Race The Flux to open Citóg September gigs

Tue, Sep 01, 2015

RACE THE Flux, the Galway indie/alternative quartet, who GoldenPlec have described as being as if "Queens Of The Stone Age collaborated with ASIWYFA", and who won critical acclaim for their Olympians EP earlier this year, will kick off the Citóg nights in the Róísín Dubh.

Shappi Khorsandi - the comedic commentator

Tue, Sep 01, 2015

THE DAUGHTER of an exiled writer and comic from Iran, Shappi Khorsandi’s upbringing was in no way conventional, but what a story, and what comedy, she makes from it all, as this city will hear when she plays the Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway.

Tickets on sale today for Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway

Mon, Aug 31, 2015

TICKETS FOR the Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway are now on sale, and with shows from Stewart Lee, Jason Manford, Deirdre O'Kane, and Ireland's rising comedy star Al Porter, the real question is, not if you are going to anything, but WHAT you are going to.

Cinema review: Straight Outta Compton

Films Reviews Mon, Aug 31, 2015

STRAIGHT OUTTA Compton is the story of the rise, and then fall, of rap’s first super group, N.W.A, the group that introduced gangster rap to the mainstream in the late 1980s. The film has been the surprise hit of the summer in the US and looks like it will be a huge success here too.

Wilde expert Michael Seeney among speakers at Oscar Wilde Festival

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

Galway’s Oscar Wilde Festival takes place next weekend for its third year, from Friday, September 4, to Sunday, September 6. The festival boasts a packed programme and will see Wilde experts and enthusiasts gather to celebrate his life and work in a west of Ireland setting. 

'The language just fizzes with energy and colour' –Decadent’s Jarlath Tivnan on Vernon God Little

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

It’s Monday afternoon in Nun’s Island theatre and Decadent director Andrew Flynn is rehearsing a scene from Vernon God Little with actors Jarlath Tivnan, Eilish McCarthy, and Peter Shine.

Brazil Independence Day party comes to Monroe’s Live on September 5

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

A carnival style party comes to Monroe’s Live next weekend to celebrate Brazilian Independence Day. 

There will be live entertainment from popular Brazilian DJ Kevin Vidal, who will be playing both Brazilian music as well as many other genres, from electro and R&B to house and chart hits. Kalango and Friends is a Brazilian band which will play the best of Forro, music typical from northeast of Brazil. 

Old master style student art show with Jim Kavanagh

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

The annual exhibition of Jim Kavanagh’s Art School students is currently on show at the Market Street Gallery (the old Connacht Tribune Print Works).

Music for Galway's thirty fifth international concert season

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

Music for Galway [MFG] has announced a 2015/16 programme dedicated to the most ancient, personal, and invisible instrument: the human voice.

'It's a funny old world' with Brendan Grace at Galway Town Hall 

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

It is a funny old world when seen through the eyes of Brendan Grace. The enigmatic Dubliner has been entertaining audiences in Ireland and further afield for decades with his array of characters and his ability to tell a yarn.

My Fellow Sponges @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

My Fellow Sponges, the acclaimed Galway folk-prog/indie band, return to the Róísín Dubh tomorrow night at 9pm to launch their new single 'Air.'

Eighties act Delorean @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

One of Europe’s top eighties acts, Delorean, will take to the main stage at Monroe’s Live on Friday September 4.

Far more than a tribute act, Delorean is a band determined to return music to its greatest ever decade. All the eighties greats are represented, including Starship, Prince, Robert Palmer, Duran Duran, Madonna, and Journey.

Jinx Lennon and Fia Rua at the Gallery Cafe Gort

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

Jinx Lennon is a punk poet from Dundalk who uses his voice guitar sampler to spread his uplifting words and help people through the trials of everyday life.

World famous Cranberries tribute act The Lizberries @ Monroe’s Live 

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

The Lizberries are the international tribute band of The Cranberries. The band was officially born in Milan in 2010, after a long career that began in 2002 as The Lizards.

Brian Kennedy will play the Roisin Dubh

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

Brian Kennedy will play the Roisin Dubh on September 5 from 8pm. Tickets cost €20 (€18 members) and are available online at

Award winning actor/writer Emmett Hughes to write and star in Los Angeles thriller Axis 

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

Irish actor and Galway native Emmett Hughes, who wrote, produced, and starred in the award-winning film The O’Briens, is set to write and star in the upcoming independent thriller Axis.

Lunchtimes with ConTempo

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

The Galway Music Residency has announced details of the 2015/16 monthly lunchtime concert series with its ensemble in residence, the ConTempo Quartet.

Autumn poetry workshops at the Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

This September, Galway Arts Centre is offering aspiring poets a choice of three poetry workshops facilitated by renowned poet Kevin Higgins.

Each week Higgins will give participants a poetry writing exercise for the following week, when he will offer suggestions as to how to make it the best poem it can be. Higgins is an experienced workshop facilitator and several of his students have gone on to achieve publication success.

Autumn creative writing classes with Susan Millar DuMars at Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

Starting in September, Galway Arts Centre presents a daytime class for beginner and continuing creative writing students, facilitated by poetry and fiction writer Susan Millar DuMars. 

A collection of DuMars stories, Lights In The Distance, was published in December 2010, and she has also published three collections of poetry, Big Pink Umbrella (2008), Dreams For Breakfast (2010), and The God Thing (2013). She is currently the featured fiction writer of the American online magazine The Atticus Review.

Decadent bring Vernon God Little to the stage

Thu, Aug 20, 2015

Following the huge critical and popular success of their production of Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman earlier this year, Decadent Theatre Company are back with another exciting, high-profile, show; the stage adaptation of DBC Pierre’s Booker-winning novel, Vernon God Little.

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