Bosco to celebrate major birthday at Town Hall

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

FIRST BROADCAST on RTÉ in 1979, Bosco was an Irish children's television phenomenon and a shared cultural experience for a generation, and this year, Bosco is celebrating 40 years.

'What we hear in our heads is what we try and make'

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

THEY ARE not yet finished college. Not all the members are yet in their twenties. They have only released a few singles and an EP, but Valeras are deservedly regarded as one of Britain's most exciting indie-guitar based bands.

Owen Colgan's Woke Tour comes to Galway

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

OWEN COLGAN, Irish cult comedy hero, sex symbol, and Hardy Bucks star, is about to hit the road for his biggest tour yet, with that tour hitting Galway in April.

Experience Dark Side Of The Moon in Galway

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

IF YOU did not manage to make it to either of Roger Waters magnificent Dublin concerts last summer, where he performed pretty much the entirety of Dark Side Of The Moon, then an upcoming recreation of that classic album is not to be missed.

Galway Actors Workshop - new six-week acting courses

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

THE GALWAY Actors Workshop will hold two six-week beginners’ level courses on Thursdays from 7pm to 10pm in the Anno Santo Hotel, Salthill, starting March 7.

Montauk Hotel to play Strange Brew

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

INSPIRED BY 1980s indie-pop, and creating "streamlined, chorus-drenched jangle-pop” with "earworming charm", according to The Thin Air, Montauk Hotel are fast becoming a rising force in Irish music.

A lunchtime concert of modern music

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

A LUNCHTIME concert from the composer and violist Sebastian Adams, and cellist Yseult Cooper Stockdale, takes place next week in the O'Donoghue Centre for Drama, NUI Galway.

Richard Thompson to play Town Hall Theatre

Wed, Feb 20, 2019

RICHARD THOMPSON, a key former member of Fairport Convention; one of Britain's greatest and most covered songwriters; and who worked with Nick Drake on Bryter Layter, is coming back to Galway in August.

Wake gives voice to female voicelessness

Theatre Reviews Tue, Feb 19, 2019

HANS CHRISTIAN Andersen’s The Little Mermaid was first published in 1837 and since then it has inspired countless adaptations in print, film, TV and theatre. The latest is Deirdre Sullivan’s dark west of Ireland spin on the story, Wake.

Bualadh Busk - a day long busk-a-thon on Saturday

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

BULADH BUSK, a day long busk-a-thon organised by the Galway Buskers’ Community takes place this Saturday, February 16, from 10am to 10pm, for what is being called "a positive protest" against the Galway City Council’s re-proposed busking bye-laws.

Sean Hegarty - hit them with those one liners

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

ARMED WITH a tiny keyboard and a seemingly endless supply of one-liners - mostly hilarious, others very deliberately, knowingly, groan inducing - Sean Hegarty is coming back to the Róisín Dubh.

Soldiers, students, cops, and stressed out dads

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

THE CONTROVERSIAL Israeli film Foxtrot, three films from France, a Danish thriller, a Turkish story about family and home, and a Hungarian film dealing with anti-Semitism, will be screened in the Pálás Cinema during the Galway Film Society's Spring 2019 season.

Sebastian Barry's On Blueberry Hill

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

"I FOUND my thrill, on Blueberry Hill, on Blueberry Hill, when I found you," sang Fats Domino on his classic 1956 hit, and this has song inspired the title of Sebastian Barry's 2017 play which is being revived and toured by Fishamble: The New Play Company.

Whiskey Shivers - good time bluegrass and punk

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

THEY CALL themselves "trashgrass". The Washinton Post calls them "bluegrass-fueled Americana for a generation that grew up listening to punk rock", while BBC Global Beats declared them "one of the best modern bluegrass outfits around”.

Album review: Porkstore

Music Reviews Thu, Feb 14, 2019

PORKSTORE IS Barry Richardson - Galwegian, all around top bloke, and inspiration behind one of the greatest songs So Cow (aka Brian Kelly) has ever written. And Barry is not just the subject of a song, but a songwriter himself.

Galway Drum Show’s all-star 'celebration of drumming'

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

SOME OF the world’s finest drummers are coming to Galway for the inaugural Galway Drum Show on Sunday March 10 at the Clayton Hotel, Ballybrit. The event is a day-long celebration of the art of drumming and the drumming industry and features live performances, demonstrations, exhibitors, workshops, and competitions.

Seumas O'Kelly Players are A Wake In The West

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

A WAKE In The West, the comedy play by Michael J Ginnelly, about wills, inheritance, and unusual requests from beyond the grave, will be performed by the Seumas O'Kelly Players.

Alita: Battle Angel - all good looks and no substance

Films Reviews Thu, Feb 14, 2019

SET IN a post apocalyptic, dystopian, future - is there any other kind? - Dr Ido Dyson finds the head of a robot girl while out scavenging, and brings it home to fire it up.

Gearóid Farrelly set to tell some Home Truths

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

GEARÓID FARRELLY is a comedian praised by Chortle.co.uk for his "expressive storytelling and shrewd social commentary” and by The Irish Times for his "intelligent, reflective comedy”.

Eddi Reader returns to the Town Hall

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

EDDI READER, one of the greatest singer-songwriters to ever emerge from Scotland, returns to Ireland for what will be her 11th consecutive tour of the country, and Galway is on her itinerary.

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