Jim Rooney’s ‘long run’ through music

Thu, May 15, 2014

ONE EVENING in 1951, in the Massachusetts town of Dedham, a young Irish-American teenager happened to tune in to the local radio station as a country band called The Confederate Mountaineers were playing.

Don Wycherley on After Sarah Miles

Thu, May 15, 2014

THE MICK LALLY (Druid) Theatre is to host the acclaimed new play, After Sarah Miles, written and directed by Michael Hilliard Mulcahy and performed by Don Wycherley, of Bachelor’s Walk fame.

Pharrell Williams approved singer for Monroe’s

Thu, May 15, 2014

PHARRELL WILLIAMS is a huge fan of Michelle Chamuel. “She’s just so different,” he declared. “I’ve never seen anything like her before.”

A weekend of African film

Thu, May 15, 2014

FROM EGYPT to Morocco, from Nigeria to Burkina Faso, the best new African movies will be on screen at he seventh Galway African Film Festival.

Mag Mell - a wild night of wild theatre

Thu, May 15, 2014

WHAT HAPPENS when comedian Jon Kenny, puppeteer Des Dillon, and virtuoso musicians Benny McCarthy and Conal Ó Gráda are let into the same room? Mag Mell.

Another win for Clare Quinn

Thu, May 15, 2014

RENMORE TEEN Clare Quinn has followed her recent All Ireland National Schools Talent Search win by scooping another victory.

Nuclear soundpainting dance

Thu, May 15, 2014

JAPANESE BUTHO dance and the phenomenon of soundpainting combine in XP1 Nuclear Power, the debut show from the Galway Soundpainting Orchestra.

High Society on the big screen

Thu, May 15, 2014

HIGH SOCIETY, the classic 1956 musical rom-com starring three legends - Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, and Frank Sinatra - is to receive a big screen showing.

Filmmaking workshops for young people

Thu, May 15, 2014

SPECIAL EFFECTS artists, screenwriters, and directors will be in Galway city this month to give beginner workshops in film for young people.

Hosted by the Galway Youth Arts Alliance, all workshops will take place at the Fóroige Galway City Youth Café, The Fairgreen.

BadBadNotGood - hop-hop/jazz freak out

Thu, May 15, 2014

A JAZZ trio, but not as we know it, one which takes in =hip-hop and reimagines both that and jazz into new sounding forms - this is BadBadNotGood.

Virtuoso guitarist Jon Gomm for Róisín Dubh

Thu, May 15, 2014

STEPHEN FRY has hailed him a “genius”; David Crosby calls him “wonderful”; while Acoustic Magazine said he is a “gifted and inspirational guitar player”.

The Original Rudeboys @ Monroe’s

Thu, May 15, 2014

THE ORIGINAL Rudeboys, armed with a new set of songs from their new album, are coming back to Galway.

Funk, reggae and soul @ Massimo tomorrow night

Thu, May 15, 2014

GALWAY DJ Dave Barry’s monthly vinyl excursion into funk, northern soul, boogaloo, r’n’b, Jamaican ska, and more, returns to Massimo tomorrow night. The emphisis is on the dancefloor but there are plenty of snugs for a quiet pint not to mention the smoking room.

Reggae this weekend

Thu, May 15, 2014

Two of Ireland’s leading reggae singers Lariman (pictured) and Cian Finn will play the next Rootical Sound System gig at The Victoria Hotel, this Saturday. Cian’s debut album, This Applies, due out in the summer, was produced by Prince Fatty. Lariman of Dublin’s Dub Investigation, will play some new material on the night. Doors are 10pm. Admission is €6 before midnight and €8 after.

Public interview with Jimmy McGovern

Thu, May 15, 2014

JIMMY MCGOVERN, the screenwriter for Cracker, Hillsborough, and The Lakes, is coming to Galway to take part in a public interview about his life and work.

New exhibition from Laura Vecchi Forde

Thu, May 15, 2014

FOR MORE than 30 years Laura Vecchi Forde taught Italian at NUI Galway, but for longer than that she has been an artist.

Paul James Kearney exhibition

Thu, May 15, 2014

PAUL JAMES Kearney, a final year student in GMIT, is currently hosting a solo exhibition in the Renzo Café on Eyre Street.

A bluegrass night in Galway

Thu, May 15, 2014

THE BLUEGRASS sounds of the Southern states of America will be heard loud and proud in Galway, tomorrow, with a gig by Gone To Grass.

A night for Billy Mulholland

Thu, May 15, 2014

GALWAY MUSICIAN Billy Mulholland will be honoured with a night of ‘ song and craic’ in Monroe’s Live on Thursday May 22 from 8.30pm.

Watch Galway short film Don’t You Know Who I Am?

Wed, May 14, 2014

RICK ROSSI needs to get away. It is a bad time and his future is uncertain. He was living the rock’n’roll high-life, until it all came crashing to a tragic halt when Pete, his friend and band member, died.

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