Take tea with Rogers and Hackett

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

"TEA IN the morning/tea in the evening/tea at suppertime..." sang Ray Davies in The Kink's 'Have A Cuppa Tea', and music will form one element in a new theatre piece for the Galway Theatre Festival, which looks at the the history and culture of tea.

Brahms' Third Symphony is not a 'racket'

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

SYBIL FAWLTY may have witheringly dismissed Brahms' Symphony No 3 in F Op 90 as "that racket" when she heard Basil playing a tape of it in Fawlty Towers, but Galway is about to hear why it is anything but.

Mark Kennedy - a night to honour local legend

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

MARK KENNEDY, the film-maker, scriptwriter, and one of Galway's best loved personalities, who died last year, will be rememberd, celebrated, and honoured, at a special event in the Róisín Dubh.

Interskalactic - new EP and Monroe's gig

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

INTERSKALACTIC, hailed as “the future of ska in Ireland” by The Late Late Show's Ryan Tubridy, have released their new, eponymously titled EP, and play Monroe's Live this week.

Loughrea Musical Society to stage Green Day’s American Idiot

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

LOUGHREA MUSICAL Society presents the west of Ireland's premiere of Green Day’s American Idiot, the story of Will, Tunny, and Johnny who become disaffected by their media saturated suburban life and seek to flee their stifled lives.

Frightened Rabbit vocalist for Nocturne

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

SCOTT HUTCHINSON, lead vocalist of the acclaimed Scottish indie band Frightened Rabbit, returns to Galway for a solo show, playing the Nocturne night at Loam restaurant.

The return of The Blizzards

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

THE BLIZZARDS, one of the most popular bands in Ireland of the noughties continue their comeback, with a new single, the appropriately titled 'Second Wind', and a gig at Monroe’s Live.

Mary Black - Town Hall concert

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

MARY BLACK, one of Ireland's finest and best loved singers, makes a welcome return to Galway this month, when she plays the Town Hall Theatre as part of her 2017 Irish Tour.

Easter weekend at HALO

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

CAFOLLA and Engel, the DJ and saxophone duo who have become firm live favourites at HALO, return to the Abbeygate Street venue as part it's Easter Weekend events.

Electric’s Easter line-up

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

THE EASTER weekend will be a full and busy one at Electric, with a host of DJs programmed across three rooms in the Abbeygate Street venue on Saturday and Sunday nights.

Exhibition explores the hidden spaces of Knocknacarra

Tue, Apr 11, 2017

GALWEGIANS OF a certain age will remember that, up to the very late 1980s, most of Knocnakacarra was fields, farmlands, and wide open spaces, as opposed to the vast series of homes and estates it is now.

Album review: The Jesus and Mary Chain

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 06, 2017

COULD THERE be a more quintessential Jesus and Mary Chain lyric than, "To old to crucify, but too young for suicide", the opening line of 'Song For A Secret', from their first new album in almost 20 years.

What Eamonn has to say about being Irish

Thu, Apr 06, 2017

WHAT DO Irish cultural identity and ‘having the craic’ mean in a post-truth world? What makes someone Irish? These are the weighty themes of a new musical-comedy which will also ask, "And do you have these in a size nine?"

Sing Along Social's Guilty Pleasures @ Roísín Dúbh

Thu, Apr 06, 2017

DO YOU fancy the idea of singing along - unashamed, out loud, and proud - in the company, and reputation saving safety, of others, to some of the most deliciously cringe-worthy songs known to humanity?

Phill Jupitus - comedy legend for Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Apr 06, 2017

PHILL JUPITUS, the stand-up comedian, poet, improviser, and TV stalwart, will give Galway a sneak preview of his new material, ahead of his upcoming tour, with a special show at the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh presents.

'If you show your vulnerability people connect to that'

Thu, Apr 06, 2017

"WHEN THE conversations are over/in your car, by the sea,/You are still here/and so am I/after love." These are the opening lines of Dani Gill’s new poetry collection, After Love, which is published by Salmon and launched this Saturday at 2.30pm in the House Hotel.

And So I Watch You From Afar @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 06, 2017

IN ITS fusion of metal, jazz, indie, avant garde, and movie soundtracks, post-rock should be a fount of constant fresh ideas. Too often it can sound like a group of lands practising their guitar scales backed by jittery drumbeats.

Spanish classic film in Indreabhán

Thu, Apr 06, 2017

EL SUR, made in 1983 and regarded as one of the finest Spanish films of all time, will be screened in Seanscoil Sailearna, Indreabhán, this evening at 8.15pm.

Two Irishmen and the birth of Canada

Thu, Apr 06, 2017

THE GALWAYMAN, who assassinated the Louth man who was turning Canada from a series of provinces and into a nation, will be the subject of a new play at this year's Galway Theatre Festival.

Martina Evans - the poetry of untrustworthy dentists

Literature Reviews Thu, Apr 06, 2017

THERE IS a school of thought popular among middle-brow critics of both genders, who tend to prevail in journals such as Poetry Ireland Review, and in the literary pages of formerly important newspapers, that poetry should avoid two particular ailments.

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