Women buried alive in a tomb

Thu, May 07, 2015

CONDEMNED TO die with their emperor in his tomb, the concubines who have not produced any male children ponder their fate. This is the setting for Bryony Lavery’s play More Light.

At Home With Yeats in Thoor Ballylee

Thu, May 07, 2015

GALWAY POETS and musicians will gather in Thoor Ballylee in south Galway, the one-time home of WB Yeats, for an evening of poetry, song, and story when The Yeats Thoor Ballylee Society presents At Home With Yeats, on Poetry Ireland Day this eveing at 8pm

A cello concert in Brigit’s Garden

Thu, May 07, 2015

‘UP TO My F Holes’ is not the kind of title you expect for a piece of classical music, but this composition by Judith Ring will be among those performed at the next Music For Galway concert.

Concert in aid of MADRA and the Thai Animal Sanctuary

Thu, May 07, 2015

SINGER-SONGWRITER and artist Jim McKee, along with Ray O’Brien, Joyce Redmond, and James Gallagher will give in concert in aid of MADRA and the Thai Animal Sanctuary.

Keb Darge to DJ @ SHUFFLE!

Thu, May 07, 2015

GALWAY’S PREMIER soul, funk, r’n’b, and ska night SHUFFLE! in the Róisín Dubh, will play host of one of the great Northern Soul DJs when Keb Darge hits the decks.

The Berlin Philharmonic - live via The Eye

Thu, May 07, 2015

THE BERLIN Philharmonic, declared “the world’s greatest symphony orchestra” by The Guardian, will be in concert from the German capital this Sunday.

The Kilkennys - live @ OMG

Thu, May 07, 2015

FOLK BALLADEERS The Kilkennys will perform a live set at OMG Zhivago, Shop Street, on Friday May 15 at 12 noon.

Neev Kennedy launches new album

Thu, May 07, 2015

LOUGHREA SINGER-SONGWRITER Neev Kennedy has released her debut album From The Depths, which sees her returning to her folk roots after a number of years working in dance music.

Puzzle returns to The Cellar

Thu, May 07, 2015

DUBSTEP, GLITCH-hop, neuro funk, and drum’n’bass will be the order of the night when Puzzle returns to The Cellar Bar this Saturday from 9pm.

Ansome to DJ @ Factory

Thu, May 07, 2015

THE KINETIKA Clubnight celebrates its first birthday in Factory on Friday May 15 with a live set from English Techno aficionado Ansome.

Bows, curtseys, Beethoven, and ConTempo

Wed, May 06, 2015

IN GERMAN-speaking countries, Beethoven’s Quartet No 2 in G major, Op 18, No 2, is called the Komplimentier-Quartett, “the quartet of bows and curtseys” and Galway will hear why this weekend.

A new night for emerging songwriters

Tue, May 05, 2015

THE SONGWRITER’S Collective is the name of a new night which seeks to develop a strong knitted community of songwriters within Galway city, holds its first event downstairs in The Cellar Bar tomorrow [Wednesday May 6] from 9.30pm.

GMIT film student to have short film screened at Cannes

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

A short film by a young Galway-based filmmaker, Luke Morgan, has been selected to screen at the Cannes Film Festival’s Short Film Corner. Morgan is a third year student on the BA (hons) in film and documentary at GMIT’s Centre for Creative Arts & Media (CCAM).

‘It’s very exciting discovering characters with the audience’

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

THE OPENING show of this weekend’s Galway Theatre Festival is Suitcase, ‘an improvised theatrical experience’, presented by The Sky Babies at Nun’s Island Theatre, tomorrow and Saturday.

‘The play is about power’ - Bernard Field discusses The Early Hours

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

FIVE YEARS after its premiere, Bernard Field’s tense psycho-drama, The Early Hours, returns to the Town Hall Studio next week in a new production from Field’s own Haw Theatre Company.

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.

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