Album review: Fleetwood Mac

Music Reviews Thu, Dec 10, 2015

HOW DO you follow an album like Rumours? You can't. Born of heartache, recrimination, love lost, and new love with your ex looking over your shoulder, it was a cathartic, emotionally raw, confessional, and all too real work.

New exhibition at Renzo Café

Thu, Dec 10, 2015

AND THEY Flew IV, the annual exhibition by students of Galway artist Denise Hogan, opens in the Renzo Café, Eyre Street, this Saturday at 7.30pm and runs until January 10.

Poet Kim Moore to give public reading

Thu, Dec 10, 2015

KIM MOORE, one of the leading new voices in British poetry, will read from her work at the Over The Edge: Open Reading in the Galway City Library on Thursday December 17 at 6.30pm.

Christmas In Connecticut

Thu, Dec 10, 2015

THE GALWAY Film Society's annual Christmas film screening family event will see a screening of the Christmas In Connecticut in the Town Hall Theatre this Sunday at 3pm.

Bell X1 to headline arts festival Big Top

Thu, Dec 10, 2015

BELL X1 will headline the Absolut Festival Big Top on Saturday 16 July 2016 for a 'Galway International Arts Festival and Róisín Dubh presents...' concert, with tickets going on sale tomorrow.

Catholic guilt and terrible weather make Irish Bitches Be Crazy

Thu, Dec 10, 2015

BEING EDUCATED by the nuns, being bowled over by the beauty of Brazilian women, pestering a teenager about social media, and the combined effects of bad weather and Roman Catholicism have all contributed to why Irish Bitches Be Crazy.

Frank Naughton's A Vintage Christmas at Town Hall

Thu, Dec 10, 2015

ONE OF the west of Ireland's finest and most popular tenors, Frank Naughton, brings his A Vintage Christmas show to the Town Hall Theatre on Thursday December 17 at 8pm.

Neil Delamere - Galway bound in 2016

Thu, Dec 10, 2015

CTRL+ALT+DELAMERE, the new show by one of Ireland's best loved comedians, Neil Delamere, comes to Galway city and county for two performances in 2016.

Walking On Cars - live in Salthill

Thu, Dec 10, 2015

ONE OF the most anticipated Irish albums of 2016 will be Everything This Way, the debut from Walking On Cars, who, with only a handful of singles and EPs have become one of the most acclaimed and popular Irish bands.

Athenry art exhibition

Thu, Dec 10, 2015

EPHEMERA, THE title of a new exhibition of works by Athenry based artists, opens in the offices of Labour Senator Lorraine Higgins, in Athenry, on Friday December 11.

Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker for children

Thu, Dec 10, 2015

THE NUTCRACKER, the magical story of toys that come to life and their battle against evil mice, set to some of Tchaikovsky’s most memorable music, comes to Galway for a special performance.

Polish black metal for The Cellar

Thu, Dec 10, 2015

POLISH BLACK metal band Thy Worshiper and Cork Gaelic metallers Corr Mhóna will storm the stage of The Cellar underground for the Hexmas Bash this Saturday at 8.30pm.

KeyWest to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Dec 10, 2015

FIVE TOP 10 hits, a No 1 album, and one of the most radio played independent bands in Ireland, KeyWest have come a long way since their days busking on the streets of Dublin and Galway.

Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Dec 10, 2015

FORMER MMA fighter Tom 'The Bear' O’Mahony and Alan Hurley perform a double headline of stand-up at the final Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh of 2015, tomorrow at 8.30pm.

Three Tenors to sing at Galway Cathedral

Thu, Dec 10, 2015

THE THREE Tenors, the much loved light classical trio of Ray O’Hare, Dominic McGorian, and Derek Moloney, will sing from the altar of the Galway Cathedral on Friday December 18 at 8pm.

ConTempo's Christmas family concert

Thu, Dec 10, 2015

THE CONTEMPO Quartet will perform two Christmas concerts in the Town Hall Theatre studio this Saturday at 1pm and 3pm, where they will be joined by singers and dancers.

Orchid Collective's gypsy folk @ Monroe’s

Thu, Dec 10, 2015

ALTERNATIVE-FOLK band Orchid Collective return to Monroe’s Live to perform a free gig at The Backstage Bar on Thursday December 17 at midnight.

A musical feast in aid of COPE

Thu, Dec 10, 2015

A FEAST of music and song to celebrate Santa Lucia Day, from Coole Music's Coole Harmonies Choir and Sonic Strings, mezzo-soprano Clare Quinn, and the ConTempo Quartet, takes place this weekend.

Monroe's debut for Murray Nash

Thu, Dec 10, 2015

FOLK-POP duo Murray Nash make their live debut at Monroe’s Live on Tuesday December 22 at 9pm, where they will perform original songs and well known, sing-a-long, crowd pleasers.

The Clandestinos @ The Loft

Thu, Dec 10, 2015

REGGAE, SKA, and Latin music will be the order of the night when Galway septet The Clandestinos take to the stage of The Loft at Seven, for a free show this Saturday at 11pm.

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