The soundtrack to France at war

Thu, Nov 03, 2016

TWO PIECES of music, both written in France during WWI, will be performed by Duo Chagall at a lunchtime Music For Galway concert entitled Notes from the Great War: French Chamber Music from 1917.

My Fellow Sponges return to Róisín Dubh

Thu, Nov 03, 2016

TAKE AN obsession with words, add a splash of weirdness, some theatrical training, and you have something like what My Fellow Sponges get up to on and off stage.

Galway Baroque Singers' new concert series

Thu, Nov 03, 2016

THE GALWAY Baroque Singers will join forces with the Dun Laoghaire Choral Society, under conductor David Brophy, for Choral Fusion, a new project where both groups will tour and perform together for what they promise will be a "challenging double choir repertoire".

Soulboys v Rudeboys

Thu, Nov 03, 2016

THE FINEST music ever produced by African-Americans, Jamaicans, and Caribbean emigrants to Britain, will be heard via 7" vinyl when the Soulboys V Rudeboys clubnight makes a welcome return to the Róisín Dubh.

Will Softly's Rock Gods DJ night

Thu, Nov 03, 2016

WILL SOFTLY is well known throughout Galway as a leading World Music DJ, but there is another side to the man, a side with a passion for guitars cranked up to a Nigel Tufnel approved 11, and enough riffs to keep headbangers and air guitarists in action.

Tommy Tiernan - extra Galway dates for Under The Influence

Wed, Nov 02, 2016

TOMMY TIERNAN has added three extra dates to his new Under The Influence tour. Two of those shows will be at the Seapoint Ballroom in Salthill, taking place on Wednesday December 21 and Thursday 22.

John Prine - Salthill bound in 2017

Wed, Nov 02, 2016

FOR MANY years he lived in Galway, but it has been a long time since he played a concert here. That changes next year as John Prine, the two time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, returns to Galway as part of his forthcoming tour of Ireland.

John Colleary @ Roisin Dubh Comedy Clubh

Wed, Nov 02, 2016

HIS TALES of getting lost in County Kerry, while taking directions from a pub owner was one of the highlights of last week's Vodafone Comedy Carnival 2016, while his re-imaging of Michael D Higgins as a Donal Trump type-character were also side-splitting.

Review: Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway 2016

Tue, Nov 01, 2016

As I type, the Red Box is being dismantled in Eyre Square, with the Spiegeltent soon to follow, and Bob's Blunderbus is about to journey on, as the Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway is over for another year - but the 2016 festival will linger long in the mind.

Kristin Hersh - new album and Róisín Dubh show

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

KRISTIN HERSH, leader of US alternative-rock icons Throwing Muses, frontwoman of power trio 50FOOTWAVE, solo artist of the highest calibre, and acclaimed author, plays Galway next week.

TULCA 2016 opens next week

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

CITIES ARE dying. Even as more and more of people live in cities, and are dependent on them for their livelihoods, cities are becoming too expensive to live in, where the productive urban economy has disappeared.

'So many passages in Playboy are almost songs anyway'

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

A PRIZE-winner in New York and an audience hit at Cúirt, Justin McCarthy and Diarmuid de Faoite’s rollicking musical version of Playboy of the Western World hits the Town Hall Theatre next week for a five night run.

Cinder & The Ellas – Fidget Feet give fairytale a fresh spin

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

THE FAMILIAR story of Cinderella gets a high-flying makeover from Fidget Feet in its thrilling new show - Cinder & The Ellas - which will be performed in the Blackl Box Theatre on Sunday November 6 at 8pm.

Karl Spain’s Late Night KARLnival

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

IT IS one of the highlights of the Vodafone Comedy Carnival. It is one of the festival's must see shows. It is where the comedians take to the stage for an unscripted, edge of the seat set, featuring some of their darkest material.

Lenny Abrahamson to give public interview at GMIT

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

LENNY ABRAHAMSON, the Irish film maker, best known for Adam & Paul, Garage, and Room, for which he received an Oscar nomination, is coming to Galway next month to give a public interview about his work.

Gordon D’Arcy to launch new book in Galway

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

THE BREATHING Burren, the new book by environmental writer, artist, and educator, Gordan D’Arcy, will be launched in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, tomorrow at 6.30pm.

Chainska Brassika - rising ska stars

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

CHAINSKA BRASSIKA have been called "one of the most impressive and promising upcoming acts in the reggae/ska genre," by no less than the masters of that genre - The Skatalites. What more recommendation do you need?

Al Porter, Ross Browne, and The Rubberbandits for OTT Wrestling

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

AL PORTER in a leotard, WWE legends X-Pac and Chris Hero, The Fear's Ross Browne, and somewhere in the middle of it all, the Rubberbandits, all gathered together for a night of insane wrestling mayhem.

Noel Fielding stars in TULCA film

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

THE MIGHTY BOOSH'S Noel Fielding stars in AAAAAAAAH!, the eccentric British comedy-horror film where the actors speak entirely in grunts and gibberish, which will be shown as part of the TULCA Festival of Visual Arts.

Mary Geeleher exhibition at UHG

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

MARY GEELEHER, a former nurse in University Hospital Galway, is once more at the hospital, not as staff, but as an exhibiting artist, with her show, Symphony of Colour, featuring new and recent works.

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