Charlie Adley’s Craft of Writing Course

Thu, Feb 19, 2015

GALWAY WRITER Charlie Adley’s popular Craft of Writing Course returns to the Galway Arts Centre. The course is for those who would like to improve their writing skills, from beginners to published writers.

Karen Egan to play Monroe’s Live

Thu, Feb 19, 2015

KAREN EGAN, a former barrister-at law and former member of comedy trio The Nualas, now a musician, songwriter, and theatre-maker, is about to tour Ireland.

Film on the trial of Adolf Eichmann

Thu, Feb 19, 2015

THE TRIAL of Adolf Eichmann, one of the major organisers of the Holocaust, is the subject of the film The Specialist, which will be screened in NUI Galway’s Huston School of Film & Digital Media on Monday February 23 at 6.30pm,

Córus Galway seeks new voices

Thu, Feb 19, 2015

THE CÓRUS Galway choir starts its new term on Thursday February 26 at 7.30pm in NUI Galway’s Arts Millennium Building, in room AM107.

NUI Galway Theatre Week 2015

Thu, Feb 19, 2015

THE NUI Galway Theatre Week 2015 runs form Monday February 23 to Friday 27, showcasing student, college society, and alumni talent through theatre, literature, and film.

Old-school ska @ Kelly’s

Thu, Feb 19, 2015

INTERSKALACTIC, hailed as “the future of ska in Ireland” by The Late Late Show’s Ryan Tubridy, bring their old-school Jamaican style ska to Kelly’s this Saturday at 9.30pm.

Michigan choir’s Galway charity concert

Thu, Feb 19, 2015

THE SKYLINE High School Choir from Ann Arbor, Michigan, will give a concert in St Nicholas Collegiate Church this Saturday at 1pm to raise funds for Jigsaw.

Kinvara Mardi Gras 2015

Thu, Feb 19, 2015

SKA BAND Big Jelly, inspired by The Skatalites, Prince Buster, and Toots & the Maytals, play the ninth annual Kinvara Mardi Gras in the Kinvara Community Centre this Saturday at 8pm.

Claire Watts launches new EP

Thu, Feb 19, 2015

DREAMING OUT Loud, the new EP by contemporary folk singer-songwriter Claire Watts, will be launched with a gig upstairs in the Róisín Dubh this Saturday.

Spyfu to launch new EP @ Monroe’s

Thu, Feb 19, 2015

GALWAY ROCKERS Spyfu will launch their new EP, Knights Of Tainted Armour, with a gig in Monroe’s Live this Saturday at 9pm.

Phantom Planet Outlaws @ Factory

Thu, Feb 19, 2015

LIVERPOOL TECHNO trio Phantom Planet Outlaws make their Irish debut as a collective in Factory this Saturday when they play the Epoch clubnight.

‘We all live in a yellow submarine’

Wed, Feb 18, 2015

THE SUBMARINE exhibit at the Galway City Museum will be the setting for a performance of The Beatles’ famous ode to a yellow underwater craft, this Saturday at 11am.

Special needs punk-rockers and fly-fish bait makers

Wed, Feb 18, 2015

A FINNISH punk band, whose members are special needs adults, and a woman who makes fly fishing bait, are the subjects of two documentaries to be screened in Athenry this weekend.

Little Green Cars to support St Vincent

Tue, Feb 17, 2015

LITTLE GREEN Cars, the acclaimed Irish indie band, will support St Vincent at her Galway International Arts Festival Big Top concert on Tuesday July 14.

Jimmy Carr announces Galway date

Tue, Feb 17, 2015

JIMMY CARR, the Limerick born British comedian and host of 8 Out Of 10 Cats, has added two west of Ireland dates to his December Funny Business tour.

Galway Early Music Festival to celebrate 20th Birthday

Tue, Feb 17, 2015

A ROMP originally performed by teenage French choir members in the Middle Ages will be one of the central shows at this year’s Galway Early Music Festival which runs from Thursday May 14 to Sunday 17 and celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.

Kitty, Daisy & Lewis to play Galway in May

Mon, Feb 16, 2015

BEFORE THE Strypes, even before Imelda May became a star in Ireland and Britain, three London based teenagers were paving the way for a serious rock’n’roll and blues revival. Their names? Kitty, Daisy & Lewis.

Connemara students to feature in new experimental film-festival

Mon, Feb 16, 2015

A FILM by transition year students from Scoil Chuimsitheach Chiaráin in An Cheathrú Rua, is to be screened alongside work by such visionary directors as Werner Herzog and the late Derek Jarman at Wild-Screen.

Jape - electronic tales from a Malmö resident

Thu, Feb 12, 2015

MALMÖ LIES at the very southwestern tip of Sweden’s Øresund strait. The nation’s third largest city, it is connected to the Danish capital Copenhagen via the massive, five mile long, Øresund Bridge. It is also home to many immigrant communities, mostly Middle Eastern and Eastern European, but among them is an Irishman, Richie Egan, better known as Jape.

Hudson Taylor play Black Box next week

Thu, Feb 12, 2015

AS PART of their largest Irish tour to date, and following the release of their debut album, folk-pop brothers Hudson Taylor play the Black Box Theatre on Monday February 23 at 8pm.

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