Waterboys to revisit Fisherman’s Blues
Thu, Dec 05, 2013
THE FULL majestic expanse of Galway Bay now opened on our left, while to our right lay a strange, rocky land of hills and ancient stone walls. I began to get goosebumps.
Read more ...The Riptide Movement full blooded rock
Thu, Dec 05, 2013
THE RIPTIDE Movement play blues and roots-rock with full blooded energy, a commitment to the music’s values and heritage, and determination to keep the style fresh for modern ears.
Read more ...Armagh metal for The Cellar
Thu, Dec 05, 2013
downtuned riffs to stoner-rock mini-odysseys” according to The Thin Air website as Galway is about to discover.
Read more ...Live music at The Stock Exchange
Thu, Dec 05, 2013
THE STOCK Exchange Bar, Shop Street, hosts music nights from cover bands to DJs from Wednesdays to Sundays.
Read more ...Sean Keane - three Galway shows
Thu, Dec 05, 2013
THE CELEBRATED singer Sean Keane is about to embark on his first national tour in more than six years, including three County Galway shows.
Sean’s Christmas By The Hearth tour takes in Galway city’s Town Hall Theatre tomorrow and Saturday at 8pm, and Clifden Station House, Clifden, Connemara, on Sunday December 15.
Read more ...A feast of art exhibitions in December
Thu, Dec 05, 2013
EXHIBITIONS FEATURING works from established artists to students and an exhibition of notebooks by Will Self and John Rocha, open and are running in Galway this month.
Read more ...Enjoy the animated adventures of Niko
Thu, Dec 05, 2013
NIKO 2: Little Brother, Big Trouble, aka The Magic Reindeer, an award winning Galway animation film is to be shown in the Town Hall Theatre.
Read more ...See It’s A Wonderful Life
Thu, Dec 05, 2013
IT’S A Wonderful Life, one of the best loved movies of all time, and a Christmas favourite, will be screened this weekend.
Read more ...Red Bird’s Waking Playthings
Thu, Dec 05, 2013
ART, THEATRE, and improvisation will interact at Waking Playthings, an experimental performance by the Red Bird Youth Collective.
Read more ...The Ardilaun Christmas Cabaret
Thu, Dec 05, 2013
COMEDY, JAZZ, and dancing will be on the menu at The Ardilaun hotel’s Christmas Cabaret which starts on Wednesday December 11.
Read more ...Brian Boru - Ireland’s first real hero?
Thu, Dec 05, 2013
ACCORDING TO the history books we had in school in the early sixties, The Battle of Clontarf was described in terms of a religious victory in which the great Catholic Irish hero Brian Boru annihilated the pagan Vikings and threw them out of Ireland.
Read more ...ThereisBear! launch spring theatre season
Thu, Dec 05, 2013
GALWAY THEATRE company ThereisBear! is gearing up for what promises to be an ambitious year with a tour of Ireland and four different productions in the first three months of 2014.
Read more ...Finding solace in alcohol and crows
Thu, Dec 05, 2013
PEOPLE LIKE happy stories - in the same way they like Juicy Fruit chewing gum and fizzy cola bottles. However, it is a terrible idea to live on a diet of artificially sweetened happiness.
It has been known, in extreme cases, to turn sentient human beings into quivering wrecks who find meaning in the lyrics of Gary Barlow. Thankfully, Braided Loves by Ger Burke (Wordsonthestreet) and Your Mixtape Unravels My Heart by Máire T Robinson (Doire Press) are entirely sweetener free.
Read more ...PINS – ‘We can get more agGressive than we should’
Thu, Nov 28, 2013
PINS HAVE been called a ‘Manchester band’ - which to some is not a geographical description, but a musical signifier - or as ‘Manc post punk’, which situates them in a particular time and musical pigeon hole, but there is far more to the exciting quartet than these labels can convey.
Read more ...The Colleen Bawn and Boucicault – colour and drama galore
Thu, Nov 28, 2013
“WHEN I wrote The Colleen Bawn, I invented the Irish drama. It was original in form, in material, in treatment, and in dialogue.” So declared Dion Boucicault of the play which has delighted audiences for more than 150 years and is about to get a new production from Druid.
Read more ...Hit the road Lee Mack
Thu, Nov 28, 2013
LEE MACK is coming to Galway next year to preview his new show, Hit The Road Mack, across three nights in two venues.
Read more ...Sandra Coffey - ‘Life can be a bit of a zoo’
Thu, Nov 28, 2013
THIS YEAR has been a good year for Sandra Coffey. Not only did she oversee the successful first running of Galway’s Oscar Wilde Festival, she also released her debut album, Morning Zoo, featuring eight self-penned songs, to considerable acclaim.
Read more ...Stagecoach to give gala performance
Thu, Nov 28, 2013
STAGECOACH, ONE of Ireland’s leading children’s theatre schools, will stage a 25th Anniversary Gala Performance at An Taibhdhearc on Saturday December 7.
Read more ...A ballet and dance extravaganza
Thu, Nov 28, 2013
THE STUDENTS of Corrib Dance Academy will present their show, The Children of Lir and Movie Magic, at the Town Hall Theatre, this December.
Read more ...Lackagh Parish Centre benefit concert
Thu, Nov 28, 2013
THE MUSIC OF Beethoven and Mozart will be heard in Lackagh Parish Church at a benefit concert for the church’s parish centre on Friday December 6 at 7pm.
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