'It’s that idea of young people being isolated wherever you are'

Thu, May 12, 2016

GALWAY'S FREGOLI Theatre is on quite a roll at the moment. The company presented Mary, Mary, Mary at last week’s Galway Theatre Festival and next week it takes to the Town Hall Theatre main stage with the welcome return of the much-acclaimed play, Pleasure Ground by Jarlath Tivnan.

Mike McCormack launches new novel this weekend

Thu, May 12, 2016

SOLAR BONES, the new novel from Galway writer Mike McCormack, will be launched in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, Middle Street, tomorrow at 6.30pm, with comedian Tommy Tiernan as guest speaker.

Galway Theatre Festival - round up and review

Thu, May 12, 2016

THE GALWAY Theatre Festival concluded last weekend and its array of shows certainly augur well for the upcoming generation of local and national theatre makers.

Páraic Breathnach - Straight Outta Connemara

Thu, May 12, 2016

PÁRAIC BREATHNACH brings his stand-up comedy show Straight Outta Connemara to the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday May 18 at 9pm and to The Forge in Moycullen on Thursday 19.

Album review: Jealous Of The Birds

Music Reviews Thu, May 12, 2016

"I'LL BUY a van the colour of Christ's blood." As an opening line it's an arresting image. When allied to the kind of woozy, anthemic, slacker rock groove that would surely earn approval from Steven Malkmus, it's a double whammy of good things.

An intimate evening with Maverick Sabre

Thu, May 12, 2016

IT TOOK three years for Maverick Sabre to release his long awaited second album Innerstanding, which arrived late last year, but with that now under his belt, he's back touring and is coming to Galway.

Ireland's answer to George Orwell

Thu, May 12, 2016

HUBERT BUTLER, the Irish essayist, once denounced by a papal nuncio as a dangerous communist, is the subject of a film which will be screened in the Town Hall Theatre this evening at 8pm.

Public lecture on centenary of James Connolly's execution

Thu, May 12, 2016

The centenary of James Connolly's execution for his role in the 1916 Rising will be marked in Galway with a public lecture on the history of socialism and republicanism, including Connolly's contribution to both.

The Academic - all ages and evening shows

Thu, May 12, 2016

THE ACADEMIC, the Westmeath band who play "well thought out, clever and catchy tunes," according to Goldenplec, and whose debut single 'Different' was nominated for the Choice Music Prize, play the Róisín Dubh.

Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, May 12, 2016

IRISH PICTORIAL Weekly's Colum McDonnell will headline the next Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh in the Dominick Street venue's upstairs bar tomorrow from 8.30pm.

An Spidéal to honour 'master of the melodeon' Johnny Connolly

Thu, May 12, 2016

MUSICIANS FROM across Ireland will gather to honour "the master of the melodeon", Johnny Connolly, at a special event in the Park Lodge Hotel, An Spidéal, tomorrow at 9pm.

Mediaeval love songs en Français

Thu, May 12, 2016

THE GALWAY Early Music Festival, taking place this weekend, with its theme of 'Play, Lady, Play, is all about women and nowhere are women more to the fore than in Trobar et Joglar, a programme of 12th century French troubadour songs.

Shadow Child @ Electric tonight

Thu, May 12, 2016

SHADOW CHILD, as his name implies, feels most comfortable in the shadows, as it allows him to get on with doing what he loves - creating bass-heavy house joints which have raised the roof across the globe.

Christy Moore - new album and Galway concert

Thu, May 12, 2016

CHRISTY MOORE releases his new album, Lily, on Friday May 20 and he makes a welcome return to Galway to play The Connemara Coast Hotel on Thursday June 23.

Galway acts line out for charity concert

Thu, May 12, 2016

LEADING GALWAY musicians and performers will take to the stage for Superheroes, a special charity event to raise funds and awareness about CGD diseases.

Black Bank Folk - tribute show to 1916

Thu, May 12, 2016

IRISH FOLK band Black Bank Folk - the musicians who make up Damien Dempsey's band - will perform their debut album, Rising, at Monroe’s Live on Friday May 20 at 9pm.

Kane Sisters Fóroige Youth Cafe gig

Thu, May 12, 2016

LIZ AND Yvonne Kane, two of the most vibrant forces in Irish trad, play the next Galway Youth Arts Alliance Show Up and Show Off gig at the Fóroige Youth Cafe, Fairgreen, this Saturday at 7pm.

Until April @ The Loft

Thu, May 12, 2016

UNTIL APRIL - the indie/electro collaboration between vocalist David Owens drummer Alan Walsh - play The Loft at Seven, Bridge Street, on Saturday, in one of their final Irish shows ahead of their European tour.

Hot 8 Brass Band return to Róisín Dubh

Tue, May 10, 2016

THE HOT 8 Brass Band, the phenomenal New Orleans jazz-funk-hip hop band have brought the house down on numerous occasions when playing Galway in the past and will do so again this weekend.

Banff Mountain Film Festival

Tue, May 10, 2016

THE BANFF Mountain Film Festival, a feast of documentaries from the global mountain and sports community, celebrating a love of the outdoors and the spirit of adventure, returns to Galway.

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