‘Salty’ and ‘sustaining’ Cúirt programme unveiled at House Hotel

Thu, Mar 08, 2018

“A great wave of salty, sustaining literary fare” was how guest speaker Vincent Woods vividly described the joys of Cúirt at the launch of this year’s programme, at the House Hotel on Tuesday evening. The venue was thronged as Galway’s readers and writers turned out in force for the occasion.

Music and poetry for next Druid Sessions gig

Thu, Mar 08, 2018

FOLK DUO Ye Vagabonds, accordionist Máirtín O'Connor, and poet Elaine Feeney will take to the stage of The Mick Lally Theatre for the next Druid Sessions gig, curated by Ollie Jennings.

Fred Cooke - sneak preview of new show

Thu, Mar 08, 2018

FRED COOKE, one of Ireland's most popular comedians, will give Galway a sneak preview of his show for August's Edinburgh Festival, with an intimate date at The King's Head.

An exhibition celebrating the ordinary

Thu, Mar 08, 2018

ROMANTICIZING THE Commonplace is the title of an exhibition of paintings which does just that - celebrate places and sights considered ordinary or which are taken for granted.

Spring creative writing classes

Thu, Mar 08, 2018

THE WRITERS Susan Millar DuMars and Kevin Higgins will hold creative writing classes, for beginners and intermediate levels, in the Galway Technical Institute, Father Griffin Road, starting in April.

Wild Youth and Rofi James @ Monroe’s tonight

Thu, Mar 08, 2018

ROFI JAMES, the Galway Advertiser's Galway Band of The Year 2017, join Dublin quartet Wild Youth for a 'GMIT Students Union presents...' show at Monroe's Live tonight.

Riff jugernaut Anciients are Galway bound

Thu, Mar 08, 2018

ANCIIENTS, THE riff juggernaut from Canada, will headline the first gig to be presented by the new Galway collective, Old Noise, made up of veterans of the city's underground metal and punk scene.

All ages Oh Boland gig

Thu, Mar 08, 2018

AN ALL-ages opoen mic and gigs from Galway bands Liquid Space and Oh Boland form part of Sos. #2 - the gig nights that celebrate Galway city and county's diverse and original music community.

Galway's Cat Turner releases new single and EP

Thu, Mar 08, 2018

CAT TURNER, the Galway-based electro-pop producer/singer has released her new single, 'Waster', as a taster for her debut EP Contrast, which is out tomorrow.

The Flaming Lips to play festival Big Top

Wed, Mar 07, 2018

THE FLAMING Lips, the three-time Grammy Award winning psychedelic indie-rock band, and one of Q magazine’s ‘50 Bands to See Before You Die’, play their only Irish gig at this year's Galway International Arts Festival.

AGU - new single, Róisín Dubh gig

Tue, Mar 06, 2018

AGU, THE Galway based Polish-Czech singer-songwriter, called "one of the most remarkable new singer-songwriters in the Czech Republic" by Milan Tesar in Magazin UNI, releases her new single 'Ines' today as a taster for her forthcomign album.

Stephanie Rainey - new single, Galway show

Tue, Mar 06, 2018

STEPHANIE RAINEY has just released her new single 'Question Mark', the follow-up to her radio hit 'Sorry', and singles '100 Like Me' and 'Nothing Of You Left To Love', which have amassed nearly 10 million streams across all platforms.

Paddy Hanna - debut album launch at Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 01, 2018

GIVEN STRANGE Brew Rekkids' releases to date have been firmly rooted in electronica, the sound of a gentle electric guitar, piano, and an oboe playing a melody faintly recalling Bette Midler's 'The Rose', is the last thing you expect to hear.

Shows for Galway's tiniest theatre goers

Thu, Mar 01, 2018

PUPPETRY, MUSIC, shapes, sounds, tactile objects, and interaction, all aimed at Galway's tiniest theatre goers, will take place in March as Branar Téatar do Pháistí and The Mick Lally Theatre host two children's shows this month.

Foil, Arms & Hog - get ready to go Oink

Thu, Mar 01, 2018

FORMER CHILDREN and regular eaters, Foil, Arms & Hog return to Galway this month with Oink, their new, fast paced, sketch show featuring songs for the elderly, a baggage handler’s interpretive dance, and a shop which only sells balaclavas.

Album review: The Breeders

Music Reviews Thu, Mar 01, 2018

ANY DISCUSSION of what constitutes The Breeders finest hour will always, and only ever, really consider one of two possible answers - the mega selling Last Splash (1993), or its unhinged older sister, Pod (1990).

‘We always get a good turnout in Galway'

Thu, Mar 01, 2018

THE YEAR is only just beginning to hit its stride, and already it is one to remember for “Dublin folk miscreants” Lankum. January saw them play Shane McGowan’s 60th birthday concert; while March sees the band up for the RTÉ Choice Music Prize, and begin a much anticipated Irish and British tour.

Vietnam war veteran to read at Over The Edge

Thu, Mar 01, 2018

VIETNAM WAR veteran Jack Grady will be among the poets reading at the Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering, which also includes award-winning Australian poet Joel Deane, and Galway’s Sighle Meehan.

Gwendolyn Masin - a 'formidable talent' comes to Galway

Thu, Mar 01, 2018

"THE EXPERIENCE of live music is everything. It’s the ultimate form of communication, moving us into dimensions that language cannot reach. A word is not a sentence, but a note can be an entire story.”

Royal Moscow Ballet bring Sleeping Beauty to Town Hall

Thu, Mar 01, 2018

BALLET ENTHUSIASTS are in for a treat this weekend when The Royal Moscow Ballet gives two performances of Sleeping Beauty at the Town Hall Theatre, on Sunday March 4 at 2pm and 8pm.

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