End of summer party @ The Cellar Underground

Thu, Aug 22, 2013

To round off the summer season, this Saturday, August 24, The Cellar Underground presents Karol XVII and MB Valence plus a huge support lineup.

In 2008, music magazine DJ Mag named the pair as the best DJs in Poland, while in 2010 online digital music store Beatport described them as the best deep house producers of the year.

Baile an Salsa @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Aug 22, 2013

Baile an Salsa was born when Uruguayan salsa singer and jet-setting vocal coach Andres Martorell was taking a much-needed breather from one of his packed-out salsa shows in a quiet trad pub next door.

Remember Thin Lizzy @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Aug 22, 2013

Phil Lynott would have turned 64 this week, and in his honour, Thin Lizzy tribute act, Remembering Lizzy, will play a special show at Monroe’s Live tomorrow, August 23.

Cabin Collective @ Campbell’s Tavern

Thu, Aug 22, 2013

Galway supergroup the Cabin Collective will play Campbell’s Tavern in Cloughanover on Saturday August 31 at 8.30pm.

Castero @ The Cellar

Thu, Aug 22, 2013

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

Castero are a four piece heavy rock band based in Tipperary. Their music has been called hard rock, heavy blues, stoner metal, and southern metal. Influenced by the likes of Black Sabbath, Orange Goblin, Clutch, and Black Label Society the band mixes old school and new school metal creating their own heavy and groovy sound. As Castero's motto goes: “It's all about the groove!”

An Taobh Tuathail @ Factory

Thu, Aug 22, 2013

An Taobh Tuathail has been broadcasting the finest in underground sounds since its inception on RTE RnaG at the turn of the millennium. The programme currently broadcasts every Monday to Friday from 9pm to 11pm worldwide through http://www.rte.ie/rnag/an-taobh-tuathail/

Eclipsed and the world of the Magdalen Laundry

Thu, Aug 15, 2013

GALWAY THEATREGOERS are in for a treat next week with a new staging of Patricia Burke Brogan’s Eclipsed from Mephisto Theatre Company.

Three concerts from The Whileaways

Thu, Aug 15, 2013

AUGUST IS proving to be a busy month for County Galway folk/Americana-trio The Whileaways who play three shows over the coming days.

The Whileaways - Gradá vocalist Nicola Joyce, solo singer-songwriter Noriana Kennedy, and solo singer-songwriter and The Cabin Collective member Noelie McDonnell - play support to Americana musician Tim O’Brien in Campbell’s Tavern, Cloughanover tomorrow; The Crane Bar, Sea Road, this Sunday (for tickets contact The Crane on 091 - 587419 or www.thecranebar.com); and on Monday, they play Whelan’s in Dublin.

Galway Arts Centre Prom

Thu, Aug 15, 2013

ARE YOU going to the prom? That is not just a question American schoolgoers can ask, but Galwegians can as well.

Lights and wonderful music at Claregalway Castle

Thu, Aug 15, 2013

There was an air of abandonment and fun in Claregalway last Saturday evening as the International Summer Music School and Festival came to a glorious end.

Moonfish to bring Star Of The Sea to the stage

Thu, Aug 15, 2013

GALWAY THEATRE company Moonfish will perform its stage adaptation of Joseph O’Connor’s acclaimed novel Star Of The Sea at An Taibhdhearc in July 2014.

Steven Sharpe to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Aug 15, 2013

comedian, performer, and singer-songwriter will be upstairs at the Róisín Dubh on Thursday August 22 at 9pm.

Steven performed and toured his first show All Men Are Bast*rds throughout Connacht and Munster in 2010 and 2011. Last year, he debuted his one-man musical Who’s The Man? to sell out audiences in the Town Hall Theatre Studio and released the live EP of the same title.

Bell X1 announce Galway show

Thu, Aug 15, 2013

BELL X1 have announced they will play Seapoint Ballroom, Salthill, on Saturday December 7 as part of their Chop Chop Tour of Ireland.

The Year of the Moving Statues

Thu, Aug 15, 2013

THE BIZARRE phenomenon of the ‘moving statues’, which swept through 1980s Ireland will be examined in a new comic play by Kinvara playwright Gerry Connelly.