What are you doing on Culture Night?

Wed, Sep 17, 2014

GET UP off the chair, get out of your routine, leave the house, and enjoy a host of free events - exhibitions, concerts, readings, and all manner of arts related happenings on Culture Night, which takes place this Friday.

Listen to stream of new Eoin Dolan EP

Wed, Sep 17, 2014

PLACID OCEAN, the debut solo EP from Eoin Dolan, reveals a side to the Galway singer-songwriter indebted to surf pop and The Beach Boys, in contrast to the folk-pop/roots sound of his band The Followers Of Otis.

Galway writers to read in Easons

Tue, Sep 16, 2014

ELEVEN GALWAY short story writers and poets will be reading from their work in Easons on Mondays and Tuesdays in September.

Listen to stream of new Steven Sharpe single

Mon, Sep 15, 2014

STEVEN SHARPE & The Broke Straight Boys debut double A-sided single 'Tipperary Song/Uganda', which has just been released, is a fine showcase for Sharpe's diverse and considerable talent.

Life and how it is lived - on screen

Thu, Sep 11, 2014

DANGEROUS JOURNEYS, complicated love lives, actors dragged out of retirement, and finding a supernanny for a naughty little boy - it is all happening on screen for the Galway Film Society’s autumn/winter season.

Wassailing with James Yorkston

Thu, Sep 11, 2014

SCOTTISH SINGER-songwriter James Yorkston makes a welcome return to the Róisín Dubh on Sunday September 21 at 9pm, arriving on the crest of a wave, following rave reviews for his latest album, The Cellardyke Recording and Wassailing Society.

Cellissimo - Music For Galway launches new programme

Thu, Sep 11, 2014

FOR IT’S 34th International Concert Season, Music for Galway will celebrate the cello - an instrument MFG’s artistic director Finghin Collins enthusiastically described as “this fabulously versatile instrument with its extensive range, noble sound, and curvaceous body”.

Baboró - a world of pure imagination

Thu, Sep 11, 2014

FLYING COWS, spiralling elves, a boy made of cheese, a singing monkey, spicy feet, and the most spectacular inflatable space imaginable - it’s all at the children’s arts festival, Baboró.

A night of Scottish culture at Celtic Tales

Thu, Sep 11, 2014

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 18 will be a momentous day in Scottish history as the nation goes to the polls to decide whether or not to become an independent state.

Album review: The New Pornographers

Music Reviews Thu, Sep 11, 2014

THE NEW Pornographers are something of a Canadian indie supergroup, featuring the diverse songwriting talents of AC Newman, Dan Bejar, and particularly Neko Case.

Nick Cave live satellite event @ The Eye

Thu, Sep 11, 2014

20,000 DAYS On Earth is neither a music documentary nor a concert film, it is something in-between and something other, and at its center is the towering figure of left-field rock - Nick Cave.

Beat on the street - the Silent Disco Street Party

Thu, Sep 11, 2014

BEAT ON the street! Bop ‘till you drop! Sing ‘til you’re hoarse to the ripest musical fromage imaginable! It can only be the legendary Silent Disco Street Party.

Young singers sought for St Nicholas’ choir

Thu, Sep 11, 2014

THE ST NICHOLAS Schola Cantorum choir will hold auditions on Sunday September 21. It is open to boys and girls, aged eight to 14, from all religions and none.

New short film festival takes place this month

Thu, Sep 11, 2014

THE LITTLE Cinema Club is to hold its first festival, screening an array of short films between September 26 and 28 in the Nuns Island Theatre.

What’s your favourite (first two) Weezer albums?

Thu, Sep 11, 2014

ASKING ‘WHAT is your favourite Weezer album?’ is like asking ‘What is the best Breeders album?’ Though both bands have released many, most fans prefer the first two.

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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