Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost @ The Eye

Thu, Feb 05, 2015

SHAKESPEARE’S ROMANTIC comedy Love’s Labour’s Lost, is being staged by Stratford-upon-Avon’s Royal Shakespeare Theatre, and will be broadcast live to Galway.

Dylan Murphy to launch debut EP

Thu, Feb 05, 2015

DYLAN MURPHY, the guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known as a member of Steven Sharpe’s band The Broke Straight Boys, is to launch his debut solo EP.

Over The Edge Poetry Book Showcase

Thu, Feb 05, 2015

LOUIS DEPAOR, Sarah Clancy, and Gerry Hanberry take part in the Over The Edge Poetry Book Showcase at Charlie Byrne’s, on Friday February 13 from 6.30pm.

Book review: I Remember, I Remember: Galway Stories and Sketches

Literature Reviews Thu, Feb 05, 2015

NOSTALGIA IS defined as “a sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past.” Tales of bygone years when the sun seemed to shine forever, and childhood days were filled with laughter are always trying to tell the reader some sort of lie.

Art class at Galway City Museum

Thu, Feb 05, 2015

LIMERICK BASED artist Maurice Quillinan will deliver a one-day masterclass in the museum this Saturday from 10.30am. The course is designed for students and full-time/part-time artists or those with an interest in gaining a deeper knowledge and understanding into how a painting is made.

Mitch Presents at Kelly’s

Thu, Feb 05, 2015

AN ALTERNATIVE Valentine’s Night takes place at Kelly’s on Saturday February 14 with leading Irish DJs, Jack Dunne, Ninha Tips, Beefy, and Mitch, hitting the Decks.

Iron Mountain and Spats Colombo @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Feb 05, 2015

KRAUTROCK, FOLK, jazz, metal, psychedelia, and post-rock fuse in the music of Limerick based multi-instrumentalists Iron Mountain.

Corrib Rocks charity concert for COPE

Thu, Feb 05, 2015

THE iROCKS winners Rofi James and Clare based alt ska/indie band The Connectors play the Corrib Live charity night on Friday February 13 in the Commercial Boat Club, Woodquay.

Basement Project at The Cellar

Thu, Feb 05, 2015

BASEMENT PROJECT, a new underground house music night, has its debut night in Galway on Saturday February 14 at 9pm in The Cellar Bar.

Plutonic House - techno at Monroe’s Live

Thu, Feb 05, 2015

PLUTONIC HOUSE will deliver heart-hitting synth melodies, punk-funk bass lines, lo-fi analogue disco beats, and sensual vocals, when they play Monroe’s Live.

Shuffle DJ @ Massimo tomorrow night

Thu, Feb 05, 2015

DJ Dave Barry (Shuffle! ) will take people from Studio 1 to Studio 54, the barrios of New York to the the soul clubs of Detroit with a packed box of 7” vinyl and Lps.

Galway and The Great War lectures at city museum

Wed, Feb 04, 2015

THE GREAT War’s impact on Galway city, the slaughter in the trenches, and recruiting Galwegians to fight for “king and country” will be the subject of a series of public lectures taking place at the Galway City Museum, every Thursday from 7pm to 8pm.

The graphic novels that are also an art exhibition

Wed, Feb 04, 2015

THE CREATION of a graphic novel, from the initial idea, to storyboard stage, to the finished product, available for people to read online, forms Before You Fade Away, a new exhibition which opens this weekend in the Galway Arts Centre.

Acclaimed American songwriter Greg Brown to play Galway

Tue, Feb 03, 2015

HE HAS been called “a wickedly sharp observer of the human condition” by Rolling Stone, with a voice that “qualifies as one of the wonders of the folk world” according to Acoustic Guitar. This is American singer-songwriter Greg Brown.

A Scot, a Canadian, and a Róisín Dubh double-bill

Mon, Feb 02, 2015

SCOTTISH HIGHLAND folk noir balladeer Rachel Sermanni and the award winning Canadian singer-songwriter Tom Terrell play the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 8pm.

The Girl Who Forgot To Sing Badly

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

THEATRE LOVETT brings its unique brand of theatrical magic to the Town Hall Theatre next week with its latest touring show, The Girl Who Forgot To Sing Badly, by Australian author Finegan Kruckemeyer.

The Bard gets the Druid treatment in 2015

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

DRUID THEATRE is internationally acclaimed for its stagings of classic Irish drama, but 2015 sees the companyturn its attention to England’s genius - William Shakespeare.

Dave McSavage - he’s not giving up

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

DAVID MCSAVAGE, the ‘enfant terrible’ of Irish comedy, makes a welcome return to the Róisín Dubh on Friday February 6 at 8.30pm as part of his Don’t Give Up tour.

Disconauts - back with a bang for 2015

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

THE DISCONAUTS and the phenomenal Atlantic Horns - two DJs and a three piece horn section - take to the Róisín Dubh stage for the first time in a year this Saturday at 11pm.

Telegael seeks young actors for new film

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

THE EMMY award winning An Spidéal based film and animation company Telegael is in pre-production with Morten, the first stop-motion animation feature film produced in Ireland.

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