The Dirty Circus - teasing, proud, and empowering

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

THE ANNUAL appearance of The Dirty Circus, Galway's burlesque and cabaret night, at the Vodafone Comedy Carnival, is as natural and traditional a pairing as stockings and suspenders.

Album review - Villagers

Music Reviews Thu, Sep 27, 2018

GIVEN WE live in a post-Christian, increasingly secular, Ireland, the opening line of Villagers' new album comes as a surprise: "I've found again, the space in my heart again, for God again, in the form of art again."

Arrested Development - live in HALO

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, the long running, progressive rap collective, who fuse soul, blues, hip-hop, and Sly & the Family Stone-influenced funk with political, socially conscious, lyrics, are coming to Galway to play HALO.

Fundraising night for Teach Solais LGBT+ Resource Centre

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

A FUNDRAISING night for the Teach Solais LGBT+ Resource Centre, hosted by drag queen Miss Bella Boutique, and with music by DJ Rob B, takes place in NOVA this weekend.

Ailbhe Griffith and Alan Gilsenan to attend screening of The Meeting at The Eye Cinema

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

THE DIRECTOR Alan Gilsenan, Ailbhe Griffith, and the cast of the acclaimed new Irish film, The Meeting, will attend a screening of the film and take part in a public Q&A this evening aty 7pm in The Eye Cinema.

Zoe Lyons brings hit show, Entry Level Human, to Galway

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

ENTRY LEVEL Human, the latest show from British comedian Zoe Lyons, has been described by Chortle.co.uk as containing "hit after hit after hit from a stand-up who's very much operating at advanced level."

A peek into crazy rich lifestyles of insane luxury

Films Reviews Thu, Sep 27, 2018

BASED ON Kevin Kwan's best selling novel of the same name, Crazy Rich Asians is the highest grossing rom-com since the Sex In The City film, and the first Hollywood movie since Joy Luck Club with an all-Asian cast and director.

The next best thing to seeing Thelonious Monk on stage

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

THELONIOUS MONK, Dinah Washington, Louis Armstrong, Anita O'Day, The Jimmy Guiffre Trio, and Mahalia Jackson - where could you have seen such an extraordinary line up of jazz and gospel musicians?

Liam O'Flaherty and The Radical Club

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

IN 1925, Aran Island born writer, Liam O'Flaherty, published his breakthrough novel, The Informer. In that year, he also joined the Radical Club in Dublin, a forum for progressive artists and writers.

Le Galaxie - 'a juggernaut of a party band'

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

NO STRANGERS to Galway and effortlessly able to conjure up a high energy party atmosphere with their first rate indie/dance/electro-rock hybrid, the mighty Le Galaxie return to the Róisín Dubh.

'Comedy is huge in Galway - I just delved right in'

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

SARAH O'GORMAN'S entry into comedy came via a mixture of geography, circumstance, and finding herself standing next to Phill Jupitus. Today she is auditor of the NUIG Comedy Society, and is about to make her second appearance at the Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway.

Owen O’Neill - 'a true original” at the Comedy KARLnival

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

ACCORDING TO The Scotsman, to call Tyrone comedian Owen O’Neill 'stand-up' "doesn't do him justice. This is genuine comedy from the gut, a true original”, as Galway will see next week.

Brian Deady - Irish soul man for Róisín Dubh

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

BRIAN DEADY has been declared Ireland's "soul star" by The Irish Times; "our favourite act in Ireland” by Nile Rodgers of Chic; while The Guardian has called his music "stirring blues and gospel".

Baboró children's festival seeks volunteers

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

THE BABORÓ International Children's Festival, which runs in Galway city from October 15 to 21, is seeking volunteers to help with the running of its theatre, dance, music, literature, and film events, and exhibitions, talks, and workshops.

Cutting edge acts at the Galway Jazz Festival

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

IN JANUARY 2017, Ashley Henry, aged 25, became the youngest guest resident musical director of both Ronnie Scott's and the Jazz Cafe. Galway will see why next month and the Galway Jazz Festival.

Baboró workshops for adults

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

DESPITE ITS title, the Baboró International Arts Festival for Children, does not just have great shows for children, it also has events that will be interest to adults.

No Stairway - Led Zeppelin tribute @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

NO STAIRWAY, the brilliant Galway Led Zeppelin tribute band, fronted by the multi-talented phenomenon that is Steven Sharpe, play the Róisín Dubh next week.

Baboró information day on writing children's picture books

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

GALWEGIANS WHO have ever entertained ideas of writing or illustrating picture books for children, how to get a publisher, and how to find out what publishers and booksellers looking for when it comes to picture books, should check out an information day at Baboró.

An evening of tales about the Tuatha De Danann

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

AN EVENING of storytelling and trad music will take place in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop when Diarmuid Johnson reads excerpts from his new book, Tuatha De Danann, accompanied by Donegal fiddle player Bríd Harper.

Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi tribute @ Monroe’s

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

BON JOVI tribute band Slippery When Wet, according to The Times, “play note perfect renditions” of the New Jersey band's greatest songs, and, "they are not just talented performers…they are masters of illusion”.

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