Two gigs from Emmet Scanlan

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

EMMET SCANLAN, the London based singer-songwriter, is coming back to his native Galway to play two shows in the county.

The Church Sundays @ Coyote’s

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

THE CHURCH Sundays in Coyotes Late Bar is a new event for parties and groups in Galway for a wild weekend, and feeling in the mood for ‘Round Two’.

The Church Sundays starts this Sunday and runs from 12 noon to 3pm, in Coyote’s, The Stock Exchange, Shop Street. There will be live music, entertainment, drink promotions, and a free cloakroom.

Baile an Salsa @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

BAILE AN Salsa, the exciting Irish trad/Latin music fusion band, return to Galway to play Monroe’s Live this Saturday at 9pm.

Rory Gallagher/Joni Mitchell tribute gigs

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

TRIBUTE ACTS to Rory Gallagher and Joni Mitchell will take to the stage of Monroe’s Live tomorrow from 8.30pm.

New clubnight @ Factory

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

A NEW clubnight starts in Factory, Abbeygate Street, tomorrow. Given it is a collaboration between Bap to the Future and 110th Street, it promises to be exciting.

Jammin’ in The Cellar

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

GALWAY MUSICIANS and singers seeking to jam with others, forge alliances, collaborate, and explore ideas should check outma new night in The Cellar.

Funk, Soul & Reggae at Massimo

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

Vinyl junkie Dave Barry will be spinning funk, soul, reggae, jump blues, latin boogaloo, disco and more tomorrow night in Massimo all on vinyl. Admission is free. Dave will be returning to Massimo on Sunday for his weekly vinyl chill out session ‘Sunday Service’ from 1 to 3pm while the award winning EAT restaurant supply the food.

Rainy but Funky soundsystem at Arus na nGael

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

DJ Ben will be breaking out the funky beats tomorrow night for the first Arus yard party of the summer. Weather will not be an issue as Will Softly and Slick Normal will be laying down the soundtrack indoors. Free before 10pm €4 after.

The Wood Burning Savages @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

“JUST HAD my head blown off by the awesome Wood Burning Savages. Recordings to date don't even begin to convey their live firepower.”

Get drawing with the Urban Sketchers

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

SKETCHING GROUPS are an increasingly popular way for amateur artists and people interested in drawing to meet and explore their shared love of paper, pen, and line.

Music To Ease The Pain

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

MUSIC TO Ease The Pain is the title of a fundraising gig which will be held in Padraig’s Place, New Dock Road, at 9pm this Saturday.

Artists in school scheme

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

THE GALWAY County Council Arts Office is seeking submissions of applications for its Artist in School Scheme.

The National - six essential songs playlist

Essential Playlist Tue, Jun 03, 2014

THE NATIONAL, who play the Galway International Arts Festival Big Top on Wednesday July 16, are one of the few groups, if not the only group, of whom it can truly be said, ‘I prefer the later stuff’.

Daithí - Setting off on full flight

Thu, May 29, 2014

IT HAS been a long time coming, even Daithí admits that, but he had his reasons. “You only get one chance at a debut album,” he explains. Now the album is here, and Daithí’s music, career, indeed life, may be about to go full flight to the next level.

Mephisto return with Blackbird

Thu, May 29, 2014

AFTER ITS critically acclaimed production of Patricia Burke Brogan’s Eclipsed last year, Mephisto Theatre Company returns to the Town Hall Theatre with one of the most controversial plays of the last decade – Blackbird, by Scottish playwright David Harrower.

A bio-scientific approach to art

Thu, May 29, 2014

WORKS BY artists exploring bio-sciences will be displayed alongside industrial medical devices in the exhibition Chimera: art of exploration.

Eileen Keane - Epic voyages, broken hearts, beautiful music

Thu, May 29, 2014

CONNEMARA SINGER-songwriter Eileen Keane has just released her debut EP Spaces and the life experiences that went into its six exquisite songs are quite something.

“Seven years ago my life changed dramatically when I met ‘the man of my dreams’,” Keane tells me. “He asked me to sail with him to Brazil. We sailed from Dingle under a full moon on September 16 2008, just before the banking crisis hit. With Fungi, Dingle’s famous dolphin, playing in our bow wave, it was a surreal beginning to the adventure of a lifetime.

Seán Tyrrell to release new album

Thu, May 29, 2014

‘GALWAY BAY’, ‘Come Back Paddy Reilly’, ‘The Mountains Of Mourne’, and ‘The Star Of The County Down’, are some of the best known songs in the Irish repertoire.

Celtic Flames at An Taibhdhearc

Thu, May 29, 2014

CELTIC FLAMES, the music, song and dance spectacular which has wowed audiences in Britain is coming to An Taibhdhearc.

Galway meets art - today

Thu, May 29, 2014

GALWAY MEETS Art, a new venture designed to introduce people to the visual arts and as a way for artists to engage with the public, will be launched this evening at 6pm.

The launch takes place in The Kitchen café, Galway City Museum, and the first exhibition in what is planned as a monthly series, is Anything Can Be Everything, by Doolin-based painter Marianne Slevin.

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