Album review: The Fall

Music Reviews Thu, Aug 23, 2018

IF YOU told the late John Peel you were keen to get into The Fall - his favourite band - and asked him what was the best album to start with, he might have replied: "Their entire discography".

Dott to give Heart Swell official launch tonight

Thu, Aug 23, 2018

'GOOD THINGS come to those who wait' as the old saying goes, and that is certainly the case with Dott's second album Heart Swell, which gets it's official launch in the Róisín Dubh tonight.

See Casablanca on the big screen

Thu, Aug 23, 2018

"OF ALL the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine." "We'll always have Paris." "Play it, Sam." It is one of the greatest films of all time, one of the most loved, and filled with memorable quotes. It is Casablanca.

Fair City actor to read at Over The Edge

Thu, Aug 23, 2018

LISA HARDING, who played Connie in RTÉ’s Fair City, will read from her prize-winning novel, Harvesting, at the Over The Edge: Open Reading which takes place in the Galway City Library next week.

Nutan's view of Kinvara and the west

Thu, Aug 23, 2018

MY WORLD, an exhibition of photographs and paintings by the acclaimed Irish based, Belgian photographer, Nutan, opens today [August 23] at 7.30pm in The Courthouse Gallery, Kinvara.

'I think that still makes me Europe’s fastest joke teller'

Thu, Aug 23, 2018

“IT'S BEEN about 20 years since I last played Galway,” Tim Vine begins our interview, and that is before I have even got the chance to ask him a question. “I was just looking through my diaries; I’ve got every diary I kept ever since I started doing comedy so it will be listed here somewhere, I just can’t find it right now.”

Vodafone Comedy Carnival 2018 line-up announced

Thu, Aug 23, 2018

DYLAN MORAN, Sean Lock, Reginald D Hunter, Jason Byrne, Rich Hall, Milton Jones, Gina Yashere, Joel Dommett, Rhys Darby, Enya Martin, Al Murray and Dermot & Dave are just some of the stand-up superstars heading to Galway for this year’s Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway 2018.

The Voldemort Quartet are coming

Thu, Aug 23, 2018

HAS THE evil wizard Voldemort, arch enemy of Harry Potter, his own string quartet? It appears so, and these young musicians will be among the performers at the Galway Music Residency autumn/winter programme.

Comedy Carnival to be launched at the Comedy KARLnival

Thu, Aug 23, 2018

YOU KNOW Joel Dommett. He was a finalist in 2016’s I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here and appeared in BBC 3's Impractical Jokers and E4's Skins. The next time he appears will be on stage, marking the launch of the Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway.

Film review: The Festival

Films Reviews Thu, Aug 23, 2018

WHEN OUR hero Nick is dumped publicly at his graduation, his best friend Shane insists they go on a rite of passage by attending a music festival, and doing loads of drugs in a muddy field in the middle of England - this is basically The Festival's entire premise.

Events, talks, and activities at Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Aug 23, 2018

A TALK on Lady Gregory, a showcase for amateur film makers, a children's event, and Red Bird Youth Collective seeking new members - all are taking place in the Galway Arts Centre on Dominick Street.

Suspension exhibition from Tim Kelly and Brenda Flannery

Thu, Aug 23, 2018

SUSPENSION, THE final show of its Oughterard Courthouse Summer Arts Programme, featuring the work by sculptor Tim Kelly and visual artist Brenda Flannery, opens tomorrow at 7pm.

Hero - 'a rambunctious and testosterone-fuelled' love story

Thu, Aug 23, 2018

“THIS IS a man’s world/but it don’t mean nothing without a woman or a girl," James Brown famously sang and it is a view probably shared by Smithy, the protagonist of Ken Rogan’s acclaimed comedy-drama, Hero, which is coming to the Town Hall Theatre.

Eoin Dolan - new EP, Galway gig

Thu, Aug 23, 2018

THE EVER evolving music and vision of Galway singer-songwriter Eoin Dolan, takes a further step forward with the release of his new EP, Superior Fiction.

Wild West Uke Fest is coming

Thu, Aug 23, 2018

ITS ORIGINS lie in Portugal, its birthplace was Hawaii, and today the tiny guitar with four strings we call a ukulele is loved the world over, and as Galway is Ireland's festival city, why not have a ukulele festival?

The Prodigy tribute @ Monroe's

Thu, Aug 23, 2018

THE PROGIDY, a live tribute act to the British electro/dance legends The Prodigy, play Monroe's on Friday September 21 at 9pm.

Circus skills workshop at Galway City Museum

Thu, Aug 23, 2018

THE FIRST circus took place in 1768 when Philip Astley drew out a ring on an abandoned patch of land in London’s Waterloo and presented a show featuring bareback riders, jugglers, acrobats, clowns, and strong men.

Throwback Time this weekend at DNA

Thu, Aug 23, 2018

THE 1980S brought us the Cabbage Patch Kids, Paula Abdul, Teddy Ruxpin, shoulder pads, and perms. The 1990s delivered Tamagotchis, snap bracelets, Pokémon, Power Rangers, dial-up internet, scrunchies, and Bill Clinton jokes.

Seeking Galway young filmmakers for new scheme

Thu, Aug 23, 2018

DIG WHERE You Stand 2018, the documentary funding scheme for young filmmakers in Galway city and county, is seeking submissions, and is open to anyone based in Galway under 35.

Go inside The Staircase when David Rudolf comes to Galway

Mon, Aug 20, 2018

DAVID RUDOLF, the defence attorney for Michael Peterson in the hit Netflix documentary series The Staircase, is coming to Galway to give a public talk where he will present intimate details of both the case and the series.

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