Metaphorica exhibition in Town Hall

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

TOM MATHEWS' delightful Alice In Galway exhibition is still running at the Town Hall bar but next week it makes way for an equally wonderful exhibition, featuring the work of Dagmar Drabent and Marina Wild.

Bill Bailey adds extra Galway date

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

DUE TO phenomenal demand, the great Bill Bailey has added a second date at The Black Box, Galway, to the Irish tour of his new show, Limboland.

Too Much for the Whiteman reform for SugarBeat

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

TOO MUCH For The White Man's SugarBeat Festival reunion show is possibly the most anticipated performance of the weekend, and the band, who enjoyed a wide following in Ireland in the late 1980s/early 1990s play Tuam Stadium on Saturday August 22.

Album review: Led Zeppelin

Music Reviews Thu, Aug 06, 2015

IN LATE 1975, Led Zeppelin found themselves with just 18 days to record the follow-up to Physical Graffiti. The Rolling Stones were due at Musicland Studios in Munich, meaning Zep, despite their status as 'biggest band in the world', had to record the album and get out - quick.

Moonfish revives Star Of The Sea for September

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

STAR OF The Sea, the much acclaimed theatrical adaptation of Joseph O’Connor's novel, and one of the hits of the 2014 Galway International Arts Festival, returns to the Galway stage in September.

Silent Disco Street Party and Movie in the Park rescheduled

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

THE SILENT Disco Street Party, which was cancelled due to last weekend's poor weather, will now take place tomorrow on Dominick Street, from 8pm, and all original tickets for last Sunday are valid.

Wingin’ It - comedy improv @ The Loft

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

WINGIN' IT, the new, monthly night of comedy and theatre improv at The Loft in Seven, Bridge Street, returns on Tuesday August 11 at 8.30pm.

Light Over There - the unlikely duo for Monroe's Live

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

THEY LIVE on different continents. They are from different generations, but together they create music of "beauty, emotion and urgency" according to the AAA Music website and as having "hints of Fleetwood Mac at their most country," by Whisperin' and Hollerin'.

Art exhibition at Athenry Mart

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

OF ALL the places to host an art exhibition, a cattle mart seems the least likely location, but sometimes art needs to step outside the galleries and meet new audiences in new places.

The ghosts of 1916 get up and walk

Literature Reviews Thu, Aug 06, 2015

THERE HAS been much quiet paranoia among the political and arts establishments on the subject of how to mark the centenary of the Easter Rising. The difficulty is the Rising was a revolutionary event to which most of our political class, and your average arts sector salary drawer, are spiritually opposed.

Whole lotta Led Zeppelin @ Róisín Dúbh

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

NO STAIRWAY, Ireland's finest Led Zeppelin tribute band, who deliver note perfect and thrilling renditions of the songs of Page, Plant, Jones, and Bonham, play the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 11.30pm.

Galway’s artist exhibits at Dublin Horse Show

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

GALWAY ARTIST Rachel Dubber will exhibit a large collection of her oil paintings, pencil, charcoal, and mixed media drawings at this year's Dublin Horse Show in the RDS.

Autumn creative writing classes

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

CREATIVE WRITING classes for beginner and intermediate levels will be taught by the poets Kevin Higgins and Susan Millar DuMars, at the Galway Technical Institute, Father Griffin Road.

Moon’s Corner and The Stoic Man

Literature Reviews Thu, Aug 06, 2015

THE STRUCTURE of Gerald Dawe’s memoir The Stoic Man, recently published by the Lagan Press, follows much the same general outline of his Selected Poems, published in 2012, and could easily be subtitled A Tale of Three Cities, beginning in the troubled city of Belfast, continuing on to the cultural melting pot that was Galway during the 1970s and 1980s, before moving on the comfortable avenues of Dún Laoghaire and the ivory towers of Trinity College.

David Kitt returns to Róisín Dubh

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

DAVID KITT has recently been making a name for himself as a house and techno DJ/producer, under the New Jackson Moniker, but this month sees him return to his roots as a singer-songwriter.

Andy Lamy - Irish trad clarinettist in concert

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

MEMBERS OF Altan and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra will be among those taking to the stage of An Taibhdhearc for a concert of Irish trad and to mark the launch of the new album by clarinettist Andy Lamy.

Philip Donnelly - new album and Monroe’s Live show

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

IRISH GUITARIST Philip Donnelly, who has worked with Gary Moore, Donovan, and Johnny Cash, is undertaking a solo acoustic tour to promote his new album Beyond the Pale.

SHUFFLE! @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

THE VERY finest in funk, soul, disco, jump blues, jamaican ska, reggae, hip-hop, and what ever else happens to be in the loaded boxes of 12 and 7” records will be spun at Shuffle!

The Alkove @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

CORK ALTERNATIVE rockers The Alkove, who have just released their debut EP Now Or Never, play a free show at Monroe's Live this Saturday at 9pm.

Punk, surf rock, and indie @ Citóg

Tue, Aug 04, 2015

PUNK, SURF-rock, full on indie, and the new project from Oh Boland's Niall Murphy will all be heard in the Róisín Dubh over the next three Wednesdays as the Citóg music nights, promoting emerging Galway and Irish bands, return.

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