Nathan Carter's brother to play Monroe's Live

Thu, Nov 02, 2017

JAKE CARTER, the younger brother of Irish country music sensation Nathan Carter, has just released his new EP Three Things, and is coming to play Galway as part of his current Irish tour.

Big Tom and Johnny McEvoy for The Galway Sessions

Thu, Nov 02, 2017

COUNTRY AND Irish legends Big Tom and Margo, along with folk singer Johnny McEvoy, headline the Galway Sessions, hosted by Michael Commins, in The Salthill Hotel, on Sunday November 5 and Monday 6.

Nirvana tribute @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Nov 02, 2017

NEGATIVE CREEPS, the Nirvana tribute band who take their name from the final song on side one of Nirvana's 1989 debut album Bleach, are coming to Monroe's Live.

CarnEvil...the terror has just been extended

Wed, Nov 01, 2017

CARNEVIL, THAT dark maze into which you are plunged with nothing to guide you but your adrenaline and your fear of encountering those crazed, distrubed being who lurk in wait for you, scratching at the walls...

GB Shaw - a play and a lecture at NUIG

Wed, Nov 01, 2017

GEORGE BERNARD Shaw will be celebrated, examined, and performed at NUI Galway - with a production of his play The Millionairess, and a public discussion on his life and work, involving Fintan O'Toole.

Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway 2017

Comedy Reviews Tue, Oct 31, 2017

FROM ONE end of the city centre to the other, it was impossible to escape the Vodafone Comedy Carnival over the last week and especially during the Bank Holiday Weekend - and in truth, why would you want to? The best shows in town were all here.

Day three of Comedy Carnival and it’s all kicking off in Eyre Square

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

TODAY MARKS Day 3 of the Vodafone Comedy Carnival and tonight sees the opening of the Spiegeltent, the centrepiece of festivities. The Eyre Square box office is similarly active. So, all systems go for the biggest comedy event this city has yet seen.

Yoko Ono to exhibit at TULCA

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

WORK BY Yoko Ono will be displayed as part of the 2017 TULCA Festival of Visual Art and this year's title - They Call Us The Screamers - is apt as Arthur Janov's primal scream therapy has connections to both Ono and the west of Ireland.

Half Forward Line - Galway 'supergroup' launch debut album

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

HAVE SO Cow been brought to the slaughter house to allow Half Forward Line take to the pitch? It remains an open question since band leader Brian Kelly's said this new endeavour "was to write a set of new songs as quickly as possible and perform them as soon as possible".

What's Lenin's relevance for today?

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

OCTOBER 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the "10 days that shook the world" in the words of American journalist John Reed, but what is its relevance for today?

This Beach - a sharp satire on refugee crisis

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

MUCH ACCLAIMED, multi-award winning, Dublin company Brokentalkers make a welcome return to Galway with This Beach, a blistering satire of white western privileged attitudes to Europe’s refugee crisis.

There is vampire with Thereisbear! at an Taibhdhearc

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

THEREISBEAR! THEATRE Company revive their much-praised Sheridan Le Fanu adaptation, The Shadow of Carmilla - Scáth an tSúmaire, in An Taibhdhearc next week, bringing with it a generous dose of Halloween-season spooky chills.

The King's Head comedy showcases

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

THE RUBY Room in The King's Head is steeped in comedy, being home to Gerry Mallon’s legendary arts festival lunchtime comedy gigs, and a host of shows during this Bank Holiday weekend's Vodafone Comedy Carnival.

The Dirty Circus Halloween party 2017

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

THE OPULENT surroundings of the Spiegeltent in Eyre Square will play host to a night of glamour, decadence, sauce, and outrageous displays of sexiness, with The Dirty Circus burlesque and cabaret.

Colin Stafford-Johnson's wild side of life

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

COLIN STAFFORD-Johnson, Ireland's foremost nature and wildlife cinematographer and presenter, who some regard as 'the Irish David Attenborough', is coming to Galway to talk wildlife and adventure at the Town Hall Theatre.

Keeping In Touch at UHG

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

KEEPING IN Touch, an exhibition of paintings by a group of artists who have completed a fine art degree at GMIT, is currently running in the Arts Corridor at UHG.

Jerry Williams - rising star hits Galway

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

WHILE BEING unsigned, and having to self-fund and self-release music is by no means unusual in 2017, it is certainly no impediment to progress, as the rise of Jerry Williams shows.

'Get on with your meals!'

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

THE FAULTY Towers: The Dining Experience recently tweeted that it has been playing to full houses in Ireland for nine years. It is a testament to the enduring popularity of the original show and to its faithful live reimagining by an extremely talented group of actors.

Doc Gilbert to exhibit watercolours in Oughterard

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

RETROSPECTIVE, AN exhibition of watercolours by Doc Gilbert, spanning the last 30 years, opens at the Oughterard Courthouse this week.

Matthew E White - an intimate evening of blue eyed soul

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

MATTHEW E WHITE, an inspired purveyor of modern blue eyed, Southern soul, will next month, make what will be his third appearance at the Róisín Dubh, for a show billed as "an intimate evening".

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