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.

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.

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