Oyster festival Silent Disco Ball

Thu, Sep 24, 2015

HAVE YOU always wanted to go to a silent disco but thought it was for those in their twenties or younger? Think again. The Galway Oyster Festival is hosting the Silent Disco Ball this Saturday and it is for strictly over 25s.

Faulty Towers - the Dining Experience is back

Thu, Sep 24, 2015

"A GIN and orange, a lemon squash, and a scotch and water please!" Ordering this at Faulty Towers may require you to repeat it numerous times, increasingly in a raised voice, and at risk from assault by the hotel manager, and when it comes to dinner, don't forget - Duck's off!

Girl Band - debut album and Róisín Dubh show

Thu, Sep 24, 2015

GIRL BAND are a group with no female members. An ironic moniker? A piece of hipster humour? Or a name in the tradition of Girls and Girls Names, groups who are also all-male configurations?

Ad Hoc choir singing workshops

Thu, Sep 24, 2015

THE AD-HOC Choir will host a series of singing workshops, in the Galway Technological Institute and the Galway Arts Centre, with classes suitable for a variety of levels and interests.

Love conquers all in How to Keep an Alien

Thu, Sep 24, 2015

HOW TO Keep An Alien, written and performed by Sonya Kelly, and which comes to the Town Hall Theatre next week in a staging by Rough Magic, is a hilarious, yet tender, autobiographical tale, recounting how Sonya and her Australian partner Kate had to prove to the Department of Immigration they had the right to live together in Ireland.

A taste of Southern Blues @ Rocktoberfest

Thu, Sep 24, 2015

"THESE GUYS do the nasty blues like the devil hisself was hurting and rock like they'll skate come Judgement Day," Texan country singer and songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard has said of Irish blues trio Crow Black Chicken.

Niamh Marron @ Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Sep 24, 2015

SIMON COWELL called her “risky, edgy and a very naughty girl", while Hotpress declared her "consistently excellent". She is Niamh Marron, and she headlines the next installment of the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh tomorrow at 9pm.

Spanish thriller to open Indreabhán film season

Thu, Sep 24, 2015

AS SPAIN transitions from dictatorship to democracy, two detectives investigate the disappearance of two sisters in a town still very much pro-Franco and not that bothered by the vanishing of girls, who, supposedly, had 'reputations'.

Crazy fun at Baboró with Paper World

Thu, Sep 24, 2015

THE CRAZY clowns from Ukraine's Mimirichi Clown and Pantomime Theatre are bringing their wild, wacky, and hilarious family comedy show, Paper World, to the Baboró International Arts Festival for Children.

Beardyman to DJ @ Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway

Thu, Sep 24, 2015

“A CROSS between a DJ, a comedian, and a human sound-sample library," is how The Guardian described Beardyman. It could have also added front-rank improv artist and entertainer to that description of the man who plays the Vodafone Comedy Carnival next month.

The perfect family falls apart

Thu, Sep 24, 2015

SCANDINAVIA HAS been home to some of the finest TV drama of recent years, and it also has a long history of quality film-making, and the Galway Film Society will screen a recent example in the Town Hall Theatre this weekend.

Pianist Finghin Collins in concert in October

Thu, Sep 24, 2015

MOZART AND Stravinsky will dominate the programme of an upcoming classical concert featuring one of Ireland's leading pianists Finghin Collins, accompanied by the Irish Chamber Orchestra, under director Katherine Hunka.

New age rockers Moxie @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Sep 24, 2015

FUSING JAZZ, rock, Irish trad, and bluegrass, Moxie have been called "five of the best musicians on the scene today...sophisticated, slick and adventurous yet exciting," by Lunasa's Kevin Crawford.

The Fureys to play Town Hall

Thu, Sep 24, 2015

THE FUREYS, one of the great families and bands of Irish folk music, are coming back to Galway to play the Town Hall Theatre on Saturday October 10 at 8pm, for what will be their 13th concert in the venue.

PORTS to play Monroe's Live

Thu, Sep 24, 2015

"POIGNANT LYRICS, beautiful songs… a band worth falling in love with", is how BBC's Across The Line radio programme described Derry quartet PORTS, who are coming to Galway to play Monroe's Live this Sunday at 8pm.

Don Stiffe concert for Saving Grace Foundation

Thu, Sep 24, 2015

DON STIFFE, one of Galway's most popular folk singer-songwriters will perform a fundraising concert in the Menlo Park hotel on Friday October 2 at 8pm, with the special guest being fellow singer-songwriter Marc Roberts.

Supergrass's Gaz Coombes to play Galway

Wed, Sep 23, 2015

2015 HAS some significance for singer-songwriter Gaz Coombes. It was 20 years ago this year his band Supergrass released their debut album I Should Coco - which become the fastest selling debut since The Beatles' Please Please Me - while this year saw the release of his second solo album Matador.

New film featuring Galwegians who are Older Than Ireland

Wed, Sep 23, 2015

FIVE GALWAY women, all aged more than 100, are interviewed and profiled in the award winning Older Than Ireland, which won the Best Feature Documentary award at this summer's Galway Film Fleadh, and goes on general release in cinemas on Friday.

Star Wars, Superman, and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra

Tue, Sep 22, 2015

The 20TH Century Fox fanfare ends, and blue letters appear on a black screen bearing the legend, 'A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...', before the silence is ended by a dramatic orchestral flourish which begins one of the most recognisable, and greatest pieces of music ever composed for film.

Carnevil...the horror reawakens

Tue, Sep 22, 2015

ARE YOU feeling brave? Are you feeling nervous? Are you looking for something to test the limits of your courage, and are you prepared to look deep into the abyss? Are you prepared for the abyss to…look back?

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