Sinéad O’Connor to play Big Top at GIAF 2020

Tue, Dec 03, 2019

SINÉAD O'CONNOR will round off the final weekend of the Galway International Arts Festival when she headlines the Big Top in the Fisheries Field on Sunday July 26 2020.

The Stunning to play GIAF Big Top in 2020

Mon, Dec 02, 2019

THE STUNNING, one of Galway's most legendary bands, will play the Heineken Big Top on Sunday July 19 as part of the 2020 Galway International Arts Festival.

Galway to host third national Soundsystem Gathering Weekender

Mon, Dec 02, 2019

THE THIRD annual Irish Soundsystem Gathering Weekender takes place in the Commercial Boatclub, Woodquay, and will see the venue transformed into a pressure cooker of reggae, dub, dubstep, and drum'n'bass.

He's metal trashing mad

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

THE CLOSE of 2019 marks a major milestone for Flirt FM's heavy metal show Cranium Titanium, which first took to the airwaves of the student/alternative station in October 2009. To mark its first decade, the show's presenter Trevor McCormack talks to the Galway Advertiser about where CT has come from and where it is going.

Elf and the Home Alone movies at the Omniplex

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

OMNIPLEX CINEMAS will be cranking up the nostalgia with seasonal big screen outings for three Christmas film favourites - Elf, Home Alone, and Home Alone 2 - as part of its #BringItBack classic movie screenings.

Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott - Salthill show for 2020

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

THEIR 2014 and 2017 concerts were among the most magical shows in the Galway in recent years, and in 2020 Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott will begin their Irish tour in Leisureland, Salthill.

Joe Rooney headlines the Comedy KARLnival

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

A STALWART of the Irish stand-up comedy scene, Joe Rooney is best known for his roles as Father Damo in Father Ted and Timmy in the RTÉ sitcom Killinaskully, and he is about to headline the Comedy KARLnival.

Celebrating the quiet man of sixties British pop

Music Reviews Thu, Nov 28, 2019

WHILE THE name Ivor Raymonde may not be familiar, the songs he wrote, produced, or provided orchestral arrangements for, are among the finest of British sixties pop.

Kevin Barry to launch Engage Studios winter programme

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

KEVIN BARRY, the award-winning, Booker Prize nominated, Irish author of City Of Bohane, Beatlebone, and Night Boat To Tangier, will launch a new programme of events from the Engage Arts Studio in Salthill.

Druid announces FUEL participants 2019/2020

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

DRUID THEATRE'S artist development programme, FUEL, now in its sixth year, announced on Tuesday the recipients of the 2019/2020 bursary. The selected artists are Annie Keegan, Claire Mullane, Johanne Webb, and Barry Cullen.

Powerhouse performance from Christian Bale in Les Mans 66

Films Reviews Thu, Nov 28, 2019

LE MANS 66 could easily be called The Myth of American Exceptionalism: The Movie. Usually in such Hollywood stories - this chronicles the clash between European Enzo Ferrari and American Henry Ford II - it is the other way around.

Christy Moore - in Galway in August

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

FOLLOWING THE release of his latest album, Magic Nights, the great Christy Moore has announced his return to Galway next year, with a concert in Leisureland, Salthill, on Friday August 14.

David McSavage - National Treasure at the Town Hall

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

DAVID MCSAVAGE is a self-proclaimed national treasure. It has been said he is to comedy what the Abbey is to theatre, and perhaps believes he is more important than he is.

KATS supper theatre

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

KNOCKNACARRA AMATEUR Theatre Society will host its fourth supper theatre event in the Galway Bay Hotel, Salthill, on Wednesday December 4 and Thursday 5.

Noor Poppers' The Nature of Things

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

THE NATURE Of Things, the new exhibition from the Dutch artist Noor Poppers, will be opened this evening at The Courthouse, Kinvara, at 6.30pm by the actor, musician, and writer Little John Nee.

Wild Youth - back in Galway for headline show

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

THIS SUMMER, they supported The Academic in the Big Top during the Galway International Arts Festival. As the year draws to a close, they return to Galway, this time as headliners.

Handel’s Messiah in Galway Cathedral

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

HANDEL'S MESSIAH will forever have a place in the hearts and minds of Irish classical music enthusiasts as the work was premiered in Ireland, being performed as a charity fundraiser in Fishamble Street Hall, Dublin, in April 1742.

David Keenan to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

"ART HEALS, that's why I pursue it. It gives joys, insights, and reliefs from the many madnesses that come and go.” So said Irish singer-songwriter David Keenan, who plays the Róisín Dubh in December.

Experimental music from two artists named Aaron

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

AARON HURLEY of Phantom Dog Beneath The Moon, and Aaron Coyle of Yawning Chasm, are joining forces for a gig in the upstairs bar of the Róisín Dubh on Monday December 2 at 8.30pm.

The Henry Girls in Kinvara

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

THE HENRY Girls have played Galway many times, but this weekend sees the Donegal folk/trad trio of sisters make their debut in Kinvara with a gig in the village community centre.

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