JFDR returns to the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Aug 16, 2018

FOR A small country with a tiny population, Iceland punches far above its weight when it comes to producing musicians of startling originality and creativity, and to the distinguished line of Björk, Sigur Ros, and, Ásgeir, we can add JFDR.

Giz A Laugh's Enya Martin comes to the Comedy KARLnival

Thu, Aug 16, 2018

ENYA MARTIN, the writer, creator, and comedian best known for her Giz A Laugh Facebook page, which has more than 260,000 followers worldwide and growing, headlines the next Comedy KARLnival at the Róisín Dubh.

Druid announces cast for Richard III

Thu, Aug 16, 2018

AARON MONAGHAN, Marie Mullen, Rory Nolan, and Seán McGinley will appear in Druid Theatre's highly anticipated production of William Shakespeare's Richard III in September.

Clifden Arts Festival 2018 - get ready to come 'Home'

Thu, Aug 16, 2018

ASLAN, MÁIRTÍN O’Connor, Andy Irvine, Donal Lunny, the poet Paul Durcan, award winning comedian Danny O’Brien, and Irish artist Brian Maguire are all performing at the Clifden Arts Festival, which this year, will explore the theme of 'Home'.

EP Review: The Clockworks

Music Reviews Thu, Aug 16, 2018

ADDICTION, DEBT, apathy, helplessness - life depicted by The Clockworks is grim, but they are one of the few indie bands to deal directly with the realites for those who do not fall comfortably within the Leo Varadkar's 'people who get up early in the morning' definition.

Finding 'Haven' with We Banjo 3

Thu, Aug 16, 2018

ALL-CONQUERING Galway ‘Celt-grass’ combo We Banjo 3 have released their fifth album, Haven, which is garnering great reviews from critics. The Irish Times has enthused over "Enda Scahill’s brilliantly metronomic banjo, which trades notes with brother Fergal’s sweeping fiddle and Martin Howley’s sparkling mandolin"; Glide magazine found the album "exuberant, enthralling and imbued with emotion"; and The Country Note hailed it as "a stellar album from start to finish".

An exhibition 'inspired by nature and my love of animals'

Thu, Aug 16, 2018

LOUGHREA BORN artist Siobhán O’Neill is currently displaying her paintings and enamel works, which are currently on show at the Renzo Café on Eyre Street.

Cinema review: The Meg

Films Reviews Thu, Aug 16, 2018

EVERY NOW and again a movie comes along where it appears the creators had a title and then tried to build a story around it. The Meg - short for Megladon, a giant dinosaur shark - is certainly one of those movies.

Frankie Cosmos - bitter-sweet New York indie

Thu, Aug 16, 2018

SHE IS of Irish descent, and is the daughter of actors Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates, but all that would count for nothing were she not an inspired indie-rock singer-songwriter with something to say.

A Very Special Dirty Circus

Thu, Aug 16, 2018

WHEN IS a show by The Dirty Circus not special? Never! So to go one better than its normal high standards means A Very Special Dirty Circus, which happens to be the title of its next outing at the Róisín Dubh.

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.

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