Marc Roberts celebrates the music of John Denver

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

HE WOULD never have cut it as Henry John Deutschendorf jr, but as John Denver, he charmed the world with now undisputed classics like 'Take Me Home, Country Roads', 'Annie's Song', 'Rocky Mountain High', and 'Thank God I'm a Country Boy'.

Seán Keane's annual Christmas show

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

SEAN KEANE, the great Galway singer, brings his popular Christmas By The Hearth concert back to the Town Hall Theatre on Friday December 6 at 8pm, performing folk and festive music.

The Whileaways release Christmas single

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

AHEAD OF their Black Box concert in December, The Whileaways release a yuletide themed single, 'All The Lights On (Must Be Christmas)' tomorrow, Friday November 29.

Opening December concerts from ConTempo

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

MUSIC BY SWEDISH and Irish composers will be the stuff of the ConTempo Quartet's upcoming concerts in Galway city throughout the first week of December.

A.Smyth - new single, Róisín gig

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

FOLLOWING THE release of his new single, 'Hero', and in advance of his debut album, Dublin singer-songwriter A.Smyth plays upstairs bar of the Róisín Dubh next week.

The Flaming Lips return to Galway this summer

Mon, Nov 25, 2019

THE FLAMING Lips, the three-time Grammy Award winning psychedelic indie-rock band, and one of Q magazine’s ‘50 Bands to See Before You Die’, have announced they are coming back to Galway this summer.

A break-up film that is a breath of fresh air

Films Reviews Thu, Nov 21, 2019

MARRIAGE STORY is a film about divorce. The obvious comparison is with Kramer versus Kramer but perhaps a better comparison is with Annie Hall - remember that movie starts with "Annie and I broke up” in Alvy’s monologue.

Galway's new indie music festival launches this month

Thu, Nov 21, 2019

NOT BAD, the city's new indie music festival, featuring 15 acts playing three venues - The Black Gate Cultural Centre, St Francis Street; Aras na nGael, Dominick Street, and the Nuns Island Theatre - takes place next week.

Little John Nee's serious and funny Tea Dance

Thu, Nov 21, 2019

LITTLE JOHN Nee's Tea Dance has been called “Twin Peaks meets Under Milk Wood”, while Goretti Horgan of the University of Ulster said it was “Beckett and Flann O’Brien in equal measure”.

‘Music’s in my DNA, I’ve never got bored with it’

Thu, Nov 21, 2019

HE SIGNED Oasis and put out The Jesus and Mary Chain’s first single. He turned Primal Scream on to acid house, paving the way for Screamdelica; and his label, Creation, released some of the greatest British (and Irish) music of the 1980s and 1990s.

PJ Harvey documentary to screen at the Eye

Thu, Nov 21, 2019

A DOG Called Money, the documentary charting the collaboration between musician PJ Harvey and war photographer and filmmaker Seamus Murphy, opens at The Eye tomorrow.

Gary Meikle - the iBrow guy to play Galway in 2020

Thu, Nov 21, 2019

SCOTTISH COMEDY Award winner and viral sensation, Gary Meikle, is bringing his new show, The iBrow Guy, to Ireland in 2020, including a show at the Róisín Dubh on Saturday January 11 at 8pm.

New book gives oral history of NUIG

Thu, Nov 21, 2019

A HISTORY of NUI Galway, in the days when it called UCG, drawn from the memories of college presidents and grounds staff, to various students, all who attended over a period of 40 years, is collected in a new book by Jackie Ui Chionna.

Damian Clark returns to the Comedy KARLnival

Thu, Nov 21, 2019

HE IS based in Britain, but he is regarded as Ireland’s adopted Australian for his many appearances on Irish TV over the years. He is Damian Clark and he plays the Comedy KARLnival at the Róisín Dubh.

Maud Gonne - more than just Yeats' muse

Thu, Nov 21, 2019

ENGLISHWOMAN, IRISH republican, suffragette, activist, actor, writer, and muse to WB Yeats, Maud Gonne was one of the most prominent figures in late 19th and early 20th century Ireland.

Frozen 2 at the Pálás

Thu, Nov 21, 2019

THIS SATURDAY marks the opening weekend of Frozen 2 and the Pálás cinema will host a full filled morning with face painting, Frozen themed activities, arts and crafts, and giveaways.

New book anthologises working people's poetry

Thu, Nov 21, 2019

THE CHILDREN Of The Nation: An Anthology of Working People’s Poetry from Contemporary Ireland, edited by Galway academic, Dr Jenny Farrell, will be officially launched this weekend.

Jon Hopkins to play arts festival Big Top next summer

Thu, Nov 21, 2019

Jon Hopkins, the Grammy and Mercury Prize nominated English electronic musician and producer, will play the Galway International Arts Festival Big Top in the Fisheries Field on Saturday July 25 2020.

'The Scottish Play' - as Gaeilge

Thu, Nov 21, 2019

SHAKESPEARE'S MOST violent play; a powerful musing on greed, ambition, political ruthlessness, and guilt; and excuse for thespians to indulge in ridiculous and illogical superstitions, MacBeth is a play of many facets.

Wallis Bird - solo at the Black Box this weekend

Thu, Nov 21, 2019

“AS MUCH as I adore playing with a band, I've decided to finally plant a flag in the ground, go completely solo and highlight what I'm best at. I'm in my element when I can fill the stage and bring the audience together."

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