Cloud Castle Lake to play Strange Brew

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

EQUAL PARTS pastoral folk and soaring post-rock crescendos, Dublin trio Cloud Castle Lake have won acclaim for their epic live performances.

Enter Metropolis enter Galway

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

ENTER METROPOLIS, the German alternative-rock band are coming to Monroe’s Live on Sunday March 29 as part of their current Enter Ireland Tour.

The band will play songs from their debut album Bright Lights, which came out at the end of last year. Their energetic sound is defined by tight grooves, incisive guitars, and swirling keyboard sounds. The band members have 10 year’s experience of recording and touring, and put this to good effect in their live shows.

March! Shuffle! Dance!

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

SHUFFLE! IS back once again for this months instalment of foot stomping floor fillers with DJ Dave Barry. Shuffle! is Galways only place to hear this original dance music in Galway. With two big guests to be anounced for the summer (one for Shuffle!’s second birthday) the next few month promise to be interesting indeed. Expect to hear jump blues, funk, northern soul, latin boogaloo, old school hip-hop, reggae, Jamaican ska, swing, soulful disco and what ever else ends up in the packed boxes of vinyl.

Doors are at 11.30. Entry as always is free. For more information and regular updates join the Shuffle! page on Facebook.

Fox Jaw play Róisín Dubh tonight

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

FOX JAW have just released their new single ‘Sirens Call’ and, as part of their current Irish tour, they play Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh tonight at 10pm.

Spongebob as Gaeilge @ The Eye

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

THE SPONGEBOB Movie: Sponge Out of Water will be available to audiences as Gaeilge and in English when it hits The Eye Cinema screens on Friday March 27.

Galway Jazz Jam @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

GALWAY JAZZ Jam is a group of local musicians who share a passion for jazz and see themselves as a community project rather than a band.

The group - Dave Mathieson (double bass), Esteban Moreno, Dylan Morrow, David Lyons (guitars), Fergal O’Connor (piano), Radko Vykukal, Bosco Joyce, Cathal Berkeley (saxophones), Aonghus O’Heocha (drums), and Noreena Gill (vocals) play Monroe’s Live this Sunday night. Expect an open jam session of jazz where anything can happen.

Over The Edge reading

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

SEAN LYSAGHT, Tim Dwyer, and Gráinne McHale are the featured readers at the Over The Edge: Open Reading in Galway City Library on Thursday March 26 at 6.30pm.

Limerickman Seán Lysaght lectures at the GMIT. He is the author of the poetry collections Noah’s Irish Ark (1989), The Clare Island Survey (1991), Scarecrow (1998), Erris (2002), and The Mouth of a River (2007), and Carnival Masks (2014). His biography Robert Lloyd Praeger: The Life of a Naturalist was published by Four Courts Press in 1998.

Russian Ballerina to come to Galway

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

LEADING RUSSIAN ballerina Svetlana Robos is coming to Galway in August to give a week-long ballet masterclass.

ConTempo and Concorde in concert

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

THE CONTEMPO Quartet and members of Concorde, two of the most acclaimed quartets in Irish classical music, join forces for the next concert in the New Music: Different Sounds series.

An exhibition inspired by Twitter

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

SOME 500 million Tweets are sent every day, but what would happens if these microblogs were translated into sound? This is a question answered in a new exhibition.

Vibe, an installation by Cian McLysaght, involving a custom-constructed Vibe machine, is currently running at the 126 Gallery, Commerce House, Flood Street.

Creative writing classes

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

CREATIVE WRITING classes for beginners and intermediates take place at the Galway Technical Institute, Father Griffin Road, next month.

Classes for beginners with the poet Kevin Higgins, start on April 13, running on Mondays from 7pm to 9.30pm for seven weeks. Kevin will provide writing exercises and feedback to those writing stories, poems, or memoir.

A St Patrick’s Dirty Circus

Thu, Mar 12, 2015

THE DIRTY CIRCUS returns for another night of burlesque, comedy, music, and cabaret, but a definite green tinge, at the Róisín Dubh on Monday March 16 at 9pm.

Album reviews: Noel Gallagher and Dr Feelgood

Music Reviews Wed, Mar 11, 2015

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday (Sour Mash)

Galway Theatre Festival - now running in May

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

GALWAY THEATRE Festival has moved from being one of the last festivals in the city’s festival season, to one of its first - coming after Cúirt and the Galway Food Festival - as will now take place in May.

Cúirt hits thirty

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

ON TUESDAY evening at the House Hotel the programme for the 2015 Cúirt International Literature Festival was officially launched and, as ever, there is a rich feast of readings, talks, workshops, launches, and more to look forward to.

Druid Shakespeare details unveiled

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

DRUID THEATRE Company has announced details for one of its most ambitious undertakings, DruidShakespeare, a fitting project to mark the company’s 40th anniversary year.

Cry Monster Cry at Róisín Dubh

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

CRY MONSTER CRY, the folk-rock duo of Richie and Jamie Martin, are on tour to promote their debut album Rhythm Of Dawn, including a show upstairs in the Róisín Dubh tomorrow.

The Sandy Rats - new EP and Cellar Bar show

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

GALWAY INDIE, funk, and blues band The Sandy Rats will launch their eponymous debut EP with a gig in The Cellar Bar tomorrow at 9pm.

‘Brutal death metal’ of the best kind

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

THE NETHERLANDS’ Dictated, who play brutal, thrilling, death metal, headline the next FEAST upstairs in the Róisín Dubh this Saturday from 9pm.

Planet of sound

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday (Sour Mash)

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