Galway hospital's poetry competition

Thu, Jan 07, 2016

THE GALWAY University Hospitals Arts Trust is seeking entries again for annual poetry competition. Poems entered should be no more than 30 lines long and entries are being accepted up to Friday March 11.

Poems to disturb your peace

Literature Reviews Thu, Jan 07, 2016

THERE ARE people, those with the better variety of accent, and PhDs mostly purchased for them their parents, who will use the fact that James O’Toole’s debut poetry collection, The Street, is self-published to try and dismiss it.

Galway Sings Project Choir seeks new members

Thu, Jan 07, 2016

THE GALWAY Sings Project Choir is seeking new members for the upcoming term and is open to those who want to sing in a group, sing in public, learn how to sing in harmony, or who want to try something different.

The Henry Girls @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jan 07, 2016

THE HENRY Girls, who have won renown for what Songlines magazine calls their "graceful harmonies, charming vocals, and elegant musicianship", return to Monroe's Live on Wednesday January 20 at 8pm.

Highly Strung at Courthouse Square

Thu, Jan 07, 2016

FOR LITTLE John Nee and The Caledonia Highly Strung Orchestra, the boundaries between fiction and reality are a movable feast, it is hard to tell whether life imitates art or visa versa.

Drawing classes at GTI

Thu, Jan 07, 2016

GALWEGIANS WHOSE New Year resolutions include learning how to draw, or improving their drawing techniques, should check out the three different classes starting next week in the GTI, Fr Griffin Road.

Ad Hoc choir voice workshops

Thu, Jan 07, 2016

AD HOC choir will host a series of voice workshops, entitled Free Your Voice, with classes taking place in the GTI, Fr Griffin Road, and in the Galway Arts Centre, Dominick Street.

Duke Special to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 07, 2016

DUKE SPECIAL is an artist who is forever restless, forever on the move. "I don't want to be sounding like I sounded 10 years ago," he has said. "I want to keep adding to what I've learned, keep developing."

The High Kings play Seapoint next week

Thu, Jan 07, 2016

THE HIGH KINGS are coming back to Galway to play a ‘Róisín Dubh presents...’ concert at the Seapoint Ballroom, Salthill, on Saturday January 16 at 8pm as part of their Four Friends Live national tour.

Led Zeppelin tribute @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Jan 07, 2016

NO STAIRWAY, the brilliant Galway based Led Zeppelin tribute act, fronted by the brilliant and flamboyant Steven Sharpe, play Monroe’s Live on Friday January 15 at 10pm.

Bagatelle - last chance to see them live

Thu, Jan 07, 2016

BAGATELLE, BEST known from the song ‘Summer In Dublin’, will begin 2016 with a first and last concert at Monroe's Live on Saturday January 16 at 8pm, as part of their Final Year national tour.

A Sacrilegious Lesbian and Homosexual Parade

Tue, Jan 05, 2016

A SACRILEGIOUS Lesbian and Homosexual Parade, Brian Fleming's acclaimed one-man show, described as “original, fun and different" by The Irish Times, will be performed in the Gallery Café, Gort, this Sunday, January 10, at 8.30pm.

'I always knew I was going to write this'

Tue, Dec 29, 2015

THE KENNY Bookshop and Art Gallery recently hosted the launch of Galway artist Vicki Crowley’s absorbing memoir, Beyond the Ghibli, which traces her life from her earliest days in WW2 Malta, via many years in Africa, to settling down in Barna with her Irish husband Don and children.

What's happening at Galway Arts Centre in 2016

Tue, Dec 29, 2015

AS 2015 draws to a close, the Galway Arts Centre is gearing up for another year of exhibitions, education programmes, and events, with the current exhibition, Unbounded, running until January 16, featuring sculptural work by Ruth E Lyons and Angela Fulcher.

Remember Phil Lynott at Monroe's Live

Tue, Dec 29, 2015

2016 MARKS the 30th anniversary of the death of the man who remains the most iconic Irish rock musicians of them all - Phil Lynott - and his life and music is to be celebrated in Monroe's live.

Town Hall 2016 highlights

Tue, Dec 29, 2015

AS 2015 exits stage left, 2016 awaits it cue and the year ahead in the Town Hall has much for theatre-goers to look forward to. First out of the blocks, on January 15th and 16th, is local company No Ropes with The Open Couple, Dario Fo and France Rama’s sharp marital comedy, which enjoyed a sell-out run earlier this year.

The Dirty Circus - a saucy start to 2016

Tue, Dec 29, 2015

IF YOU want to get 2016 off to the kind of start that would make Kenneth Williams' go 'Oooh Matron!' and make Frankie Howerd just go 'Oh-oooh!', then Galway's much loved burlesque and cabaret night The Dirty Circus is the place to be.

Brendan Grace celebrates forty-three years of comedy

Tue, Dec 29, 2015

The greatest family comedian of our generation has spent 43 years in the comedy business and most of this time at the very top of his profession.

Brendan Grace’s latest show features the best and most requested pieces from his vast repertoire over the last 43 years. His sense of timing and ability to read an audience is without equal. A brilliant character actor, his ‘Bottler’ character is legendary and his interpretation of the Irish wedding will forever remain a masterpiece.

Giant Sand and Jason Lytle to play Róisín Dubh

Tue, Dec 29, 2015

IT HAS been a decade since Giant Sand, the alt.rock/Americana band led by Howe Gelb, have played Galway, but 2016 sees them return, as part of a co-headline tour with Jason Lytle.

Noelie McDonnell @ Monroe's Live

Tue, Dec 29, 2015

ONE OF the west of Ireland's finest songwriters, Noelie McDonnell, has resumed solo duties and will play Monroe’s Live, along with his band, on Thursday January 7 at 8.30pm.

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