Galway 2020's Our Place at Merlin Woods

Thu, Jun 16, 2016

OUR PLACE at Merlin Woods, a theatre, music, performance, and visual art spectacle, takes place this Saturday and Sunday, from 2pm to 5pm, and features a variety of works by Galway and Scottish artists.

Drum clinic with jazzman Coté Calmet

Thu, Jun 16, 2016

DRUMMERS, PARTICULARLY those with an interest in jazz, will have an opportunity to learn from the acclaimed Peruvian jazz drummer Coté Calmet, who will give a drum clinic and workshop in Galway this evening.

Traidphicnic - a weekend of Irish trad

Thu, Jun 16, 2016

NOEL HILL and Steve Cooney, Kíla, and Mary Bergin are some of the Irish music heavy hitters playing the upcoming Traidphicnic, open-air, traditional Irish music, arts, and culture festival, in An Spidéal.

Soulboys v Rudeboys @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jun 16, 2016

THE ORIGINAL Soulboys v Rudeboys night returns to the Róisín Dubh this Saturday for hot, sweaty, dancefloor action with some of the best original vinyl DJs in Ireland.

The return of The Henry Girls

Thu, Jun 16, 2016

THE HENRY Girls - Donegal sisters Karen, Lorna, and Joleen McLaughlin - make their annual summer visit to Galway city to play a concert as part of this year's Galway International Arts Festival.

Trad session for teens @ Fórioge Youth Café

Thu, Jun 16, 2016

UILLEANN PIPER Mick Carr, his fiddle playing daughter Aoife Carr, and Niall McQuaid on the bodhrán, play the final gig of the Galway Youth Arts Alliance Show Up and Show Off series at the Fóroige Youth Cafe, Fairgreen, this Saturday.

Songs Of Love from across the ages

Thu, Jun 16, 2016

WHILE ENGLISH has only one word for love, the ancient Greeks had at least seven - eros, agapé, and pragma, being among the best known - and love songs equally have taken on many forms over the centuries.

Hothouse Flowers - arts festival gig

Thu, Jun 16, 2016

"ROCK'N'ROLL is not about safety or politeness, it is not about perfection either. It is expression and it is spirit." So say the Hothouse Flowers who are coming to next month's Galway International Arts Festival.

Full line-up announced for Rock the Docks

Thu, Jun 16, 2016

OTHERKIN, SPYFU, Seo Linn, and the emerging phenomenon that is Galway Street Club, are among the band that will play the Rock The Docks festival from Friday June 24 to Sunday June 26.

Lúnasa - Galway Sessions Festival show

Thu, Jun 16, 2016

TRAD SUPERGROUP Lúnasa, featuring five of Irish music's most distinctive talents, return to Galway this Saturday to play the Róisín Dubh as part of the Galway Sessions festival.

Bill Burr - in Galway in August

Tue, Jun 14, 2016

BILL BURR, the "undisputed heavyweight champ of rage-fueled humor", according to Rolling Stone , and "one of the funniest, most distinctive voices in the country", in the view of the New York Times, is in Galway in August.

Omid Djalili - Schmuck For A Night in Galway

Mon, Jun 13, 2016

"Never use schmuck lightly, or in the presence of women and children," wrote Leo Rosten in his book, The Joys of Yiddish. Why, because it is a very naughty word for the naughty bits of a man.

Fried Eggs - a ‘bizarre love story’

Thu, Jun 09, 2016

FRIED EGGS, a bizarre love story about two unusual sisters and one very understanding man, written by Lindsay J Sedgwick and starring Karen Connell, comes to the Town Hall studio next week.

Concerts to commemorate Eamonn Ceannt

Thu, Jun 09, 2016

EAMONN CEANNT, the County Galwayman who was one of the seven signatories of the 1916 Proclamation, and who was crucial in reviving interest in, and paving the way for, the uilleann pipes central role in modern Irish music, is to be celebrated through a series of events in the city.

Rory O’Hanlon @ Roisin Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Jun 09, 2016

ACTOR/COMEDIAN Rory O’Hanlon, has “a joke every 30 seconds", according to The Irish Times - a rather good quality for a comedian to have, as Galway is about to discover.

Book review: The Lonely Sea and Sky

Literature Reviews Thu, Jun 09, 2016

DERMOT BOLGER has been one of the central movers on the Irish Literary landscape since the early 1970s. Founder of the Raven Arts, now New Island Press, he published Paul Durcan’s first book and created a publishing platform for a generation of Irish poets.

A century of Irish short films

Thu, Jun 09, 2016

HOW SHORT films have reflected, recorded, and shaped Irish identity over the past 100 years will be examined in 100 Years of Cinema: Irish Short Films, which takes place in An Taibhdhearc next week.

Printmaking exhibition to open in Kinvara

Thu, Jun 09, 2016

"WHAT DO you know about fine art printmaking?" is not a question that is asked every day, but printmaking is a popular and venerable art form, and those interested in it will be excited by a new exhibition.

'Okey doke, we're loive, let's take the mickey out of it'

Thu, Jun 09, 2016

FOUR DAYS from now the Republic of Ireland begins its Euro 2016 campaign against Sweden, followed five days later by an encounter against the world No 1 Belgium. By the time the 'boys in green' face Italy on Wednesday June 22, all - or maybe nothing - will hinge on this match.

'Showman extraordinaire' - Jerry Fish to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jun 09, 2016

JERRY FISH, the charismatic singer and entertainer, described as a "showman extraordinaire, not to be missed” by Hot Press, returns to Galway this weekend to play the Róisín Dubh.

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