Jape - Róisín Dubh show and new album

Mon, Dec 15, 2014

JAPE, THE solo indie-electro project of singer-songwriter and Redneck Manifesto bassist Richie Egan, returns in 2015 with a new album and an Irish tour that includes the Róisín Dubh.

Little John and his songs from the Swilly delta

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

BELL, BOOK, and Candle, Paul Deacy’s swinging-est hipster book and music emporium, was the venue recently for the launch of Songs From The Swilly Delta, the fine new album from Little John Nee and the Caledonia Highly Strung Orchestra.

The Little Cinema’s 12 Days of Christmas

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

THE LITTLE CINEMA is hosting a series of events entitled 12 Days Of Christmas, which involves film screenings, music and comedy, a Galway twist on Celebrity Mastermind, and a games night.

Christmas magic with Branar Theatre

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

BRANAR THEATRE brings its own brand of festive magic to the Town Hall Theatre next week with its acclaimed staging of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas/Oíche Roimh an Nollaig.

Declan O’Rourke - Róisín Dubh show and new album

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

IN THE late-noughties, many believed the album as way of presenting music was dead and that digital media would see everything reduced to individual tracks. Fast forward to 2014 and instead of abandoning the album, artists are using digital media as a new way to present and re-imagine the album format. This and the corresponding resurrection of vinyl means the album has plenty of life in it yet.

Olaf Tyaransen film to be shown on RTÉ 2

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

DON’T YOU Know Who I Am? the acclaimed rock‘n’roll short film written and produced by award-winning Galway author Olaf Tyaransen, will be screened on RTÉ 2.

Pearly Painters exhibition

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

PEARLY PAINTERS, a group founded by GMIT fine art graduate Pearl O’Kennedy, is holding an exhibition in the Providence Market Kitchen.

Brendan Grace’s New Year Galway shows

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

BRENDAN GRACE makes a welcome return to Galway in January and will get 2015 off to a hilarious start when he plays The Salthill Hotel on Sunday January 4 and the Loughrea Hotel, Loughrea, on Thursday January 22.

Album review: AC/DC

Music Reviews Thu, Dec 11, 2014

GIVEN THAT founder and driving force Malcolm Young can no longer play music owing to dementia, AC/DC would have been forgiven for calling it a day.

Starting Christmas the sexy-naughty way

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

GALWAY’S PREMIERE burlesque and cabaret night The Dirty Circus returns to the Róisín Dubh on Thursday December 18 for its Christmas party.

The Harp, The Accordion and The Ugly album launch

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

THE HARP, The Accordion and The Ugly are seven Galway based musicians and one film-maker who put on live-music cinema shows as will be seen when they play Monroe’s Live.

A comedy opera by Wagner

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

DIE MEISTERSINGER von Nürnberg, a comedy-opera by Richard Wagner is being staged at New York’s Metropolitan Opera and will be broadcast live to The Eye, Wellpark.

Once Loved Showroom returns

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

THE ONCE Loved Showroom returns to the Róisín Dubh on Sunday December 14 for the second instalment of its Christmas market.

Christmas Crackers 2014 exhibition

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

CHRISTMAS CRACKERS, the sixth annual exhibition of paintings by students of Geraldine Folan’s Art Classes, takes place tomorrow.

Album review: John Grant

Music Reviews Thu, Dec 11, 2014

AFTER RUINING his second album Pale Green Ghosts with ill-advised dabbling in, and often insipid stabs at, techno and electronica, John Grant re-connects with more organic sounds on this live album.

Mary Coughlan to play Town Hall

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

MARY COUGHLAN, the Galwegian rightly regarded as Ireland’s leading jazz and blues vocalist, plays the Town Hall Theatre on Saturday December 20 at 8pm.

Jack and the Beanstalk

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

BOYZONE AND former Coronation Street star Keith Duffy is the ‘baddie’ in this year’s University Concert Hall, Limerick, panto Jack and the Beanstalk.

Classical guitarist in concert at Nuns Island

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

CLASSICAL GUITAR and Irish trad will combine in the playing of Dublin guitarist John O’Shea, who is in concert at the Nuns Island Theatre this Saturday.

Christmas Crooners at the Town Hall

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

“CHRISTMAS CROONERS is guaranteed to get you in the festive mood; singing and swaying all the way home.” So said the Daily Herald about a show coming to Galway.

ConTempo to host Christmas concert in the museum

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

GUITARS, VIOLINS, voices, and saxophones will be heard in the Galway City Museum when The ConTempo Quartet host a concert of classical and Christmas music.

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