Dark Arts metal fest @ The Cellar

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

THE DARKER, heavier side of music, the beautiful black beast unleashed originally by Black Sabbath in 1970, will be heard, performed, and celebrated at the Dark Arts Fest in The Cellar this Saturday.

Vincent Cross to play the Galway Fringe Festival

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

BORN IN Dublin, raised in Australia, and now based in New York, singer-songwriter Vincent Cross never goes anywhere without his vintage Martin guitar, and he is coming to Galway next week to play the Galway Fringe Festival.

Tom Portman - new album and Galway Fringe Festival show

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

A GUITARIST of brilliance and inventiveness, Galway based Tom Portman will launch his fourth album, White Crow, with a show at The Loft at Seven on Thursday July 23 at 9pm.

The countdown to Sugarbeat Festival begins

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

THE SUGARBEAT Festival returns to Tuam Stadium next month with headline appearances by The Stunning, Ryan Sheridan, Hometown, and The Original Rudeboys.

Music concerts on Inishbofin

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

MARY COUGHLAN, Luka Bloom, and Liam Ó Maonlaí are among the singers and musicians who will take to the stage of the Dolphin Hotel over the coming weeks as part of the annual Inishbofin Concerts series.

Kodaline DJ set @ HALO

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

FOLLOWING THEIR Big Top concert tomorrow night, Kodaline will be heading to HALO to play a DJ set at the Abbeygate Street venue from 11pm.

Gigantic @ HALO

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

GIGANTIC, ONE OF Galway's legendary DJ nights, is back with DJs Olive, Tom, and Mac spinning the decks upstairs at HALO on Saturday July 25.

Review: Exhibit B @ GIAF 2015

Art Reviews Wed, Jul 15, 2015

WHEN BRETT Bailey’s theatre installation show Exhibit B was controversially pulled from its scheduled run at London’s Barbican it was because protesters had argued that Bailey’s critique of 19th century ‘human zoos’ and racism was in itself racist, through his use of black actors silently enduring the audience gaze in a series of tableaux vivants.

Loner Deluxe releases new 'Digital Cassingle'

Music Reviews Wed, Jul 15, 2015

AN ATMOSPHERIC, often haunting mix of folk guitar, indie-rock, electronica, vocals, and samples from film, TV, and other sources characterise The Coast is Clear, the new three-track 'Digital Cassingle' from underground Galway musician Loner Deluxe.

Conformity and transgression @ Galway Fringe

Tue, Jul 14, 2015

CONFORMITY, TRANSGRESSION, and the battle between civilisation and primal urges will be examined in Hunter Gatherer, a new play that is to be staged as part of the Galway Fringe Festival.

Everyman live from London to The Eye

Tue, Jul 14, 2015

THE BAFTA winning and Oscar nominated actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, best known for this role in 12 Years A Slave, will star in one of English drama’s oldest plays - Everyman.

The Young Folk // The Lost Brothers to play Róisín Dubh

Mon, Jul 13, 2015

THEY HAVE been called “serious challengers for the area populated by the likes of Fleet Foxes, Mumford and Sons, and The Low Anthem" by Hotpress and “one of the most promising young bands to come out of Ireland in several decades,” according to Maverick.

Cinema review: An Klondike

Films Reviews Mon, Jul 13, 2015

THE GALWAY Film Fleadh concluded last night with the premiere of An Klondike, a movie version of a four­-part mini series to be aired on TG4 later in the year. The first Irish western, and with dialogue mostly as Gaeilge, this is an incredibly ambitious undertaking.

Trad Lunchtime gigs @ Monroe's Live

Mon, Jul 13, 2015

THE TRAD lunchtime concerts have been a feature of the Galway International Arts Festival for more than 20 years, and this year boasts a superb line-up playing Monroe's Live - especially appealing for those who love trad fiddle - and it all kicks off on Thursday.

Forty years on, Kiwi Tim Finn loves writing more than ever

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

Forty years in the music business, one of New Zealand's most celebrated singer-songwriters, Tim Finn will perform at the Galway International Arts festival for the first time.

Ireland's first western - made in Galway

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

AN KLONDIKE, the first western made in Ireland, filmed entirely in Galway and the west, by Galway the based Abú Media, closes this year's Galway Film Fleadh when it is screened on Sunday at the Town Hall Theatre at 8.30pm.

Gerry Mallon's Laughter Loft

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

THE MUCH loved institution that is Gerry Mallon's Laughter Loft in the Ruby Room of The King's Head, returns to this year's Galway International Arts Festival, and includes two shows from David O'Doherty.

Jape to play GIAF gig @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

SOME MUSICIANS find a formula that works and stick with it. Others are restless, always looking for new paths to explore and new ways to express their musical vision - Jape is definitely among the latter.

Aindrias de Staic - The Man From Moogaga

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

AINDRIAS DE STAIC, the "wild-eyed shock of Celtic unpredictability", who fuses music, theatre, comedy, and storytelling to magnificent effect, returns to the Galway Fringe Festival with The Man From Moogaga.

Westside Community Arts Festival

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

THE AMAZING Apples, Sharon Murphy who impressed Tom Jones on The Voice UK, and the Cinemobile screening Frozen, are just some of the highlights at this year's Westside Community Arts Festival.

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