Live music at The Skeff this summer

Thu, May 24, 2018

THE SKEFF late bar, Eyre Square, hosts live music acts and DJs, to suit locals and visitors alike, from Sundays to Friday nights with 'party fever' taking over on Saturday nights.

Monroe's stage at Sea Sessions festival

Thu, May 24, 2018

DELORENTOS AND The Blizzards will headline the new Monroe's stage at the Sea Sessions festival in June, and before that the Dominick Street venue will host a pre-festival warm up party with Galway band The Clandestinos.

Intimate solo gig from Gary O'Dea

Thu, May 24, 2018

GARY O'DEA, a singer songwriter based near Birmingham, is coming to Ireland to play a series of intimate, acoustic gigs, including a show in Galway, the start point of the tour.

ConTempo and Finbar 247 to go Painting By Music

Thu, May 24, 2018

CLASSICAL QUARTET ConTempo and street artist Finbar 247 will host a most unusual event, one which mixes music concert and art exhibition, and above all where the audience will become the artists.

A Scottish adventure - written by a Galwaywoman - to be shown at The Eye

Wed, May 23, 2018

OPENING THIS weekend at the Eye Cinema is Edie, scripted by Galway writer Elizabeth O'Halloran and starring Sheila Hancock. Set in Scotland, it features Hancock in the performance of her career, as Edie, a cantankerous mountain climber.

Art reviews: Performaphilia and Conflict

Art Reviews Tue, May 22, 2018

ONE SIDE-EFFECT of Galway not having a municipal gallery is that exhibitions pop up in various venues and two current shows worth seeing are in the NUI Galway staffroom, which is hosting Áine Phillips’ Performaphilia, and the Black Gate Cultural Centre, where the group show, Conflict, is on display.

Today FM’s Matt Cooper Guest Speaker at Pink Afternoon

Tue, May 22, 2018

The Lodge at Ashford Castle in Co. Mayo will go pink once again on June 10th when the annual ‘Pink Afternoon' supporting Breast Cancer Research will take place.

'We should be given Government bonds to cheer people up'

Thu, May 17, 2018

FEET PLACED firmly in a pair of high heels, armed with a six-string acoustic guitar and a host of comedy songs, all wrapped in a sequinned dress, it can only be The Nualas, back in the ring for another swing, and ready to deliver a Glam Slam!

The dark lord on-screen - a season of Nick Cave

Thu, May 17, 2018

IF YOU cannot make it to Nick Cave's concert with Patti Smith in Kilmainham in June, you can enjoy a week of concert films and documentaries on the Australian genius at the Palás Cinema.

Maeve Binchy novel hits the stage

Thu, May 17, 2018

MAEVE BINCHY’S novel Minding Frankie is now a stage play, one described as “funny, moving...a thoroughly enjoyable experience," by The Arts Review, and which "draws applause and gasps throughout," according to The Irish Times, is coming to Galway.

Fred Cooke headlines the Comedy KARLnival

Thu, May 17, 2018

AT ONE time, Fred Cooke was known as ‘Fergus’ from the Spar TV ads, but more recently he has become a popular stand-up, MC of The Tommy Tiernan Show, and a contributor to Republic of Telly, The Café, The Savage Eye, and The Modest Adventures of David O’Doherty.

Album review: Parquet Courts

Music Reviews Thu, May 17, 2018

PARQUET COURTS have been making excellent albums for some time now, but Wide Awake! is the one where they finally step out from under the shadows of Pavement and The Velvet Underground.

Coilguns - Swiss metal/hardcore for FEAST

Thu, May 17, 2018

COILGUNS, standard bearers of the 2.0 DIY metal/hardcore scene since 2011, when they accidentally formed with the purpose of playing fast and simple music, make their third visit to Ireland this weekend.

Paul McGrane exhibition

Thu, May 17, 2018

STILL, LIFE, is the title of the current exhibition by Paul McGrane, which is runs at the Galway City Gallery, New Dock Street, until the end of this week.

The characters of the Klondike gold rush

Thu, May 17, 2018

"A BUNCH of the boys were whooping it up in the Malamute saloon; The kid that handles the music-box was hitting a jag-time tune; Back of the bar, in a solo game, sat Dangerous Dan McGrew, And watching his luck was his light-o'-love, the lady that's known as Lou."

Myths, legends and medieval melody in Galway Early Music Festival

Thu, May 17, 2018

THIS YEAR'S Galway Early Music Festival, which runs from Friday May 25 to Sunday 27, is filled with gods and faeries, heroes, and heroines, and a feast of magical Mediaeval, Renaissance and Baroque music. With Myths and Legends as the theme, it explores the musical inspiration of classical mythology, Celtic myth, and medieval legend.

Cinema review: Revenge

Films Reviews Thu, May 17, 2018

JEN IS a young American socialite brought by her married lover, Richard, for a weekend away in a desert villa. When Richard's friends turn up early - the day before she’s supposed to leave - things start to go wrong for Jen.

Baile an Salsa late show @ Monroe's

Thu, May 17, 2018

BAILE AN SALSA, the great Galway-based international band, who fuse Latin American music and Irish folk and trad, will play a late show at Monroe's next weekend.

The Dirty Circus - Summer Lovin'

Thu, May 17, 2018

AS THE weather struggles to improve and resemble something like the start of a summer, The Dirty Circus burlesque and cabaret night will return to the Róisín Dubh to inject some heat and sizzle into the atmosphere.

City and county concerts from ConTempo

Thu, May 17, 2018

A CONCERT in the county, and the final show in the 3 Saturdays: 3 Kinds of Music series, await the ConTempo String Quartet next week, and all the upcoming shows are free.

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