'Give us the dancefloor and we’ll devastate the club'
Thu, Oct 12, 2017
HIS APPETITE for music is boundless, his belief in its power as a unifying force which can cross social divisions is deeply held, and in the Electric clubnight MOVE, DJ John Daly turns that passion into practice.
Read more ...Bounce your way to Baboró
Thu, Oct 12, 2017
BOUNCE, A delightful blend of acrobatics, music, and a very physical form of dance, with a captivating live soundtrack, comes to this month's Baboró International Arts Festival for Children.
Read more ...Rosie Carney to play Róisín Dubh
Thu, Oct 12, 2017
BORN IN Hampshire in 1997, and moving to Ireland when she was 10, Rosie Carney grew up in Downings, a Gaeltacht village amid the vast, rugged landscapes of the Rosguill peninsula, County Donegal.
Read more ...'My style is more storytelling and energy, just madness more than anything'
Thu, Oct 12, 2017
FROM COMEDY sketches about life in the GAA to more serious issues about mental health, it is likely you will have come across the work of Rory O'Connor if you are a regular user of Facebook.
Read more ...Book review: Poets unblinking in the face of breast cancer
Literature Reviews Thu, Oct 12, 2017
IF YOU are a woman, or have a mother, wife, girlfriend, sister, or daughter, the poems included in this new anthology, Bosom Pals: Eight Poets Share Their Experience of Breast Cancer could, some day, perhaps even today, prove invaluable.
Read more ...A night of one acts plays in Loughrea
Thu, Oct 12, 2017
A NIGHT of one act plays, by the writers Paul Maher, Barry McKinley, and Stephen Smith, will be performed by the Seumas O’Kelly Players, in the Temperance Hall, Loughrea, next week.
Read more ...Mundy brings Jelly Legs to Monroe's Live
Thu, Oct 12, 2017
ON OCTOBER 14 1996, an Offaly singer-songwriter going by the name of Mundy released his debut album, Jelly Legs, on Epic Records, a subsidiary of Sony. It won critical praise and sold 60,000 copies around the world.
Read more ...Chasing Abbey to play Monroe’s Live
Thu, Oct 12, 2017
CHASING ABBEY, the Irish hip hop trio called "one of the most promising bands in the country” wplay Monroe’s annual fancy dress party this October Bank Holiday weekend.
Read more ...Aslan return to The Quays
Thu, Oct 12, 2017
LONG RUNNING Irish legends Aslan play a one-off gig in The Quays Music Hall this month and lead singer Christy Dignham has said: "The atmosphere at our gigs in Galway has always been amazing. Don't forget to bring your singing voice."
Read more ...A choral concert in St Nicholas'
Thu, Oct 12, 2017
"MUSIC AND song gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and charm and gaiety to life and everything." So said Greek philosopher Plato, in a poetic way of stating - music is good for you.
Read more ...Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway, so many great acts!! THIS IS A MUST!
Wed, Oct 11, 2017
With less than two weeks to go to the biggest comedy festival this town has ever seen, there are tickets available for so many great shows that it’s hard to know where to start.
Read more ...Major new John Behan show in Kenny Gallery opens Friday
Wed, Oct 11, 2017
A MAJOR new exhibition of work by sculptor and artist John Behan opens this Friday October 13 at the Kenny Gallery. Award-winning actor Stephen Rea will officially open the exhibition entitled Eternal Recurrence, at 6pm.
Read more ...Mario Rosentock - In Your Face in Galway
Tue, Oct 10, 2017
ONE MAN...one hundred faces...In Your Face! Those last three words are the title of Mario Rosenstock's new one-man stage show which he is bringing around the country next April and May.
Read more ...Cinema Review: Blade Runner 2049
Films Reviews Mon, Oct 09, 2017
BLADE RUNNER 2049 is the sequel to 1982 classic Blade Runner. The 2049 is the year the sequel is set. So, don't worry, you haven’t missed Blade Runner the other 2047 sequels. Am I the first person to make that joke? Probably.
Read more ...Druid’s Waiting for Godot returns to Galway
Mon, Oct 09, 2017
DRUID THEATRE'S acclaimed production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, one of the highlights of the 2016 Galway International Arts Festival, will return for a 12 week national and international tour in 2018.
Read more ...Sky Road Film Festival features an exciting lineup, the festival takes place on Saturday October 14th!
Fri, Oct 06, 2017
This year's Sky Road Film Festival features an exciting lineup, the festival takes place on Saturday October 14th at the Station House Theatre in Clifden, Co Galway.
Read more ...Bob’s BlundaBus - a pop up double-decker of creativity
Thu, Oct 05, 2017
WHEN IS a bus not a bus? When it’s a double-decker comedy venue on wheels! One of the oddest successes of last year’s Vodafone Comedy Carnival returns to Eyre Square this October - Bob’s BlundaBus, a big red converted ex-London bus.
Read more ...Album review: Warfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares
Music Reviews Thu, Oct 05, 2017
WARFARING STRANGERS: The Darkscorch Canticles, released in 2013, was a treasure trove of underground Black Sabbath-influenced US metal from the early 1970s by an array of short lived, yet fascinating, bands.
Read more ...Jake Clemons - E Street Man for the Róisín Dubh
Thu, Oct 05, 2017
JAKE CLEMONS, saxophone player for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, and also a much admired solo artist, makes a welcome return to the Róisín Dubh this month as part of his Fear & Love Tour - Ireland Edition.
Read more ...Experiencing Peter Pan anew at Baboró
Thu, Oct 05, 2017
THE BABORÓ International Arts Festival for Children gets underway in less than two weeks’ time and one of the must-see shows is The Peter Pan Experience by acclaimed Dutch company Het Laagland.
Read more ...