Luck Just Kissed You Hello

Thu, Jun 25, 2015

“IT'S HARD to explain. You thought the outside of me was me, but it wasn’t. My outside never matched my inside.” This is Mark speaking, but it comes as a shock to his family, for he used to be their sister Laura.

Glenn Gibson exhibiting at Town Hall

Thu, Jun 25, 2015

GALWAY SCULPTOR Glenn Gibson is the latest artist to grace the exhibition space of the Town Hall Theatre bar with a show which opens there this Friday, June 26, at 6pm.

Album review: The Selecter

Music Reviews Thu, Jun 25, 2015

LEGENDARY 2-TONE artists, The Selecter, have always been my 2-Tone band of choice so I was eagerly anticipating this album. The title, Subculture, lends itself well to the original ethos of 2-Tone which encouraged the mixing of genres and youth cultures - mods, punks, and rude boys all skanking to the same punky reggae beat.

Denis Mockler - EP launch and Róisín Dubh gig

Thu, Jun 25, 2015

SINGER-SONGWRITER Denis Mockler will launch his debut EP, Open Doors, at a gig in the upstairs bar of the Róisín Dubh on Thursday July 2 at 8pm.

A Room With No View

Thu, Jun 25, 2015

MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND ignorance about mental illness in Irish society, and the long term effects its has on its sufferers, is at the heart of A Room With No View, which returns to the Town Hall Theatre studio.

Johnny Graham - Headcase With A Suitcase

Thu, Jun 25, 2015

GALWAY COMEDIAN Johnny Graham will present his new show, Headcase With A Suitcase, throughout July at Ireland’s Smallest Comedy Club upstairs at The Dew Drop Inn.

Anna's Anchor to tour the islands

Thu, Jun 25, 2015

A LIMERICK singer-songwriter is currently on a tour of Ireland's islands, entitled The Islands, with a plan to record a song on each leg of the journey, to amass eight songs, in eight venues, over eight weeks.

Traidphicnic 2015

Thu, Jun 25, 2015

LIAM Ó MAOINLAÍ and his new band Ré, will headline Thraidphicnic, the annual weekend of Irish traditional music and workshops, in An Spidéal, from Friday July 3 to Sunday 5.

Auditions for Seussical the Musical

Thu, Jun 25, 2015

SEUSSICAL, THE musical inspired by the extraordinary characters and wonderful stories from the imagination of Dr Seuss, comes to the Town Hall Theatre from August 12 to 16.

Gamadon @ Basement Project

Thu, Jun 25, 2015

GAMADON, THE Mullingar DJ also known as Gavin McDonagh, will DJ at Get Deeper in The Cellar tomorrow from 10pm - when he will also be celebrating his birthday.

Paintclub Galway returns to An Pucan

Thu, Jun 25, 2015

PAINTCLUB GALWAY, which is a fusion of painting classes and a social night, returns to An Pucan, Forster Street, on Thursday July 2.

Places remain for Stagecoach summer camps

Thu, Jun 25, 2015

PLACES REMAIN on Stagecoach Galway's August 2015 summer camps for 12 to 18-year-olds, which will be concentrating on the musical Fame Jr.

The Complete Stone Roses @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jun 25, 2015

THE COMPLETE Stone Roses, the much admired tribute band to the Manchester 'punkadelic' legends, return to Galway to play Monroe’s Live on Thursday July 9 at 10pm.

Rory Gallagher tribute @ Monroe’s

Thu, Jun 25, 2015

BARRY MCGIVERN is a self taught guitarist who first saw Rory Gallagher on TV in 1969 performing with his power trio Taste, before eventually seeing the Irish blues legend more than 30 times in concert.

Seán Keane and Granny's Suitcase

Thu, Jun 25, 2015

GRANNY'S SUITCASE, the new show from one of Ireland's greatest vocalists, Seán Keane, will find the Caherlistrane man, alone on the the Town Hall Theatre stage this Saturday at 8pm.

Community @ The Loft

Thu, Jun 25, 2015

COMMUNITY IS the improv alter-ego of Galway group My Fellow Sponges, whose drive is to see the audience create music with the band.

Tech House @ The Cellar

Thu, Jun 25, 2015

THE TECH House crew will descend into The Cellar Underground this Saturday from 10pm for a night of techno, house, and bass, from a plethora of different DJs.

Exhibit B - face to face with Europe's racist history

Wed, Jun 24, 2015

UNTIL THE outbreak of the WWI, there was a phenomenon known as The Human Zoo, where African tribespeople were put on public display as exhibits and curiosities - under the guise of “ethnological enlightenment” - for the titillation of European and American audiences.

Whiplash - Metallica tribute @ The Loft

Wed, Jun 24, 2015

BETWEEN 1983 and 1991 Metallica made some of the greatest metal ever created and that rich entertainment and artistic achievement will be celebrated by Ireland's leading Metallica tribute band Whiplash this weekend.

Parquet Courts and why you should go to their gig

Tue, Jun 23, 2015

"ANYTHING THAT does not come from tradition is plagiarism," declared the Catalan surrealist Salvador Dalí. It is a willfully contradictory, deliberately oxymoronic statement, but it does get to the heart of New York indie-rockers Parquet Courts.

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