Micah P Hinson - new album, Róisín Dubh show

Thu, Sep 28, 2017

WHETHER MICAH P Hinson was "raised by snake-handlers or worked at the local food court", his music "would still bleed authenticity". So wrote music critic Brian Howe about the Texan born indie Americana singer-songwriter.

One Night Stand – adapting Louis CK for Vodafone Comedy Carnival

Thu, Sep 28, 2017

REVERED US comic Louis CK’s Horace and Pete was a one-series webcast black comedy described as "Cheers on Prozac" and which won a Peabody Award. Written and directed by Louis CK, who also starred as bar-owner Horace, it featured such stellar supporting players as Steve Buscemi, Edie Falco, Alan Alda, and Jessica Lange.

Forty thousand expected to watch Macnas Halloween Parade

Thu, Sep 28, 2017

More than 40,000 people are expected to line Galway's city centre streets to see Port Na bPucaí - The Song of the Spirits, the 2017 Macnas Halloween Parade, which will wind it's way through the streets on Sunday October 29 at 5.30pm.

Emma Doran @ Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Sep 28, 2017

SHE APPEARED on the Al Porter show last Christmas, was in season three of Bridget and Eamon, and enjoys a huge online following for her comedy videos. She is Emma Doran.

Dún na mBan Trí Thine - the return and tour

Thu, Sep 28, 2017

AFTER SOLD-out shows in An Taibhdhearc for the 2017 Galway International Arts Festival, Éilis Ní Dhuibhne's Dún na mBan Trí Thine, is back by popular demand.

Comedy Carnival's Wild Atlantic Wahey

Thu, Sep 28, 2017

WILD ATLANTIC Wahey is not a spelling error – but it could be a huge mistake! The people behind Vodafone Comedy Carnival went brainstorming recently and decided to bring comedy to Connemara.

Ireland’s first SoundSystem Gathering to take place in Galway

Thu, Sep 28, 2017

LEISURELAND WILL be transformed into a pressure cooker of reggae, dub, dubstep, and drum'n'bass, for Ireland’s first SoundSystem Gathering, which takes place this October.

Leading international photographer to speak in Headford

Thu, Sep 28, 2017

Internationally renowned photographer, Michal Dzikowski, better known as Michal Clearskies Ahead, whose work has been published by National Geographic and The Guardian, will be the guest speaker at the Headford Camera Club's upcoming open night.

Can The Watchmaker save time and the city?

Thu, Sep 28, 2017

THE CLOCK in the town's main square has been stolen, leading to confusion and panic among the citizens, especially when evil spirits arrive, causing mayhem, violence, and confusion.

Big names for Galway Jazz Festival 2017

Thu, Sep 28, 2017

MAJOR JAZZ names such as Arve Henriksen and the Haz'art Trio, among others, play the 2017 Galway Jazz Festival, which runs from Thursday October 5 to Sunday 8.

Irish and Indian poetry anthology

Thu, Sep 28, 2017

POETS FROM Ireland and India ponder questions of home, belonging, identity, exclusion and homogenisation, in a new anthology to be launched in Charlie Byrne's Bookshop.

The Fureys to play the Town Hall

Thu, Sep 28, 2017

IRISH FOLK music legends, The Fureys, best known for the songs ‘When You Were Sweet 16’, ‘The Green Fields Of France’, 'Red Rose Café’, ‘Leaving Nancy’, and ‘Steal Away’, return for their 14th visit to the Town Hall Theatre.

New play-reading group devoted to women playwrights

Thu, Sep 28, 2017

GALWAY SCRIPTS & Scribes is a new play-reading group which, starting next Monday evening at the Commercial Boat Club in Woodquay, will host weekly sessions exploring works by women playwrights.

William Orpen and The Great War

Thu, Sep 28, 2017

IN 1917, the Irish artist William Orpen was appointed an official war artist and sent to the Western Front with a strict brief from the British War Office as to who and what he was to paint.

Calling all Galway pubs, you are invited to take part in Galway’s first PUBLICAN’S PINT RACE!

Wed, Sep 27, 2017

WHAT IS INVOLVED?
1. Your pub fund raises for Western Alzheimers (we have a list of fundraising ideas if you need inspiration!).

Shrug Life - debut album, Strange Brew gig

Tue, Sep 26, 2017

"WRITER'S BLOCK and common cold, the pointless fear of growing old...wearing cheap synthetic fibres with unspoken Western guilt". Add to that a crap cup of coffee "with your name spelt wrong" and you have...'First World Problems'.

Bowie, Berlin, and the Kosmische Musik

Music Reviews Tue, Sep 26, 2017

AFTER ZIGGY Stardust, The Gouster soul boy, and The Thin White Duke, where could Bowie possibly go next? The answer lay, not so much in the mask of a character, rather it lay in a location, one where Bowie could feel free to be, perhaps, a little more himself.

Niall Connolly - new album, Róisín Dubh show

Mon, Sep 25, 2017

NIALL CONNOLLY, “among the most vibrant, poignant, and authentic indie folk artists in New York City", according to folk music magazine No Depression, has released his new album and is touring Ireland this month.

Over The Edge Open Reading at Galway City Library

Mon, Sep 25, 2017

THE WRITERS Oisín Fagan, Dara Ó Foghlu, and Paul Denby will read at the next Over The Edge: Open Reading in Galway City Library on Thursday September 28, from 6.30pm to 8pm.

Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience

Thu, Sep 21, 2017

THEY'RE BACK! Basil, Sybil, and Manuel return to serve up more madcap mayhem, dinner, and a feast of comic delights - some familiar, some off the cuff - but guaranteed to keep diners laughing all the way to dessert.

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