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.

Album review - John Coltrane

Music Reviews Tue, Jun 26, 2018

ON MARCH 6, 1963, John Coltrane, along with pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Jimmy Garrison, and drummer Elvin Jones – the line-up that would go on to make the peerless A Love Supreme - recorded an entire studio album at Van Gelder Studios, New Jersey.

Album review: Field Division

Music Reviews Thu, Jun 21, 2018

THE SOUND of Field Divison is best described by borrowing terms from another medium - their music is cinematic and widescreen, one where the textures, atmosphere, and range of sonics fire the mind's eye of the listener.

Steve Cummins - 'daddy' comedy for the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jun 21, 2018

THROUGH A combination of good genes, horse placenta, and an incredible ability for self delusion, Steve Cummins is an author, radio host, and stand up-comedian. It's in the latter guise Galway will see him in next week.

Men In Black and Charlie’s Angels screenwriter to give Fleadh masterclass

Thu, Jun 21, 2018

ED SOLOMON, the scriptwriter of Men In Black and Charlie’s Angels, and who is working on the third Bill and Ted film, will give the Screenwriters Masterclass at this year's Galway Film Fleadh.

Christian O'Reilly and Rory Nolan for Druid Debuts

Thu, Jun 21, 2018

RORY NOLAN has earned a reputation as one of our finest theatre actors, but he is about to show another side of himself - that of playwright, at this year's Galway International Arts Festival.

Jamie Harrison plays Róisín Dubh next week

Thu, Jun 21, 2018

JAMIE HARRISON, the Galway singer-songwriter whose new song ‘Spent So Long’ has amassed more than 20,000 listens on Spotify, plays the Róisín Dubh next week.

Aindrias de Staic's The Man From Moogaga on Newstalk

Thu, Jun 21, 2018

FOLLOWING IT'S surprise win at the Celtic Media Award, there will be another chance to hear Aindrias de Staic's The Man From Moogaga, with a repeat broadcast on Saturday June 23 at 9pm.

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