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.
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.
The first event, Putting It All together – Up Close With Music, in the Galway City Museum at 2pm will see excerpts from music by Dave Flynn, Alyson Barber, and Jane O’Leary examined, giving audience members a look at the process of composing and creating music. Admission is free.
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.
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.
The event takes place on March 11. Those interested in submitting a film should email [email protected] or see the Little Cinema Facebook page. Submitted films must be under 10 minutes in length.
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.
Read more ...Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days
Thu, Jan 23, 2014
SAMUEL BECKETT’S classic play Happy Days, comes to the Town Hall Theatre on Monday February 3 in a production by London-based The Godot Company.
Read more ...New exhibition from Jennifer Cunningham
Thu, Jan 23, 2014
JENNIFER CUNNINGHAM, one of Galway and Ireland’s leading young artists, will host her latest solo exhibition Collective Pleasures in the Galway Arts Centre.
Read more ...Meeting Mr Foley, with Theatre Lovett
Thu, Jan 23, 2014
THEATRE LOVETT, one of Ireland’s most exciting companies for young and old alike, invite you into a world of radio waves, sorrowful partings, and hilarious slapstick comedy in Mr Foley, The Radio Operator which comes to the Town Hall Studio on Saturday February 1 for two afternoon performances.
Read more ...Interloper @ Town Hall
Thu, Jan 23, 2014
INTERLOPER - THE word conjures up images of spies and espionage, and people involved situations where they are not wanted and do not to belong.
Read more ...New playwrights, new plays
Thu, Jan 23, 2014
SCRATCH SCRIPTS, an evening of readings of extracts from new scripts by a range of writers, takes place at the Town Hall Theatre studio this Sunday at 7pm.
The extracts, from scripts by Órla McGovern, Seán Bennett, Ciara O’Dowd, and Joey Kavanagh, will be read by a team of experienced actors. After each reading the audience will be asked to give their feedback and a brief Q&A session will be chaired by theatre development organisation JOLT.
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