Super 8 Shots Festival for children

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

VINTAGE CARTOONS and animations will be shown at the Galway City Museum in a special family event taking place this Saturday.

Comedy Cocktails @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

NEW ZEALAND comic Danny Dowling will lead a night of laughter at the Róisín Dubh at the Comedy Cocktails Standup Showcase.

Dolores Keane and Mary Black in concert

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

MARY BLACK and Dolores Keane, and an outstanding cast of trad/folk musicians, will be in concert at The Salthill Hotel on Sunday May 11 at 8pm.

Yuck to play Strange Brew

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

THE DEPARTURE of a band’s co-founder/lead singer could be a devastating blow, but London Indie-rockers Yuck survived, regrouped, and delivered a second album.

An Taobh Tuathail at fifteen

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

ON THURSDAY May 1, An Taobh Tuathail, Raidió na Gaeltachta’s alternative music show, celebrates 15 years since its first broadcast in 1999.

Reggae and Soul In Galway this weekend

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

A TREAT is in store for lovers of reggae and soul both tomorrow and Saturday.

The return of Wallis Bird

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

WALLIS BIRD is back, with a new album, Architect, and a tour which takes in Monroe’s Live this Saturday at 9pm.

La’s/Cast man to play Galway

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

HE WAS a member of The La’s, whose enduring song ‘There She Goes’ has rarely left the airwaves these last 20 years, and he was the founder/leader of Cast.

Kidisco @ Leisureland

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

KIDISCO, A fun show to inspire children to express themselves through movement and dance, is coming back to Leisureland.

The disco takes place on Sunday from 2pm and is suitable for children aged between three and 12. Music will be provided by DJ Will Softly who is happy for those coming to the disco to send song requests through the Kidisco Facebook page.

EDFT @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

EDTF, WHO have been described as playing “no-nonsense feel-good rock” by Musician.ie, play Monroe’s Live on Thursday May 1 at 10pm.

The Dirty Circus’ A Big Dirty Party

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

THE DIRTY Circus is going to throw ‘A Big Dirty Party!!’ of cabaret, burlesque, song, and sauce, in Kelly’s, Bridge Street, this Saturday from 9pm.

AD/BC - the really early music

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

ROMAN, CELTIC, and Ancient Greek music will be the ‘Archaeolomusicological Adventure’ at the 19th Galway Early Music Festival.

Songs For Amy gets cinema release

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

SONGS FOR Amy, the independent Irish film about a musician desperately trying to win back the love of his life, is to be screened in the IMC Galway.

126 Gallery fundraiser

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

A FUNDRAISER for the 126 Gallery will take place tomorrow, with an event at 8pm in the gallery, and at 9.30pm in Club DeBurgos.

In the gallery there will be a preview of the exhibition Representations by Tom O’Dea, while artists Russell Hart and Ian McInerney (Art Bastard) will be in Club DeBurgos with visuals by filmmaker, editor and one half of Modcot productions, Seamus Connolly.

Drawing and painting workshop

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

GALWAY ARTIST Paul James Kearney will host a class on the fundamentals of contemporary drawing and painting at Cregal Art, Monivea Road.

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.

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