Stories, drawings, and recycling

Thu, Aug 01, 2019

FACETS, AN exhibition featuring work by Athenry based artists Mary Ryan, Vincent Godfrey-Glynn and Patricia Fahy, and the writer Trish Bourke, is running at The Portershed.

Week two festival reviews

Events Review Thu, Aug 01, 2019

MOONFISH'S REDEMPTION Falls was one of the most eagerly anticipated shows in this year’s GIAF and its staging of Joseph O’Connor’s novel abounded in musical and visual invention.

Chamber Philharmonia Cologne annual Galway concert

Thu, Aug 01, 2019

THE CHAMBER Philharmonia Cologne, one of Germany's finest classical music ensembles, make their annual journey to Galway, to perform works by Vivaldi, Mozart, Paganini, and Saint-Saens.

The 'soothing vocal flicks' of Tiz McNamara

Thu, Aug 01, 2019

TIZ MCNAMARA has seen his independent releases achieve more than six million streams on Spotify, and feature on the British soaps Hollyoaks and Emmerdale. He has also performed with Paul McCartney and BRITS ‘Critics Choice Winner’ James Bay.

A night of hits with ABBAesque

Thu, Aug 01, 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.

Martin Hayes Quartet to play Feakle Festival 2019

Thu, Aug 01, 2019

MARTIN HAYES, Eleanor Shanley, Dennis Cahill, Steve Cooney, and Cormac Begley will be among the musicians playing the Feakle Festival, which runs in the east Clare village from Wednesday August 7 to Monday 12.

New Galway jazz session starts tonight

Thu, Aug 01, 2019

THE MUSIC of jazz visionary Thelonious Monk will be celebrated in Galway this evening in what will be the first of a new series of jazz nights taking place each Thursday throughout August.

Esker Festival Orchestra to play NUI Galway

Thu, Aug 01, 2019

'WATER MUSIC' a new work by Irish composer Donagh Marnane will receive its world premiere as part of the Esker Festival Orchestra's summer tour, which takes in Galway on Thursday August 8.

Autumn creative writing classes

Thu, Aug 01, 2019

AUTUMN IS always a good time to take up that project, ambition, or idea you have long wanted to realise, and those interested in writing should take a look at the courses being offered in the Galway Technical Institute.

Demand rises for An Post site to become cultural hub for city

Thu, Jul 25, 2019

THE NUMBER of cultural political voices calling for the vacant space at the rear of the An Post building - currently housing the arts festival flagship exhibition In The Flesh - to become a cultural hub for Galway city, has increased.

Tom O'Mahony to headline the Comedy KARLnival

Thu, Jul 25, 2019

SINCE STARRING in the hit TV comedy series Damo & Ivor as intolerable toff Tarquin, Tom O'Mahony has become one of the busiest Irish headline acts on the circuit, playing major festivals and clubs, both here and abroad.

Strange Brew Summer Shindig 15

Thu, Jul 25, 2019

THE STRANGE BREW Summer Shindig, Galway city's annual celebration of all things indie-rock - from the idea of indie as a genre to the philosophy of independent music and labels - returns to the Róisín Dubh.

Get singing at the Pálás

Thu, Jul 25, 2019

SING ALONG to classic Elton John hits as his life story unfolds before your eyes; see The Cure play their greatest songs in London; eat from a menu inspired by Pulp Fiction - that will be a Royale with Cheese then.

NARRATIVES exhibition opens in Oughterard

Thu, Jul 25, 2019

NARRATIVES, A mixed media exhibition of work by Lorraine Cleary, Bernie Dignam, Ann McBride, Aideen Monaghan, Eva O’Donovan, Catherine Patrickson, and Gala Tomasso, opens in Oughterard tomorrow.

GIAF Reviews: Dead Dog in a Suitcase, Epiphany

Theatre Reviews Thu, Jul 25, 2019

KNEEHIGH THEATRE Company's Dead Dog In A Suitcase was one of the hottest tickets at this year's Galway International Arts Festival. Adapted by Carl Grose and composer Charles Hazlewood, it was a raucous adaptation of John Gay’s 18th century classic, The Beggar’s Opera.

'There is something poetic and sublime about space'

Thu, Jul 25, 2019

LAST SATURDAY was the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing and the day also saw more than 1,000 visitors to Galway Arts Centre’s fascinating exhibition, Making Space, comprising collaborative work from paired scientists and artists.

A weekend of theatre and acrobatics

Thu, Jul 25, 2019

THEATRE OFTEN provides the most memorable highlights of the Galway International Arts Festival, and with the final four days to go, tickets are still available for three outstanding shows.

A weekend with Two Door Cinema Club and Orbital

Thu, Jul 25, 2019

DO YOU like your music indie based, guitar driven, and with funk grooves and pop hooks aplenty? Or do you prefer it chilled out and ambient sometimes, and other times raved up, but always electronic?

Watch André Rieu’s Maastricht concert

Thu, Jul 25, 2019

ANDRÉ RIEU'S annual Maastricht concert, featuring his 60-piece Johann Strauss Orchestra, will be screened by The Eye Cinema, Wellpark, this Saturday [July 27] at 7pm with an encore screening on Sunday at 3pm.

Kathleen Furey exhibition

Thu, Jul 25, 2019

REVISIT, AN exhibition by Kathleen Furey, where the artist explores loss, memory and moments of realisation via her hometown of Galway, is running at the Town Hall Theatre bar.

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