What are you going to in the Galway Comedy Festival?

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

“THE MOST wasted of all days is one without laughter,” said the poet e e cummings, so don’t let the October Bank Holiday Weekend go to waste, as there are seven days of laughter to be had at the Bulmers Galway Comedy Festival.

Five chances to see Phill Jupitus at the comedy festival

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

By Kernan Andrews
PHILL JUPITUS is talking over Galway for the October Bank Holiday weekend as there will be no fewer than five chances to see him during the Bulmer’s Galway Comedy Festival.

Tig Cóilí presents Cherish The Ladies at the Town Hall

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

IT IS simply impossible to imagine an audience that wouldn’t enjoy what they do,” said The Boston Globe about Cherish The Ladies who play Galway next week.

Comedy festival stand-up showdown

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

A COMEDIAN stands on stage, alone with a microphone. There are a hundred or so strangers in the room and the comic has two minutes to make them laugh. Can s/he do it?

This is the Bulmers Galway Comedy Festival presents Stand Up Showdown at the Róisín Dubh on Saturday September 28 at 8pm, hosted by New Zealand born, Galway based, comedian Danny Dowling.

Disco don makes Galway debut

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

GREG WILSON, the legendary disco don and edit master, will make his Galway debut when he plays the Róisín Dubh tomorrow from 11pm.

Ultan Conlon to launch new album

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

ULTAN CONLON, the acclaimed Loughrea singer-songwriter, is about to launch his new album, and begin an Irish tour, starting in the Róisín Dubh next week.

John Smith to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

ENGLISH GUITARIST and singer-songwriter John Smith returns to Galway to play the Róisín Dubh as part of his current Irish tour.

John plays this Sunday at 8pm, with support from Len Hansen. He will perform music from his most recent album Great Lakes, described as “brilliant” by MOJO and “spellbinding” by Time Out, as well as from his previous releases.

Free gigs in the Latin Quarter

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

FOUR NIGHTS of free gigs take place in Galway city’s Latin Quarter, from tonight until Sunday, for the Guinness Live music festival.

Track Dogs @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

AN IRISHMAN, an Englishman, and two Americans, all based in Madrid, make up the band Track Dogs, who play Monroe’s Live this Saturday at 9pm.

Hidden rhythms at the Galway Jazz Festival

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

THERE ARE times when people cannot be blamed for wondering if the plethora of annual Galway festivals is really of any lasting benefit to the city. Outside of the arts festival, Cúirt, the races, and the film fleadh, do any of them bring anything more tangible to Galway than a good time?

TULCA to journey to Golden Mountain

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

THE TULCA Festival of Visual Art returns from November 8 to 24 with an array of sculpture, video, paint, photography, and performance art, under the theme ‘Golden Mountain’.

Over The Edge at the Autumn Gathering

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

THE OVER The Edge: Open Readings will be stepping outside its usual venue of the Galway City Library to take part in this year’s Lady Gregory Autumn Gathering in Gort.

Love/Hate team to come to Galway TV seminar

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

Actors, writers, and directors of RTÉ’s acclaimed crime drama Love/Hate come to Galway next month for a major seminar on television.

Flying to the moon with Marie Jones

Theatre Reviews Thu, Sep 19, 2013

TOWN HALL Theatre audiences should be in for a treat next week when Marie Jones’s most recent play, Fly Me To The Moon, arrives for a four night run at the venue.

Portumna Shorelines Arts Festival starts today

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

ODAY SEES the opening of the Shorelines Arts Festival, which will be held throughout this weekend, in Portumna, selected as County Galway’s first Village of Culture.

Ciana Campbell, broadcaster and chair of the Ennis Book Club Festival will open the festival today and this will also mark the opening of the Gallery at the Workhouse, designed as a new exhibition space for the mid-west of Ireland.

Norwegian punk for Róisín Dubh

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

“HONNINGBARNA ARE so good they could have been genetically modified to be the voice of a modern punk generation,” according to The Fly.

Moving statues and the rural vernacular

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

THE MOMENTOUS Irish summer of 1985, with its spate of religious apparitions, is revisited in Gerry Conneely’s new comedy, The Year of Moving Statues, which comes to Druid Theatre next week.

The play has already enjoyed a sell-out run in Conneely’s hometown of Kinvara, and over a weekend chat, he filled me in on its details, beginning with his recollections of 1985.

Scottish composer to work with young Galway orchestras

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

THE SCOTTISH composer James Ross has been appointed the first Composer in Residence to the Galway Music Education Partnership and he will be working with youth orchestras and composers in Galway.

From Norway to Galway

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

A POTENTIALLY fascinating play awaits theatre goers to An Taibhdhearc on Saturday September 21 at 8pm, when a Norwegian theatre company takes to the stage.

Power Performance Academy enrols for new term

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

THE POWER Performance Academy is taking enrolments for its new term this Saturday and those aged between four and 17 are invited to go along.

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