Mary Coughlan to play Druid Sessions #3

Thu, Jan 18, 2018

MARY COUGHLAN, Ireland's greatest jazz singer, will headline the next in Ollie Jenning's new series of gig nights, the Druid Sessions, with the show taking place in early March.

Humanity Dick - back home in Ballynahinch Castle

Thu, Jan 18, 2018

HUMANITY DICK, a hit show of the 2016 Galway Fringe Festival about the colourful life and times of Galway MP, humanitarian, and serial duelist Richard Martin, is about to be performed in Martin's own home - Ballynahinch Castle.

Take up creative writing in 2018

Thu, Jan 18, 2018

CHARLIE ADLEY, the Galway based columnist and prize-winning playwright, will host his popular Craft of Writing Course in the Westside Resource Centre this March.

Derek Ryan - new single, Town Hall concert

Thu, Jan 18, 2018

IRISH COUNTRY singer-songwriter Derek Ryan has just released his new single, ‘Down On His Uppers’, and will play the Town Hall Theatre this month.

Arts festival and Druid up for Irish Times Theatre Awards

Thu, Jan 18, 2018

The Galway International Arts Festival and Druid Theatre Company are strong contenders at this year's Irish Times Theatre Awards, with both being nominated in a variety of categories.

U.M.A.N to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 18, 2018

U.M.A.N - an acronym for U. Must. Act. Now - and the stage name of Irish soul singer and songwriter Brian Flanagan, play the Róisín Dubh this weekend.

Circus VIII to play Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jan 18, 2018

THE CLUE is not so much in the band name of Circus VIII, as in the title of their EP - Rock + Disco + Bad Ass!! This is what the London trio are promising to deliver to Galway.

Queens Of The Stone Age tribute @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Jan 18, 2018

QUEENS OF The Sauce Age describe themselves on Facebook as "five lovely lads from Cork playing Queens of the Stone Age songs” as Galway will see next week.

Breast Cancer Research Valentine’s Ball!

Thu, Jan 18, 2018

The Ardilaun Hotel, Taylor’s Hill will play host once again to this year’s Breast Cancer Research annual Valentine’s Ball on Saturday 17th February. The gala evening, which always marks the start of Galway’s social calendar, is one of the charity's major fundraising events and monies raised help to support the breast cancer research team lead by Prof. Michael Kerin based locally at the Lambe Institute, University Hospital, Galway.

Boots & Kats play Electric tomorrow night

Wed, Jan 17, 2018

BOOTS & KATS, the Dublin duo who have taken the country by storm over the last 18 months, especially after their sets at the Life17 festival, return to play Electric's main floor tonight.

Cranky Face - Galway band release new single

Tue, Jan 16, 2018

CRANKY FACE, the Galway alternative/indie-rock band have released their new single, 'Vultures', the first track from their forthcoming EP which will be released later this year.

Photographic reflections on the smallest of the Aran Islands

Literature Reviews Tue, Jan 16, 2018

FOR THE past three years, under the astute curatorship of Margaret Nolan, the Town Hall Theatre bar has been one of the more unlikely but liveliest city venues for art exhibitions with a steady succession of high quality shows.

The diverse diversity of NUIG Comedy Soc 2018

Thu, Jan 11, 2018

FOR MOST of us, January 2018 is the start of a new year, the beginning of a new cycle of 12 months, but for university students, about to begin a new semester, this is actually the half-way mark in the college calendar.

'If music be the food of love...'

Thu, Jan 11, 2018

LOVE AND romance are the ingredients of Music for Galway's 2018 midwinter festival, Beloved - Composers In Love, a beautiful programme of music by famous composers, written during times of intense passion, which takes place at the Town Hall Theatre from January 19 to 21.

God Mother to play FEAST @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 11, 2018

FROM THE depths of the Swedish hardcore underground come God Mother, who are set to bring their aggressive, high energy, fast-paced hardcore, seasoned with deathmetal and sludge, to the first FEAST gig of 2018.

Akumakon 2018 - three days of anime and manga

Thu, Jan 11, 2018

AKUAMKON - GALWAY'S annual celebration of anime and manga, and Japanese culture - returns for its eighth year, with this year's special guests including Josh Grelle, an American voice actor on Attack On Titan, and Hirokazu Yashuhara, best known for his work on the Sonic the Hedgehog games.

Original Script Night at Loughrea Library

Thu, Jan 11, 2018

THE SEAMUS O’Kelly Players, 'An Original Script Night', featuring four new comedy plays written by members of the group, will take place in the Loughrea Library on Friday January 19 at 7.30pm.

Album review: Starcrawler

Music Reviews Thu, Jan 11, 2018

THERE IS an enormous amount of hype around this LA quartet at the moment, Dave Grohl, Elton John, and Ryan Adams - who produced this, the band's debut - have raved about them, along with many music journos.

Galway Film Society say farewell to Town Hall with charity screening of Happy End

Thu, Jan 11, 2018

GALWAY FILM Society is to hold a special charity fundraising screening of Happy End , the latest film from Oscar® and two-time Palme d’Or Winner Michael Haneke, in the Town Hall Theatre, with all profits going to benefit Galway Simon Community.

Danny O' Brien - RaconTour

Thu, Jan 11, 2018

AFTER INHERITING a broken-down, unreliable, older-than-he-is motorcycle, award winning Irish comedian Danny O'Brien decided to take to the road on a comedic expedition.

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