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.

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.

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.

The band’s musical style, as heard on their debut album, Inhale Exhale, features rumbling bass-lines, angular guitar riffs, and soaring, melodic, choruses.

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.

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.

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.

‘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.

Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

THE MADNESS, mayhem, and hilarity of Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience, returns to Galway for one night only at The Salthill Hotel.

Basil, Sybil, and Manuel will guide you to your table, serve you your meal, and aski if ‘Everything is alright?’ throughout the evening. However, with Basil being manic, Sybil domineering, and Manuel being Manuel, everything that can go wrong, does.

Galway Community Circus at the double

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

GALWAY COMMUNITY Circus return to the Black Box Theatre for two thrilling new circus shows this weekend; Circopolis and Circopolín Children.

NUIG to host Irish premiere of David Greig play

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

THE IRISH premiere of The Monster In The Hall, by Scottish writer David Greig, will be staged as part of NUI Galway's inaugural theatre season.

Mark Logan: an appreciation

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

HUSBAND, FATHER, brother, uncle, friend, messer, Chelsea fan, musician, comedian, animal lover, teller of the most detailed stories, absolute gentleman, a man of honesty and passion, Mark was, first and foremost, a beautiful person.

Evita – classic musical for Town Hall

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

EVITA, THE celebrated musical based on the life of Eva Perón, the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 to 1952, is being staged in the Town Hall Theatre.