Galway Mechanics Institute art exhibition

Thu, Jul 14, 2016

'CONNECTIONS WITH Galway, landscape and nature' is the theme of a series of works by Galway artists which are currently being exhhibited in the Galway Mechanics Institute in Middle Street.

'Galway is always special'

Thu, Jul 14, 2016

AMONG THE many storming music gigs I’ve had the pleasure of seeing in Galway, one of them was the first time I saw Hothouse Flowers, all of 30 years ago, during the arts festival, when they raised the roof and rocked the joint big time at the Burren Mount Hotel.

GIAF 16 gigs @ Electric

Thu, Jul 14, 2016

KEITH MCIVOR and Jonnie Wilkes, the DJs behind Glasgow clubnight Optimo will be among those spinning the decks at the Galway International Arts Festival shows taking place in Electric.

Blue Wine - one act comedy for the Fringe

Thu, Jul 14, 2016

THREE HOUSEMATES, one as eccentric as the other, are desperately trying to pawn off a mysterious artifact, only to find themselves in a series of bizarre situations caused by that very same artifact.

Metallers Ainriail - album launch and Cellar gig

Thu, Jul 14, 2016

SLUDGE DOOM metal duo Ainriail launch their debut full length album, My Heart Is A Knot of Blood, in The Cellar this Saturday at 8.30pm.

Italian organist to play Galway cathedral

Thu, Jul 14, 2016

A NEW work by the Italian composer Claudio Perugini, will be performed by the Italian organist Antonio Caporaso at the next Galway Cathedral Recitals concert, this evening at 8pm.

Electric Six's Dick Valentine @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Jul 14, 2016

DICK VALENTINE, leader of Detroit band Electric Six, best known for the singles ‘High Voltage’ and ‘Gay Bar’, is coming back to Galway to play Monroe’s Live on Monday August 8 at 9pm.

The Lucia Comnes Band to play Monroe’s

Thu, Jul 14, 2016

THE LUCIA Comnes Band, a four-piece folk powerhouse fusing rock, blues, Irish trad, and bluegrass, led by a singer with a "singular voice", according to the San Francisco Chronicle, are coming to Galway.

Bagatelle - last chance to see

Thu, Jul 14, 2016

BAGATELLE ARE drawing the curtain on their 35 year career with an Irish tour that takes in Galway, and this upcoming show will be the last chance Galway fans have to see the band.

Matty Rea @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jul 14, 2016

AUSTRALIAN SINGER-SONGWRITER Matty Rea, a rising star in his own country, is coming to Monroe's Backstage Bar on Friday July 29 at 8pm as part of his upcoming British and Irish tour.

King Kong Company - blowing bulbs and destroying dance-floors

Wed, Jul 13, 2016

GALWAY HAS been picking up some monkey shaped blips on its music radar recently, blips that are growing ever stronger, especially as the mighty and outrageous King Kong Company play the Róisín Dubh tomorrow night.

Kristin Hersh announces solo show for Róisín Dubh

Tue, Jul 12, 2016

KRISTIN HERSH, the singer-songwriter, author, leader of Throwing Muses and 50FOOTWAVE, and an icon of American indie and alternative rock, will play Galway later this year.

Film review: Sanctuary

Films Reviews Tue, Jul 12, 2016

THE 2016 Galway Film Fleadh finished on a home-town high last Sunday night with the world premiere of Sanctuary, Len Collin’s terrific big-screen adaptation of Christian O’Reilly’s 2012 play for Blue Teapot Theatre Company.

We Are Scientists and 'Helter Seltzer' pop

Tue, Jul 12, 2016

"WE'RE NOT punk — we're too interested in making our songs as pretty as possible. We're not straight-up rock — our tastes are too left-of-centre. We're not indie-rock — our heads aren't far enough up our own butts."

'Hard Rock Hallelujah' - Lordi to play Monroe's Live

Mon, Jul 11, 2016

LORDI, THE Finnish heavy metal band who won the Eurovision in 2006 with ‘Hard Rock Hallelujah’, have announced they will play Galway later this year as part of the European Monster Tour.

Galway Film Fleadh 2016 awards

Mon, Jul 11, 2016

IRISH COMEDY-CRIME film The Young Offenders and Irish LGBT drama Lily were among the winners at the 2016 Galway Film Fleadh's annual award ceremony which took place in the Town Hall Theatre last night.

Justin Conboy to read at Over The Edge

Thu, Jul 07, 2016

JUSTIN CONBOY, the Salthill based writer, whose debut novel Code Thief was published in May, will read at the Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering in the Galway City Library on Thursday July 14 at 6.30pm.

Popical Island v Citóg Records @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 07, 2016

GALWAY'S CITÓG Records, and Dublin's Popical Island, two of Ireland's most exciting, diverse, and creative independent record labels, will go head to head in musical battle, at the Galway International Arts Festival.

The Siege of Jadotville - the Irish against the odds

Thu, Jul 07, 2016

THE CONGO 1961. Some 150 Irish soldiers were surrounded by more than 3,000 soldiers of the Katanga insurgency, heavily armed with artillery, heavy machine guns, and a fighter bomber.

Deirdre O’Kane @ Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Jul 07, 2016

AFTER A seven-year break from stand-up, during which she had babies, made a movie in Vietnam, and became the mother of Moone Boy, Deirdre O’Kane returns with a new show. She is older, but is she wiser?

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