Extra dates for Keith Barry's Deception
Thu, Jan 24, 2019
A THIRD, and final, Galway date, has been added for Keith Barry's latest show, Deception, running at the Black Box Theatre. The show will take place on Thursday February 21, Friday 22, and Saturday 23.
Read more ...Bouts are back and in the Róisín Dubh
Thu, Jan 24, 2019
BOUTS, THE Dublin indie-rock band, are back after a five year break with a new album, Flow, a new single, 'Love's Lost Landings (Part 2)', and a tour, which includes Galway.
Read more ...Dead Horse Jive's Hard Rock Soft Border Tour
Thu, Jan 24, 2019
WITH THE threat of a no deal Brexit looming as chaos reigns in Westminster, one Galway band have vowed to cross the border as many times as possible before any 'hard border' can be imposed on the country should the UK and EU fail to reach an agreement.
Read more ...Three pieces from a string trio
Thu, Jan 24, 2019
MUSIC BY Dvorák, Röntgen, and Mozart will fill the Emily Anderson Concert Hall at NUI Galway, when The Netherlands' Lendvai Trio take to the stage for the next Music For Galway concert.
Read more ...TG4 Young Musician of the Year to play Ballinderreen
Thu, Jan 24, 2019
CONOR CONNOLLY, the TG4 Young Musician of the Year 2019, will give a concert in the Ballinderreen Community Centre, this Saturday [January 26], at 8pm.
Read more ...A lunchtime classical concert
Thu, Jan 24, 2019
SUCH WELL known tunes as 'Sí Bheag Sí Mhor' and 'Greensleeves' will be heard at a lunchtime concert of 16th and 17th century music in the O’Donoghue Centre, NUI Galway.
Read more ...Nasty women, corrupt men, wedding disasters, and war
Thu, Jan 17, 2019
A POSSESSIVE woman, a screwball crime comedy, French workers versus capitalism, Finnish soldiers in WWII, corrupt politicians, and the bad tempered boss of a catering company - the Subtitle - European Film Festival is coming to town.
Read more ...The Delines - new album, Róisín Dubh show
Thu, Jan 17, 2019
WILLY VLAUTIN, the lead singer and songwriter of the much-acclaimed Americana band, Richmond Fontaine, is making a welcome return to Galway as part of The Delines, who this month released their second album.
Read more ...Gerry Davis' dreamlike Procession
Thu, Jan 17, 2019
A DREAMLIKE journey through memory, identity, and the obstacles encountered by a contemporary practising artist, make up the paintings on display in Procession, the new exhibition by Gerry Davis.
Read more ...Ivan Brackenbury at the Comedy KARLnival
Thu, Jan 17, 2019
IF YOU watch 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown, you have seen Ivan Brackenbury, the hapless hospital DJ with the unwitting knack of playing the most inappropriate songs for the patients.
Read more ...EP Review: Dodie
Music Reviews Thu, Jan 17, 2019
SINCE SHE began uploading music from her bedroom at the age of 16, singer-songwriter Dodie - aka Essex native Dorothy Clark - has gone on to enjoy some level of success.
Read more ...Jon Kenny becomes the Crowman
Thu, Jan 17, 2019
JON KENNY, of D’Unbelievables fame, is touring with a new play, Crowman, that comes to the Town Hall Theatre on Thursday January 24. Written and directed by north-Cork writer Katie Holly, the play received standing ovations every night during its inaugural run in Cork Midsummer festival last year.
Read more ...New members appointed to An Taibhdhearc board of directors
Thu, Jan 17, 2019
TREVOR Ó CLOCHARTAIGH, originally from an Aird Mhóir near Cill Chiaráin, and Orla King from An Spidéal, have been appointed to the board of directors of An Taibhdhearc, the national Irish language theatre.
Read more ...Galway to mark centenary of the First Dáil
Thu, Jan 17, 2019
In the UK general election of December 1918, 73 out of 105 Irish seats were won by Sinn Féin, and in a move to assert Irish sovereignty and the right to self-determination, those 73 MPs refused to take their seats at Westminster.
Read more ...Alison Spittle - making a show of herself
Thu, Jan 17, 2019
ALISON SPITTLE, the star and writer of RTÉ's Nowhere Fast and Culchie Club, and the Tatler Comedian Of The Year, is bringing her new show, Makes A Show Of Herself, to Galway this month.
Read more ...The Voldemort String Quartet in concert
Thu, Jan 17, 2019
THE VOLDEMORT String Quartet, a group aged between 10 and 12, will perform along side quartets from DIT’s Conservatory of Music Drama and the Royal Irish Academy of Music, at a concert in Galway this month.
Read more ...Over The Edge to celebrate 16th birthday
Thu, Jan 17, 2019
OVER THE Edge will celebrate its 16th birthday this month at the Galway City Library, with readings from the poets Tim Cumming and Sarah Padden, along with Jonathan Harper, and the Skylight 47 contributors.
Read more ...Beautiful Boy - a run of the mill addiction story
Films Reviews Thu, Jan 17, 2019
THAT BEAUTIFUL Boy stars Timothee Chalamet means no one can accuse the title of false advertising. Chalamet plays Nic Sheff, a young boy who seems to have it all. He gets into every college he applies to, has a great relationship with his family, and seems kind and polite.
Read more ...Looking Up with Chris Kent
Thu, Jan 17, 2019
CHRIS KENT has spent the past year balancing his comedy career with being a stay at home dad, trying to grow a beard, and removing the word 'mate' from his vocabulary, as "it takes too much effort to say in an Irish accent".
Read more ...Peach to DJ @ Electric
Thu, Jan 17, 2019
PEACH, THE London based Canadian DJ, who shot to prominence last year, is coming to Galway, to spin the decks at Electric, Abbeygate Street, in a night organised with Gash Collective.
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