Ted Hughes - the Galway connection

Thu, Jul 03, 2014

TED HUGHES, the English poet regarded as one of the greatest of the post-war era, will be celebrated at an event in County Galway.

‘I’m proud to be intellectually disabled, it’s who I am’

Thu, Jul 03, 2014

BLUE TEAPOT Theatre Company provided one of the big hits of last year’s arts festival with Christian O’Reilly’s heartbreakingly beautiful play, Sanctuary, a production which also enjoyed a successful run at the Dublin Fringe Festival.

Galway Is Film!

Thu, Jul 03, 2014

IN THE year Galway city makes its bid to become a UNESCO City of Film, and in recognition of the film-making history of the county, the Galway Film Fleadh is celebrating local film with its Galway Is Film! strand.

The Dirty Circus and a Galway Film Fleadh night

Thu, Jul 03, 2014

THE DIRTY Circus, Galway’s burlesque and cabaret event, returns to the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday July 8 and as that is also the day the Galway Film Fleadh opens and fleadh guests will be attending the show.

A summer evening of poetry

Thu, Jul 03, 2014

THE POET Eamon Grennan will give a rare public reading of his work at the Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering in the Galway City Library.

Inishbofin Concerts

Thu, Jul 03, 2014

JULIE FEENEY, Paddy Casey, and Eleanor Shanley are among the singers who will be in concert on Inishbofin, as part of the island’s annual summer concert series.

The Lads (and one lass) of Comedy

Thu, Jul 03, 2014

FOUR MEN and one woman make up The Lads of Comedy, and they are believed to be five of Ireland’s best comedians you might not have seen before.

Midsummer madness and match-ups

Thu, Jul 03, 2014

AS IT has done for the past couple of years, Galway Youth Theatre and Galway Community Theatre again team up for the Galway International Arts Festival with their staging of Midsummer by Scottish author David Greig.

Galway Film Fleadh to show world premiere of Glassland

Thu, Jul 03, 2014

GLASSLAND, THE new film by Pilgrim Hill director Gerard Barrett, and starring Jack Reynor, the IFTA winning actor best known for his role in What Richard Did, will have its world premiere at Galway Film Fleadh.

Gerry Mallon’s Laughter Loft

Thu, Jul 03, 2014

A COMEDY AND arts festival institution, Gerry Mallon’s Laughter Loft in The Ruby Room, The King’s Head, returns for lunchtime laughs on this month.

The return of Heroes in Hiding

Thu, Jul 03, 2014

A CROSS between Mumford and Sons and The Frames, with shout-a-long folk-rock songs, injected with some indie songwriting nous – this is Heroes in Hiding.

Drama summer camp at City Museum

Thu, Jul 03, 2014

A DRAMA summer camp for those aged between 11 and 14, takes place at the Galway City Museum.

It’s all happening at the Colours Fringe Festival

Thu, Jul 03, 2014

THE JULY festival season was ushered in this week by the Colours Fringe Festival which features events taking place across the city until Tuesday 8.

Glenn Gibson's new Sculpture exhibition

Thu, Jul 03, 2014

SEEMINGLY SOLID Things, a sculpture exhibition by local artist Glenn Gibson opens on Friday July 4 at 6pm in the Town Hall Theatre gallery and bar.

The best new Canadian cinema

Tue, Jul 01, 2014

TODAY IS Canada Day/Fête du Canada, the Great White North’s national holiday, and this month’s Galway Film Fleadh is showing a range of films from the North American nation.

Samantha Crain - the Essential Songs Playlist

Essential Playlist Tue, Jul 01, 2014

NATIVE AMERICAN singer-songwriter Samantha Crain has been quietly making a name for herself over the past five years, with music that has embraced indie, alternative-rock, folk, and acoustic.

When Northern Ireland reached Mexico 86

Mon, Jun 30, 2014

BEFORE JACK’S Army, there was another band of ‘Men in Green’ who against-the-odds qualified for World Cups, scored unexpected victories, and did much better than anyone expected.

Nirvana’s Chad Channing to play Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jun 26, 2014

CHAD CHANNING, the former Nirvana drummer who played on the band’s 1989 debut album Bleach, is touring Ireland next month with his new band Before Cars.

Portishead DJ Andy Smith to celebrate one year of Shuffle!

Thu, Jun 26, 2014

HUFFLE! with DJ Dave Barry opened its doors to the public one year ago this July in the Róisín Dubh and has garnered a reputation for a great night of eclectic sounds ranging from soulful disco to uptempo reggae and northern soul. To celebrate this milestone ANDY SMITH, the man who DJed for and supplied samples for Portishead - and even one for The Prodigy - has been drafted in. 

Drenge - grungy garage rock @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jun 26, 2014

THEIR MUISIC has been called “a grungy, garage rock racket” by Q while the NME said their future looks set to be “nothing less than heart-stoppingly, bone-shakingly exciting”.

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