West of Ireland writer shortlisted for further awards

Thu, Jul 31, 2014

MARTIN DYAR, the NUI Galway graduate and acclaimed west of Ireland writer has been shortlisted for the prestigious Shine/Strong Award.

A night of burlesque and peepshow

Thu, Jul 31, 2014

A FIERY display of burlesque dancing, sword swallowing, and knife throwing is in store for Galway when The Pretty Things Peepshow hits town.

Autumn creative writing classes

Thu, Jul 31, 2014

REATIVE WRITING classes for beginner and intermediate levels take place in the Galway Technical Institute in September and booking is now open.

Clifden to host inaugural Sky Road TV & Film Festival

Thu, Jul 31, 2014

THE FIRST Sky Road TV & Film Festival, which seeks to highlight Irish film, TV, and digital media, takes place in the Station House Theatre, Clifden, from September 5 to 7.

Spats Colombo - new band, new single, new album

Wed, Jul 30, 2014

IN 1959 Spats Colombo was a gangstar in Some Like It Hot, played by George Raft. Today Spats Colombo is a Galway sextet whose sound runs the gamut from indie-rock to ska.

Mr Whippy and the Race Week Yard Party

Wed, Jul 30, 2014

THE MR Whippy Soundsystem rolls into the Club Áras na nGael yard on Dominick Street tomorrow for the fourth annual Race Week Yard Party.

Jeffrey Lewis - Five Essential Songs Playlist

Essential Playlist Tue, Jul 29, 2014

SINGER, SONGWRITER, comic book creator, visual artist, and storyteller, Jeffrey Lewis is both a product of the New York counter culture and indie rock’s renaissance man.

Weezer to be celebrated in Galway

Mon, Jul 28, 2014

A LANDMARK indie album, a much loved collection of songs, a source of inspiration to young, alternative, musicians, Weezer’s 1994 debut is all of these.

Fringe Festival reading for Galway author Ní Chonchúir

Fri, Jul 25, 2014

Ballinasloe-based author Nuala Ní Chonchúir will read from her second novel, The Closet of Savage Mementos, tomorrow at 2pm at the Bridge Mills as part of the Galway Fringe Festival.

Strange Brew Summer Shindig 10

Thu, Jul 24, 2014

THE FESTIVALS may be about to come to a close but July will go out with a bang as the 10th Strange Brew Summer Shindig brings the cream of Irish indie to the Róisín Dubh stage.

Paul Heaton announces Galway concert

Thu, Jul 24, 2014

PAUL HEATON, the man behind The Housemartins and the Beautiful South, has announced a Galway date as part of his upcoming Irish tour.

Milton Jones - the wild (haired) side of life

Thu, Jul 24, 2014

MILTON JONES specialises in wild hairstyles and one-liners involving puns delivered in a deadpan and slightly neurotic style.

Paul Byrne plays Galway Fringe Festival on Friday

Thu, Jul 24, 2014

PAUL BYRNE, the former drummer and songwriter with 1980s Irish band In Tua Nua plays the Galway Fringe Festival this week, while his new album is free to download.

The West Cork Ukulele Orchestra

Thu, Jul 24, 2014

THEY SPAN the decades of music, the cross its genres, they pay no heed to what is ‘cool’ or un-hip’, and they do it all with ukuleles.

Felix Da Housecat to play Electric’s birthday weekend

Thu, Jul 24, 2014

THE ELECTRIC Garden and Theatre celebrates its second birthday with a weekend of international, cutting edge, electronica, and a DJ set from no less than Felix Da Housecat.

Fia Rua - launch gig for new album

Thu, Jul 24, 2014

FIA RUA, the Galway folk-rock singer-songwriter launches his new album The Sky Went Low And The Sea Went High with a Galway Fringe Festival concert.

The whole opera is enthralling

Thu, Jul 24, 2014

OPERA GETS its turn at the Galway International Arts Festival tonight and tomorrow at 8pm when Atalante and Resurgam combine to present Luigi Rossi’s Orfeo at St Nicholas’s Collegiate Church.