A 'playful meditation' on mortality

Thu, Jan 31, 2019

THE IRISH funeral is one of the great, if solemn, social occasions in our culture. The keening women and boisterous games that marked funerals in pre-Famine times have vanished, but the funeral remains one of those signal events where a community gathers together to observe familiar, and comforting, rites and customs of remembrance.

Over The Edge Poetry book showcase

Thu, Jan 31, 2019

THE 2019 Over The Edge Poetry Book Showcase, featuring a host of leading Galway based poets, takes place at Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop on Friday February 8 at 6pm.

Steve Bennett headlines the Comedy KARLnival

Thu, Jan 31, 2019

STEVE BENNETT, the bearded wonder, the ukulele wielding comic, and the first winner of the Irish Comedian of the Year award, headlines the next Comedy KARLnival at the Róisín Dubh.

Bale is brilliant, but Vice is patronising and over stylised

Films Reviews Thu, Jan 31, 2019

WITH ALL the attention on the current White House administration, comes Vice, a full blown Hollywood blockbuster about Dick Cheney, the vice president of the USA from 2001 to 2009.

'Galway Rocks for Hospice' at The Kings Head

Thu, Jan 31, 2019

Some of Galway's favourite bands, including Pyramid, Tightrope, KIF, FYC, and The Converse Allstars, will play The King's Head on Friday February 8, in aid of Galway Hospice.

Dark Joy - from a studio in Galway to the world

Thu, Jan 31, 2019

DARK JOY are the most unlikely, yet uplifting, success story in Galway music. A classic rock/heavy metal band, they are an entirely studio bound creation, do not play live, and have no plans to either.

Padraig Jack - new single, Róisín Dubh gig

Thu, Jan 31, 2019

PADRAIG JACK, the Aran Islands singer-songwriter, has just released his new single 'Oiche Gheal', and plays the Róisín Dubh's upstairs bar next week.

Show Me The Funny penultimate heat

Thu, Jan 31, 2019

THE PENULTIMATE heat of Show Me The Funny, the competition for new and emerging comics, takes place this coming Monday [February 4] at The King's Head Bar, High Street.

Galway Dance Project workshops

Thu, Jan 31, 2019

GALWAY DANCE Project will hold a new series of professional development classes, on the first Saturday of the month, starting this Saturday, at St Nicholas’ School, Waterside.

The Eskies - 'rip-roaring party tunes for cowboys'

Thu, Jan 31, 2019

THE ESKIES, "the internet generation's answer to the Dubliners," according to Goldenplec, who play what Whisperin' and Hollerin' called "rip-roaring party tunes for cowboys, sailors, chain gangers, and rag timers", are coming to Galway.

Bernard Casey - online comic on stage at the Róisín

Thu, Jan 31, 2019

BERNARD CASEY has been described as "a wonderfully well crafted performer with a great old school style of storytelling," by no less a comedian than Tommy Tiernan.

Dylan Murphy releases new single

Thu, Jan 31, 2019

WE ARE used to Dylan Murphy's music having a strong blues feel or grunge edge, but his latest single 'A Little Rain' provides a different perspective on the Galway based singer-guitarist.

Rodney Owl - new single

Thu, Jan 31, 2019

RODNEY OWL, the Galway singer-songwriter will today release his new single, 'A Life Misleading', which features contributions from a number of the city's leading musicians.

An Italian lunchtime with ConTempo

Thu, Jan 31, 2019

THE SOUNDS of Italy will fill St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, when the ConTempo Quartet performs works by Scarlatti, Donizetti, and Puccini, at the next From Europe With Love concert.

Tom Portman to play Kinvara

Thu, Jan 31, 2019

TOM PORTMAN, the acclaimed guitarist, whose music fuses blues, folk, swing, classical, Asian, and trad, will play The Courthouse, Kinvara, tomorrow at 8pm.

Throwback to the 80s and 90s @ DNA

Thu, Jan 31, 2019

THE ULTIMATE 'blast from the past' feast comes to DNA Nightclub at The Skeff with classic hits and favourite songs from the 1980s and 1990s played back to back on Saturday February 9.

Go Bananas for Malcolm Middleton

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

MALCOLM MIDDLETON, the solo singer-songwriter, who is also known as one half of Arab Strap, along with Aidan Moffat, makes a welcome return to Galway next month to play the Róisín Dubh.

Schindler's List screening to mark Holocaust Memorial Day

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL Day will be marked in Galway with a screening of Steven Spielberg's powerful 1993 film, Schindler's List, starring Liam Neeson as the German industrialist who saved the lives of 1,200 Jews during WWII.

Saorise Ronan excels, but Queen Mary film is below par

Films Reviews Thu, Jan 24, 2019

MARY STUART returns to Scotland in 1561 after being married off at a young age to a French prince. Her husband now dead, she has returned to make a claim on the English throne.

Comedy sketch play about 2019 Leaving Cert Irish orals

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

CAITH AMACH É, the hit comedy based on the Leaving Cert Irish Oral Picture sequences, and based on the 2019 Leaving Cert, is coming to An Taibhdhearc.

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