Conal Gallen - Only Joking at the Town Hall

Thu, Sep 15, 2016

CONAL GALLEN, the Donegal comedian, returns to the Town Hall Theatre on Friday September 30, with his new, one man stand-up, two hour show, Only Joking.

Auditions for the Renmore Panto

Thu, Sep 15, 2016

AUDITIONS FOR Little Red Riding Hood, the 38th annual Renmore pantomime, to be directed by award-winning Brian and Seán Power, begin this weekend.

Rockabilly ball in aid of MADRA

Thu, Sep 15, 2016

Rock'n'roll, rockabilly, and shakin' like Elvis singing 'Hound Dog' is the order of the day when The Hounddog Ball, a charity event in aid of MADRA, dog rescue and adoption, takes place this month.

Silent Disco Street Party returns this weekend

Thu, Sep 15, 2016

BEAT ON the street! Bop ‘till you drop! Sing ‘till you’re hoarse to the ripest musical fromage imaginable! It can only be, what is now referred to as, the "world famous" Silent Disco Street Party, and it is back this Sunday from 8pm.

Two chances to see classsical pianist Michael McHale

Thu, Sep 15, 2016

MICHAEL MCHALE, the Irish classical pianist, who playing has been described as "delicately graded and infallibly clear" by The Irish Times and filled with "lucidity and elegance" by The Daily Telegraph, will play two shows in County Galway.

99 Souls - funky house duo for Seven

Thu, Sep 15, 2016

99 SOULS, the duo behind the massive funky house hit 'The Girl Is Mine', which everyone from Beyoncé to Pete Tong has been raving about, and who want their debut album to be "classic, timeless", are coming to Galway.

Neon Atlas @ Seven

Thu, Sep 15, 2016

CORK INDIE/alternative band Neon Atlas, who have won critical and commercial acclaim for their music, play The Loft @ Seven, Bridge Street, on Friday September 23 at 10pm.

Nirvana tribute @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Sep 15, 2016

IT IS 25 years this month since Nirvana released the game changing, and now classic, album Nevermind, and equally epochal single, 'Smells Like Teen Spirit', so if you are in the mood to commemorate check out this upcoming show.

Ralph McTell announces Galway show for October

Wed, Sep 14, 2016

IT TOOK an Englishman to write one of the finest, and most poignant songs, about Irish emigration. That man is Ralph McTell, and that song is 'From Clare To Here', and next month he will mark his special relationship with the country.

Siblings picking at the scabs of old psychic wounds

Theatre Reviews Wed, Sep 14, 2016

A DESDERVED standing ovation greeted the conclusion of Helen and I, Meadhbh McHugh’s debut play for Druid at the Mick Lally Theatre, which surely announces the arrival of a fine new Irish writer.

Cathy Davey - new album and Galway show

Tue, Sep 13, 2016

GALWAY WAS the location for Cathy Davey to explore new sounds and styles and in which to create her new album, appropriately entitled New Forest, being recorded near forests in Woodford, south Galway, and in Connemara.

Ramones drummer to play Galway in December

Tue, Sep 13, 2016

"RICHIE SAVED the band as far as I’m concerned. He’s the greatest thing to happen to the Ramones. He put the spirit back in the band." So said Joey Ramone about Richie, who was drummer with the legendary punk band from 1983 to 1987.

Galway filmmaker wins Irish Screen America’s Rising Star Award

Mon, Sep 12, 2016

GALWAY FILMMAKER Linda Bhreathnach has won the Irish Screen America’s Rising Star Award for a short filmmaker for her film Adulting which premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh during the summer.

Lisa Hannigan to begin Irish tour in Galway

Mon, Sep 12, 2016

LISA HANNIGAN, riding high on the critical and commercial success of her No1 At Swim album, has announced details of her new Irish tour, with the opening concert taking place in Galway.

Sofie Hagen - confessional intimacy, laser-guided gags

Thu, Sep 08, 2016

WE GET to enjoy comedy from many countries - England, Canada, the USA, Australia - but this is all from the Anglosphere, it is more rare we get to experience comedy from continental Europe.

‘He’s a lonely guy but with a huge heart’

Thu, Sep 08, 2016

TWENTY YEARS after they gave the play its world premiere and it became one of the company’s greatest successes, Druid are revisiting The Beauty Queen of Leenane for a landmark new production which opens this month in the Town Hall Theatre.

Album review: Ryley Walker

Music Reviews Thu, Sep 08, 2016

MUCH HAS been made of this album's apparent shift away from Walker's 1960s psych folk-rock influences towards a 1990s indie singer-songwriter dominated sound, but the music within does not contain any kind of either/or exclusion.

French film to open new GFS season

Thu, Sep 08, 2016

FLORENCE FOSTER Jenkins was an amateur singer from the 1910s to the 1940s, who believed she was a magnificent soprano. In fact she could hardly sing at all. Still, she became a cult favourite in New York and Cole Porter was a loyal fan.

Exhibition of an artist's year on Salthill prom

Thu, Sep 08, 2016

FOR THE past year, August 2015 to Aug 2016, I have been painting on the Prom in Salthill, in all types of weather, at all times of day and at night. My motivation was to capture images of the Prom not often represented in the various media, but at the same time real and in the moment.

Olwen Fouéré reads at Town Hall this Saturday

Thu, Sep 08, 2016

OLWEN FOUÉRÉ will read Déirdre Carr's epic poem, 'Tweet Tweet Mothertongue-Fatherland-Talamh Athair Snapchattin', in the Town Hall Theatre Bar this Saturday from 3pm to 6pm.

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