The Song of Wandering Aengus

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

WB YEATS’ The Song of Wandering Aengus has been published as a picturebook for children, illustrated by Italian artist Marina Marcolin.

Clarinbridge Banjo Gathering

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

CROSSING THE Bridge - The Clarinbridge Banjo Gathering, takes place in the south Galway village tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday.

Rofi James @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

ROFI JAMES, the 2013 iRocks band competition winners, launch their debut EP with a gig at Monroe’s Live tomorrow at 9pm.

The Last Friday Club

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

THE LAST Friday Club, a new clubnight at Monroe’s Live, is aimed at anyone who was around for the hits from the seventies to the nineties first time around.

Kurt Cobain anniversary

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

TO MARK the 20th anniversary this month of Kurt Cobain’s tragic death, a tribute night will take place in the Róisín Dubh on Monday.

110th Street comes to Factory

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

THE FIRST 110th Street of the year rolls into Factory on Abbeygate Street, this Saturday from 11pm.

‘We have so much fun with this show’

Thu, Apr 17, 2014

WHETHER YOU are an avid fan of Harry Potter or simply of inspired comic lunacy, the smash hit show Potted Potter, which is coming to the Town Hall Theatre, is guaranteed to provide a wonderful and uproarious night out.

Triple-bill of new plays from Fregoli

Thu, Apr 17, 2014

A WOMAN who talks to the walls, a girl who must face the sea, and a young man who collects footprints. These are the characters we encounter in a trio of new monologues presented by Fregoli Theatre Company.

Imelda May - the rockabilly queen returns

Thu, Apr 17, 2014

IMELDA MAY returns to Galway this summer and for the second year in a row, headlines a concert at the Galway Arts Festival Big Top.

Launch of newly discovered Liam O’Flaherty satiric essay

Thu, Apr 17, 2014

LIAM O’FLAHERTY is celebrated as the author of such short stories as His First Flight, but there is another, often neglected side, to the Aran Islands writer.

Wordhaus - marathons, footie, and music

Thu, Apr 17, 2014

NORTH POLE marathons, underground Irish music, and poems about football will all feature in the third Wordhaus event on Wednesday April 23 at 6.45pm.

Jake & The Neverland Pirates

Thu, Apr 17, 2014

JAKE & THE Neverland Pirates are coming to Galway and will be landing in the Radisson Blu Hotel tomorrow.

This family show, from Five Star Entertainment, will not only feature Jake and his crew, but Doctor McStuffing, Sofia the First, Mike from Monsters Inc; Stuart, Gru and Agnes from Despicable Me; The Ninja Turtles; and superheros the Incredible Hulk, Ironman, Captain America, and Batman.

An Taibhdhearc wins a prestigious theatre award

Thu, Apr 17, 2014

AN TAIBHDHEARC’S production of Tom Murphy’s An Tíoránach Drogallach has won The BBC Northern Ireland Irish Language Drama Award.

Special screening of The Usual Suspects

Thu, Apr 17, 2014

THE USUAL Suspects, one of the all-time great crime thrillers, will be given a special screening in Galway by The Jameson Cult Film Club.

Viking exhibition to be screened at The Eye

Thu, Apr 17, 2014

FOLLOWING THE discovery of a Viking boat and weapons in Lough Corrib, Galwegians can discovery more about this Scandinavian culture at an event at The Eye Cinema.

Creative writing workshops

Thu, Apr 17, 2014

THE FICTION writer and poet Susan Millar DuMars will host daytime classes in the Galway Arts Centre, for beginner and continuing creative writing students.

The class, which is suitable for those working in poetry or fiction, takes place on Mondays from 2.30pm to 4pm, starting May 12, and running for eight weeks.

In Their Thousands @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Apr 17, 2014

IN THEIR Thousands’ music sits somewhere between the folk-rock of Mumford and Sons and Devendra Banhart and the epic indie of Alt-J and Django Django.