DIGI_plast returns to The Cellar

Thu, Jul 11, 2013

THE CELLAR Underground will pulsate to the sounds of techno, minimal, and tech-house when the DIGI_plast clubnight returns this Sautrday at 9pm.

Over The Edge

Thu, Jul 11, 2013

THE OVER The Edge Writers’ Gathering takes place at the Galway City Library this evening at 6.30pm, with special guests Eamonn Wall and Patrick Kehoe.

Ryan Sheridan @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jul 11, 2013

RYAN SHERIDAN will bring his energetic mix of acoustic rock, driving percussion and hip hop, to Monroe’s Live this Saturday at 8pm.

Discovered through busking Mumford and Sons’ ‘Little Lion Man’ on Grafton Street, the Monaghan man broke through in 2011 with the hit single ‘Jigsaw’; a following single ‘The Dreamer’ was used in a Heineken ad campaign; and his debut album The Day You Live Forever entered the Irish charts at No 2.

A Band Called Wanda release debut album

Thu, Jul 11, 2013

IT HAS been a long time coming, but A Band Called Wanda finally release their long awaited debut album with a gig tomorrow night in The Crane Bar, Sea Road.

Julie Hawk takes wing with the fringe

Thu, Jul 11, 2013

GALWAY FRINGE Festival swings into action tomorrow and music fans are well catered for with a feast of gigs to look forward to.

André Rieu in concert @ The Eye

Thu, Jul 11, 2013

ANDRÉ RIEU’S 2013 Maastricht Concert will be broadcast live via satellite from the Dutch city to The Eye Cinema this Saturday at 7pm.

Gerry Mallon’s Laughter Loft

Thu, Jul 11, 2013

GERRY MALLON’S Laughter Loft returns to The Ruby Room of The King’s Head for a two week run as part of the Galway Arts Festival.

New book from Dick Donaghue

Thu, Jul 11, 2013

GALWAY BASED writer Dick Donaghue has just published his third book, CRASH and Other Stories as an eBook.

Drama workshops for teens

Thu, Jul 11, 2013

KEEP YOUR eyes open around town during the Galway Arts Festival for unexpected entertainment with pop-up theatre performances on the street.

These performances will be the result of two evening workshops which will be held at the Foróige youth café, Fairgreen, (opposite the bus station), to encourage teens to devise their own physical theatre.

Stop - a Galway produced film

Thu, Jul 11, 2013

STOP, A short film written and directed by Paul Murphy, and produced by Galwegian Mark Downes, will be shown as part of the Galway Film Fleadh.

Amy-Joyce Hastings - rising Galway actress

Thu, Jul 11, 2013

THE NEW name to watch out for in Irish cinema could well be the Oughterard born actress, writer, director, and producer, Amy-Joyce Hastings.

Theatre @ Galway Fringe Festival

Thu, Jul 11, 2013

THEATRE IS a major part of this year’s Galway Fringe Festival, with more than 30 productions from some of Ireland’s finest theatre practitioners.

Angels Of The Odd: Red: A night of peculiar theatre and strange cabaret is the intriguing title of a show from Angels of the Odd Productions in The Electric Garden tomorrow and Saturday.

Music on Inishbofin

Thu, Jul 11, 2013

JULIE FEENEY and The Walls are among the musicians who will be making their way to Inishbofin for the island’s summer concerts.

The concerts start on July 16 with Eleanor Shanley, who will be joined by guitarist Frankie Lane and Paul Kelly. On July 23, Steve and Joe Wall (The Walls, The Stunning), will take to the stage.

Lee Fields - the second coming of a soul man

Thu, Jul 11, 2013

AS I write, shrill shrieks and grunts James Brown would be envious of are busting out of the speakers from my 45rpm copy of ‘I’m A Man’. Indeed the artist’s old nickname ‘Little JB’ comes from his physical and vocal resemblance to Brown. However this is unmistakably Lee Fields, a very different talent.

New York indie-rock Renaissance man

Thu, Jul 04, 2013

HE GREW up in a counterculture atmosphere in New York’s Lower East Side, surrounded by music, comic books, and alternative ways of looking at the world. He is Jeffrey Lewis - singer, songwriter, lyricist, artist, storyteller, and comic book creator.

The Adventures of Shay Mouse

Thu, Jul 04, 2013

THERE ARE some big shows to look forward to in the Galway Arts Festival and in terms of cast-size alone Galway Youth Theatre and Galway Community Theatre’s The Adventures of Shay Mouse is right up there.

With a cast of 32 plus a live band, the production is a new stage musical adapted from the children’s novel by Pat McCabe, first published in 1985.

Theatre shows @ NUIG

Thu, Jul 04, 2013

NUI GALWAY’S Cube Theatre will host nine plays over two weeks, from new and emerging Irish theatre voices, as part of this year’s Galway Fringe Festival.

An Tíoránach Drogallach

Thu, Jul 04, 2013

AN TAIBHDHEARC’S offering for this year’s Galway Arts Festival is An Tíoránach Drogallach, a translation as Gaeilge from Tom Murphy’s play, The Last Days Of A Reluctant Tyrant.

The story of a fighting man

Thu, Jul 04, 2013

JOHNNY KILBANE, the Irish-American boxer who remains the longest reigning World Featherweight Champion of all time, is the subject of a film to be shown at the Galway Film Fleadh.

Croí Trodach - A Fighting Heart, directed by Des Kilbane, a relative of Johnny, will be shown in the Cinemobile, outside the Town Hall Theatre, on Saturday July 13 at 6pm (as Gaeilge) and on Sunday 14 at 10am (in English).

Galway Arts Festival @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jul 04, 2013

GALWAY FANS of Irish trad as well as of singer-songwriter Brian Kennedy, will be looking forward to the Galway Arts Festival line-up in Monroe’s this month.

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