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".

Schoil Chroí Iosa wins Baboró Above and Beyond Award

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

The Presentation Primary School, Scoil Chroí Íosa on Newcastle Road, has won Baboró’s ‘Above & Beyond' award, in recognition of the "outstanding work" the school does in using the creative arts in the everyday teaching of the curriculum.

Overoth - Galway album launch

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

DEATH METAL band Overoth will launch their new album The Forgotten Tome with a downstairs gig in The Cellar Bar, Eglinton Street, this Saturday from 8pm.

Marc Roberts to celebrate the music of John Denver

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

HE WOULD never have cut it as Henry John Deutschendorf Jr, but as John Denver, he charmed the world with 'Take Me Home, Country Roads', 'Annie's Song', 'Rocky Mountain High', and 'Thank God I'm a Country Boy' - all of which are now undisputed classics.

Mark Geary returns to Monroe’s Live

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

MARK GEARY has just released his new album The Fool and will play songs from it, and from across his 25 year career, at his show in Monroe's Live, part of his current Irish tour.

A Capella Knights to sing in aid of Simon

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

GALWAY'S A Capella Knights will host their third annual Christmas concert, The Knights Before Christmas, in aid of Galway Simon Community on Saturday December 2 in Galway Cathedral.

'All Hallows' weekend @ Electric Garden & Theatre

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

FRIDAY OCTOBER 27 see's the Shivers clubnight at Electric throw one of it' biggest gigs to date with Omar-S and Tornado Wallace headline the Shivers Halloween Party.

All Tvvins announce Róisín Dubvh show for 2018

Wed, Oct 25, 2017

FOLLOWING THE release of their latest single 'Anything', itself a follow-up to 'Alone Together', the band's collaboration with James Vincent McMorrow, All Tvvins have announced a show in the Róísín Dubh for 2018.

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