Mar 05, 2020
BEGINNERS AND intermediate creative writing classes at Galway Technical Institute, hosted by Kevin Higgins and Susan Millar DuMars, take place in March and booking is open now.
Read more ...Genius, bonkers, it's Ross Browne
Thu, Mar 05, 2020
ROSS BROWNE has been called a “genius” by Jason Byrne and “utterly bonkers” by Lucy Kennedy. Galway can make up its own mind when he headlines the Comedy KARLnival at the Róisín Dubh.
Read more ...Portrait Of A Lady On Fire - an equal love story
Films Reviews Thu, Mar 05, 2020
THE LAST two months has seen an unprecedented run of unique and interesting films, from war movie 1917, to a new twist on the Agatha Christie 'whodunnit' in Knives Out, biting social commentary in Parasite, surreal Lovecraftian horror in The Lighthouse, and maybe my favourite of all - a tense thriller from, of all people, Adam Sandler in Uncut Gems.
Read more ...Greg Dulli - solo show at the Róisín Dubh
Thu, Mar 05, 2020
IT IS extraordinary to think that an artist who has been around as long, and who is held in such high esteem, as Greg Dulli, is only now releasing his first solo album under his own name.
Read more ...Royal Moscow Ballet to perform Sleeping Beauty
Thu, Mar 05, 2020
SLEEPING BEAUTY, one of the finest and most loved of all ballets, will be performed in Galway this weekend by The Royal Moscow Ballet, and feature soloists from the world renowned Bolshoi Ballet.
Read more ...The Home Truths of domestic violence
Thu, Mar 05, 2020
IRISH WOMEN'S experience of, and engagement with, the courts and legal system in dealing with domestic violence and abuse, is the theme of a new exhibition at the Engage Art Studios, Salthill.
Read more ...Sing a song in one night with the Easy Choir
Thu, Mar 05, 2020
EASY CHOIR, Galway’s 'zero commitment choir' for those who want to sing, would love to be in a choir, but may not be able to commit full-time, holds its next event on Monday March 9.
Read more ...Europe's largest film jury needs you
Thu, Mar 05, 2020
GALWAY FILM Fleadh, in association with Galway 2020 and the Pálás Cinema, is partnering with the European Film Academy to take part in the EFA’s Young Audience Award.
Read more ...Fleabag at the Pálás for International Women's Day
Thu, Mar 05, 2020
FLEABAG, THE one-woman show from the brilliant Phoebe Waller-Bridge that inspired the award-winning BBC sit-com, will be screened at the Pálás Cinema for International Women's Day.
Read more ...Anna Mullarkey releases weather and season inspired mini-album
Thu, Mar 05, 2020
ANNA MULLARKEY, the vocalist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, and the Galway Advertiser Solo artist of the Year 2019, has just released her new mini-album, Spéir.
Read more ...Remembering Leen Vandommele in Kinvara
Thu, Mar 05, 2020
LEEN VANDOMMELE, was an artist, poet, writer, singer, musician, and mother, and her life and work will be celebrated in an exhibition at The Courthouse, Kinvara, which opens this evening at 7.30pm.
Read more ...Steve Bennett's novel twist on Dungeons & Dragons
Thu, Mar 05, 2020
YOU HAVE heard of Dungeons & Dragons, but what about Dungeons & Naggins, the comedy fantasy role playing game with drinking - which has been developed by comedian Steve Bennett.
Read more ...Magnificent Music for a March Evening
Thu, Mar 05, 2020
MAGNIFICENT MUSIC for a March Evening is the title of the Galway Choral Association’s upcoming concert which will see it perform Haydn’s Missa in Angustiis,, also known as the Nelson Mass.
Read more ...Dave Elliott - the funny side of fatherhood
Thu, Mar 05, 2020
DAVE ELLIOTT has been declared as "fantastic" by no less a comic than John Bishop, but these days the Northern Irish funnyman is feeling battle hardened after more than a year of fatherhood.
Read more ...Can you See the Wood for the Trees?
Thu, Mar 05, 2020
There are days when everyone experiences that sense of overwhelm, of not being able to have clarity for what needs to be done. But by taking a step back from the chaos, whether through mindfulness, meditation or other activity we can get back the perspective we need to work through difficult times.
Read more ...Monroe’s is where it’s happening this St. Patrick’s Day!
Tue, Mar 03, 2020
2020 is shaping up to be an incredible year for Galway, but you don’t have to wait for the summer to see some incredible acts in our city! Monroe’s has so much to offer this St Patrick’s Day, so if you’re looking for something to do, this should be first on your list! As well as having an All Star line-up in the Venue from the 13th to the 17th, the Tavern has plenty going on too!
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