Julio Bashmore to DJ @ Electric
Thu, Oct 13, 2016
INSPIRED BY the French electro and dance sounds of Daft Punk and Cassius, and the bass scene of his native Bristol, DJ Julio Bashmore is acclaimed for his forward thinking, constantly future focused approach, to music.
Read more ...The Dan Band - 'Dan, That’s Funny’
Thu, Oct 13, 2016
WHETHER YOU know it or not, The Dan Band is the most popular wedding band in the world. Nobody can nail a 1980s classic better than Dan Finnerty as Galway will find out at this month's Vodafone Comedy Carnival.
Read more ...No easy answers as TULCA explores 'the city'
Thu, Oct 13, 2016
WHAT HAS gone wrong with our cities? And what are we going to do about it? These two questions will be explored in TULCA 2016, Galway's annual visual arts festival, and audiences can expect the answers to be unsettling.
Read more ...Ballinasloe to examine women's role in 1916 Rising
Thu, Oct 13, 2016
THE ROLE of Women in 1916, and specifically the part played by Cumann na mBan in the run up to, and during, the Rising, will be the focus of a free conference taking place in the Ballinasloe Library this weekend.
Read more ...North American invasion at Comedy Carnival
Thu, Oct 13, 2016
FANS OF great stand-up will get a chance to expand their comedy horizons at this year’s Vodafone Comedy Carnival, for while the line-up is predominantly Irish or UK based, there is a huge contingent of US and Canadian comics making the trip to Galway this year.
Read more ...Tower Poetry Slam Competition takes place this weekend
Thu, Oct 13, 2016
THE FIRST Tower Poetry Slam 2016 competition will be held in Thoor Ballylee, once the south Galway home of WB Yeats, with the event being MC'd by award winning Galway poets Elaine Feeney and Sarah Clancy.
Read more ...Chic drummer to give Galway workshop
Thu, Oct 13, 2016
RALPH ROLLE, the drummer with Nile Rodgers' Chic, and the man who has drummed for Sting, Paul Simon, Aretha Franklin, Slash, Elvis Costello, and Smokey Robinson, will give a drum clinic in Galway.
Read more ...Love and independence in Paris
Thu, Oct 13, 2016
FEMINISM, LESBIANISM, independence, and the challenges of love, family, and duty will be explored in French film Summertime which the Galway Film Society wil screen in the Town Hall Theatre this Sunday at 8pm.
Read more ...How the collector becomes The Bookman
Thu, Oct 13, 2016
THERE ARE an infinite number of reasons why people buy books, but at the risk of generalisation, two reasons stand out: people who buy books to read them and those who buy books to collect them. While the former will most certainly read their purchases, the latter will probably not read theirs.
Read more ...Johnny Candon @ Roisin Dubh Comedy Clubh
Thu, Oct 13, 2016
HE HAS appeared on Russell Howard's Good News, Revolver, The Sketch Show, and Mock The Week, and now he is coming to Galway to play the Roisin Dubh Comedy Clubh tomorrow night.
Read more ...Interskalactic to bring the ska to Monroe's
Thu, Oct 13, 2016
HAILED AS “the future of ska in Ireland” by Ryan Tubridy, Interskalactic have firmly marked their place as a live and festival favourite, fusing big band flavour and first-wave, old-school Jamaican ska.
Read more ...Foróige drama and film courses for teens
Thu, Oct 13, 2016
THE FORÓIGE Youth Café is starting two new creative groups for young people aged from 14 to 18 years in Galway city, one concentrating on film making, the other on drama and acting.
Read more ...Bach for lunch
Thu, Oct 13, 2016
JOHANN SEBASTIAN Bach's Overture in the French Style will be performed on harpsichord by the acclaimed Irish musician, Malcolm Proud, in a lunchtime concert for Music For Galway.
Read more ...New song from Don Stiffe
Thu, Oct 13, 2016
GALWAY FOLK-singer songwriter Don Stiff has released a new single, 'You'll Always Be My Mother', exploring his experiences of adoption.
Read more ...Smash Hits! to relive the 90s @ HALO
Thu, Oct 13, 2016
KITTED OUT head-to-toe in 1990s clobber, Smash Hits! will deliver a nostalgia drenched set of dance, pop, and r'n'b hits from that decade when they play HALO tomorrow from 11pm.
Read more ...Art Supper Club - it's about painting and eating
Wed, Oct 12, 2016
THE ART Supper Club is a new venture which combines the joy of creativity with the pleasure of enjoying good food, and follows on from the popular 'painting, cocktail, and wine' events hosted by Paintclub and 56 Central.
Read more ...Young Galwegians' stories sought for Junior Film Fleadh storytelling competition
Tue, Oct 11, 2016
YOUNG GALWEGIANS who are passionate about films and writing, and who have an idea for a story, are being asked to submit that story idea for this year's Junior Galway Film Fleadh Storytelling Competition.
Read more ...Mick Flannery - new album and Róisín Dubh show
Mon, Oct 10, 2016
TWO DAYS before he releases his new album, I Own You, acclaimed Cork singer-songwriter Mick Flannery returns to Galway for a show where fans can expect to hear songs from that new release.
Read more ...Oasis - Be Here Now reissue
Music Reviews Mon, Oct 10, 2016
BE HERE Now was the album which put the cocaine infused nail in the coffin of the hubris filled, jingoistic, corpse of Britpop. The phenomenon which, in the words of Suede's Brett Anderson began "with the charm and intelligence of a Mike Leigh film" had indeed "become a Carry On movie".
Read more ...We Banjo 3 - 'the future of world music'
Thu, Oct 06, 2016
WE BANJO 3 return to the Róisín Dubh to officially launch - on this side of the Atlantic - their latest album, String Theory, which has already been No 1 on Billboard's World Music charts.
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