Citóg fundraiser for Galway Simon

Thu, Nov 30, 2017

CITÓG RECORDS, home to some of the most creative and exciting bands and solo artists in Galway, and a key player in the revival of the city's music scene, host a fundraising concert for the Galway Simon Community.

Damien Dempsey - Galway concert in December

Thu, Nov 30, 2017

DAMIEN DEMPSEY, described by The Guardian as "one of Ireland’s great singer-songwriters" and by The Daily Express as "one astonishingly gifted individual", returns to Galway in December.

Phil Coulter returns to the Town Hall

Thu, Nov 30, 2017

PHIL COULTER - who has written songs for Van Morrison, Elvis Presley, Cliff Richard, and Luke Kelly - makes a welcome return to the Town Hall Theatre tomorrow at 8pm.

IGNITE Gospel Choir Christmas concert

Thu, Nov 30, 2017

THE IGNITE Gospel Choir holds its annual Christmas concert in St Josephs' Church, Presentation Road, on Friday December 22 at 8pm and Saturday 23 at 4pm, and will raise funds for the ME/CFS Association.

Lighting up Galways Westend!!

Tue, Nov 28, 2017

City neighbourhood turns on Christmas lights this Friday!

Album review: Morrissey

Music Reviews Thu, Nov 23, 2017

MOZZER HAS never been afraid to speak his mind, but recent pronouncements on Brexit, UKIP, and Harvey Weinstein, have, to put it mildly, left many fans (including this one) shaking their heads at the lack of wisdom on display.

Declan O'Rourke - Famine songs at the Black Box

Thu, Nov 23, 2017

IT IS A project 15 years in the making, and the realisation of a long held ambition, to chronicle in song the devastating disaster of The Great Famine, and its impact on the lives of those who experienced it.

Peter Kennedy to launch new children's books

Thu, Nov 23, 2017

PETER KENNEDY, the Belfastman who has been playing the Renmore Panto's pantomime dame for the past 14 years, and writing its scripts for 12 years, is about to launch his latest venture - children's books.

David O’Doherty hits the Big Time

Thu, Nov 23, 2017

DAVID O'DOHERTY – the Ryanair Enya, the Aldi Bublé – returns to Galway with his show Big Time, an hour of talking, songs, and high good humour.

Fran McCann is Almost There!

Thu, Nov 23, 2017

FRAN MCCANN'S ART might owe more to Myles Davis or John Coltrane than to any visual artist. It can be seen in his subject matter, and in his method - a painter's equivalent of a jazz's spontaneous riffs and improvised chords.

Snámh na Saoirse

Thu, Nov 23, 2017

AN TAIBHDHEARC is set to host Snámh na Saoirse, an imaginative play by Róisín Sheehy, which fuses dance, drama, and music. This is Sheehy’s debut work for theatre and is a poetic re-telling of a tragic drowning which occurred off the Great Blasket Island in 1909.

Welcome to The Party

Thu, Nov 23, 2017

AN ALL-STAR cast - Kristin Scott Thomas, Timothy Spall, Cillian Murphy, Bruno Gantz, and Emily Morimer - star in The Party which will be screened by the Galway Film Society this weekend.

Keith Barry to bring the Magic Madhouse to Galway

Thu, Nov 23, 2017

WORLD-RENOWNED mentalist and magician Keith Barry will be coming to the Black Box in February 2018 with his brand new show Magic Madhouse which promises to be a hilarious mix of magic, mentalism and mayhem.

Of witches and mermaids

Literature Reviews Thu, Nov 23, 2017

JUST PICKING up Deirdre Sullivan's Tangleweed and Brine is a pleasure. There is a tactile joy in holding it and when opened, wandering through its pages, enjoying the design and wonderful illustrations by Karen Vaughan.

Hear some Home Truths from Gearóid Farrelly

Thu, Nov 23, 2017

"TO BE an audience member in Farrelly’s crowd is a joy. Each joke landed perfectly...impeccable comic timing," is how Broadway Baby described Gearóid Farrelly at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Fujiya & Miyagi to play Strange Brew

Thu, Nov 23, 2017

IN LATE 2006 in Europe, and early 2007 in the US, Brighton electronic/dance/indie rock band Fujiya & Miyagi released their second album Transparent Things - and then saw critics fall over themselves to praise it.

The Nutcracker - a family favourite

Thu, Nov 23, 2017

THE NUTCRACKER is a family and Christmas favourite, and a special performance of this show, designed to sweep children into the fantasy world of Clara and Fritz, and their enemy the Mouse King, comes to the Town Hall Theatre.

Public lecture on Che Guevara next week

Thu, Nov 23, 2017

Fifty years on from his execution by Bolivian Special Forces and the CIA, Che Guevara remains an icon, and inspiration, and a contested and controversial figure, and he will be the subject of a public talk in Galway.

A Lilac Decline to play Bus King

Thu, Nov 23, 2017

A LILAC Decline, the Galway based, Swedish musician, whose music ranges from folk-pop to singer-songwriter to indie rock, plays the next Bus King gig.

A different view on the odes of John Keats

Thu, Nov 23, 2017

THE POETRY of John Keats is often discussed in terms of the poet's appreciation of beauty and sensuousness, but a new book by a Galway academic argues there is more to the man's work than that.

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