Duo Vocis to celebrate the great Irish tenors
Thu, Jan 30, 2014
DUO VOCIS, the tenor partnership of Sean Costello and Frank Naughton, will celebrate the Great Irish Tenors in their new show at the Town Hall Theatre.
Read more ...Mozart by Candlelight
Thu, Jan 30, 2014
MAGICAL MOZART by Candlelight, a sumptuous, fully costumed show, will immerse audiences in the classical Baroque world of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
The show is in the Town Hall Theatre on Monday February 10 at 8pm with the European Baroque Ensemble and Singers performing excerpts from Mozart’s The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro, Cosi Fan Tutte, and Don Giovanni.
Read more ...Charity flash fiction competition
Thu, Jan 30, 2014
THE DEADLINE for The Galway Rape Crisis Centre’s Flash Fiction Competition is February 14 and there is a first prize of €500.
This is a Story....a Flash Fiction Competition invites entries of original unpublished work of up to 500 words, regardless of theme. Writers are can enter more than story. The judge will be Mike McCormack, author of four books of fiction and winner of the 1996 Rooney Prize for Literature.
Read more ...Snow Patrol guitarist to play Róisín Dubh
Thu, Jan 30, 2014
SNOW PATROL guitarist Nathan Connolly is bringing his new band Little Matador to the Róisín Dubh this Tuesday at 8pm.
Read more ...Second Des Bishop show added
Thu, Jan 30, 2014
AFTER SPENDING a year in China, Des Bishop is coming back to Ireland armed with stories to tell about his time in the world’s emerging superpower.
Des Bishop is bringing his new show Coming Home to the Róisín Dubh. The Sunday March 9 show is sold out, so Des has added a second date, Monday March 10 at 8pm and tickets are on sale.
Read more ...The Disconauts – Live!
Thu, Jan 30, 2014
THE DISCONAUTS, the Galway/London house music collective, play their first full live show with all six members onstage, in more than four years, in the Róisín Dubh tomorrow night.
Read more ...Acclaimed songwriter Dar Williams to play Monroe’s
Thu, Jan 30, 2014
“DEVASTATINGLY MOVING, tenderly funny, subtle without being in any way inaccessible, and utterly fresh - not a cliché or a clunker in her entire songbook.”
Read more ...Sirkus Sirkuz @ Electric
Thu, Jan 30, 2014
“SIRKUS SIRKUZ specialises in beats aimed straight at the dancefloor.” So said Mixmag about the Derry born DJ who plays Galway this weekend.
Sirkus Sirkuz - AKA Declan McLaughlin, formerly of The Japanese Popstars - play The Electric Garden this Saturday at 11pm.
Read more ...Show Me The Funny on Monday
Thu, Jan 30, 2014
THE NEXT round of Show Me The Funny 4 takes place on Monday at The King’s Head, High Street.
Read more ...A classical music day for the city
Thu, Jan 30, 2014
A DAY of modern classical music for Galway takes place on Saturday February 8, presented by The Concorde Contemporary Music Ensemble and the ConTempo Quartet.
Read more ...Ballet live from Moscow
Thu, Jan 30, 2014
THE BOLSHOI Ballet’s production of Alexei Ratmansky’s new ballet Lost Illusions will be seen in Galway this weekend.
Read more ...A poetry book showcase
Thu, Jan 30, 2014
THE 2014 Over The Edge Poetry Book Showcase takes place at the Galway Arts Centre’s Nuns’ Island Theatre on Friday February 7 at 8pm.
The event is an annual retrospective of the year just past, where Galway-based poets, who published a new collection during 2013, are invited to read three poems from the collection in question.
Read more ...Red Bird seeks new members
Thu, Jan 30, 2014
THE RED Bird Youth Collective, the Galway city arts organisation that endeavours to be run by youths for youths, is seeking six new members to participate in its 2014 projects.
Read more ...Calling young songwriters for the IYMAs
Thu, Jan 30, 2014
GALWEGIANS AGED between 12 and 19 who love music and write songs are being sought to take part in The Irish Youth Music Awards.
Read more ...Hannah Arendt and Adolf Eichmann
Thu, Jan 30, 2014
HANNAH ARENDT, author of the famous book Eichmann in Jerusalem, will be the subject of the next screening of the Galway Film Society.
Read more ...Coyote Factor quarter finals
Thu, Jan 30, 2014
THE QUARTER finals of the Coyote Factor take place tonight with four rounds of contestants singing to get into the semi-final.
Read more ...Galway Actors Workshop new classes
Thu, Jan 30, 2014
THE GALWAY Actors Workshop starts a new series of classes covering acting techniques, improv, voice, and even film making at the Anno Santo Hotel, Salthill.
Read more ...The Little Cinema as Gaeilge
Thu, Jan 30, 2014
THE LITTLE Cinema will be celebrating Seachtain Na Gaelige this year, in association with Conradh Na Gaelige, by screening Irish language films in Kelly’s Bar.
Read more ...Newton Faulkner - going against the grain
Thu, Jan 23, 2014
NOTHING ABOUT Newton Faulker is orthodox; neither his guitar style, his route to the instrument, the path that led him to become a songwriter, nor the making of his last album. It has done no harm though - the Englishman one of the most visible acoustics guitarists of recent years.
Read more ...Newton Faulkner - going against the grain
Thu, Jan 23, 2014
NOTHING ABOUT Newton Faulker is orthodox; neither his guitar style, his route to the instrument, the path that led him to become a songwriter, nor the making of his last album. It has done no harm though - the Englishman one of the most visible acoustics guitarists of recent years.
The guitar skills and the songs which have made his name will be on display in Galway next month when Newton plays a ‘Róisín Dubh presents...’ concert at the Seapoint Ballroom, Salthill, on Saturday February 8 at 8pm.
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