Seanie Vaughan - new single, Galway gig

Thu, Mar 21, 2019

'I CAN And I Will', the new single from Connemara singer-songwriter Seanie Vaughan, is out today, with all proceeds from the single, as well as from his upcoming gigs, going to Down Syndrome Ireland.

Theatre fest launches Creative Europe project

Thu, Mar 21, 2019

GALWAY THEATRE Festival will officially launch its Creative Europe project - Make A Move - on Wednesday March 27 at 4.30pm in the O’Donoghue Centre, NUI Galway.

Sarah Nicolls and her 'Inside out Piano'

Thu, Mar 21, 2019

A DISTINCTLY left-field musician is coming to Galway to celebrate Piano Day, which falls on Friday March 29, and play a kind of piano, the like of which has never been seen in the city.

A lunchtime date with Clara Schumann

Thu, Mar 21, 2019

CLARA SCHUMANN kept first rate company when it came to musicians - she was married to Robert Schumann and was friends with Johannes Brahms. She was also a superb composer and pianist in own right.

90s/00s Crazy Disco @ DNA

Thu, Mar 21, 2019

AFTER SELLING out Dublin's 3 Arena, the Biggest Crazy Disco Concert is coming to DNA nightclub, Eyre Square, this Saturday, playing classic hits from the 1990s and 2000s.

Saturday night punk and metal

Thu, Mar 21, 2019

A NIGHT of punk rock, doom metal, heft metal, and crust metal, takes place in The Cellar Bar, Eglinton Street, this Saturday at 8pm.

4th Spring Garden, Food and Craft Fair at Claregalway Castle - Here is all you need to know!

Wed, Mar 20, 2019

A perfect ‘stop-off’ on Mother’s Day….. come to Claregalway castle, have a coffee or lunch and buy a plant to start the Spring.

Hollaback: Nothing but Noughties @ DNA Live

Wed, Mar 20, 2019

On Saturday April 13th, DNA Live will bring the ultimate Noughties Covers Band Hollaback to Galway. This band knows how to get the party started, playing nothing but the BEST music from the 00’s era. After rocking DNA with a mash-up of 00’s favourites in January, they’re coming back for another much-anticipated gig.

Feel the beat of the Street with Macnas Young Ensemble this St Patrick’s Day

Fri, Mar 15, 2019

Macnas will be bringing their magic to the Galway St Patrick’s Day Parade on Sunday 17th March. Macnas Artistic Director is delighted to showcase next generation Macnas. The Macnas drumming troupe aged 15 -19 which will be led, under the stewardship of Éimhín Cradock and Debbie Wright, will perform a celebration of the dance between shadow and light to the city streets. 

Woolly the sheep - she's determined to be different

Thu, Mar 14, 2019

SHEEP HAVE a bad reputation as the ultimate conformists. If one of them does something, they all have to do it. Woolly is different though. She dares to be adventurous, and after she gets shorn, she's determined to find out what happened to her wool.

‘We’re going to enjoy as much of this tour as possible'

Thu, Mar 14, 2019

WHITE LIES will take to the stage of the Róísín Dubh in the final 24 hours of Britain’s membership of the European Union. Even if Westminster seeks an extension, the band knows it will be little other than postponing what is a threat to the livelihoods of all touring musicians.

Two chances to see a Danish thriller

Thu, Mar 14, 2019

DEMOTED TO deskwork, and waiting a disciplinary hearing, Asger is working the night shift in an emergency call room when he receives a message from a woman who has been abducted.

Damian Clark returns to the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 14, 2019

FORGET ANY notion of post-Patrick's Day blues, post-Bank Holiday blues, not when a line-up involving Damian Clark, Bob Hennigan, and Michael Downey are set to take to the stage of the Róisín Dubh.

Lee 'Scratch' Perry - reggae legend is back in Galway

Thu, Mar 14, 2019

VISIONARY, ECCENTRIC, legend - Lee 'Scratch' Perry, the man who produced the early music of Bob Marley and The Wailers, and a significant figure in reggae in his own right, returns for what has become his annual pilgrimage to Galway.

Album review: Stella Donnelly

Music Reviews Thu, Mar 14, 2019

THE SOUND, the look, is deceptive, disarming. The singer is all smiles and kookiness, the songs seemingly frothy, jubilant, catchy, 1980s style indie-pop. It's the sweetness that attracts.

ROPES to get Cúirt launch next month

Thu, Mar 14, 2019

ROPES, THE annual literary journal produced by students of the MA in literature and publishing at NUI Galway, will be officially launched at next month's Cúirt International Festival of Literature.

Touts - Derry's young punks set for Galway

Thu, Mar 14, 2019

DERRY HAS a long and proud tradition of punk, stretching back to the 1970s with The Undertones and the immortal 'Teenage Kicks', and continuing into today with such exciting young bands as Cherym and Touts.

Take The Points with Des Bishop

Thu, Mar 14, 2019

'TAKE THE point' is good advice on the pitch, but an even better metaphor for life, especially when you do not take advice well, and especially if you are one of those angry troll types on Facebook and Twitter.

Captain Marvel - the most fun you can have in a cinema

Films Reviews Thu, Mar 14, 2019

CAROL DANVERS - Captain Marvel's true identity - is not very well known to non-comic book readers, but, over the last decade, she has become one of Marvel comic’s best characters.

Bullying, office politics, and Bull

Thu, Mar 14, 2019

THREE YOUNG business colleagues are waiting to hear which two of them will keep their jobs. This is Mike Bartlett's sharp and dark comedy Bull, which is staged in the Town Hall Theatre studio this month.

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