A classical concert for St Nicholas'

Thu, Jul 27, 2017

THE CHAMBER Philharmonia Cologne, one of Germany's finest classical music ensembles, makes its annual visit to Galway net week, to perform a concert in St Nicholas' Collegiate Church.

Emma Lohan - new music and Galway gig

Thu, Jul 27, 2017

GALWAY SINGER-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Emma Lohan has released 'Serekunda', the first single from her forthcoming album Black Atlantic, ahead of a home-town gig this weekend.

Brunch + Dancing @ Biteclub

Thu, Jul 27, 2017

CYRIL BRISCOE of 110th Street, Anthony Collins, and the Good Life DJs will be spinning the decks at the next Brunch + Dancing rooftop party at the Biteclub Streetfood Discotheque this weekend.

Jarlath Regan - stand-up show and live podcast

Wed, Jul 26, 2017

JARLATH REGAN has come a long way since his days of doing ice-cream ads on the TV. These days he runs the award-winning An Irishman Abroad podcast and recently supported Jack Whitehall on his arena tour.

Galway's Rofi James shortlisted for 2FM's Play The Picnic

Tue, Jul 25, 2017

GALWAY BAND Rofi James have been shortlisted for 2FM's Play The Picnic, and are calling on the public to vote for them, and put them in with a serious chance of performing at Electric Picnic this September.

A 'Yidlife crisis' and a hit show about Jewish identity

Thu, Jul 20, 2017

GEFILTE FISH and Chips, the award winning show by theatre maker, songwriter, producer, and broadcaster Daniel Cainer, opens tomorrow in The Cellar Bar, as part of the Galway Fringe Festival.

Angels In America - Live at The Eye

Thu, Jul 20, 2017

ANGELS IN America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, Tony Kushner’s multi-award winning, two-part play, running in Britain's National Theatre, will be broadcast live to Galway

Saint Sister - Róisín Dubh GIAF 17 gig

Thu, Jul 20, 2017

WHEN SAINT Sister play the Róisín Dubh as part of the Galway International Arts Festival, they will perform the recent single ‘Causing Trouble’, a song which says much about them and their music.

Album review: Japanese Breakfast

Music Reviews Thu, Jul 20, 2017

DESPITE THE name, Japanese Breakfast - vocalist, songwriter, guitarist, Michelle Zauner - is not Japanese, but Korean-American, and musically, this new album is indebted to the1990s lo-fi American alternative rock and British shoegaze movements.

HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr

Thu, Jul 20, 2017

HEDY LAMARR was a Hollywood film star between the 1930s and 1950s, and an icon of beauty and glamour, but her greatest achievement is all around us, as her work as a scientist and inventor laid the grounds for much of our digital and internet technology.

'Art has no borders but it does have edges' – GIAF launch

Thu, Jul 20, 2017

The 40th Galway International Arts Festival got off to a flying start on Monday at the Black Box Theatre with the world premiere of Woyzeck In Winter, Conall Morrison’s daring fusion of Büchner and Schubert.

Three Fringe festival shows from Galway

Thu, Jul 20, 2017

INTERNET DATING, family strife, and a life in politics are the subjects of three shows staged by local companies, which are all being staged as part of the 2017 Galway Fringe Festival.

Crime fiction @ the Fringe

Thu, Jul 20, 2017

MONDAYS ARE Murder, an afternoon of noir and crime fiction, featuring Galway based writers Séamus Scanlon, Aoibheann McCann, Órfhlaith Foyle, and Kernan Andrews, takes place as part of the Galway Fringe Festival.

Inishbofin summer concerts

Thu, Jul 20, 2017

MICK FLANNERY, Wallis Bird, and Declan O’Rourke are among the leading Irish singer-songwriters who will be making their way to Inisbofin, for the Connemara island's 21st series of summer concerts.

Silence, storytelling, and Stano

Thu, Jul 20, 2017

THE GROUNDBREAKING Irish composer Stano, brings his latest work, 'In Between Silence’, described by New York reviewer Rosie Vaughn as “a masterclass in storytelling”, to the Galway International Arts Festival.

GIAF 17 DJ nights @ Electric

Thu, Jul 20, 2017

BILL BREWSTER, the DJ extraordinaire and human music–encyclopedia, and the enigmatic, Berlin based DJ, Privacy, will be spinning the decks at the Electric Garden & Theatre, as part of the Galway International Arts Festival.

Get back into acting with Acting 101

Thu, Jul 20, 2017

GALWEGIANS INTERESTED in trying their hand at acting and learning what is involved should check out a new course from the Galway Actors Workshop.

Dermot Kennedy announces Róisín Dubh show

Thu, Jul 20, 2017

DERMOT KENNEDY, the Dublin singer-songwriter Clash magazine called "something special", this week announced dates for a new European tour, which includes a Galway show in October.

GTI creative writing classes

Thu, Jul 20, 2017

THE POETS Kevin Higgins and Susan Millar DuMars will host a series of creative wiring classes in the Galway Technical Institute, Fr Griffin Road, starting in October.

Arnocorps - Swarzenegger punk

Thu, Jul 20, 2017

THEY BASE all their songs on Arnold Swarzenegger movies and describe their sound as "Action adventure hardcore rock and roll". They are San Francisco metal/punk band Arnocorps.

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