Pearl Jam tribute for Monroe’s Live

Thu, Aug 29, 2013

On Friday, the top all-Irish tribute to possibly the greatest grunge band of all time, Pearl Jam, comes to Monroe’s Live in Galway.

Tradiohead @ Kelly’s

Thu, Aug 29, 2013

Tradiohead play Kelly's this Friday night. Tradiohead take the songs of Radiohead and re-imagine them using instruments more often associated with Irish traditional music.

The quartet play songs from classic albums such as The Bends, OK Computer, and Kid A, as well as more recent Radiohead records like ‘Hail To The Thief’ and ‘In Rainbows’.

Pat Shortt’s I Am The Band begins Irish and UK tour

Thu, Aug 29, 2013

Fresh from his recent success starring alongside Daniel Radcliffe as Jonnypateenmike in Martin McDonagh’s The Cripple of Inishmaan, Pat wowed audiences in London’s West End and was critically acclaimed.

The Staves @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Aug 29, 2013

The rise of sibling trio The Staves over the past 18 months has been nothing short of meteoric. The band arrive at the Róisín Dubh on September 9 from 8pm.

Castero @ The Cellar

Thu, Aug 29, 2013

Hexen Haus Promotions and Desert Rock Ireland are bringing the ‘Fuzzed Out Sessions’ night back to The Cellar Bar downstairs tomorrow night, with the almighty heavy rockers Castero presenting songs from their new album Revolutions.

Lisanne Jacob to launch her debut album

Thu, Aug 29, 2013

Lisanne Jacob will be releasing her debut album 'Wanderlust' upstairs in Kelly's tonight.

Lisanne has been working hard with Pete Duffy at The Dreams Loft over the past six months and is pledging 10 per cent of album sales to Breast Cancer Awareness.

Disoconauts @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Aug 29, 2013

The Disconauts return to the Róisín Dubh tomorrow night for round two of their monthly late night “dex and percussion” party.

Alongside a fun-filled full house earlier this year, The Disconauts’ live show has graced Ireland’s biggest clubs and festivals down the years and their mix of the DJ craftsmanship and terrifyingly funky percussion gets the party started every time.

Oliver Callan @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Aug 29, 2013

Comedy satirist and mimic Oliver Callan is coming to Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 8pm.

Death Drive exhibition at the Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Aug 29, 2013

Death Drive is a group exhibition by four artists; Vanessa Donoso Lopez, Stine Marie Jacobsen, Maximilian Le Cain, and Siobhán McGibbon.

The exhibition, curated by Maeve Mulrennan, takes place at the Galway Arts Centre from September 7 to October 5 with an opening reception on Friday September 6 at 6pm.

RSAG @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Aug 29, 2013

RSAG. (aka Rarely Seen Above Ground, aka Jeremy Hickey) is an Irish multi-instrumentalist hailing from the Kilkenny who has been making waves since 2008. Although rarely seen, Hickey will play the Róisín Dubh on September 12 at 9pm.

Galway to host its first festival dedicated to Oscar Wilde

Thu, Aug 22, 2013

Galway will for the first time host a festival dedicated to Oscar Wilde. The festival, taking place in September, will celebrate the life and work of the writer and highlight his strong links with the west of Ireland.

The Last Chieftain-telling the story of O’Sullivan Beara

Thu, Aug 22, 2013

One of the most remarkable figures from Irish history is brought compellingly to life in a one-man show by Aidan Dooley which is coming shortly to the Town Hall. The Last Chieftain - O’Sullivan Beara conjures up the epic struggles of one of Ireland’s most celebrated leaders.

New book asks What Would Kate Do

Thu, Aug 22, 2013

Kate Middleton is something of an icon of style and role model for certain women, and fans of the British duchess will enjoy a new novel entitled What Would Kate Do.

Enjoying the crash with Julian Gough

Thu, Aug 22, 2013

In The Great Goat Bubble, Julian Gough showed he had a rare flair for creating great comedy out of the mad, mad, world of international finance and he repeats the trick in his new book, Crash, How I Lost a Hundred Billion and Found True Love.

The book, which is available as a Kindle Single, once again features Gough’s familiar protagonist Jude who finds himself caught up in the very maws of the European debt crisis. When the novella opens, Jude is living frugally in a dilapidated henhouse which he bought for ten million euros at the height of the property boom. But his peace is soon disturbed by a posse of financial bigwigs who arrive at his door to inform him that his mortgage is in imminent danger of defaulting which will precipitate a Europe-wide financial collapse. The cabal of economic experts immediately implement a hilarious rescue plan which entails Jude issuing a hundred billion euro bond to put a roof on his henhouse and reassure the financial markets concerning his debt stability. From there the story proceeds with mounting zaniness as first the Euro elite declare that the entire country has to have a roof built over it, and then decide to construct it out of solar panels plunging the country below into darkness.

The Third Policeman for the Town Hall

Thu, Aug 22, 2013

The Third Policeman, the celebrated novel written by Irish writer Brian O’Nolan, is to be turned into a stage adaptation for the Town Hall Theatre.

The Sumbrellas @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Aug 22, 2013

The Sumbrellas will air tracks from their latest album, Fast Country Music Disco at Monroe’s Live this evening, August 22.

Ron Houchin, Kernan Andrews, and Art Stringer for August Over The Edge: Open Reading

Thu, Aug 22, 2013

The first ‘Over The Edge: Open Reading’ after the summer break takes place in Galway City Library on Thursday August 29, from 6.30pm to 8.00pm. The featured readers on the night are Art Stringer, Ron Houchin, and Kernan Andrews. There will, as usual, be an open mic after the featured readers have finished. The evening will also see the announcement of the long list for this year’s Over The Edge New Writer of The Year competition, which received a very healthy number of entries again this year.

Kernan Andrews is from Galway and is the arts editor and political correspondent of the Galway Advertiser. He writes short stories in his spare time and has been published in The Galway Review. He has read his work at Cúirt 2013; as part of the launch for NUI Galway's theatre events in the Galway Fringe Festival 2013; and at numerous Over The Edge open mics.

Amit Mediratta to launch his collection of writings

Thu, Aug 22, 2013

Artist and philosopher Amit Mediratta will launch his 13th collection of writings, Exile Songs and other Poems, in Charlie Byrne's Bookshop next week. The collection will gather together work previously published at his exhibition openings in limited quantity, and will be the first definitive edition of his early poetry - beautifully presented on vellum paper and hand-signed in silver ink. The title will be produced by Amit Mediratta Publications, the imprint established by the artist last year.

Olaf Tyaransen for Electric Picnic

Thu, Aug 22, 2013

Galway-based author and Hot Press journalist Olaf Tyaransen will be performing and conducting public interviews at the Electric Picnic festival in Stradbally at the end of the month. The acclaimed author – described by the Sunday Independent as “demonstrably the best rock ‘n’ roll interviewer in the world”- will be reading on The Word Stage in the Mindfield area at 7pm on Friday August 30, and again on Sunday September 1.

Among the original material he will be reading from his short story Don’t You Know Who I Am? The story was first published earlier this year in the Doire Press anthology Galway Stories, and is now set to become a short film, produced by Dublin-based company Screenworks. Tyaransen’s third collection of celebrity interviews, Mind The GAP, will be published in October, with all proceeds going to Galway Autism Partnership.