Wild Front to play Monroe's Live

Thu, Nov 23, 2017

"WILD FRONT come on like The 1975 listening to their dad's funk records," according to the NME, while Its All Indie said, "If there's any band that could better defy expectations, it's Wild Front".

My Fellow Sponges - new single, Galway tour

Thu, Nov 23, 2017

GALWAY PROG-FOLK band My Fellow Sponges today [Thursday November 23] release their new single 'The Schlieffen Plan' and will promote it with gigs around Ireland, including three dates in County Galway.

Pearl Jam tribute @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Nov 23, 2017

PEARL JEM, the Irish tribute band to Pearl Jam, the long running Seattle band who were among the pioneers of grunge, return to Galway this week.

Bitch Falcon to descend on Galway

Tue, Nov 21, 2017

ON FRIDAY November 24, Bitch Falcon release their new single 'Of Heart'. The day before, they play a FEAST night at Strange Brew in the Róisín Dubh as part of their current Irish tour.

'Poetry emulates what I like about music'

Thu, Nov 16, 2017

TOMORROW MARKS a significant milestone in Elaine Cosgrove’s career as a writer. While already a published poet - her work has appeared in The Stinging Fly, The Penny Dreadful, and The Bohemyth, and was selected for the Eyewear Publishing anthology Best New British & Irish Poets - Transmissions is her stepping onto a bigger stage.

Ballet Ireland’s 'fresh and modern' Romeo & Juliet

Thu, Nov 16, 2017

BALLET IRELAND is bringing its critically-acclaimed version of Romeo & Juliet, accompanied by Prokofiev's incredible music, and performed by a cast of world-class dancers, to the Town Hall Theatre for two nights only.

Birgit Lochmann exhibition

Thu, Nov 16, 2017

SIX MONTHS travelling across Asia has inspired a host of new works by the artist Birgit Lochmann, and she is exhibiting these sketches and paintings in the Renzo Café, Eyre Street.

Brass Eye - behind the scenes with Michael Cumming

Thu, Nov 16, 2017

BRASS EYE was a British comedy series which parodied current affairs shows. It ran for seven episodes on Channel 4 between 1997 and 2001, and featured such writers as Arthur Mathews, Graham Linehan, Charlie Brooker, and David Quantick.

Album review: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Music Reviews Thu, Nov 16, 2017

IF LIAM'S As You Were was about getting back to basics, Noel's album - arriving only weeks after Our Kid's - is all for defying expectations and pushing into previously unexplored territories.

The death penalty and The Exonerated

Thu, Nov 16, 2017

THE EXONERATED, hailed as “an artful and moving evening of documentary theatre” by Variety, in its examination of the lives and experiences of six people exonerated from death row, has its first staging in Galway this month.

Julie Felix - a folk legend comes to Galway

Thu, Nov 16, 2017

SHE TAUGHT Leonard Cohen the art of songwriting; featured The Kinks and Led Zeppelin's lead guitarist Jimmy Page on her BBC TV show in the 1960s; and despite being a Californian, The Times called her "Britain's First Lady of Folk".

Brave Giant - headline show at Monroe's Live

Thu, Nov 16, 2017

THEIR SINGLE 'The Time I Met The Devil', 'featuring actor and comedian, Joe Rooney, has enjoyed more than 80,000 views since it was released in the spring; their new single 'Way To Love' reached No 1 in October, and this month they tour Ireland.

The Good Father returns

Thu, Nov 16, 2017

ON NEW Year's Eve, two very different strangers meet, each looking to shake off the disappointments of the past, but champagne and cheap lager leave this unlikely couple with an unplanned pregnancy.

Vladimir and Anton - sibling revelry

Thu, Nov 16, 2017

VLADIMIR AND Anton, the Slovakian violinist brothers described as “the Nigel Kennedy’s of their nation”, by the London Evening Standard, will give a concert in Galway at the end of this month.

Field Trip to play Bus King

Thu, Nov 16, 2017

FIELD TRIP, the Galway band who mix garage rock, indie-pop, and surf rock, with a grasp of songwriting and arrangement it takes others years to master, play the next Bus King gig.

Luka Bloom - new album, Róisín Dubh show

Thu, Nov 16, 2017

LUKA BLOOM makes a welcome return to the Róisín Dubh this weekend, following last month's release of Refuge, possibly the most personal album the Kildare born singer-songwriter has made.

Padraig Jack to play The Crane

Thu, Nov 16, 2017

ARAN ISLAND singer-songwriter Padraig Jack is on tour this month and brings his intimate, soulful music, to The Crane Bar, Sea Road, on Friday November 24 at 8.30pm.

NUIG Concert Orchestra winter concert

Thu, Nov 16, 2017

MUSIC BY such different composers as Gustav Holst and Terry Reilly will be performed by the NUIG Concert Orchestra as part of its annual winter concert in aid of the charity Draíocht.

Long dead English king to finally make royal visit to Galway

Wed, Nov 15, 2017

He died at the Battle of Bosworth Field in August 1485 and his mortal remains were found under a carpark in Leicester in 2012. In between, he became one of the most demonised of all English monarchs - but this month, he visits Galway.

Maureen Langan @ Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Wed, Nov 15, 2017

SHE HAS been called "condescendingly brilliant!" by Edinburgh's Daily News and ranked among the “Ten Standout Stand-ups Worth Watching” by Backstage Magazine. She is Maureen Langan and she is coming to Galway.

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