A Russian view of The Cripple of Inishmaan

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

ONE OF Russia’s foremost theatre companies, Theatre U Mosta, visit An Taibhdhearc this weekend to perform Nikolai Gogol’s Marriage on Saturday, and Martin McDonagh’s The Cripple of Inishmaan, on Sunday. Both performances are in Russian with English surtitles.

Show Me The Funny - final heat

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

THE FIFTH and final heat of Show Me The Funny, the popular competition for new comedians, takes place at The King's Head Bar, next week.

Tayne @ Strange Brew tonight

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

TAYNE, THE London based experimental, pop, noise, outfit created by former Galway resident Matthew Sutton, plays Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh this evening at 8pm.

The songs and stories of The Dubliners in Ballinasloe

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

WILD HAIR, wilder beards; songs about sex, drink, and politics; and a much needed injection of a rebellious, anarchic spirit into Irish folk music of the 1960s - The Dubliners truly were trailblazers.

St Patrick’s Weekend @ The Skeff

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

TRADITIONAL IRISH music gigs and a feast of Six Nations action will be the order of the day throughout the St Patrick’s Weekend Celebrations at The Skeff, Eyre Square.

Jobs Expo, Ireland’s largest careers fair, is returning to Galway on February 24th!!

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

Jobs Expo, Ireland’s largest careers fair, is returning to Galway on February 24th. They will be accompanied by an eclectic range of successful companies that will be recruiting for local, nationwide and global positions. The free event will take place at the Galmont Hotel & Spa (formerly the Radisson Blu Hotel) between 10am – 4pm.

The Clockworks - new single, Róisín Dubh show

Wed, Feb 14, 2018

THE CLOCKWORKS, one of Galway's most exciting bands, and who have been gaining attention abroad, release their new single, 'Rumours In The Stockroom', on Friday February 16.

Tune-Yards plays Galway in July

Tue, Feb 13, 2018

SHE BEGAN as a puppeteer and ukulele enthusiast, before turning to music and releasing her debut album on recycled cassette tape. Now she's singing about white privilege, intersectional feminism, and climate change.

Mario Rosenstock's charity show for Croí

Tue, Feb 13, 2018

MARIO ROSENSTOCK will be in Galway next month, to present his A Night With Mario show, which will raise funds for Galway's heart and stroke charity Croí.

Twelfth Night - Shakespeare's gender fluid comedy

Thu, Feb 08, 2018

“IF MUSIC be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that surfeiting, the appetite may sicken, and so die.” Spoken by Duke Orsino, this is the most famous line from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

'I can’t wait to do it again, particularly with these guys'

Thu, Feb 08, 2018

AN EARLY highlight of the Town Hall Theatre’s spring programme gets under way this month with the return of Druid’s brilliant production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot. Directed by Garry Hynes, and first performed at the 2016 Galway International Arts Festival, the production has since toured Ireland and visited the US to huge acclaim.

Talking SIN and sexiness with artist Margaret Nolan

Thu, Feb 08, 2018

EROTICA AND sexuality are the provocative and alluring themes of a bold new exhibition opening this Saturday, in both the Town Hall Theatre bar and the Black Gate Cultural Centre on St Francis Street.

Twelfth Night at The Eye on Valentine’s Night

Thu, Feb 08, 2018

UNREQUITED LOVE, cross-dressing, and strangers in a strange land, it's all part of Shakespeare's much loved comedy, Twelfth Night, which is being performed by Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company.

Emma Langford - debut album, Róísín Dubh gig

Thu, Feb 08, 2018

EMMA LANGFORD, the Limerick alt-folk singer-songwriter, has released her debut album, Quiet Giant, and will perform songs from it at the Róisín Dubh next week.

Album review: Ezra Furman

Music Reviews Thu, Feb 08, 2018

EZRA FURMAN is simply not interested in conforming to anyone's stereotypes: gender fluid, non-binary, gay, a believer in God, he is unapologetic about it all - an individual in the truest sense then.

Show Me The Funny #4

Thu, Feb 08, 2018

THE PENULTIMATE heat of Show Me The Funny takes place this Monday, February 12, at The King's Head with eight more contestants pitting their comedy chops against the judges and audience.

The Pale play Monroe's Live in March

Thu, Feb 08, 2018

MARKING 25 years in the business, and returning to Galway for the first time in five years, long running indie band The Pale, play Monroe's Live in March.

Jessamine O’Connor - a new, powerful, lyrical poetic voice

Thu, Feb 08, 2018

OVER THE last 10 years, women’s poetry in the west of Ireland has re-energised itself. Taking its cue from the pioneering work of Rita Anne Higgins, Mary O’Malley, Eva Bourke, and Anne Kennedy, it seems to have matured on to another level, adding a new dimension, energy, and maturity to the female poetic voice.

Gerry Conneely relives the Battle Of Loos

Thu, Feb 08, 2018

ON SEPTEMBER 25 1915, 75,000 British soldiers rose from their trenches to attack German lines on Loos-en-Gohelle. By the end of the day, some 10,240 would be dead, with the six British divisions in action suffering more casualties per unit than on the first day of the Somme.

A night for female DJs @ Electric

Thu, Feb 08, 2018

GASH COLLECTIVE, which provides a platform for female-identifying DJs and producers to create, share, and collaborate together in the field of electronica, is coming to Electric.

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