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.

Tony Law - surreal, absurd, shouty

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

SURREAL, ABSURD, shouty, yet powerful nonsense, that is also not without meaning, will be the order of the day when Tony Law, "the King of post-modern nonsense", according to The Daily Telegraph, returns to Galway.

Photo exhibition in Tuam

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

THE CLADDAGH, The Long Walk, and Galway Cathedral, are just some of the landmarks featured in a new exhibition by the Galway photographer Patrick Dinneen which is currently running in Tuam.

La Nuit des idées - from the moon to HP Lovecraft

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

TWO FILMS, made almost a century apart, as well as talks on HP Lovecraft and press cartoons in Ireland after 1916, will make up the La Nuit des idées/Night of Ideas 2019 event at NUI Galway.

'We can change the way things have been done and improve conditions for future generations'

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

INDEPENDENT GALWAY theatre makers were out in force on Monday evening at Electric on Abbeygate Street, for the launch of new collective Theatre57, which aims to serve the needs of Galway's arts and creative community, and advocate for much needed arts facilities.

Flash Harry to bring 'a kind of magic' to the Town Hall

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

WITH THE QUEEN/Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody enjoying great success among cinema goers - as well as generating controversy - and Rami Malek's outstanding performance as Freddie deservedly winning him a Golden Globe, it seems Queen are all the rage again.

Just Guff - hit local play returns

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

WHAT IS it like to be a dedicated member of a political party, working your way up through the ranks, believing in all the party stands for, before seeing that certainty shattered? Just Guff has the answer.

Steve Bennett @ Show Me The Funny

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

IRELAND'S LONGEST running and most wide reaching comedy competition, Show Me The Funny, continues with heat three at The King's Head Bar, High Street, where the special guest is Steve Bennett.

New art classes from Denise Hogan

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

DENISE HOGAN, the award winning Galway artist, has announced the dates of her new spring term, including weekly art classes in oils, acrylics, and watercolours, along with a new aspect to her classes.

Cellar Door - Q&A with actor and director at The Eye

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

ACTOR KAREN Hassan, best known for her roles in Hollyoaks and Vikings, and director Viko Nikci, will attend a screening of the new Irish film, Cellar Door, and take part in a public Q&A, on Wednesday January 30 at 6.30pm.

Fly Me To The Moon – another hit comedy from Marie Jones

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

TOWN HALL Theatre audiences are in for a treat next week when Fly Me To The Moon by Marie Jones, author of smash hits like Stones In His Pockets and Women On The Verge of HRT, comes to Galway.

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