Hardy Bucks @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Jan 11, 2018

HARDY BUCKS, best known for their mockumentary style video series on RTÉ and online, following the fictional exploits of a group of fellahs living in small-town Ireland, are coming to Galway.

Sos - new gig night for Galway

Thu, Jan 11, 2018

SOS, A new gig night celebrating Galway city and county's diverse original music community, will be launched on Saturday January 20 at 7pm at Nuns Island Theatre.

Seth Troxler makes Galway debut @ Electric

Wed, Jan 10, 2018

BIG HAIR! Bigger personality! Seth Troxler, one of dance music’s most recognisable characters, does not take himself, or life, too seriously, but he is serious when it comes to music, as he will show Galway tonight.

Arts Festival to host world premiere of new opera production

Tue, Jan 09, 2018

FOLLOWING THE enormous success of The Second Violinist last year, Galway International Arts Festival has announced it will hold the world premiere of Irish National Opera’s new production of Orfeo ed Euridice as part of the 2018 festival.

Remember Phil Lynott this weekend

Thu, Jan 04, 2018

THIS MONTH marks the 32nd anniversary of the all too early passing of the great Phil Lynott, but the music of the Thin Lizzy singer, bassist, songwriter, and leader, will be celebrated in Galway this weekend.

Galway film Sanctuary wows London critics

Thu, Jan 04, 2018

IT HAS been a particularly happy festive period for everyone connected with Galway’s Blue Teapot Theatre Company and its award-winning film Sanctuary, which has been getting rave reviews in Britain.

Celebrate women artists on Oíche Nollaig na mBan

Thu, Jan 04, 2018

POETRY, THEATRE, and art will all be on the bill at the Galway Arts Centre's first event of 2018 - Oíche Nollaig na mBan - which will celebrate the work of female artists and mark the official end of the festive season.

Galway Arts Centre - what's going on for 2018

Thu, Jan 04, 2018

THE GALWAY Arts Centre's 2018 visual art programme will feature a mix of Irish and international artists and partnerships with several festivals, including the Cúirt international Festival of Literature, TULCA Festival of Visual Art, Baboró International Arts Festival for Children, and Galway International Arts Festival.

The poet, Van Morrison, and their native Belfast

Literature Reviews Thu, Jan 04, 2018

AT FIRST glance the reader could be forgiven for thinking Gerald Dawe’s new book, In Another World - Van Morrison and Belfast, is a memoir of Van and his life in Belfast. There is some justification for this, but Dawe's short volume is so much more, and in fact packs one hell of a punch.

Druid announces two new appointments to board

Thu, Jan 04, 2018

The Board of Druid recently announced two exciting additions to the Board, recently retired Irish senior diplomat and trailblazer Anne Anderson and business doyenne and innovator Helen Ryan.

Creative writing classes at Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Jan 04, 2018

DAYTIME CREATIVE writing classes take place this month, in the Galway Arts Centre, Dominick Street, and will be taught by the poet and short story writer Susan Millar DuMars.

A poet of whom Markievicz would have approved

Literature Reviews Thu, Jan 04, 2018

THE RECENT Cambridge Companion to Irish Poets has been criticised on the grounds that the gender balance is skewed in favour of those in permanent possession of a penis.

'Four Weeks, Four Guests' - Electric kicks off 2018

Thu, Jan 04, 2018

START AS you mean to go on they say, and 2018 is getting off to one hell of a start for Electric as the Abbeygate Street venue will this month host shows from Seth Troxler, Boots & Kats, Detroit Swindle, and Bicep & Hammer.

Galway visual arts highlights 2018

Thu, Jan 04, 2018

VISUAL ARTS enthusiasts have plenty to look forward to in 2018 with big shows, new shows, small shows, sexy shows, group shows, and single shows taking place throughout the city.

Versatile @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jan 04, 2018

INDIVIDUALLY THEY go by the names of Eskimo Supreme and Casper Walsh. Together they are hip hop duo Versatile, described as "lavish-living, hoop-loving, Ringsend natives, painting a vivid picture of day-to-day inner city Dublin".

Naomi Berrill - new album, Galway show

Thu, Jan 04, 2018

SHE LIVES and works in Florence, but she was born and reared in Headford. She is cellist and vocalist Naomi Berrill, and she coming back to Galway to launch hew new album, To The Sky.

Beth Orton - where folk and rave meet

Wed, Jan 03, 2018

BETH ORTON, the British singer-songwriter, who has collaborated with such diverse artists as William Orbit, Bert Jansch, Johnny Marr and Nick Cave, and whose music ranges from electronica to folk, is coming to Galway.

C4's Derry Girls and the Galway connection

Tue, Jan 02, 2018

THIS THURSDAY, Channel 4 begins broadcasting Derry Girls, a new comedy series set in Derry city in the 1990s - but despite it's Northern Irish setting, the show has strong Galway connections as it stars Galway born Nicola Coughlan, and Galway based comedian Tommy Tiernan.

Hudson Taylor - Galway bound in March

Tue, Jan 02, 2018

AS THEY put the finishing touches to their second album, which has been produced by Ryan Hadlock, best known for his work with The Lumineers and Vance Joy, Hudson Taylor are also preparing for a major tour of Ireland.

Theatre 2018 coming attractions

Thu, Dec 28, 2017

As 2017 draws to a close, thoughts turn to the New Year and Galway theatre goers have much to look forward to from both home-based and visiting companies and theatre-makers.

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