When the Nazis occupied France

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

FROM 1940 to 1944 France was occupied by Nazi Germany, and this tragic period is the setting for Franco-German film Diplomacy which screens in Galway this weekend.

Donal O’Kelly sets sail again with Catalpa

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

WRITER/PERFORMER Donal O’Kelly is taking to the theatrical high seas again with one of his most celebrated plays, Catalpa, which hoves to at the Town Hall Theatre on Saturday February 7.

Little John Nee’s The Galway Years

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

FOLLOWING THE sell-out success of The Galway Years in October, Little John Nee revives the show in the Town Hall Thetre studio from Monday February 2 to Saturday 7.

Show Me The Funny

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

MOTORMOUTH DUBLIN comic, Andrew Stanley - star of the AIG ads - will perform at the next instalment of Show Me The Funny.

Calling all buskers for Buskfactor Galway

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

GALWAY’S FIRST busking competition, Buskfactor Galway, is taking place every Tuesday in The Blue Note at 9pm and jugglers, performance artists, comedians, musicians, magicians, dancers, and actors are sought to take part.

When the cellist met the DJ

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

THE CELLIST Matthew Barley is passionate about improvisation, multi-arts projects, and new music, which explains his joining forces with leading Galway DJ Cyril Briscoe.

The Squidling Brothers Circus Sideshow

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

THE INTERNATIONAL ‘freakshow’ that is The Squidling Brothers Circus Sideshow comes to Galway for a night of mind bending comedy stunts that will leave you in stitches one minute and your jaw on the floor the next.

Galway Theatre Festival fun fundraiser

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

COMEDY, MUSIC, and air guitar antics will be the order of the day at Lose Those January Blues!, a fundraising event for the Galway Theatre Festival.

Jarrod Dickenson to play Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

HIS VOICE has been compared to “a young Tom Waits” and he is said to have “melodies many of his peers would give their left arm for”. He is Texan singer-songwriter Jarrod Dickenson.

Comedy theatre at Galway Community College

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

TOM STOPPARD’S The Real Inspector Hound and Peter Shaffer’s Black Comedy will be the inaugural plays that open the Galway Community College’s new auditorium on Wednesday February 4 and Thursday 5 at 8pm.

The Certain Three Tour @ Kelly’s

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

TWO AMERICAN musicians and a Cork singer-songwriter play Kelly’s Bar on February 26 as part of The Certain Three tour, which supports emerging artists.

Glenamaddy Players to stage Stolen Child

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

STOLEN CHILD, the story of a young woman’s journey to find her natural mother, will be staged by the Glenamaddy Players at Glenamaddy Town Hall Theatre in February.

Something To Sing About choir in concert

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

THE SOMETHING To Sing About choir, whose members are all cancer survivors, will perform a charity concert at the g Hotel on Friday February 6 at 8pm.

The Tales Of Hoffmann @ The Eye

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

THE TALES Of Hoffmann is to receive a spectacular production by The Metropolitan Opera in New York, and be screened live via satellite to The Eye Cinema.

Nineties dance @ Stock Exchange

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

DJ MICKY MAC of 2FM will be in The Stock Exchange Bar tomorrow to launch the Shop Street venue’s new clubnight - Old School Insomnia.

Puzzle clubnight comes to Kelly’s

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

THE PUZZLE clubnight has returned to Kelly’s, Bridge Street, with DJs Zanmato, Zenji, Mooney, and Wendy dropping drum’n’bass and jungle this Saturday from 10pm.

DJ Sotofett @ Factory

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

NORWEGIAN DJ Sotofett will make his Irish debut when he spins the decks this Saturday at both the Bierhaus and the Epoch clubnight in Factory, Abbeygate Street.

Rob Wade returns to the stage

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

ROB WADE, the Galway singer-songwriter is back in action and returns to live and musical duties with a gig in Monroe’s Live this Saturday night.

Baldonnel Singers charity concert

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

THE BALDONNEL Singers will perform a fundraising concert, in aid of Domestic Violence Response, in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, on Saturday February 7 at 8pm.

St Vincent to play arts festival Big Top

Wed, Jan 28, 2015

ST VINCENT, one of the most singular contemporary pop and rock musicians, a woman Pitchfork has declared “one of the past decade’s most distinct and innovative guitarists”, will play the Galway International Arts Festival Big Top.

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