Seán and Dolores Keane in concert

Thu, Jul 23, 2015

SEÁN AND Dolores Keane, two of the most distinctive voices in Irish folk, will sing together on stage at the Salthill Hotel on Sunday July 26 at 8pm.

Bluegrass weekend in Kilcolgan

Thu, Jul 23, 2015

WORLD RENOWNED bluegrass player Martin Goss and Stuttgart's Mr Big Band, will be among those playing the bluegrass weekender in Kilcolgan tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday.

Theatre review: The Match Box

Theatre Reviews Wed, Jul 22, 2015

THE IRISH premiere of Frank McGuinness’s 2012 play, The Match Box, is one of the main attractions in this year’s Galway International Arts Festival, all the more so as it features Renmore's Cathy Belton, making her festival debut – and in a one-woman play to boot.

Galway actress mixing with hollywood stars in Italy

Tue, Jul 21, 2015

GALWAY ACTRESS Emma Eliza Regan is currently mixing with Hollywood stars Orlando Bloom, Mark Ruffalo, and Martin Freeman at the Giffoni Film Festival in Italy, where Darkness On The Edge Of Town, in which she plays the lead, is being screened.

Cinema review: Song Of The Sea

Films Reviews Mon, Jul 20, 2015

THE OSCAR nominated Song Of The Sea, the much awaited follow up to 2009’s stunning The Secret of Kells, also Oscar nominated, from writer/director Tomm Moore, is finally on general release.

My Fellow Sponges - unplugged and intimate

Mon, Jul 20, 2015

MY FELLOW Sponges, the Galway folk-prog/indie band will play a stripped down and intimate acoustic show in The Ruby Room at The King's Head, this Saturday, July 25, at 5pm.

Arts Festival launch hears '2020 will be Galway's year'

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

THE CITY'S arts fraternity were out in force and in high good cheer at the Radisson Hotel on Monday night for the launch of the 38th Galway International Arts Festival and the 10th under the stewardship of artistic director Paul Fahy.

Damien Dempsey - to the waters and the wild

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

THE FIRST time most people heard Damien Dempsey was in 1997, when the late Gerry Ryan played the songwriter's debut single 'Dublin Town' almost continuously on 2FM. It was catchy, but there was nothing to indicate this was the opening salvo from a man poised to become one of Ireland's most gifted songwriters.

Arts festival techno nights @ Electric

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

DUTCH DJ legend I-F, leading German producer Tensnake, and David Kitt's New Jackon DJ persona are the highlights of an impressive roster of techno and house talent playing Electric during the Galway International Arts Festival.

Little Shop of Horrors - as you’ve never seen it before

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

YOU MAY have seen Roger Corman’s 1960 film Little Shop of Horrors, but when it plays at the Galway International Arts Festival this month, you will never have seen it done like this before.

GIAF Theatre review: Luck Just Kissed You Hello

Theatre Reviews Thu, Jul 16, 2015

CO-PRODUCED by HotForTheatre and the Galway International Arts Festival, Amy Conroy’s new play, Luck Just Kissed You Hello, was one of the main events on the festival’s opening day.

The Imp wants to play

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

HE LOOKS different, his walk is strange, his face funny, and he says nothing with his mouth but a lot with his body. He is a perverse prankster, but those brave enough to journey with him might be in for laughter and some uncomfortable self-discovery.

Al Porter - comedy sensation @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

AL PORTER, the Dublin comedian declared "Ireland's ascendant king of camp" by the Irish Independent, returns to the Galway to play the Róisín Dubh this Sunday at 8.30pm as part of the Galway International Arts Festival.

Songs My Mothers Taught Me

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

SONGS MY Mothers Taught Me, Alice Beams' one woman cabaret of music and story about love, loss and letting go, takes place in the Galway Mechanical Institute, Middle Street, as part of the Galway Fringe Festival.

GIAF Theatre review: Maum

Theatre Reviews Thu, Jul 16, 2015

AN TAIBHDHEARC has made some excellent contributions to the arts festival over recent years and this year’s production from the company is Sighle Ní Chonaill’s Maum, which recreates the events around the notorious Maumtrasna murders of 1882 where five members of one family were brutally slaughtered in their home.

Merchant of Venice live @ The Eye

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

GALWAY WILL have the chance to see the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of the Bard's The Merchant of Venice when it is broadcast live to The Eye Cinema, Wellpark, on Wednesday July 22 at 7pm.

Mick Flannery - two nights @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

AS WITH so many others, it started with Nirvana. In 1993, the young Mick Flannery heard Kurt Cobain's haunting, semi-acoustic rendition of David Bowie's 'The Man Who Sold The World'. His relationship to music was never the same again.

Summer art/drama classes for teens @ Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

THE GALWAY Arts Centre is running a summer art school for young people aged between 13 and 16 interested in visual art, drama, and literature.

Colm Mac Con Iomaire - solo show from Frames man

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

A MAINSTAY of The Frames, founder member of Kíla, a solo artist of note, comfortable with indie-rock, folk, and trad, and an outstanding fiddle player, Colm Mac Con Iomaire is a major presence in Irish music.

The LipSinkers return to Electric

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

THE LIPSINKERS, who have been at the heart of London's alternative cabaret scene for more than a decade, return to Galway's Electric venue on Tuesday July 21 and Wednesday July 22 at 9pm.

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