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.

The night will feature The Bluebirds; You, Me, & Clementine; Peter Kelehan; and Grounds For Invasion, and will raise funds for Chronic Pain Ireland and The Journey in Chronic Pain Project. All are welcome.

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 scheme is open to all primary schools in the county council area and artists of any discipline may apply.

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.

McSavage and Irrera for Róisín Dubh

Thu, May 29, 2014

DOM IRRERA and David McSavage will headline separate shows at the Róisín Dubh, with the Irishman closing the month of May and the American starting June.

Danny Ryan comedy show

Thu, May 29, 2014

LIMERICK COMIC Danny Ryan returns to Galway to play the Dew Drop Inn Comedy Club tonight at 9pm.

Last Friday Club @ Monroe’s

Thu, May 29, 2014

THE LAST Friday Club in Monroe’s Backstage Bar, the clubnight for anyone over 30, returns on Friday May 30.

Richmond Fontaine/The Decemberists members to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, May 29, 2014

WILLY VLAUTIN of The Richmond Fontaine and Jenny Conlee of The Decemberists have joined forces as The Delines, whose Irish tour next month takes in Galway.