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.

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.

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