Festival In Exile in solidarity with Nicaragua
Thu, Feb 14, 2019
NICARAGUA'S Festival Internacional De Poesia De Granada, a celebrated international poetry event, has been cancelled this year as a result of the serious political crisis the Central American country has been experiencing since April 2018.
Read more ...Quartetto di Venezia - first Galway show in a decade
Thu, Feb 14, 2019
THERE WILL be a strongly Italian flavour to the next Music For Galway concert when the world renowned Quartetto di Venezia perform in St Joseph’s Church.
Read more ...Long neglected Liam O'Flaherty novel to be re-published
Thu, Feb 14, 2019
HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY, Liam O’Flaherty's novel exposing the exploitation and machinations which lay behind the US film industry during its 'golden era', is set to be republished in April.
Read more ...Show Me The Funny grand final 2019
Thu, Feb 14, 2019
AFTER FIVE competitive heats over the last few weeks, the grand final of Show Me The Funny takes place on Monday, February 19, at The King's Head Bar on High Street.
Read more ...Tedfest Table Quiz
Thu, Feb 14, 2019
TEDFEST, THE annual celebration of all things Father Ted is back, which means aficionados of the classic sit-com will get put through their paces at the Tedfest Table Quiz.
Read more ...Mob Wife - 'gonna be loud again'
Thu, Feb 14, 2019
MOB WIFE, the Belfast noise rock/punk band who have been causing ripples of excitement since the release of their debut single 'Warm Water' last summer, are coming to Galway.
Read more ...Little John Nee to headline first Theatre57 event
Thu, Feb 14, 2019
LITTLE JOHN Nee's Small Halls and Potholes, an evening of eccentric songs and strange stories, will be the first show performed at T57@Electric next week.
Read more ...Rory and the Island play Galway next week
Thu, Feb 14, 2019
AFTER A nine-year hiatus, singer-songwriter Rory Gallagher, formerly of Donegal rockers The Revs, returns to Galway with his current band project: Rory and the Island.
Read more ...NUI Galway Dramsoc’s Theatre Week 2019
Thu, Feb 14, 2019
PLAYS BY Tom Murphy, Julia Cho, and George Sheils will be performed and seen at Theatre Week, hosted by NUI Galway's Dramsoc, and running on campus from February 18 to 22.
Read more ...Let’s Set Sail to open new monthly gig night
Thu, Feb 14, 2019
INDEPENDENT GALWAY record label and collective Citóg Records begins a new monthly music night featuring an act from a small label/collective outside Galway in order to connect them in with the music community/audience here.
Read more ...Parallel Worlds art exhibition at Galway City Library February 8th.
Fri, Feb 08, 2019
Exhibition "PARALLEL WORLDS" showcases in the month of February at the Galway City Library. You can see the ‘X-Ray Flowers’ acrylic art on canvas and 'Galaxy Splashes' watercolour art series created by Kaisa Holsting.
Read more ...Cory Wong - the funk guitarist Prince's band admires
Thu, Feb 07, 2019
“WHEN I was a kid, I got a white Fender jazz bass and I freaked out. I had the most intense goose bumps. It felt liked I’d been given my sword and my journey could finally begin.”
Read more ...Decadent returns with Conor McPherson’s Port Authority
Thu, Feb 07, 2019
THREE MEN confront their lives, examining the significance of loves lost and found, the consequences of big dreams, and the results of even the smallest choices. This is Conor McPherson’s Port Authority.
Read more ...Foil Arms & Hog get Craicling
Thu, Feb 07, 2019
CRACKLING IS fried or roasted in pork fat, or the rind on a roasted pork joint. Combine that word with the Irish term for fun and mischief, 'craic' and you get Craicling.
Read more ...Galway Film Fleadh seeks short films
Thu, Feb 07, 2019
THE GALWAY Film Fleadh has opened i's short film submissions for the 31st festival, which runs from July 9 to 14. Entries in drama, documentary, live action, and animation are welcome.
Read more ...Art classes with Gill Christie
Thu, Feb 07, 2019
GILL CHRISTIE, the award winning Galway filmmaker and artist, will hold a 10 week art class, covering painting and drawing, starting on Tuesday February 19.
Read more ...Album review: Calva Louise
Music Reviews Thu, Feb 07, 2019
IT MAY be housed inside one of the most terrible album sleeves in living memory, but past the ghastly graphics lies a 30 minute treat of 10 fast and furious indie-pop/garage-rock songs.
Read more ...Wake - a story of sisterhood and the sea
Thu, Feb 07, 2019
THE WORLD premiere of Wake, a feminist retelling of Hans Christian Anderson’s beloved story 'The Little Mermaid', and written by the award-winning author Deirdre Sullivan, will be staged by NoRopes Theatre Company in the Town Hall Theatre studio.
Read more ...Edwin Sammon headlines the Comedy KARLnival
Thu, Feb 07, 2019
EDWIN SAMMON, best known for his role as Fr Gabriel in the award winning sitcom Bridget and Eamon, and as co-presenter on Republic Of Telly, will headline the next Comedy KARLnival.
Read more ...Rhythm nation - Galway Drum Show 2019
Thu, Feb 07, 2019
CHAD WACKERMAN, who recorded 26 albums with Frank Zappa; and Darren Beckett, drummer for The Killers' Brandon Flowers; are coming to Galway as part of a major new event - the Galway Drum Show.
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