Galway Advertiser's Best Albums of 2019

Music Reviews Thu, Dec 19, 2019

1. Lankum - The Livelong Day (Rough Trade) - Galway Advertiser album of the year

Renmore Panto ready to show Galway to the world

Thu, Dec 19, 2019

LIKE THE festive lights on Shop Street and Quay Street and the Continental Market and big wheel in Eyre Square, The Renmore Pantomime features prominently in the mind of Galwegians when it comes to Christmas in the city. Having celebrated its 40th anniversary in October, The Renmore Panto has been a cornerstone in the local community, raising money for a selected charity while providing a spectacular feast of entertainment which the whole family can enjoy.

Two artists - one venue

Thu, Dec 19, 2019

THE ARTISTS Harriet Leander and Finbar McHugh - aka street artist Finbar247 - are holding a joint exhibition of their work which opens next week in the Town Hall Theatre bar.

Creative writing classes at GTI

Thu, Dec 19, 2019

THE WRITERS Kevin Higgins and Susan Millar DuMars will host creative writing classes for beginner and intermediate levels, at the Galway Technical Institute in January.

Black Christmas - not a very scary yuletide horror

Films Reviews Thu, Dec 19, 2019

CHRISTMAS MOVIES and horror go well together, and there is a long tradition of great Christmas horror films. Gremlins is the gold standard and showed a good Christmas horror has a good amount of comedy.

Wild Atlantic Cabaret returns

Thu, Dec 19, 2019

STAND-UP comedian Breda Larkin, from east Galway, and Limerick born burlesque performer Laura Lavelle, join forces for the Wild Atlantic Cabaret.

Mick Flannery - two nights in the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Dec 19, 2019

MICK FLANNERY, rightly regarded as one of Ireland's finest songwriters, makes his annual Christmas pilgrimage to the Róisín Dubh, playing two nights at the Dominick Street venue.

Ó Cadhain’s last, existential, word

Literature Reviews Thu, Dec 19, 2019

A RARE Christmas gem has just been offered to those who are fans of Máirtín Ó Cadhain’s work, but who have great difficulty in reading him in the vernacular.

Galway choirs top the iTunes charts

Thu, Dec 19, 2019

'SOMEWHERE IN My Memory', the single by the GMIT Voices and the GMIT Student choir, with special guests, the Scoil Íde children’s choir, has hit No 1 in the Irish iTunes Christmas chart and the overall Irish iTunes chart

Lusting after the tastes and aromas of Istanbul

Literature Reviews Thu, Dec 19, 2019

AUSTRALIAN-BORN poet Robyn Rowland has been a significant figure on the Irish poetry scene since she first came here in 1983, and it is more than a bit ridiculous her poetry is not more celebrated than it is.

Rofi James - Christmas gig

Thu, Dec 19, 2019

FOLLOWING THE release of their latest single, 'Love Shot', one of Galway's leading bands, Rofi James, play their annual Christmas gig on Saturday December 21, joined by Fallen Lights for a co-headline show.

Eoin Dolan - new single, new album

Thu, Dec 19, 2019

EOIN DOLAN, one of Galway's finest singer-songwriters, this week released a new Christmas themed single, which follows on the heels of his new album, Commander Of Sapiens.

A night of hits with ABBAesque

Thu, Dec 19, 2019

ABBAESQUE ARE on the go longer than the Swedish pop legends to whom they pay homage, but there is good reason for that. The world still loves ABBA and ABBAesque are arguably the best ABBA tribute act.

Johnny McEvoy to play the Town Hall

Thu, Dec 19, 2019

JOHNNY MCEVOY has been a leading folk singer-songwriter in Ireland for more than 50 years, and next month he comes to the Town Hall Theatre for a nostalgic evening of song and story.

Love Music Hate Racism gig

Thu, Dec 19, 2019

THE GALWAY Anti Racism Network is hosting a Love Music Hate Racism gig at the Galway Rowing Club, Woodquay, tomorrow from 6.30pm, until late.

The Latchikos to play Roisin Dubh

Thu, Dec 19, 2019

THE LATCHIKOS, led by singer, actor, writer, and musician Aindrias de Staic, return to the Róisín Dubh this Sunday at 8pm, to deliver what The Irish Times called, "a wild-eyed shock of Celtic unpredictability".

A choral Christmas concert

Thu, Dec 19, 2019

O MAGNUM Mysterium - A Christmas Celebration, a concert of Christmas carols and sacred music, takes place in St Augustine’s Church at 8pm on Sunday December 22.

Let’s Celebrate 2020 at The Skeff Late Bar & Kitchen!

Wed, Dec 18, 2019

The team behind The Skeff Late Bar & Kitchen and The Skeffington Arms Hotel are looking forward to welcoming in the new decade and celebrating 2020 in style.

The Coronas to headline Fever Pitch 2020

Tue, Dec 17, 2019

THE CORONAS, one of Ireland's most popular bands, will headline the new Big Top at the Fever Pitch music festival at Galway Airport on Saturday June 27.

Honey Boy - Shia LeBeouf's on-screen therapy session

Films Reviews Thu, Dec 12, 2019

HONEY BOY, written by the actor Shia LeBeouf, is about his life as a child star and his time in rehab. He wrote the script in rehab after his therapist told him to write what he remembered from his childhood, after diagnosing him with PTSD.

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