Croi8 take The Musical Steps

Thu, Dec 06, 2018

THE MUSICAL Steps is the title of a show and performance which will be given by Galway folk-rock/prog-rock band Croí8 when they play the Town Hall Theatre studio next week.

The Three Tenors at Salthill Church

Thu, Dec 06, 2018

THE MUCH loved Three Tenors are coming to Christ The King Church, Salthill, to perform their annual Galway Christmas concert, which will also raise funds for St Vincent de Paul.

Oh What A Night - the songs of Frankie Valli

Thu, Dec 06, 2018

FRANKIE VALLI is 84-years-old and shows no signs of slowing down or giving up the music, and the music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons is to be performed and celebrated in Galway.

Was Britain, not Germany, responsible for the start of WWI?

Thu, Dec 06, 2018

"THE FIRST World War, it came and it went, the reasons for fighting I never did get," sang Bob Dylan on 'With God On Our Side', and unlike WWI, the Great War's causes are complex and not straightforward.

Galway Advertiser's Best Songs of 2018

Essential Playlist Tue, Dec 04, 2018

WHAT WERE your favourite songs of 2018? It was a pretty good year for music, so there is plenty to choose from, and a trend noticable over the last four to five years has continued, with the most interesting and exciting music unquestionably being produced by female artists.

Bell X1 to play arts festival Big Top in July

Tue, Dec 04, 2018

THE GALWAY International Arts Festival has announced the second of its Big Top concerts for next summer. Bell X1 will play the iconic venue in the Fisheries Field on Friday July 19 2019.

Galway Advertiser's Best Galway Songs 2018

Essential Playlist Mon, Dec 03, 2018

GALWAY IS very lucky to have the musicians it has, very fortunate to have the range,diversity and calibre of the muscians who are either from here, or who else choose to live here.

The unhinged poetry of Ken Bruen

Literature Reviews Thu, Nov 29, 2018

KEN BRUEN'S writing is like Charles Bukowski’s in that people tend to either love it, or be allergic to it. No one pretends to like Bruen’s writing in the way they do, say, the poetry of Ocean Vuong or Doireann Ní Gríofa because, to paraphrase WH Auden, they think it is the correct opinion to have for the time of year.

Villagers to play Black Box in December

Thu, Nov 29, 2018

IT IS possibly the most surprising declaration to open any Irish album, certainly this year, or of any year in recent times: "I've found again, the space in my heart again, for God again, in the form of art again."

The 2 Johnnies - getting loose on stage in Galway

Thu, Nov 29, 2018

THE 2 JOHNNIES, the makers of what many consider to be Ireland's funniest podcast, are stepping out from behind the microphones to once again take to the stage, on their new Irish tour.

Poet Trevor Conway launches new collection

Thu, Nov 29, 2018

GALWAY POET Trevor Conway launches his second collection, Breeding Monsters, at The Crane Bar, where there will also be music from singer Sandra Coffey and guitarist Gregory Prendergast.

Tóraíocht an Yummy Mummy - An Taibhdhearc panto

Thu, Nov 29, 2018

EGYPT. 1928. Stanley and Oliver are searching for the rumoured tomb of the famous female Pharaoh Hatchetsoup. There have been many expeditions before, but none have been successful.

Ralph Fiennes in Antony and Cleopatra @ The Eye

Thu, Nov 29, 2018

RALPH FIENNES, one of Britain's finest actors, who has appeared in such diverse films as The Grand Budapest Hotel, Schindler's List, and the Harry Potter series, is back on screens at The Eye Cinema.

'Galway felt like a really good place to come and make the record'

Thu, Nov 29, 2018

WHEN DECLAN O’Rourke’s debut album, Since Kyabram, was released in 2004, it confirmed, indeed exceeded, the promise and expectations that had been building up around the Dublin singer-songwriter.

Kevin Gildea to play the Comedy KARLnival

Thu, Nov 29, 2018

KEVIN GILDEA has exerted a quiet, but powerful influence on Irish comedy, and is a key figure in the Irish comedy boom which began in the 1990s and has continued unabated since.

Wildlife - domestic unbliss in Montana

Films Reviews Thu, Nov 29, 2018

SET IN 1960s Montana, married couple Jerry and Janette and their son Joe have recently relocated. Though not said, it is implied they left their last home when Jerry lost his job, and it is not the first time this has happened.

Blue Teapot offer a seasonal ‘Twist’ on Dickens

Thu, Nov 29, 2018

THE PAST year has been something of an annus mirabilis for Galway’s Blue Teapot Theatre Company. Len Collin’s inspired film of the Blue Teapot play Sanctuary was screened in Britain to ecstatic reviews and was later shown by RTÉ. In May, the company staged its ground-breaking production of Dancing At Lughnasa at the Town Hall.

Youth Ballet West present The Nutcracker

Thu, Nov 29, 2018

YOUTH BALLET West are staging Tchaikovsky's much love ballet, The Nutcracker, in the Town Hall Theatre on December 15 and 16 - but if you want to see it hurry, as the show is almost sold out.

Sean Keane's Christmas By The Hearth 2018

Thu, Nov 29, 2018

SEAN KEANE'S annual Christmas By The Hearth concert returns to the Town Hall Theatre next week, where the much acclaimed Caherlistrane singer will be accompanied by the Mayo Concert Orchestra.

Tom Stade - Galway bound in 2019

Thu, Nov 29, 2018

TOM STADE is “so cool he could well be the answer to global warming," according to The Scotsman, who also called this Canadian comedy legend "gloriously funny” - as Galway will see next year.

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