Autumn beginners and intermediate creative writing classes at GTI

Thu, Aug 28, 2014

CREATIVE WRITING for Beginners with Kevin Higgins takes place one evening per week (Monday) from 7pm to 9pm for 10 weeks with a mid-term break.

Lunchtime @ the Library showcases new music programme with ConTempo

Thu, Aug 28, 2014

THE GALWAY Ensemble in Residence, ConTempo Quartet, open their new series of concerts at the Galway City Library on Tuesday September 2 at 1.10pm, with a programme featuring classical and contemporary music.

Fundraiser for the Irish Cancer Society at Monroe’s Live

Thu, Aug 28, 2014

On Friday September 5, Monroe’s Live will host a charity fundraiser in aid of the Irish Cancer Society featuring music from Sweet Attrition and Franklin Tree.

Irish bands to make their mark at the AMA Emerging Talent Tour

Thu, Aug 28, 2014

Emerging talent selected by the Audionetworks Music Agency (AMA) will see 12 bands take to the stage at Monroe’s Live over four nights in September, bringing to Galway some of the best emerging talent that Ireland has to offer, with no cover charge.

Remembering Phil Lynott for his 65th birthday

Thu, Aug 28, 2014

Phil Lynott would have turned 65 this week, and in his honour the Thin Lizzy tribute act, Remembering Lizzy, will play a special show at Monroe’s Live tomorrow night.

Spirit Of Smokie visits Galway next month

Thu, Aug 28, 2014

Dean Barton, son of late Smokie frontman Alan Barton, and the band Spirit Of Smokie will perform the greatest hits of Smokie and tracks from Room with a View, the posthumous album from Alan Barton, this month at Monroe's Live.

New album from Irish country music star Derek Ryan

Thu, Aug 28, 2014

TALENT IS admirable and creativity is empowering, qualities which are evident on Derek Ryan’s new album The Simple Things.

Red Checks to play Monroe’s Live

Thu, Aug 28, 2014

Red Checks is an original blend of finely matured French traditional music mixed with hints of Irish trad, baroque and jazz.

Taking applications now for Coyote Factor 7

Thu, Aug 28, 2014

Coyote Factor is returning for its seventh year running this October.

This year, the lucky winner of Coyote Factor will receive a €10,000 prize fund, an EP recording package, a digital album release, photo design shoot, and music video.

Set sail for a new pub experience at An Púcán

Thu, Aug 28, 2014

Galwegians are welcoming the return of the newly refurbished An Púcán bar at 11 Forster Street - just off Eyre Square.

Calling all future filmmakers

Mon, Aug 25, 2014

The Junior Galway Film Fleadh is looking for entries from filmmakers between the ages of seven to 18 for its Future Filmmakers Short Film Programme.

The long road of live touring with Lee Mack

Thu, Aug 21, 2014

Lee Mack is known for his explosive energy on stage, well-crafted jokes, and a natural gift for delivering a tall tale.

Frost, Nixon square off again in Town Hall

Thu, Aug 21, 2014

Eight years after Peter Morgan's play Frost Nixon opened in London, next week Irish theatregoers will have their first chance to see one of the great dramatic pieces of the last decade when Cairde Mol brings the play to the Town Hall.

Mysterious Galway producer making waves from the shadows

Thu, Aug 21, 2014

Revin Goff is the moniker of a Galway-born 23-year-old producer, soundtrack composer, and songwriter, whose real identity is as of yet unknown.

Photography exhibition starts tomorrow at Town Hall Theatre

Thu, Aug 21, 2014

ROISIN NI Flatharta is a Galway-based photographer and vision engineer for TG4’s Irish language soap opera Ros na Run.

Poitín, Pimms, and popcorn with Thursdays at the Taibhdhearc

Thu, Aug 21, 2014

See the best of Irish films on stage in a new season of films celebrating Irish culture and literature, Thursdays at the Taibhdhearc.

Screening of Good Morning Vietnam in aid of the Samaritans

Thu, Aug 21, 2014

In association with The Galway Samaritans, The Róisín Dubh is delighted to present a showing of the classic Good Morning Vietnam, starring the legendary and beloved Robin Williams.

Emigrant tales in Cathal Leonard’s Forgotten Me

Thu, Aug 21, 2014

The milieu of the London Irish and changing face of the emigrant experience form the backdrop to Forgotten Me, a new play by Cathal Leonard which runs at the Town Hall studio next week.

The Cosby Show @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Aug 21, 2014

PHIL COSBY is a man who is not afraid of the brutal. He takes his audience on a journey through luscious folk ballads, to out and out rock and roll, to driving dance grooves, and transient soundscapes.