Indie-pop band Penrose to play Seven

Thu, Sep 29, 2016

IRISH INDIE-pop band Penrose mix the harmonies of The Beatles and ELO with 1990s Britrock sensibilities of Richard Ashcroft and Oasis, as Galway will hear when they play The Loft at Seven this Saturday at 9.30pm.

Jungle Boogie/Get Boogie fifth birthday bash

Thu, Sep 29, 2016

GALWAY CLUBNIGHTS Jungle Boogie! and Get Boogie! will celebrate their fifth birthdays with a special night in The Commercial Boatclub, Woodquay, this Saturday from 9pm.

Pop Gods and Cafolla & Engel @ HALO

Thu, Sep 29, 2016

POP GODS and Cafolla & Engel will play HALO this weekend, with Pop Gods playing tomorrow night, while DJ and saxophone duo Cafolla & Engel hit the stage on Saturday.

Award winning jazz singer to perform at Electric

Wed, Sep 28, 2016

LAUREN KINSELLA, the London based, Irish, vocalist, and winner of the UK Vocalist of the Year at the 2016 JazzFM Awards, is in Galway next month to perform at the upcoming Galway Jazz Festival.

Album review: David Bowie - Who Can I Be Now? boxset

Music Reviews Tue, Sep 27, 2016

THE KEY artefact in this lavish new Bowie boxset, charting the artist's journey from post-Ziggy to 'Plastic Soul', to Thin White Duke, is one of the great missing pieces of the Bowie discography - The Gouster.

Theatre review: Disco Pigs (Town Hall)

Tue, Sep 27, 2016

TWENTY YEARS to the day after its premiere, Enda Walsh’s iconic play Disco Pigs arrived at the Town Hall this week in a new production jointly staged by Reading Rep and Nick Thompson Productions from London. The show was helmed by Cathal Cleary, who was formerly based in Galway, and is now making his way successfully as an up and coming director in London.

The Blossoms announce 2017 Galway show

Mon, Sep 26, 2016

“WE WANT to be as mainstream as Will Smith, as great as The Smiths, and as uplifting as Mr Smith Goes to Washington.” So said The Blossoms who have just announced a Galway concert for 2017.

Coronas announce two shows for Salthill

Mon, Sep 26, 2016

THE CORONAS, one of Ireland's best loved bands, and no strangers to Galway, were ulikley to let the year pass withouyt heading west and today they announced two shows for the Seapoint Ballroom, Salthill, in November.

Whose Line is it Anyway? star Colin Mochrie in Comedy Carnival ‘improv summit’

Thu, Sep 22, 2016

IN THE 1980s and 1990s, Whose Line Is It Anyway? was the cream of Channel 4’s comedy output. It was unmissable, and spawned a host of spin-offs including the hugely successful US series of the same name. If you have ever watched the show you will understand that when it goes right it is the funniest thing ever. When it goes wrong, it’s even better.

Hipster Bingo @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Sep 22, 2016

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

James Vincent McMorrow - Black Box concert in October

Thu, Sep 22, 2016

JAMES VINCENT McMorrow follows the release of his critically acclaimed new album, We Move, with an Irish tour taking in the Black Box Theatre on Wednesday October 5 at 8pm.

Album review: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Music Reviews Thu, Sep 22, 2016

NO PARENT wants to outlive their child, to do so seems wrong, unnatural. When that child is wrenched from his mother and father so suddenly, in circumstances both extreme and tragic, coming to terms with it must be near impossible.

Tommy Tiernan to perform extra Vodafone Comedy Carnival show

Thu, Sep 22, 2016

TOMMY TIERNAN is set to perform an extra show in next month's Vodafone Comedy Carnival, as he has agreed to replace the contractually indisposed The Boy With Tape On His Face on Sunday October 30.

'Life is a series of aftershocks'

Thu, Sep 22, 2016

WINNER OF a ‘Lustrum’ Award at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Orla Murphy’s acclaimed play, Remember To Breathe, comes to the Town Hall Theatre next week in a staging by Murphy’s own Figure 8 Productions.

Musicals and opera at The Eye

Thu, Sep 22, 2016

BRECHT AND Weill’s raucous musical The Threepenny Opera and Bellini’s classical bel canto opera Norma are both being staged in London and both will be broadcast live to The Eye Cinema, Wellpark.

A season of Brahms begins next week

Thu, Sep 22, 2016

SOME OF Johannes Brahms' most iconic pieces of chamber music will be performed by six outstanding musicians as part of the opening concert of a season of music where Brahms is centrestage.

Over The Edge open reading

Thu, Sep 22, 2016

THE POETS Caitríona O’Reilly, Colin Dardis, and James Anthony, will read at the Over The Edge: Open Reading in the Galway City Library on Thursday September 29 at 6.30pm.

Irish Comedian Of The Year @ Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Sep 22, 2016

SCOTLAND, ENGLAND, and Wales have one, but Ireland, despite regularly producing world-class comedians, has never had an Irish Comedian of The Year Competition - not until now that is.

Aimee Banks to give debut concert in Galway Cathedral

Thu, Sep 22, 2016

AIMEE BANKS, the 14-year-old soprano who burst on to the international scene last year after representing Ireland at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, will give her debut Irish concert in Galway.

Claddagh actor Aidan Dooley to launch new book on Tom Crean

Thu, Sep 22, 2016

CLADDAGH BORN actor Aidan Dooley, who has enjoyed international acclaim and success with his show Antartic Explorer, about the life of Tom Crean, will launch his new book, Travels with Tom Crean, tomorrow.

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