Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering
Thu, Sep 11, 2014
A VARIETY of writers, working in different disciplines and styles, will read at the Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering in the Nuns Island Theatre on Friday September 12 at 8pm.
Read more ...Eoin Glackin - new EP and Monroe’s gig
Thu, Sep 11, 2014
ROOTS-ROCK singer-songwriter Eoin Glackin releases his new EP Pretty Girl this month and will also play Monroe’s BackStage Bar.
Read more ...A lovely night for the songs of Mario Lanza
Thu, Sep 11, 2014
“MARIO LANZA’S passion and the way his voice sounds are what made me sing opera. I actually owe my love for opera to a kid from Philadelphia.”
Read more ...Pearl Jam tribute @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Sep 11, 2014
THE MUSIC of Seattle’s Pearl Jam will be celebrated in Monroe’s Live with a gig from tribute band Pearl Jem on Friday September 19 at 10pm.
Read more ...Soulin’ @ Massimo tomorrow night
Thu, Sep 11, 2014
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.
Read more ...My Fellow Sponges charity show for Peruvian children
Wed, Sep 10, 2014
MY FELLOW Sponges, the Galway band whose music ranges from folk to prog to pop, will play a charity concert for a chlidren’s home in Peru tomorrow night.
Read more ...Operatic love potions and sublime arias
Wed, Sep 10, 2014
WHEN A man loves a woman, but he has little hope of winning her heart and very little money in his pocket, he sometimes has to resort to desperate measures.
Read more ...Are you a teen with an idea for a film script?
Wed, Sep 10, 2014
GALWAY TEENS keen on film and writing, who have a story to share, and who think they can pitch it to a room full of people, are being sought by the Junior Galway Film Fleadh.
Read more ...An Bronntanas director and cast Q&A in Clifden
Tue, Sep 09, 2014
AN BRONNTANAS, the Celtic-Noir thriller shot in Connemara, and which was premiered at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh, is to receive a special screening and limited run in Clifden.
Read more ...Dick Gaughan - Essential Songs Playlist
Essential Playlist Tue, Sep 09, 2014
A FIERCELY proud Scot, an unapologetic “unreconstructed Socialist”, a leading contemporary folk singer-songwriter, and according to Dirty Linen magazine, “Scotland's head and conscience” - this is Dick Gaughan.
Read more ...Galway film chosen for San Francisco film festival
Mon, Sep 08, 2014
DON'T YOU Know Who I Am?, the short film written by Galwegian Olaf Tyaransen, and which was shot in Galway city, will be screened at the prestigious San Francisco Irish Film Festival.
Read more ...Galway Arts Festival production heads 'down under'
Mon, Sep 08, 2014
RIVERRUN, ONE of the most acclaimed and successful Galway International Arts Festival shows of recent times, is to be performed in Sydney, Australia, next year.
Read more ...Plans already in motion for Macnas Halloween Parade 2014
Fri, Sep 05, 2014
This year’s Macnas Halloween Parade will light up the Galway streets on Sunday 26 October.
Read more ...GIRO-scope
Thu, Sep 04, 2014
IN THESE times, when daily news bulletins and headlines are dominated by depressing tales of ethnic and sectarian strife across various international flashpoints, the Galway International Retro Orchestra joyously affirms the power of music to unite and celebrate disparate cultures and traditions.
Read more ...Steven Sharpe to launch new single at Róisín Dubh
Thu, Sep 04, 2014
STEVEN SHARPE & The Broke Straight Boys will mark the launch of their new download only double A-side single ‘Tipperary Song/Uganda’ with a show in the Róisín Dubh on Friday September 12.
Read more ...Wilde, Salome, and the ‘homosexual conspiracy’
Thu, Sep 04, 2014
SALOME HAS always attracted controversy, being banned in England in the decadent 1890s and whipping up a storm of controversy about ‘lesbian performances’ during WWI.
Read more ...The Improvisations of a Belfast artist
Thu, Sep 04, 2014
IMPROVISATION IS a key element of jazz. Miles Davis might lay out a chord chart and the others may have only that basic sketch to build a piece of music from - the rest must come from their skill, knowledge, feel, imagination, and soul.
Read more ...Vodafone Comedy Carnival line–up to be announced next week
Thu, Sep 04, 2014
It was a festival but this year it is becoming a carnival, and one of America’s finest comedians, Rich Hall - reputed to be the inspiration for The Simpson’s Moe Szyslak - will help launch it.
Read more ...Album Review - Various artists - Tinmine Soul Supply
Music Reviews Thu, Sep 04, 2014
MENTION THE Numero label in some soul circles and you can nearly hear the toes curling due to the company’s preference for replicating original record labels for its own repressed 45s. For others its nice to have an affordable record the way it would originally have looked.
Read more ...Galway Arts Centre explores ghosts and machines
Thu, Sep 04, 2014
THE GALWAY Arts Centre begins its autumn programme tomorrow evening with the opening of The Ghost In The Machine, featuring artists Aideen Doran and Marianne Keating.
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