Mahalia - honest to goodness soul music

Thu, Nov 09, 2017

SHE GREW up 100 miles from London in the English East Midlands city of Leicester, but being away from the metropolis has proven an advantage for Mahalia, and her dreams of a career in music.

Beauty and the Beast - Renmore Panto 2018

Thu, Nov 09, 2017

REHEARSALS ARE in full swing for Renmore’s 39th annual pantomime, Beauty and The Beast, which runs at the Town Hall Theatre from December 30 to January 14.

The electric mayhem of King Kong Company

Thu, Nov 09, 2017

YEARS FROM now, it’s probably starting already, people will speak about King Kong Company’s show in the main tent at Electric Picnic 2017 with near mythical awe, and will boast ‘I was there!’. Everyone else, to preserve their credibility, will pretend they were.

Galway to mark Polish Independence Day this weekend

Thu, Nov 09, 2017

Galway will mark National Polish Independence day with a series of events on Saturday and Sunday, including a celebration of the life and work of Joseph Conrad, a Polish national regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language.

Experimental trad and jazz @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Nov 09, 2017

NOTIFY, IRELAND'S experimental trad virtuosos, and America's Mark Lettieri Trio, featuring members of the Grammy Award winning jazz supergroup Snarky Puppy, will give a special collaborative performance at Monroe's Live.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat

Thu, Nov 09, 2017

ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER and Tim Rice's much loved musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat will be staged in the Town Hall Theatre by Claregalway's 9 Arch Musical Society.

An evening of poetry at Over The Edge

Thu, Nov 09, 2017

THE POETS Gillian Hamill, Ursula Shields-Huemer, and Penelope Shuttle will read at the next Over The Edge: Open Reading in the Galway City Library, which also sees the launch of the new issue of Skylight 47.

PINS - Manc indie-punk band return to Galway

Thu, Nov 09, 2017

FOLLOWING THE release of the 'Serve The Rich' single, Manchester indie-rock/post-punk band PINS hit the road for a European tour, with four dates in Ireland, including one in Galway.

Auditions for Sister Act

Thu, Nov 09, 2017

SISTER ACT, the musical about a soul singer who is placed in witness protection in a convent and who revolutionises the life of its nuns, will be staged by Twin Productions in the Town Hall in March 2018.

Rising SON to play Monroe's Live

Thu, Nov 09, 2017

HER MOTHER did not want her "hanging around the streets", so "if you’re spending all your time indoors, what else is a music-mad kid gonna do with her time except learn to play an instrument?”

Camelphat play Electric tonight

Thu, Nov 09, 2017

'COLA' PUSHED electronic duo Camelphat to the top of the tech/house charts across the globe earlier this year and tonight sees the British duo of Dave Whelan and Mike Di Scala play Electric.

Scythian to play Monroe’s Live

Thu, Nov 09, 2017

THE SCYTHIANS were a group of Iranian people and Eurasian nomads who inhabited the western and central Eurasian steppes from the 9th to the 1st centuries BC. Scythian is also the name of a US roots-rock band.

Campbells to mark 1,000th trad session

Thu, Nov 09, 2017

CAMPBELL'S TAVERN in Cloughanover, near Headford, is about to mark a major milestone, celebrating its 1000th trad session in a row this weekend.

Pub Pint Race Review in aid of Western Alzheimers - Sunday 29th October, Galway Races

Thu, Nov 09, 2017

Race 1 : Pub Pint Race in aid of Western Alzheimers.

Colum McDonnell @ Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Wed, Nov 08, 2017

COLUM MCDONNELL, a hero of the Irish underground comedy scene, who has appeared on RTÉ's Bridget and Eamonn and Irish Pictorial Weekly, comes to the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh.

Whimsy, satire, and surrealism

Art Reviews Tue, Nov 07, 2017

THERE ARE still a couple of days left to catch the wonderful work gathered for the inaugural Galway Cartoon Festival which now runs until Thursday November 9, having initially being scheduled to finish last Monday.

The Clockworks to play Canada's Indie Week

Tue, Nov 07, 2017

ONE OF Galway's most exciting young bands, The Clockworks, landed in Toronto this week, having been selected as one of only a couple of Irish bands to play at Canada's Indie Week.

TULCA offers plenty for any viewer to take pleasure in

Art Reviews Tue, Nov 07, 2017

The 15th TULCA Festival of Visual Art was officially launched at the Connacht Print Works last Friday and continues until November 19. The festival features 17 artists from Ireland and overseas, many of them presenting new work.

Family entertainment guaranteed at gaming convention this weekend

Mon, Nov 06, 2017

Galway City is gearing up for the arrival of GamerFest 17 this weekend, expected to be the biggest gaming convention ever held in the west of Ireland. Taking place in the Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa, the event promises to be an awe-inspiring celebration of video games and entertainment for visitors of all ages and levels.

'I can still compete with anyone despite being around so long'

Thu, Nov 02, 2017

WHEN XTC’S Colin Moulding presented the band with ‘Making Plans For Nigel’, it immediately appealed to band leader Andy Partridge who felt the melody “reminded me of Gilbert O’Sullivan”.

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