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.

The Dirty Circus' 'No Pants' party

Thu, Feb 08, 2018

IT'S CALLED the 'No Pants' party, but this is not an invitation to turn up with no trousers on to the next Dirty Circus at the Róisín Dubh. It just means you had better have a good excuse to justify whatever will be covering your legs on the night!

Rolling Stones tribute @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Feb 08, 2018

THE STROLLING Homes, the Galway based tribute band to "the greatest rock'n'roll band in the world", the Rolling Stones, play Monroe's Live next weekend.

Max Hafler's Michael Chekhov technique workshops

Thu, Feb 08, 2018

ACTOR'S WORKSHOPS centring on the Michael Chekhov technique will be taught by the actor, director, and teacher Max Hafler, in NUI Galway, during weekends in March, April, and May.

Nashville producer to play Ballinderreen

Thu, Feb 08, 2018

JIM ROONEY, the acclaimed Nashville producer and musician, is coming to County Galway to play a concert with guitarist Arty McGlynn and 4 Men & A Dog's Mick Daly.

Stephen Frost Improv Allstars @ the Róisín Dubh

Wed, Feb 07, 2018

BIG, BALD, bushy browed, and an improv maestro - Stephen Frost is something of a comedy legend and he will be leading his Improv Allstars into action at the Róisín Dubh next week.

Meet the men who caught Pablo Escobar - and inspired Narcos

Wed, Feb 07, 2018

JAVIER PENA and Steve Murphy, the US Drug Enforcement Agency agents who captured the notorious drug lord, Pablo Escobar, and the Cali Cartel, and the inspiration behind the hit Nexflix series, Narcos, are coming to Galway.

Gavin James returns to Galway International Arts Festival

Mon, Feb 05, 2018

GAVIN JAMES, the Irish singer-songwriter who has amassed half a billion streams on Spotify, sold more than two million singles worldwide, and played more than 500 shows to over 3.2 million people at festivals and sold out tours across the world, is coming back to Galway.

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