Wallis Bird to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 12, 2017

WALLIS BIRD, the Wexford singer-songwriter, returns to the Róisín Dubh this month as part of her new tour, promoting her latest album, Home, which also takes in the continent, Japan, and Australia.

Foil Arms & Hog - new show announced

Thu, Jan 12, 2017

FOIL ARMS & Hog, the brilliant Irish comedy sketch trio, have announced a new Galway show, due to phenomenal public demand, as their March 24 at the Town Hall Theatre has sold out.

New Jack Taylor series begins this weekend

Thu, Jan 12, 2017

JACK TAYLOR, the hit TV series made in Galway and inspired by the novels of award winning Galway author Ken Bruen, begins its new season on the new Irish TV channel be3 - formerly UTV Ireland - this Saturday at 9pm.

Irish-language-song club seeks new members

Thu, Jan 12, 2017

GALWEGIANS WHO like the idea of singing songs as Gaeilge - even if their Irish is far from perfect - around the fireside with others who enjoy doing the same, are sought to join Club Amhránaíochta na Gaillimhe.

Show Me The Funny returns for 2017

Thu, Jan 12, 2017

SHOW ME The Funny, Ireland's biggest competition for up and coming comedians, returns to The King's Head for 2017 with the first of five heats taking place on Monday January 16 at 8pm.

American film project seeks actors

Thu, Jan 12, 2017

APOSTROPHATE ME, a new American film, written by musician, composer, and conductor Colin O'Donohoe, in association with Robin Shou and Alan Roy Scott, is shooting in Ireland this summer, and is seeking Irish actors.

Weekend gigs @ The Quays

Thu, Jan 12, 2017

THE QUAYS is hosting gigs by some of Galway and Ireland's most popular covers bands this weekend, and the venue is also running an offer of free entry to gigs on Fridays and Sundays.

Art classes with Jennifer Cunningham

Thu, Jan 12, 2017

THE AWARD winning Galway based artist Jennifer Cunningham will hold a new season of her popular arts classes which start on Monday January 16.

Galway film to screen at London and Chicago film festivals

Wed, Jan 11, 2017

BODY OF Christ, an award winning short film - which runs for only 81 seconds - and which was made in Galway has been selected to screen at two major international festivals this spring.

The Tweeter, the poet, and the psychotherapist

Wed, Jan 11, 2017

TIM SNIFFEN, the writer, theatre maker, and humorous and witty Tweeter will read from his work at the next Over The Edge open reading at the Galway City Library, where Helena Kilty and Vinny Steed will also be reading.

Red Bird Youth Arts Collective seeks new members

Mon, Jan 09, 2017

GALWEGIANS AGED between 15 and 23 and who are interested in either filmmaking, or a drawing and hip hop collaboration, should check out the new projects from the Red Bird Youth Collective.

Fighters, pranksters, olive farms, and Ryan Gosling

Thu, Jan 05, 2017

CHAMPION BOXERS, mischievous neighbours, Poland under threat from Russia at the end of WWI, a young girl's determination to win back her grandfather's olive farm, and a musical with Hollywood stars like Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone - it's all in the Galway Film Society's winter/spring 2017 season.

Morgan’s first run

Thu, Jan 05, 2017

THERE IS no more appropriate way for this column to celebrate the New Year other than by reviewing the first collection of a young Galway poet who had come to notice while still at school.

Hipster Bingo @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 05, 2017

SPORTERS OF skinny jeans, manicured beards, quaffed hair, tartan shirts, and excessively oversized glasses are encouraged to attend an underground event which you probably will not have heard about - Hipster Bingo.

The High Kings - Galway bound

Thu, Jan 05, 2017

THE HIGH KINGS – Finbarr Clancy, Brian Dunphy, Martin Furey and Darren Holden – will get Galway's 2017 off to a rousing folk and trad start when they play the Seapoint Ballroom, Salthill, on Saturday January 14 at 8pm.

Illuminating ‘Women’s Christmas’ with Herstory

Thu, Jan 05, 2017

TOMORROW IS January 6 - the feast of the Epiphany - which in Ireland has long been known as Nollaig na mBan or Women’s Christmas in Ireland and was a day when women would get together and celebrate. That hallowed tradition is to get a whole new lease of life – and lights - this weekend with a new festival - Illuminate Herstory - taking place in towns and cities across the country.

How to steal your friend’s girlfriend with a Thin Lizzy LP

Thu, Jan 05, 2017

LITERATURE AND music have long had an intimate relationship, and the music of a word is often as important as its literal meaning. A new anthology - Fermata - Writings inspired by Music, showcases writing written in response to music.

James McMurtry - 'a true Americana poet'

Thu, Jan 05, 2017

FOR THE novelist Stephen King, Texan James McMurtry is "the truest, fiercest songwriter of his generation"; for the BBC's Bob Harris he is "the most vital lyricist in America today"; while The Monkee's Mike Nesmith calls him, "a true Americana poet".

A Galway family and Ireland's fight for independence

Thu, Jan 05, 2017

The 1916 Rising, the War of Independence, and the impact on one Galway family of those two momentous events, will be explored at a public lecture in the city next week.

Hospital Arts Trust annual poetry competition

Thu, Jan 05, 2017

THE GALWAY University Hospital Arts Trust is seeking entries for its annual poetry competition, which this year will be judged by leading Galway poet, Kevin Higgins, current writer-in-residence with the GUH Arts Trust.

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