Doom metal night @ The Cellar

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

BELFAST DOOM metallers Nomadic Rituals have been called “sonic terrorists”, “mystical tribesmen”, and “the heaviest band in the world”.

Chart-topper Route 94 @ Electric

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

CHART-TOPPING DJ Route 94 will be in Galway tonight playing the Electric Garden and Theatre from 11pm.

Shuffle! tomorrow night @ Roisin Dubh

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

Vinyl junky Dave Barry is back again for the March installment of Shuffle! This night is gaining momentum and proving to be one of Galway’s more popular nights.

Punk night @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

A PUNK night will be held upstairs in the Róisín Dubh this Sunday from 8pm.

Transatlantic soul with Niall McCabe

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

THERE IS a peculiarly kid of Irish soul music, one which infuses r’n’b, jazz, rock, and folk, and whose original master, if not creator, is arguably Van Morrison.

The 4 of Us announce Monroe’s show

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

THE 4 of Us, who were recently voted No 7 in TV3’s Top 10 Irish Bands of All Time poll, play Monroe’s Live in June.

The Newry band, led by brothers Brendan and Declan Murphy, have seen all seven of their studio albums reach the Irish Top 20. At their Galway show, fans can expect to hear ‘Mary’, ‘Drag My Bad Name Down’, ‘Washington Down’, ‘She Hits Me’, and ‘Sunlight’, as well as material from their new album.

Ceara Conway’s Making Visible

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

CEARA CONWAY’S Making Visible project, combining art, music, and politics, is coming to the 126 Gallery, Flood Street, this weekend.

Galway Simon fundraising variety concert

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

MORE THAN 20 performers, from comedians to guitar soloists, will take to the stage of The Quays for the LiveMicsWorld variety show on April 10 at 8pm.

Japanese Film Festival returns to Galway

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

THE GREAT Passage, Japan’s official submission to the Oscars’ Best Foreign Language Film category, will receive its Irish premiere at The Japanese Film Festival.

The Japanese Film Festival is coming to The Eye Cinema, Wellpark, from Sunday April 6 to Thursday 10, organised by the Embassy of Japan, access>CINEMA, and the Ireland Japan Association, with the support of The Japan Foundation.

A weekend of dancing days

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

A MUSICAL about capitalism, site-specific performances, and a symposium will form the Galway Dance Days festival which takes place tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday.

CPNHGN @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

DESPITE THE Scandinavian moniker, CPNHGN hail from Kildare, and take their musical influences from New York’s Sonic Youth and Manchester’s Joy Division.

A court summons to listen to music

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

COURT ROOMS are not associated with musical concerts - unless there was a fall-out between artist and promoter - but they are places of performance and controversy.

Julie Feeney to judge Choirfactor 2014

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

JULIE FEENEY, the award winning, Athenry-born, vocalist and composer, will be among the judges at Galway’s Choirfactor competition.

Choirfactor 2014, a competition specifically for choirs, takes place in the Radisson Blu Hotel on Saturday April 12. Also judging will be Cois Cladaigh musical director Brendan O’Connor and music educator Maire Ní Dhuibhir.

Líadan to play Claregalway

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

TRAD/FOLK band Líadan celebrate their 10th anniversary this year with a nationwide tour which begins with a gig in County Galway next month.

Freddie White to play Moycullen

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

WHETHER INTERPRETING songs by Randy Newman, Tom Waits, John Hiatt, and Guy Clark, or performing his own compositions, Freddie White’s live performances are legendary.

Galway bands to release new singles

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

GALWAY BANDS Harrison & The Devil and The Followers Of Otis release new singles, at two separate gigs, in the Róisín Dubh.

Harrison & The Devil, whose sound draws on Nick Drake, Nick Cave, and Supergrass, and whose debut EP Cat Matters featured on Nialler9’s reader’s Top 5 Irish EPs list, release the double A-side single ‘Mary/Blue Blood’ on Citóg Records.

Mark Thomas - a dissenter’s challenge to the status quo

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

HE IS taking the British police to court over data collection; held a flash mob in Apple’s London store in protest against multi-nationals and tax avoidance; ran a pro-choice rally in Belfast; and is determined to get banned from every Tesco store.

He is Mark Thomas, the British comedian, commentator, and journalist, and these acts of rebellion are at the heart of his latest stand-up show 100 Acts Of Minor Dissent, which he is bringing to the Róisín Dubh.

‘The Irish public’s interest in fiction perks me right up’

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

ONE OF the most praised novels of recent years was Patrick deWitt’s highly original western tale The Sisters Brothers, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won a number of prestigious awards in deWitt’s native Canada.