Sean Keane's Christmas By The Hearth concert

Thu, Dec 03, 2015

SEAN KEANE brings his Christmas By The Hearth concert to the Town Hall Theatre, for the third year in a row, on Friday December 11 and Saturday 12 at 8pm.

Tradiohead to play final gig

Thu, Dec 03, 2015

AFTER FOUR years successfully re-imagining the songs as Radiohead via Irish folk and trad, Galway's Tradiohead will call it a day with a farewell gig in The Crane Bar, Sea Road, on Friday December 11.

In Flow - an electro-gamelan fusion

Thu, Dec 03, 2015

INDONESIAN MUSIC, electronic sound, and visuals, will combine in the immersive performance, In Flow, which will be premiered at the Nuns Island Theatre this month.

Love/Hate actor to rap at Spirit Of Voice 2015

Wed, Dec 02, 2015

TOMMY KD, the Love/Hate actor and rapper, fresh from his shows supporting Maverick Saber, will perform songs from his forthcoming Karma Is A Bitch album, at Spirit Of Voice 2015.

My Fellow Sponges play Róisín Dubh on Friday

Wed, Dec 02, 2015

THE WEIRD and wonderful My Fellow Sponges play the Róisín Dubh this Friday at 9pm, with money raised from the show going towards recording costs of their next studio album.

Lee 'Scratch' Perry - reggae legend to play The Loft

Tue, Dec 01, 2015

VISIONARY, ECCENTRIC, legend - Lee 'Scratch' Perry, the man who produced the early music of Bob Marley and The Wailers, and an enormously influential and significant figure in reggae music in his own right, is coming to Galway.

Citóg - saving the best until last

Tue, Dec 01, 2015

THE FINAL round of Citóg gigs for 2015 really are a case of saving the bet until last, with a trio of events showcasing some of the best talent in indie, folk, hard rock, and singer-songwriter to emerge from, or be based in, County Galway.

Damien Dempsey announces two gigs for St Patrick's festivities

Mon, Nov 30, 2015

DAMIEN DEMPSEY, one of Ireland's greatest contemporary songwriters, has announced he will play two gigs in the Róisín Dubh in 2016 - Wednesday March 16 and Thursday 17, St Patrick's Day.

Girls Names announce Róisín Dubh show

Mon, Nov 30, 2015

GIRLS NAMES hail from Belfast but instead of describing themselves primarily as an Irish, Northern Irish, Ulster, or British band, they regarded themselves, first and foremost, as a European band.

'It's always about improving on what you've done'

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

THERE ARE few musicians, who, more than two decades into their career, produce a set of songs many regard as among their finest, if not indeed their best, that go on to get a Mercury award nomination, in a year which is also the 20th anniversary of the album with which they originally made their name.

Album review: Adele

Music Reviews Thu, Nov 26, 2015

ADELE DESCRIBED 21 as a "break-up album", but 25 as a "make-up album...making up with myself", but the fall-out from break-up still haunts many of these, often melancholy, songs of regret for what has happened, what has gone, and what can never return.

Delorentos - acoustic show at the Town Hall

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

DELORENTOS' HOME Again Acoustic Tour is billed as the Dublin quartet's most ambitious acoustic tour to date, promising special arrangements of songs from across their catalogue, with some special guests aiding and abetting the renditions.

Coppélia - ballet, dancing dolls, and mad scientists

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

DR COPPELIUS has made a life-size dancing doll, so lifelike, young Franz becomes obsessed with it, abandoning his girlfriend, Swanhilda. Can Swanhilda save Franz from his own folly, and from the evil designs of the dastardly doctor?

Abie Philbin Bowman @ Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

THE BRILLIANT Abie Philbin Bowman, whose comedy goes "way beyond superficial satire" to be "absorbing, challenging and highly entertaining", by Time Out, plays the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh.

Call for entries for Cúirt New Writing Prize

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

THE CÚIRT New Writing Prize 2016 is now open for submissions in poetry and fiction, a cash prize of €500 and a chance to read at next year's Cúirt/Over the Edge Showcase are up for grabs.

Italian artists Grounded in Galway

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

A BEGUILING exhibition featuring three Italian artists has opened in the Town Hall Theatre bar. Entitled Grounded, it features paintings and prints by Elena Dova, Gaia Biscardi and Gregorio Vecchione, all of whom have made their homes in Galway over the past couple of years.

Win tickets to Jimmy Carr in Leisureland

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

JIMMY CARR, the comedian and host of Channel 4's 8 Out Of 10 Cats, brings his new stand-up show Funny Business to Leisureland, Salthill, on Saturday December 19 at 8pm.

Órla McGovern acting workshops

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

ÓRLA MCGOVERN, the artistic director of The Spontaneous Theatre People, will teach two classes in improv to the Galway Actors Workshop this weekend and next weekend.

New year advanced fiction writing classes

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

POET AND short story writer Susan Millar DuMars will teach an advanced fiction writing class, on Fridays from 2pm to 4pm, starting January 22.

Eoin Dolan - new single and upcoming gig

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

EOIN DOLAN, the Galway singer-songwriter whose music fuses folk, surf-rock, and melodic pop, launches his new single, 'Something Good', with a show in Bell, Book and Candle, The Small Crane, this Saturday at 2pm.

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