Féile na bhFlaitheartach 2018

Thu, Aug 16, 2018

THE SIXTH Féile na bhFlaitheartach, the annual celebration of the work of two of Ireland's finest writers - Liam and Tom O'Flaherty - takes place on Inis Mór, The Aran Islands, on Saturday August 25 and Sunday 26.

Aisling? - All-star 'extravaganza' of Gaeltacht artists

Thu, Aug 16, 2018

AISLING?, THE an all-star extravaganza featuring 17 leading Gaeltacht artists from the worlds of music, dance, literature and visual arts, is coming to the Town Hall for two nights only.

Puppets and a case of writer's block

Thu, Aug 16, 2018

NEW GALWAY theatre company, Diffused Theatre, is currently staging its first summer show, The Writer’s Block Apartments: It’s a Working Title, in the O’Donoghue Theatre, NUI Galway.

Galway Jazz Festival 2018

Thu, Aug 16, 2018

WHO SAYS festival season is over in Galway? The Comedy Carnival is on the way, as is the Oyster Festival, and visual arts fest TULCA, while this week saw the line-up for the 2018 Galway Jazz Festival announced.

Important classes for ballet students

Thu, Aug 16, 2018

KATHERINE LEWIS, the artistic director of the Irish National Youth Ballet Company, will from September, be in Galway one Sunday a month to teach and mentor dancers, aged 13 and older.

Club GASS Pride Spectacular

Thu, Aug 16, 2018

CLUB GASS, Galway's leading LGBT clubnight, will host its biggest party to date with an all day and going late into the night event during the Galway Pride Festival.

Creative writing classes at Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Aug 16, 2018

THE SHORT story writer and poet Susan Millar DuMars will teach a series of creative writing classes at the Galway Arts Centre, Dominick Street, starting in September.

Thin Lizzy's Brian Downey to play Monroe's

Thu, Aug 16, 2018

BRIAN DOWNEY, a founder-member of Thin Lizzy, and the drummer with that peerless and influential Irish hard rock band, is coming to Galway to give a concert at Monroe's.

Letterfrack and the President's trees

Thu, Aug 16, 2018

TREES AROUND Áras an Uachtaráin, which were felled by storms, and subsequently gifted by Uachtarán na hÉireann, Michael D Higgins, to Letterfrack GMIT, are now the subject of a new book - See The Wood From The Trees.

Conan - heavy distortion and downtuned 'caveman battle doom'

Wed, Aug 15, 2018

CONAN, THE acclaimed Liverpool doom metal band, whose heavily distorted, downtuned sound, has been described as "caveman battle doom", play Galway city tomorrow night, Thursday August 16.

Goth-rock inspires Galway Arts Centre exhibition

Tue, Aug 14, 2018

IN 1983, the legendary British goth-rock band, The Sisters Of Mercy, released The Reptile House EP. It featured a song called Lights, which contained the line, "The night draws near and the daylight fades. Ignore the voices, discard the day. For the brand new darkness, for the bright new way."

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - Funk, soul, brass, and eight brothers

Mon, Aug 13, 2018

“I CANNOT get enough of these guys, they soothe the soul.” So said the former US president Barack Obama, about the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, who play Strange Brew in the Róisín Dubh next week.

CHRISTMAS AT THE GALMONT!

Thu, Aug 09, 2018

When it comes to celebrating Christmas, whether it's with family, friends or colleagues, The Galmont has Christmas all wrapped up. Celebrate your office party with us, take a break from shopping with our festive afternoon tea or treat yourself to a stress-free Christmas with an overnight stay, including dinner with all the trimmings.

Emma O’Grady ‘looking well’ with revival of superb solo show

Thu, Aug 09, 2018

One of the best local plays I saw last year was Emma O’Grady’s solo show, What Good is Looking Well When You’re Rotten on the Inside, based on tape recordings made by her grandfather Paddy O’Grady shortly before his death.

Tim Vine, the Sunset Milk Idiot, comes to Galway

Thu, Aug 09, 2018

For the first time ever, the master of the one-liner himself – Tim Vine – is bringing his stand-up tour to eight venues in Ireland, including Galway's Town Hall Theatre on Wednesday September 5.

Steven Sharpe and Katie O'Connor are coming to the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Aug 09, 2018

To Gaze Upon Us is the love child of Sharpe and O'Connor because that is as physical as it is getting. They made their debut in April of 2015 in the Róisín Dubh in the run up to the Marriage Equality vote, and now they are back. On August 16, Steven Sharpe and Katie O'Connor bring their out and proud act to the Róisín Dubh.

The Wiz whizzes into the Town Hall

Thu, Aug 09, 2018

After the amazing 2017 production of Disney’s Aladdin Jr, Galway’s annual summer musical this year produced by Twin Productions, and running at the Town Hall from August 22 to 26, is The Wiz – based on the ever-popular The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum. First performed in 1974, The Wiz features a book by William F Brown, music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls and all the lovable and wicked characters in a funky musical rendering of the classic tale. The show won seven Tony Awards when it was staged on Broadway, where it ran for four years, and it has since gone on to become a cult classic.

The Little Prince coming to Nun's Island Theatre

Thu, Aug 09, 2018

"Inventively and charmingly rendered by director Luke Morgan’s lively production” - Galway Advertiser

Celtic broadcasters launch international production fund

Thu, Aug 09, 2018

A host of broadcasters from the Celtic regions have joined forces to set up an exciting new media production fund to develop new drama, animation, and factual programmes in the Celtic languages.

The Celtic International Fund will run an annual joint-commissioning round between the indigenous Celtic language television broadcasters and funders of Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and Northern Ireland.

Róisín Dubh Comedy presents Comedy KARLnival with KARL SPAIN & friends

Thu, Aug 09, 2018

Apart from being one of the most in demand comics in the land, John Colleary has also co written and starred in IFTA nominated shows, The Savage Eye (RTÉ 2) and Irish Pictorial Weekly (RTÉ 1).

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