Even better than the real thing?

Thu, Sep 25, 2014

U2’S PUBLICITY stunt for their new album Songs Of Innocence has met with, at best, a mixed reaction, but Galway fans will be delighted a leading tribute band to the quartet will play Monroe’s Live.

A Saw Doctor and a Waterboy - live in Clifden

Wed, Sep 24, 2014

THE SAW Doctors’ Leo Moran and Anthony Thistlethwaite - who is also a member of The Waterboys - will perform at a lunchtime event in The Alcock and Brown Hotel this Saturday, as part of the Clifden Arts Festival.

A live music hooley for Pieta House

Wed, Sep 24, 2014

THE HARDCORE Priests Of Yemen, Mikey and the Scallywags, and a host of musicians will be live across three stages and two venues playing everything from Irish trad to world music, in a fundraising concert for Pieta House.

Tommy Tiernan Comedy Carnival tickets selling fast

Tue, Sep 23, 2014

TICKETS ARE selling fast for Tommy Tiernan’s new show, Out Of The Whirlwind, which he is performing at next month’s Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway.

Eddi Reader to play Moycullen

Tue, Sep 23, 2014

EDDI READER, one of Scotland’s great folk-rock singers returns to Galway to play The Forge in Moycullen, in the company of The Alan Kelly Gang on Saturday October 4 at 9pm.

Mark Lanegan to play Galway in January

Mon, Sep 22, 2014

MARK LANEGAN, the American singer-songwriter, former Screaming Trees vocalist, and collaborator with The Afghan Whigs' Greg Dulli and former Belle and Sebastian vocalist Isobel Campbell, returns to Galway in January.

‘Moving to Nashville from Mobile was overwhelming’

Thu, Sep 18, 2014

BETH NIELSEN Chapman, one of Nashville’s foremost singer-songwriters, comes to the Black Box Theatre next week for what promises to be a memorable gig. An accomplished recording artist in her own right, Chapman has also penned numerous hits for Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris, Bette Midler, Elton John, Neil Diamond, Waylon Jennings, Faith Hill, and Willie Nelson.

What happened to Bridgie Cleary?

Thu, Sep 18, 2014

ONE OF the most notorious crimes in Irish history was the burning to death of Bridget Cleary in 1895 in Tipperary, by her husband Michael.

October laughter and the magic of the Spiegeltent

Thu, Sep 18, 2014

SIMON AMSTELL, David Baddiel, 30 Rock’s Judah Friedlander, punk poet John Cooper Clarke, and The Faulty Towers Dining Experience are all on their way to Galway to make the end of October the funniest 12 days of the year.

Leading English poet to read in Galway

Thu, Sep 18, 2014

HELEN MORT, described by The Daily Telegraph as “the new star of British poetry”, will read at the Over The Edge: Open Reading in the Galway City Library on Thursday September 25 at 6.30pm.

Ilenkus to launch new album at Róisín Dubh

Thu, Sep 18, 2014

THE CROSSING, the second album from Galway progressive metallers Ilenkus, containing ‘Over The Fire, Under The Smoke’, the video for which has gone viral on YouTube, is unleashed this weekend. Containing five songs, ranging from five to 10 minutes in length, it features a variety of moods, tones, pace, and textures.

A bizarre (French) love triangle

Thu, Sep 18, 2014

CHINESE PUZZLE, the French film starring Audrey Tautou, is the opening film of the Galway Film Society’s autumn/winter season.

New book on the work of Joe Boske

Thu, Sep 18, 2014

THE ART of Joe Boske is synonymous with the great Galway Arts Festival posters of the 1980s as well as with a surreal, off-beat way of looking at the west of Ireland.

Emmy winning director to give actors workshop

Thu, Sep 18, 2014

EMMY AWARD winning director, Dearbhla Walsh, and leading casting director, Maureen Hughes are coming to Galway in October to tutor auditioning workshops.

Gigs galore for Guinness AMPLIFY weekender

Thu, Sep 18, 2014

THE MINUTES, Duke Special, Kormac & His Big Band, Kíla, KeyWest, and The Hot Sprockets are coming to Galway to play the Guinness AMPLIFY weekender.

Rackhouse Pilfer - barnstorming bluegrass bandits

Thu, Sep 18, 2014

RACKHOUSE PILFER, the barnstorming bluegrass bandits from Sligo, return to Galway to play Monroe’s Backstage Bar this Sunday.

Marie Mullen to open this year’s Autumn Gathering

Thu, Sep 18, 2014

ONE OF Ireland’s best known actors, and co-founder of the famous Druid Theatre, Marie Mullen, will officially open the 20th Lady Gregory Autumn Gathering in Gort on Friday week September 29.

An Taibhdhearc to screen classic Famine TV series

Thu, Sep 18, 2014

TALES FROM The Poorhouse, the acclaimed 1990s Irish-langauge TV series, which starred Brendan Gleeson, Mick Lally, and Ruth McCabe is being screened in An Taibhdhearc.