Echotape @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

ENGLISH INDIE-rock band Echotape play Monroe’s Live on Sunday March 15 at 8pmas part of an Irish tour promoting their new single ‘See You Soon’.

The Jig Jams @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

THE JIG JAMS, whose music fuses Irish folk with Bluegrass, are coming to Galway to play Monroe’s BackStage Bar on Saturday March 14 at 9pm.

Italian post-rock for FEAST metal night

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

THEIR MUSIC has the riff fuelled power of metal and their rhythms the nimble dextrousness of post-rock. They are Italian duo Hibagon and they will play FEAST at the Róisín Dubh.

Rootical Soundsystem @ The Cellar

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

ROOTICAL SOUND System will hold its first Galway show of 2015 in The Cellar Bar, tomorrow from 10pm.

Beethoven concert @ The Eye

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

TWO OF Beethoven’s greatest works will be performed by The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, with the concert broadcast live to The Eye Cinema, Wellpark.

Puzzle to pump out the drum’n’bass

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

SOME OF the most exciting emerging DJs on the Irish and British drum’n’bass and techno scenes are in Galway this Saturday to play Puzzle at Kelly’s.

Duo Vocis to sing at Town Hall

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

DUO VOCIS, the popular pairing of tenors Sean Costello and Frank Naughton, perform an Irish themed concert in the Town Hall Theatre on Monday March 16.

No Country for Young Women

Wed, Mar 04, 2015

SINCE 1993, the Mexican border town of Juarez has been the location of the violent deaths of hundreds of women and girls, including numerous unsolved, under-reported, murders.

Cinema review: The Boy Next Door

Films Reviews Mon, Mar 02, 2015

SINCE DRIVE there has been a steady stream of solid, slightly camp, low budget commercial movies. They have not always found the right audience but from 2011’s Hobo With A Shotgun to last years incredible The Guest, there has been a steady flow of B-movie action and erotic thrillers.

Citóg - a left-field musical world on Wednesdays

Mon, Mar 02, 2015

KRAUTROCK LOVING post-rockers, stripped down punk influenced bands, folk’n’country acts, and everything inbetween, the Citóg nights continues its excellent tradition of showcasing the finest in independent and imaginative Irish music, when it returns to the Róisín Dubh this month on Wednesdays from 9pm.

The chef, the cyclist, and the photographer

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

CHUTZPAH, RESTLESSNESS, imagination and no little skill across a range of disciplines have all played their part in photographer Reg Gordon’s eventful and varied career path.

Al Porter ‘Is Yours’ at the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

AL PORTER, “Ireland’s ascendant king of camp” according to the Irish Independent, and for David McSavage, “one of the few comedians that actually makes me laugh”, is coming to Galway.

Booka Brass Band - New Orleans brass Irish style

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

THEY HAVE “every right to be claimed as Ireland’s best live act right now,” according to Golden Plec; they are Ireland’s first New Orleans style brass band, and they have just released their first EP.

Seachtain na Gaeilge 2015

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

SEACHTAIN NA Gaeilge returns for 2015 with, despite its name, a fortnight of Irish language, culture, and heritage events from Saturday February 28 to Tuesday March 17.

An Taibhdhearc to remember Máire Stafford

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

ON FRIDAY March 6 at 8pm, An Taibhdhearc will stage Oiche Mháire Stafford, an all-star commemorative evening in honour of the late Máire Stafford, who, for more than 60 years was involved with the theatre as an actor, director, translator, costume designer, and lyricist, fully earning her soubriquet ‘Queen of An Taibhdhearc’.

Ghosts, love, and a French film

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

PAUL HAS an usual way of earning a living – he writes funeral orations, but his friend Victor is worried that he does not get out enough. Then Emma enters his life.

Éigse an Spidéil 2015

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

AN SPIDÉAL’S ANNUAL arts festival, Éigse an Spidéil, returns from Wednesday March 4 to Sunday 8, celebrating culture, community, development, and innovation in the area.

Joe Prop’s rugby dreams

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

FORGET THE Six Nations or the Rugby World Cup, the biggest rugby event of 2015 is coming to Moycullen, in Joe Prop, a play about a schoolboy whose life revolves around the sport.

Steve Bennet - all Groan Up

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

GALWAY COMIC Steve Bennett will present Groan Up at the Róisín Dubh upstairs bar once a month from February to July, in advance of his 2015 Edinburgh Fringe run.