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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Way Back Home to hit the stage for Baboró

Thu, Sep 04, 2014

THE WAY Back Home, a theatrical adaptation of the hugely successful book by the multi award-winning Oliver Jeffers, is set to be one of the highlights of this year’s Baboró International Arts Festival for Children.

126 – one exhibitions, two locations

Thu, Sep 04, 2014

GALWAY CITY and Newbridge, outside Ballinasloe, will both host an exhibition of work produced by artists from the GMIT Summer Residency Programme and the 126 ARTFarm Residency.

When Loughrea was a ‘den of infamy’

Literature Reviews Thu, Sep 04, 2014

WITH ALL the attention being given to the run-up to the 1916 Rising, the event itself, and its aftermath, little if anything has been written in relation to the Land War, which took place some 35 years before Pearse stood in the steps of the GPO and read the Proclamation.

Galway metal band charity EP and gig

Thu, Sep 04, 2014

WHEN ALL Else Fails are what might be called a Galway metal/punk/hardcore supergroup, and their new EP is about to be released and raise funds for charity.

Stand up for comedy and charity

Thu, Sep 04, 2014

AIDAN KILLIAN, the Irish comedian who recently performed his show Jesus v Buddha at the Edinburgh Fringe, is coming to Galway to give a comedy performance with a difference.

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