Street Spectacle to invade Galway

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

The streets of Galway will be invaded by the colourful and the bizarre with dancing lobsters, pink aliens, architecturally-aware red balls, and giant mechanical dragons, as the Galway International Arts Festival’s Street Spectacle acts take residence this month.

Mick Donnellan - tuning in to Radio Luxembourg

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

PLAYWRIGHT AND novelist Mick Donnellan is not a man to rest on his laurels. Having enjoyed popular and critical acclaim for Gun Metal Grey, Sunday Morning Coming Down, and Shortcut To Hallelujah, he continues to press forward.

Film script mentoring programme

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

A FEATURE film script mentoring programme has been launched by the Galway Film Centre in partnership with the Western Development Commission.

Galway Festival Radio on Flirt FM

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

GALWAY FESTIVAL Radio is Flirt FM’s major coverage of the festival season in Galway city and coverage starts on Monday.

Alison Spittle and Conor O’Toole @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

THE COMEDIANS Conor O’Toole and Alison Spittle will perform a double headline show at the Róisín Dubh tomorrow at 7pm.

All Aboard for a Kinvara art exhibition

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

AN EXHIBITION of paintings, ceramics, and sculpture by Kinvara based artists opens in the south Galway village tomorrow.

A soulful soundtrack to your Sunday brunch

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

SUNDAY IS the day that was made for relaxing - literally what the Good Lord intended, so why not chill out at Massimo’s Bar to some good music and great food?

African Pride - the fight for gay rights in South Africa

Wed, Jul 09, 2014

SOUTH AFRICA’S post-apartheid constitution was the first to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, but the legal aspiration and the reality on the ground are very different.

Cinema review: Begin Again

Films Reviews Wed, Jul 09, 2014

BEGIN AGAIN, the new comedy-drama/musical from Irish director John Carney opened the 26th Galway Film Fleadh when it was screened in the Town Hall Theatre on Tuesday.

Irish students to premiere two feature films this week at the Galway Film Fleadh

Tue, Jul 08, 2014

THE GALWAY Film Fleadh kicks off today and, with it, the careers of some of Ireland’s most eager young filmmakers.

When working women took on apartheid

Tue, Jul 08, 2014

IN 1984, a 21-year-old check-out girl, Mary Manning, working in a Dunnes Stores on Henry Street refused to register the sale of two Outspan grapefruits.

Owen Pallet - Five Essential Songs Playlist

Essential Playlist Tue, Jul 08, 2014

OWEN PALLET is a Canadian composer, violinist, keyboardist, and vocalist, who came to prominence initially under the moniker Final Fantasy, with his breakout second album He Poos Clouds winning the 2006 Polaris Music Prize.

Football crazy @ Galway Film Fleadh!

Mon, Jul 07, 2014

THE YOUNG Roy Keane; Northern Ireland at Mexico 86; Amadeo and his unbeatable team; and a football match featuring Northern Ireland veterans and the Galway Film Fleadh - it’s all happening this week.

Somm - inside the world of the wine expert

Mon, Jul 07, 2014

THE COURT of Master Sommeliers sounds like something from Dungeons and Dragons or a Yes concept album, but it is a serious institution with extremely high standards.

Mary Coughlan - one night in Druid

Thu, Jul 03, 2014

MARY COUGHLAN, Ireland’s leading jazz and blues vocalist, plays the Druid Mick Lally Theatre on Tuesday July 29, where she will be joined by Dutch guitarist Erik Visser who produced her debut album Tired and Emotional.

Erin McKeown - new album and Róisín Dubh show

Thu, Jul 03, 2014

“A COUPLE of years ago, I found myself at a cross-roads. It was no longer sustainable to participate in a traditional label relationship. It was no longer possible to keep my political and musical selves separate.

Traidphicnic An Spidéal

Thu, Jul 03, 2014

FRONT RANK Irish trad musicians, beach walks, hawks, and a giant camera obscura are on the bill for Traidphicnic in An Spidéal tomorrow and Saturday.

Declan O’Rourke - three Galway shows

Thu, Jul 03, 2014

DECLAN O’ROURKE, the songwriter whose admirers include Paul Weller and Eddie Reader, will plays County Galway three times this summer.

Safe Sex & Unprotected Poetry

Thu, Jul 03, 2014

SAFE SEX & Unprotected Poetry is where music, poetry, performance, comedy, and songwriting collide, as well as featuring a man Tom Waits said is “blowing my mind.”

Alice’s day-to-night disco

Thu, Jul 03, 2014

THE ALICE clubnight returns this Sunday with a special day to night disco on the rooftop of Biteclub, Electric, Upper Abbeygate Street.

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