The Original Rudeboys @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Oct 01, 2015

THE IRISH hip hop/acoustic/indie sensation, The Original Rudeboys will play a show for their teenage fans in Galway city with a special gig for over 14s at Monroe's Live on Sunday October 11 at 6pm.

The 4 Of Us @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Oct 01, 2015

LONG RUNNING Newry band The 4 Of Us, led by brothers Brendan and Declan Murphy, bring their critically acclaimed acoustic show to the Róisín Dubh tomorrow at 8pm.

100 Onces - furious math-rock

Thu, Oct 01, 2015

"100 ONCES retain the callous punk nature of being loud and rambunctious, disordering the order, and never following a predefined path. This is real math-punk.” so declared online music magazine Fecking Bahamas about the LA duo who play Galway this week.

The 'sublime' Old Hannah

Thu, Oct 01, 2015

OLD HANNAH have been called “a sublime band who straddle folk, country, roots, bluegrass, and more” by The Irish Times, while The Waterboy's Steve Wickam said their songs have "a great and unique intimacy and atmosphere".

Radikal Guru - reggae and dub @ The Loft

Thu, Oct 01, 2015

ONE OF the brightest lights of the roots-influenced underground in recent years, Poland's Mateusz Miller, has pioneered a compelling and unique fusion of sounds that encompasses dub, reggae, and dubstep under his Radikal Guru moniker.

The New Triangle

Thu, Oct 01, 2015

IN 2013, during a speech launching, A Portrait Of A Dubliner, a documentary about his life and work, violinist John Sheahan remarked that "after 50 years I have decided it’s time to put a lid on the The Dubliners, but I think you'll all agree that with Damien and Declan, the future is in good hands."

Lunchtime concerts with ConTempo

Thu, Oct 01, 2015

THE GALWAY Music Residency continues its monthly lunchtime concerts with shows by the brilliant ConTempo Quartet at the Galway City Museum on Tuesday October 6 at 1.10pm.

Vodafone Comedy Carnival – new acts added

Wed, Sep 30, 2015

AN 81-year-old who has been doing stand-up comedy since she was 71, an author of 15 books, with two masters degree's, who even made Simon Cowell laugh on Britain’s Got Talent, has just been added to the line-up of the Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway.

John Grant to play Seapoint in January

Tue, Sep 29, 2015

JOHN GRANT, whose Big Top concert was the undoubted highlight of last summer's Galway International Arts Festival, returns to Galway in the New Year, playing the Seapoint Ballroom on Saturday January 30 at 8pm.

In Light of Salt Rings They Drew

Tue, Sep 29, 2015

FOLLOWING A car crash, the circumstances of which cannot be explained, Maisie reluctantly takes up residence in a mental rehabilitation centre for a period of observation. Then she gets some surprising news.

Andy McKee - the acoustic master returns

Mon, Sep 28, 2015

"LIKE AN explorer from the 16th Century, Kansas-born Andy McKee has taken uncharted waters with his instrument and is circumnavigating the globe of guitar possibilities, mixing traditions from American folk with Millennial sensibilities to create a whole new genre of not only playing, but approach to his trade."

Album review: David Bowie

Music Reviews Mon, Sep 28, 2015

DAVID BOWIE has long had a habit of dating the start of his career to 1969 and his hit single 'Space Oddity', conveniently airbrushing the first five years of his career completely out of history.

'I am a shameless liberal'

Thu, Sep 24, 2015

IN 1961, a young singer-songwriter, originally from Seattle, but now part of the thriving folk community in New York's Greenwich Village, released her debut album, A Maid Of Constant Sorrow. The closing track was 'The Rising Of The Moon', an Irish ballad inspired by the 1798 Rebellion. The choice of that song was both a confirmation of deep Irish roots, and of a long association with Ireland that continues to this day.

Bravo Theatre presents The Last Five Years

Thu, Sep 24, 2015

LOUGHREA'S BRAVO Theatre Group make their Galway city debut this weekend at the Town Hall Theatre with the musical drama, The Last Five Years. Written by Jason Robert Brown, it is an intensely personal look at the relationship between a writer and an actress, told from both points of view.

Roger Waters The Wall @ IMC Cinema

Thu, Sep 24, 2015

ROGER WATERS The Wall unfolds on many levels – an immersive concert experience of the classic Pink Floyd album, a road movie of Waters' reckoning with the past, and a stirring anti-war film.

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.

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