Two shows from The Leg Breakers

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

GALWAY COMEDY Improv troupe The Leg Breakers perform two shows in Galway this week, one of which is part of the Galway Theatre Festival.

Race the Flux to launch new EP @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

“A GODZILLA-sized monster boasting melodies that could level a mountain,” say Hotpress; “Dynamic lifts and jumps give their sound a full-scale post-grunge feel”, according to The Last Mixtape; while The Irish Times says “they truly are ones to watch”.

Album review: Rose Windows

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 30, 2015

WHEN THE Seattle sextet unleashed their debut album The Sun Dogs in 2013, its audacity and wide scope was as much part of its appeal as the stunning music that lay within.

Celebrate the life of writer Walter Macken

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

WALTER MACKEN, one of Galway’s most famous writers, was born 100 years ago this May, and An Taibhdhearc and Galway’s West End community will hold commemorative events.

Freddie White to play Monroe’s in May

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

FREDDIE WHITE may live in Sydney these days, but the Cork singer-songwriter has never forgotten his roots, and is coming back to Ireland to play a nationwide tour.

DruidShakespeare begins next week

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

DRUIDSHAKESPEARE, the epic cycle of plays where the Galway company takes on, not an Irish playwright, but the greatest English dramatist of all time, starts next week.

Read your favourite poem at Galway City Museum

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

WHAT IS your favourite poem? Would you like to hear other people’s favourites too? Would you like to discover new poets? If the answer is Yes to any of these, then read on.

The Tale Of Ancient Lights

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

THE TALE Of The Ancient Lights, an award-winning one-man show fusing circus, dance, magic, echnology, and Asian art, is coming to the Galway Theatre Festival.

The Italian underground comes to FEAST

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

THE DARLING of the Italian underground Fabrizio Modonese Palumbo, makes his first visit to Ireland with (r), a cocktail of introspective-ambient-noise and lyrical songwriting at the next FEAST night in the upstairs bar of the Róisín Dubh this Saturday from 9pm.

Saturday is Free Comic Book Day

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

FREE COMIC Book Day takes place this Saturday at Sub-City Comics in the Corbett Court Shopping Centre, and there will be a range of comics available absolutely free.

Donál Lunny to play Town Hall

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

DONÁL LUNNY, one of the pivotal figures in Irish folk and trad, will join forces with a fellow Irishman, and a Breton, for a concert of Celtic music.

A night of ballet and jazz dance

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

THE REGINA Rogers School of Ballet is to perform what promises to be dazzling display ballet and jazz dance at the Town Hall Theatre from Wednesday May 6 to Friday 8, at 8pm.

Galway Arts Centre poetry workshops

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

POETRY WORKSHOPS, for beginners, intermediate, and advanced levels, taught by acclaimed Galway poet Kevin Higgins, take place in the Galway Arts Centre next month.

NoRopes to stage Dario Fo play

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

THE OPEN Couple by Italian writer Dario Fo and his wife Franca Rame, will be staged in the Town Hall Theatre studio by new Galway theatre company NoRopes.

Vinyl night in aid of Marriage Equality

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

DJS, MUSICIANS, and music journalists will spin favourite 7” vinyl records in the Róisín Dubh next week in support of gay marriage and in aid of the YesEquality campaign.

How artists see the west of Ireland and her people

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

THE WAYS in which artists, both Irish and foreign, have depicted the country’s Atlantic seaboard and people will be the subject of a public talk.

The Still Tide - new EP and Monroe’s Live gig

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

AMERICAN INDIE-rock band The Still Tide play Monroe’s Live on Thursday May 7 at 9pm as part of their international tour supporting their Half Empty Rooms EP.

Helena Hauff to DJ @ Factory

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

HELENA HAUFF, one of the most exciting emerging techno and electro DJs, makes her Galway debut at Factory, Abbeygate Street, this Sunday at 11pm.

SHAKE! is back - and coming to HALO

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

SHAKE! ONE of Galway’s most influential and best loved clubnights returns this Bank Holiday Weekend, when DJs Ray and Aran spin the decks in HALO this Saturday from 11pm.

Comedian Terry Alderton to play Róisín Dubh

Wed, Apr 29, 2015

TERRY ALDERTON, the astonishingly original British comedian with seemingly multiple personalities, and an off-beat brain that unleashed lets loose comedy gold every time, is coming back to Galway.

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