Sarah Clancy - Galway’s wandering minstrel
Literature Reviews Thu, Oct 02, 2014
FOR THOSE who have seen Sarah Clancy recite her poetry, the title of her latest collection, The Truth & Other Stories, published by Salmon, will come as no surprise.
Read more ...Baboró ambassador - Aoibheann McNamara
Thu, Oct 02, 2014
This year’s Baboró International Arts Festival for Children celebrates its18th birthday and runs from October 11 – 19. For the next few weeks we will hear from Baboró enthusiasts about why they are proud to be Baboró ambassadors. This week, Aoibheann McNamara…
Read more ...The Eskies to bring Musical Mayhem to Monroe’s
Thu, Oct 02, 2014
FROM SEA-soaked waltzes to Italian tarantella to brassy funeral march laments to Klezmer knees-up The Eskies do it all, and they bring theri eclectic approach to folk music to Musical Mayhem at Monroe’s Live this Friday October 3 at 9pm.
Read more ...Augé and Ramsell’s ‘difficult second albums’
Thu, Oct 02, 2014
IN THE way he presents his work at readings, Billy Ramsell has much in common with other poets who have emerged from the spoken end of the poetry spectrum during the past decade.
Read more ...RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra in concert
Thu, Oct 02, 2014
ONE OF the greatest contemporary cellists, Daniel Müller-Schott, will join The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, under conductor Alan Burivayev, for a concert in Leisureland, Salthill, on Thursday October 9 at 8pm.
Read more ...Dott - catch them while you can
Thu, Oct 02, 2014
THE BRILLIANT Galway indie-pop/garage rock quartet Dott are about to head to New York to play the CMJ Festival, but not before a hometown gig.
Read more ...Cyril Hahn to DJ @ Electric
Thu, Oct 02, 2014
CYRIL HAHN, the DJ who made his name with his reworking of Destiny’s Child’s ‘Say My Name’ which hit No 1 on Hype Machine, is in Galway.
Read more ...Free concerts from ConTempo
Thu, Oct 02, 2014
THE CONTEMPO Quartet will perform two free lunchtime concerts next week, one in Portumna and the other in Galway city.
Read more ...The Young Folk - new single and Galway show
Wed, Oct 01, 2014
THE YOUNG Folk play upstairs in the Róisín Dubh on Friday October 3 at 9pm as part of a nationwide tour promoting their new single ‘Way Down South’ The single follows the release of the Dublin band’s album The Little Battle.
Read more ...Moxie - Irish trad spliced with bluegrass and Jazz
Wed, Oct 01, 2014
BLUEGRASS, JAZZ, vocal harmonies, and world music rhythms, fed through the prism of Irish trad - this is the sonic essence of Irish band Moxie.
Read more ...Fight Like Apes, Kid Karate, Sleep Thieves play Galway in November
Tue, Sep 30, 2014
FIGHT LIKE Apes, Kid Karate, and Sleep Thieves will play six venues across Ireland this November, including Galway’s Róisín Dubh, as they headline this year's FMC Tour.
Read more ...Delorentos - new album and Galway show
Tue, Sep 30, 2014
DELORENTOS’ FIFTH album, Night Becomes Light, will be released on Friday October 10 followed by an Irish tour which sees the Dublin quartet play Galway next month.
Read more ...Hudson Taylor announce Galway show for February
Mon, Sep 29, 2014
A BUSKING and YouTube sensation long before they even approached a record company, Irish folk-pop duo Hudson Taylor have announced a nationwide tour in 2015, taking in Galway.
Read more ...City businesses encouraged to send a school to Baboró event
Thu, Sep 25, 2014
The Spanish Arch is possibly Galway city’s most iconic structure, but it is set to become even more eye-catching when reimagined with a spectacular inflatable structure.
Read more ...Defender of the Faith
Thu, Sep 25, 2014
DECADENT THEATRE Company unveil what promises to be a highlight of the Town Hall Theatre’s autumn programme next week with Defender of the Faith, the debut play from Stuart Carolan, writer and creator of RTÉ’s Love/Hate.
Read more ...VOIDS to launch debut EP with Factory gig
Thu, Sep 25, 2014
VOIDS, the left-field indie-electronica duo from Galway, launch their debut EP Begin, at 11pm tomorrrow in Factory, Abbeygate Street.
Read more ...Othello and An Triail for schools
Thu, Sep 25, 2014
SHAKESPEARE’S TRAGIC drama of jealousy, racism, and betrayal, Othello, and the Máiréad Ní Ghráda’s An Triail are to be staged by Fíbín Theatre Company.
Read more ...Why children should enjoy the arts
Thu, Sep 25, 2014
![A photo of the 10th right (there are 18 in total) in the CITIZENS OF THE WORLD, NOW exhibition presented by Baboró and KBC Bank at the KBC Hub in Eyre Square. The exhibition is now open to the public. See baboro.ie for details of opening times. The 10th right states: “Children have the right to have an integrated system between school and artistic and cultural institutions, because only a constant interaction between them can offer a vibrant living culture."](http://www.advertiser.ie/images/2014/09/72582_thumb.jpg "A photo of the 10th right (there are 18 in total) in the CITIZENS OF THE WORLD, NOW exhibition presented by Baboró and KBC Bank at the KBC Hub in Eyre Square. The exhibition is now open to the public. See baboro.ie for details of opening times. The 10th right states: “Children have the right to have an integrated system between school and artistic and cultural institutions, because only a constant interaction between them can offer a vibrant living culture."")
THE RIGHT of children to enjoy art and culture is the focal point of a new exhibition, Citizens Of The World, Now, which opened in the KBC Bank Hub, Eyre Square, this week.
Read more ...Stephen Fry live @ The Eye
Thu, Sep 25, 2014
BRITISH NATIONAL treasure, actor, writer, comedian, raconteur, and polymath Stephen Fry will be ‘live on screen’ at The Eye Cinema.
Read more ...Max Jury at the Róisín Dubh
Thu, Sep 25, 2014
MAX JURY may not yet be a familiar name to music fans but make no mistake, it is only a matter of time before this American singer-songwriter is widely known and admired.
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