A massive weekender @ Electric
Thu, Dec 14, 2017
THIS WEEKEND promises to be a massive one at the Electric Garden & Theatre, especially with DJ sets from a world recognised Disco guru, as well as from one of the biggest names in techno.
Read more ...Stoner rock pioneers Yawning Man play Galway
Thu, Dec 14, 2017
"YAWNING MAN was the sickest desert band of all time. Oh, they’re the GREATEST band I’ve ever seen." So said Kyuss founder Brant Bjork, and as a key figure in the influential Palm Desert Scene, he knows what he is talking about.
Read more ...Kila to play Monroe’s Live
Thu, Dec 14, 2017
FILM MAKER Neil Jordan has spoken in awe of their "wonderful, shamanistic energy"; The BBC World Review has called their concerts "beautifully euphoric live experiences"; while Bono said, "You get the feeling they lit the fuse for the big bang."
Read more ...Dott to host BYOB arts centre gig
Thu, Dec 14, 2017
FOUR OF Galway's most exciting bands - Dott, Oh Boland, Field Trip and Cranky Face - will gather in the Galway Arts Centre for a 'bring your own beer' Christas gig.
Read more ...A Pint With Steven Sharpe
Thu, Dec 14, 2017
GALWAY'S MOST flamboyant singer-songwriter, Steven Sharpe, will present another of his semi-regular 'A Pint With Steven Sharpe' shows, upstairs in the Róisín Dubh.
Read more ...The Three Tenors to play Galway Cathedral
Thu, Dec 14, 2017
THE THREE Tenors, whose concerts have been called "fabulous, high-calibre...soulful" by the Sunday Independent, and a "knockout’’ by the New York Times, return to Galway for a Christmas concert.
Read more ...An intimate gig from Padraig Stevens and Leo Moran
Thu, Dec 14, 2017
THE SAW Doctors, Christy Moore, and Michael English have all had success with his songs but to hear the original versions of 'The Tuam Beat', ‘Streets of Galway’, and 'Ireland for the Summer', go to the next Bus King gig.
Read more ...Eoin Dolan's Christmas gig
Thu, Dec 14, 2017
ONE OF Galway's finest singer-songwriters, Eoin Dolan, will round off 2017 with the release of his new single 'Christmas Eve is Nothing (Without You)' and a gig in Áras na nGael next week.
Read more ...The Camembert Quartet @ Monroe's Live
Thu, Dec 14, 2017
THE CAMEMBERT Quartet, The Late Late Show's house band, are taking a break from the RTÉ studios, and heading to Galway this Christmas to play Monroe's Live.
Read more ...Galway Youth Orchestra to give annual Christmas concert
Thu, Dec 14, 2017
THE GALWAY Youth Orchestra, featuring musicians aged from eight to 18, will give its annual Christmas concert in the Black Box Theatre, this Saturday at 8pm.
Read more ...HamsandwicH return to the Róisín
Wed, Dec 13, 2017
HAMSANDWICH RETURN to the Róisín Dubh as part of their current Irish tour, where they will be performing their new single 'Bodies', which is also a taster for for their forthcoming album.
Read more ...Countdown to Gogol Bordello in Galway
Thu, Dec 07, 2017
GOGOL BORDELLO, who have "defied the boundaries of continents and genres in their quest for spiritual illumination through Gypsy punk," according to Consequence of Sound, play Galway this month.
Read more ...'It ends like a good Christmas play should'
Thu, Dec 07, 2017
MIDDLETOWN, THE beguiling comedy-drama by American author Will Eno wil be staged in the Town Hall Studio from tonight, tomorrow, and Saturday, by the Galway Actors Workshop.
Read more ...'The language leaps off the page'
Thu, Dec 07, 2017
THERE WAS great excitement at the announcement that Enda Walsh and Cillian Murphy would be teaming up again to bring Max Porter’s remarkable book, Grief Is The Thing With Feathers to the stage, and that the production would premiere at the Black Box Theatre next March.
Read more ...Final Over The Edge for 2017
Thu, Dec 07, 2017
A BRAZILIAN woman, a Welsh woman, and an Irishman will walk into the Galway City Library next week, not in a manner that will create the opening line of a joke, but rather to read from their fiction and poetry.
Read more ...The Viper returns to Monroe's Live
Thu, Dec 07, 2017
THE VIPER brought the house down at Monroe’s Live last month with a sell out performance, and he is set to bring his show back to the Dominick Street venue, but with a festive twist.
Read more ...My advice for Ken Bruen
Literature Reviews Thu, Dec 07, 2017
A RECENT article in the Galway Advertiser noted: "Ken Bruen has been weirdly neglected by Galway’s cultural establishment, having never been invited to read at Cúirt or the Galway International Arts Festival, or received any other official recognition.”
Read more ...Deirbhile Ní Bhrolcháin’s Starlight Falling
Thu, Dec 07, 2017
GALWAY SINGER Deirbhile Ní Bhrolcháin releases her wonderful new album Starlight Falling/Coinnlíní Ceoil 1, which sees her deliver spellbinding versions of some of her favourite songs as Gaeilge and in English.
Read more ...Exploring Mayo talk to be held in Harbour Hotel
Thu, Dec 07, 2017
Galway is home to a large number of Mayo people and people with Mayo connections, many of whom will be interested in the upcoming 'Exploring Mayo' talk by Bernard O'Hara.
Read more ...Karl Marx's young years on screen
Thu, Dec 07, 2017
HE HAS appeared in the Daniel Craig James Bond films as Bond's staunchest ally, Bill Tanner, but Rory Kinnear is about to go over to the other side, playing the role of revolutionary and intellectual Karl Marx.
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