Mná Mná - a ladies night of song

Thu, May 22, 2014

MNÁ MNÁ, the night showcasing female musicians, holds its third birthday celebrations in The Cellar Bar, Eglinton Street, tonight from 8pm.

Film directing workshop for teens

Thu, May 22, 2014

MARTIN SCORSESE, Woody Allen, Stanley Kubrick, and Alfred Hitchcock are among the greatest of all film directors.

It is the director’s job to guide the actors through the making of the film, to pick the crew, and oversee the production and final edit. It is a major job, and a coveted one.

Acting Shakespeare workshop

Thu, May 22, 2014

EVERY ASPECT of acting in a Shakespearean play will be explored in a new workshop from the acclaimed theatre director and teacher Max Hafler.

Small Town Heroes @ The Stock Exchange

Thu, May 22, 2014

POP-ROCK band Small Town Heroes begin their Thursday residency at The Stock Exchange Bar on Shop Street tonight.

Mick Flannery’s Berlin inspirations

Thu, May 22, 2014

BERLIN HAS long been a place of inspiration to musicians, like David Bowie who recorded Heroes there in 1977, and later to U2 in the early 1990s.

Following in those footsteps is Mick Flannery, the stonemason turned singer-songwriter, who returns to the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 8pm, to promote his new album, By The Rule, which was written in Berlin.

Michael Kaeshammer @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, May 22, 2014

MICHAEL KAESHAMMER, the jazz, swing, and boogie pianist, vocalist, and songwriter will play Monroe’s Live on Wednesday June 18 at 8pm.

The Dirty Circus returns tomorrow

Thu, May 22, 2014

A NIGHT of burlesque and cabaret, and sumptuously saucy and decadent entertainment awaits when The Dirty Circus returns to the Róisín Dubh tomorrow at 9pm.

Shuffle! with DJ Dave Barry @ Roisin Dubh

Thu, May 22, 2014

DAVE BARRY, one of Galway’s leading northern soul and ska DJ returns to the Róisín Dubh tomorrow for his SHUFFLE DJ night.

Stoner-metal band to launch EP @ The Cellar

Thu, May 22, 2014

ASTRALNAUT, THE Armagh stoner metal band will launch their new EP, the wonderfully entitled Thieves, Beggars and Swine, in Galway this weekend.

AC/DC tribute @ The Quays

Thu, May 22, 2014

HELLS BELLS, one of the leading AC/DC tribute bands play The Quays Music Hall, on Friday May 30.

Mike Denver in concert

Thu, May 22, 2014

MIKE DENVER, one of the leading country’n’Irish singers will headline the inaugural Comortas Peile na Gaeltachta festival in Moycullen on Thursday May 29.

Martin Dyar shortlisted for major award

Thu, May 22, 2014

WEST OF Ireland poet and NUI Galway graduate Martin Dyar, has been shortlisted for the prestigious Listowel Writers Week Pigott Poetry Prize.

RTÉ NSO to play Galway

Thu, May 22, 2014

THE RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra comes to Galway in October, to perform music by Brahms and Richard Strauss, in Leisureland, Salthill.

A night for Kathleen Neylan

Thu, May 22, 2014

A CLASSIC Rock and blues night takes place in Monroe’s Live tomorrow at 8pm to remember the late Kathleen Neylan and raise funds to support her daughter.

The Galway Sessions festival returns in June

Thu, May 22, 2014

COMPOSERS AND songwriters will be at the heart of The Galway Sessions 2014 festival, which runs from June 16 to 22 and features, among others, Mairtín O’Connor and Charlie Lennon.

Kawaii, ne? - Isn’t it cute?

Thu, May 22, 2014

‘KAWAII, NE?’ is Japanese for ‘Isn’t it cute?’ and the title of a new exhibition inspired by Japanese popular culture.

Kawaii, ne?, by the award winning Galway animator John Jennings is currently running in the Galway City Library’s children’s library section until Friday June 13.

Over The Edge reading

Thu, May 22, 2014

AN IRISHWOMAN, an Italian, and a Canadian will read at Over The Edge in the Galway City Library on Thursday May 29 at 6.30pm.

GMIT hosts art graduate exhibition

Thu, May 22, 2014

GMIT will be hosting its graduate art show in the Cluain Mhuire Centre for Creative Arts and Media, from Saturday May 31 until Saturday June 7.

Listen to new EP by metal band Astralnaut

Mon, May 19, 2014

ARMAGH STONER-metal band Astralnaut launch their new EP, the wonderfully entitled Thieves, Beggars and Swine, in Galway's The Cellar Bar this Saturday at 9pm.

Album review: windings/Land Lovers

Music Reviews Thu, May 15, 2014

THE SPLIT release has a long tradition within independent and alternative music, going back to at least the early 1980s. This particular incarnation of the format, released through Out On A Limb Records and the Popical Island lable finds Limerick’s windings sharing space with Dublin’s Land Lovers.

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