Get dancing to Fujiya & Miyagi

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

FUJIYA & MIYAGI are neither a duo, nor are they Japanese. They are however an English trio whose fusion of funk, electro, Krautrock, indie, dance, and rock combines to thrilling, room shaking, effect.

Father Ted star headlines Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

JOE ROONEY, who has achieved near legendary status for his roles in Father Ted, Killinascully, Spooky Stakeout, RiRa, and BBC's Roy, plays the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh this Friday, November 13.

See Andrew Lloyd Webber's Whistle Down The Wind

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

A GROUP of children in rural Louisiana, with little to do and not much to look forward to, befriend a criminal on the run, known only as 'The Man', but who the children come to think is Jesus Christ returned to earth.

An old samurai gets a second chance

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

JAPANESE FILM Uzumasa Limelight, is based around the experiences of the talented extras who featured in chanbara, the Japanese sword-fighting films and TV dramas.

A sporting collection of poetry

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

PACKIE BONNER'S famous save at Italia 90, and the enjoyment of playing Gaelic football, have inspired some of the poems in Evidence of Freewheeling, the debut collection from Trevor Conway.

Aimee Banks - Young Galway soprano aims for Eurovision glory

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

This year, for the first time, Ireland will be competing in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Sofia on Saturday November 21. Representing Ireland is Aimee Banks, a 13-year old from Moycullen, who will be singing ‘Réalta na Mara’/‘Star of the Sea’, a song which she co-wrote and composed.

Public lecture on when pirates ruled the seas

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

The pirates of the late 1600s, early 1700s, conjures images of bloodthirsty bandits and violent criminals, but in some respects their outlook and ethos was an early form of the most ruthless kind of capitalism.

Shakespeare and opera at IMC Cinema

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

SHAKESPEARE'S THE Winters Tale, starring Dame Judi Dench, will be screened live from London to the IMC Cinema Galway, on Thursday November 26 at 7.15pm.

Free parking periods for TULCA festival

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

THE GALWAY City Council will provide a period of ‘grace’ from parking charges for visitors to TULCA Festival Gallery in the former Connacht Print Works, Market Street.

Renmore Panto's Jack and the Beanstalk

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

REHEARSALS ARE in full swing for Renmore's 37th pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk, scripted by veteran panto dame Peter Kennedy, and directed by AIMS award-winning brothers Brian and Seán Power.

English composer's work to be premiered in St Nicholas’

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

A NEW work by the English composer Philip Stopford, 'I Sing Of A Maiden', will receive its world premiere in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church on Wednesday November 25 at 8pm.

1916 and Noël Browne events in city this weekend

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

THE 1916 Rising in Galway and the centenary of birth of Noël Browne will be discussed and commemorated at two events in Galway city over the coming days.

The Album Leaf for Strange Brew

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

THE ALBUM LEAF, the indie/electronica/acoustic act, centered around San Diego-born, Los Angeles based songwriter Jimmy LaValle, play Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh next week.

An Triail returns to Black Box

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

AN TRIAIL, the Irish language classic set in 1961, about a young, unmarried, Irishwoman who discovers she is pregnant, returns to the Black Box Theatre next week.

Liverpool's Ian Prowse @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

LIVERPOOL SINGER-songwriter Ian Prowse has been called “rousing, inspirational” by The Daily Mirror, while his music has been declared “passionate, engrossing, evocative” by Record Collector.

Dagmar Drabent to read at Over The Edge

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

THE ARTIST Dagmar Drabent will reveal another side to her talents, when she reads her poetry, along with novelists Gemma Marren and Caroline Healy, at the next Over The Edge Open Reading.

New release from Galway indie label Rusted Rail

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

THE INDEPENDENT Galway record label Rusted Rail has released Her Darke Aspects, the new EP by left-field Cambridgeshire singer-songwriter Good Shepherd.

Britain’s Got Talent comes to Galway

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

BRITAIN'S GOT Talent, will again be extending its search beyond Britain by seeking Irish hopefuls to take part in this year's contest and TV show.

Have Beethoven, Chopin and Bartok for lunch

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

A LUNCHTIME date with the music of Beethoven, Chopin and Bartok beckons with next week's Music For Galway lunchtime show, featuring a rising star of Irish classical piano, Fiachra Garvey.

Men of Twenty @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

INDIE-POP band Men Of Twenty, formerly know as Animal Beats, have just released their new single ‘Down By Your Side’, and will play Monroe's Live on Friday November 20 at 9pm.

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