February & Mars - debut album and Róisín Dubh show

Thu, May 26, 2016

FEBRUARY & MARS, the Galway duo of Jack Considine and Carl Ramberg, whose hazy, synth-rock/disco sound has been turning heads, launch their debut album tomorrow.

Garry Hynes and Steven Sharpe in new book on impact of Yes vote

Thu, May 26, 2016

DRUID THEATRE Co's Garry Hynes, Galway based singer-songwriter Steven Sharpe, along with other Galwegians, feature in a new book about LGBT Irish lives and the impact of the Yes vote in the marriage equality referendum.

The achievement of Jessie Lendennie

Literature Reviews Thu, May 26, 2016

THERE IS a memory, somewhat hazy, probably romanticised, of the shop door opening one morning in the early eighties, and a young, statuesque, lady sailing in, wearing a flowing colourful cloak, somewhat reminiscent of an Adrienne Monnier or a Sylvia Beach.

Mná 2016 - women of the revolution

Thu, May 26, 2016

WOMEN'S STORIES from 1916 to 2016, and their dedication to freedom, equality, and fairness, will be told in a new exhibition opening at 5.30pm, Friday May 27, in the Galway City Museum.

My Fellow Sponges - new song and Róisín Dubh gig

Thu, May 26, 2016

FOLLOWING THE releasing their new video 'Cold Hand', My Fellow Sponges are promising "a midsummer stew for every shade of being and most genres under the sun" at their next concert.

Al Murray - Lets Go Backwards Together

Thu, May 26, 2016

IN MAY 1940, three days after the Fall of France, with Nazi Germany looking unstoppable, Winston Churchill made a rousing speech to the House of Commons, concluding: "Come then, let us go forward together with our united strength."

Justin Conboy to launch debut novel

Thu, May 26, 2016

CODE THIEF, the debut novel by Galwayman Justin Conboy, about a hacker, a CIA agent, and the development of a super-virus to end the Iranian Nuclear Program, will be launched in Charlie Byrne's Bookshop tomorrow at 6.30pm.

Rock-a-Billy with Joe Fury & The Hayride

Thu, May 26, 2016

ROCKABILLY AND roots music will collide in exciting fashion when the great Joe Fury & The Hayride play Monroe’s Live on Sunday June 5 at 9pm.

A guide to islands of Clew Bay

Thu, May 26, 2016

JOHN LENNON was so enchanted with Clew Bay he bought Dorinish Island in 1967. Ireland's pirate queen Granuaile ruled the seas around those parts; while the bay also attracted Sid Rawle, the ‘King of the Hippies’.

No Quarter - Led Zeppelin tribute @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, May 26, 2016

NO STAIRWAY, the brilliant Galway Led Zeppelin tribute band, fronted by the multi-talented phenomenon that is Steven Sharpe, play the Róisín Dubh this Saturday from 9.30pm.

Whiplash - Metallica tribute @ The Loft

Thu, May 26, 2016

WHIPLASH, the Galway based Metallica tribute act play The Loft at Seven this Saturday from 10pm, and can be expected to deliver a thrilling two hour set from the band's classic 1983 - 91 era.

Mark Geary @ Monroe’s

Thu, May 26, 2016

SINGER-SONGWRITER Mark Geary returns to Galway to play Monroe’s Backstage Bar on Saturday June 11 at 9pm.

Mozart's 'Coronation' Mass in the Augustinian

Thu, May 26, 2016

MOZART'S 'CORONATION' Mass will be performed by three Galway choirs, under the baton of Mark Keane, in the Augustinian Church on Thursday June 2 at 8pm.

Pop Gods play the hits @ HALO

Thu, May 26, 2016

FROM WHAM! to Rihanna, Whitney to Beyoncé, Rick Astley to Justin Bieber, Pop Gods will play them all when they hit the stage of HALO Nightclub tomorrow from 11pm.

The revolution is being screened

Wed, May 25, 2016

FILMS ABOUT revolution, liberation, and the desire for peoples to be free will be screened at the Féile Scannán na Réabhlóide/Films Concerning Revolution 2016 festival in Connemara on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

HAWK and Captain A to headline Citóg in June

Tue, May 24, 2016

GALWAY SINGER-SONGWRITER Julie Hough, leader of the London band HAWK, and Captain A's last gig for the foreseeable future, are just two of the highlights from next month's series of Citóg gigs at the Róisín Dubh.

Galway International Arts Festival 2016

Mon, May 23, 2016

Theatre and dance
A new Enda Walsh play premiering at the GIAF has become something of an annual theatre highlight in the city, and 2016 will be no different with the world premiere of Arlington [a love story]. However this will be a play with a difference, incorporating dance as well as drama.

Until April - new Galway band gets ready to tour Europe

Mon, May 23, 2016

A CHALLENGE two Galway musicians set themselves, and embodied in their band name, has resulted in the last thing they probably expected - a European tour from June to August, and gigs in Asia in September.

Reginald D Hunter - he lives by the 'Sward'

Thu, May 19, 2016

Aluminium may be the third most abundant element in the earth's crust, and it may have a wide variety of practical everyday uses, but it never conjures up the image of strength and indomitability the alloy 'Steel' does.

Album review: Radiohead

Music Reviews Thu, May 19, 2016

RADIOHEAD ARE around long enough to be called 'veteran prog-rockers', though they would disown the term, yet that constant shape-shifting, boundary pushing, and experimentation keeps earning them comparison to Pink Floyd and Aphex Twin.

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