Sharpie and O’Connor fundraiser for Galway Rape Crisis Centre

Thu, Jul 05, 2018

STEVEN SHARPE and Katie O’Connor are frequent collaborators and the singer-songwriters will again join forces, as they play a gig to raise funds for the Galway Rape Crisis Centre.

Galway Street Club to support Madness

Thu, Jul 05, 2018

GALWAY STREET Club have a busy summer ahead. When the band are not been playing to crowds on Galway's streets, they have been making waves throughout the Irish music scene.

My Fellow Sponges man to sing in Salthill Park

Thu, Jul 05, 2018

THE CURLY Organ - solo project of My Fellow sponges’ Donal McConnon - will endeavour to sustain the attention of onlookers in Salthill Park this summer, using only his voice.

GIAF lunchtime trad gigs @ Monroe’s

Thu, Jul 05, 2018

THE TRADITIONAL Music Showcases are a long standing Galway International Arts Festival institution, and an essential port of call for all trad and folk fans in the city.

Cinema review: Ocean's 8

Films Reviews Thu, Jun 28, 2018

OCEAN'S 8 is a new movie in the Oceans franchise. It is hard to believe George Clooney's Ocean's Eleven came out 17 years ago. It was a fun heist movie with some pretty entertaining sequels. Enough time has passed, and as we are rebooting and remaking anything and everything, why not Ocean's Eleven?

Steve Bennett - back at the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jun 28, 2018

STEVE BENNETT, the inaugural Irish Comedian Of The Year winner in 2016, makes a welcome return to the Róisín Dubh stage to headline the next Comedy KARLnival.

Camille O'Sullivan - solo show for GIAF 18

Thu, Jun 28, 2018

CAMILLE O'SULLIVAN was memorably, and not inaccurately, described by The Scotsman as "a cross between Sally Bowles, Patti Smith, and PJ Harvey", and for the second year in a row, she makes a welcome return to the Galway International Arts Festival.

What the Fleadh?! - Festivals' late night programme

Thu, Jun 28, 2018

TO MARK 30 years of the Galway Film Fleadh, the festival has announced What the Fleadh?!, a new, dedicated late night strand, featuring movies that are strange, scary, or fantastical.

Exhibition of porcelain works in Kinvara

Thu, Jun 28, 2018

AN EXHIBITION of new porcelain work by Diane Reid and Sinead O'Connell, exploring the sense of occupancy, is set to open at The Courthouse, Kinvara.

Port Authority and Wit - Andrew Flynn’s GIAF double-bill

Thu, Jun 28, 2018

DIRECTOR ANDREW Flynn brings two plays to this year’s Galway International Arts Festival, both of which run at the Nuns Island Theatre - Port Authority, by Conor McPherson, performed by Decadent Theatre; and Wit by Margaret Edson, presented by Galway Youth Theatre and Galway Community Theatre.

'The biggest thing the fleadh has going for it is Galway'

Thu, Jun 28, 2018

THE FULL programme for this year’s Galway Film Fleadh is unveiled this evening, Thursday June 28, at the Galmont Hotel and, under the stewardship of new programmer William Fitzgerald, it features more films than ever before with a host of exciting premieres and guests.

Wyvern Lingo - new single, two Galway shows

Thu, Jun 28, 2018

WYVERN LINGO, possibly the best band in Ireland right now, released their new single 'Crawl' earlier this month, and play two shows in the city this year, including one at the Galway International Arts Festival.

Two lemurs, Two Balloons, one short film

Thu, Jun 28, 2018

TWO ADVENTUROUS lemurs travel the skies in their wondrous airships. One night they meet by chance and forge a bond which sees them through a calamity and cements their friendship.

Hvmmingbyrd - new single, Galway gig

Thu, Jun 28, 2018

HVMMINGBYRD, THE Dublin electronic duo of Deborah Byrne and Suzette Das, will launch their new single 'Prisms' with a show in the Róisín Dubh, which also marks the start of their Irish tour.

Galway Cathedral Summer Concerts 2018

Thu, Jun 28, 2018

THE 25TH Galway Cathedral Recitals international summer concerts begins next week, and to mark the occasion there will be film screenings, vocal performances, brass music, as well as organ recitals.

The High Kings bring Decade tour to Athenry

Thu, Jun 28, 2018

THE HIGH Kings will play Athenry as part of their Decade - The Best of The High Kings, 10th Anniversary Tour. The show will feature new member George Murphy, who joined following the departure of original High King, Martin Furey.

Brave Giant to play Monroe's

Thu, Jun 28, 2018

BRAVE GIANT, the Longford indie-folk band who have won acclaim for their EP, The Lordy Lordy, and the singles 'The Time I Met The Devil' and 'Way To Love', are playing Galway in July.

Tom Portman - Kinvara blues

Thu, Jun 28, 2018

TOM PORTMAN, the guitarist and Dobro player, and singer-songwriter, whose music fuses various, disparate, genres, will play a solo show in Kinvara this weekend.

Seattle Choir to sing at St Nicholas'

Thu, Jun 28, 2018

THE NORTHWEST Firelight Chorale, from Seattle, will present a free concert in St Nicholas' Collegiate Church, on Friday July 6 at 5pm.

JANAJ to play Róisín Dubh

Wed, Jun 27, 2018

FOLLOWING THE release of their critically acclaimed single 'Badlands' earlier this year, Galway alt-rock band JANAJ play a gig in the upstairs bar of the Róisín Dubh.

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