Sister Act - don that habit and sing

Thu, Mar 01, 2018

SISTER ACT, the much loved hit comedy musical film from 1992 starring Whoopi Goldberg, has since gone on to become a popular stage production, and Galway's Twin Productions is bringing it to the Town Hall Theatre.

Elaine Feeney and Orfhlaith Foyle - in conversation

Thu, Mar 01, 2018

THE POET Elaine Feeney and the poet and novelist-Orfhlaith Foyle will be in The Black Gate Cultural Centre, St Francis Street, next week, for a public conversation under the heading Writer’s Block, Reader’s Block.

A 'positive and uplifting' book about death

Thu, Mar 01, 2018

DEATH IS one of the very few experiences everybody will have. It is looked on with fear and suspicion, and is rarely, if ever, welcomed as a subject of conversation.

Shivers second birthday @ Electric

Thu, Mar 01, 2018

NEW JACKSON, Barry Redsetta, and Jamie Tiller will be in the Electric Garden & Theatre tomorrow night, while the Gash Collective will takeover Factory, all to celebrate the second birthday of the Shivers clubnight.

Listen, learn, and play the Irish harp

Thu, Mar 01, 2018

BE IT on the State's coat of arms, the presidential flag, the back of an Irish euro coin, or the side of a Guinness pint glass, the harp is the undisputed symbol of Ireland, a position it has enjoyed since mediaeval times.

World music and a 'Bollywood céilí' in Gort

Thu, Mar 01, 2018

A BOLLYWOOD céilí and world music will be heard from five Irish youth orchestras at the 11th annual Coole Music Orchestra Festival which comes to Gort, south Galway, next weekend.

Intimate gig from Billy Bragg approved Seán McGowan

Thu, Mar 01, 2018

BILLY BRAGG has called singer-songwriter Seán McGowan "one to watch" and Galway will get a chance to see why, up close and personal, when the Englishman plays The Secret Garden tonight.

Chris Wise And The Hidden Revolution @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Mar 01, 2018

THEY HAVE been called "Manchester's finest emerging talents" by TJEvents, and sound "as if they have something mighty brewing. Who knows how big it could be if they manage to let it out", according to Chris Long at BBC Manchester.

Hip hopper Kojaque is Galway bound

Thu, Mar 01, 2018

HE TAKES his name from one of the most popular TV cop shows from the 1970s and early 1980s, but alters the spelling, to give it his own spin - rather like his own individual approach to hip hop.

Cider Wasps to play Monroe's

Thu, Mar 01, 2018

CIDER WASPS clearly know what they are doing, having been mentored by the late Dennis Sheehan, U2's world tour manager for more than 30 years; and in getting support slots with the Original Rude Boys and Walking on Cars.

The Stunning to play festival Big Top this summer

Wed, Feb 28, 2018

THE STUNNING will be 'brewing up a storm' at the Galway International Arts Festival this summer, when the much loved and legendary band play the Big Top in the Fisheries Field.

Sex, guns, and break-ups

Tue, Feb 27, 2018

AFTER IT'S award-winning debut in last year’s Galway Fringe Festival, garnering the ‘Best Emerging Artists’ award, Eva’s Echo Theatre Company presented it's second production last week, The Way It Is, by American playwright Donna Hoke.

'We're where we want to be. We know who we are now'

Thu, Feb 22, 2018

FEW IRISH albums of recent years have been as genuinely deserving of the epitaph ‘long awaited’ as Wyvern Lingo’s debut. The anticipation began after the Wicklow trio’s Letter To Willow EP which saw them shift dramatically away from their original prog/folk leanings, and towards a sharp, modern, RnB/soul sound.

Tracy Bruen - new single, Galway shows

Thu, Feb 22, 2018

TRACY BRUEN, one of Galway's most outstanding singer-songwriters, recently released her new single, 'Fall Away', and will tour Ireland, Germany, and the Czech Republic over the coming weeks.

The Nualas - a Glam-Slam for May

Thu, Feb 22, 2018

BAM! POW! Biff! Shazam! The Nualas are getting ready to hit Galway with a Glam-Slam - their new show which they bring to the city in May.

Images of Kinvara craftspeople at work

Thu, Feb 22, 2018

A SERIES of striking photographic portraits, featuring craftspeople from Kinvara, and its surrounding region, at work, is about to go on exhibition in the south Galway village.

The Cripple of Inishmaan in Kinvara

Thu, Feb 22, 2018

IN 1934, on Inis Meáin in the Aran Islands, there is great excitement when news arrives that a Hollywood film is being made on the neighbouring island of Inis Mór.

Jason Byrne; balls, brains and chaos

Thu, Feb 22, 2018

ONE-MAN comic maelstrom Jason Byrne whirls into the Town Hall Theatre on Saturday March 10 at 7.30pm with his new show, The Man With Three Brains, which has been drawing rave reviews and sell-out crowds.

Show Me The Funny grand final 2018

Thu, Feb 22, 2018

AFTER FIVE exciting heats, the grand final of Show Me The Funny takes place this Monday, February 26, at The King's Head, High Street, with 12 finalists battling it out.

Ciaran Lavery - new album, Monroe's show

Thu, Feb 22, 2018

IN HIS five years as a solo artist, Ciaran Lavery has clocked up more than 80 million streams on Spotify, while in 2016 he won the Northern Ireland Music Prize for his album Let Bad In.

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