ABSOLUT Festival Gallery returns

Thu, Jul 18, 2013

THE LARGEST temporary gallery in Ireland - the ABSOLUT Festival Gallery at the Galway Shopping Centre, Headford Road - is open for the Galway Arts Festival.

‘Brave, vulnerable, human and funny’ - Blue Teapot’s Sanctuary

Thu, Jul 11, 2013

FIRST SEEN at last year’s Galway Theatre Festival, where it made a big impression on audiences, Blue Teapot Theatre Company’s play Sanctuary makes a welcome and well-deserved return in the Galway Arts Festival.

Written by Christian O’Reilly, Sanctuary explores the issue of sexual and romantic relationships between people who are intellectually disabled and illuminates the subject with great tact, sensitivity, and humour.

Two gigs from The Kilkennys

Thu, Jul 11, 2013

THE KILKENNYS, the modern Irish folk band who have shared the stage with Shane McGowan and Finbar Furey, play The Quays Music Hall on July 18 and 25.

Foster & Allen in concert

Thu, Jul 11, 2013

FOSTER & ALLEN will be in concert at the Clayton Hotel this Sunday 14 at 8pm as part of their The Ultimate Collection Tour.

The duo have notched up more than 30 years in the business and their latest album The Ultimate Collection reached the British Top 40. They will also release their autobiography Foster & Allen – After All These Years – Our Story through Virgin Books/Random House. They also have their own TV series, The Foster & Allen Show, on TG4 each Wednesday at 10.30pm and repeated every Sunday at 8pm.

Horslips guitarist for Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jul 11, 2013

WHEN JOHNNY Fean reinterpreted the trad tune ‘O’Neill’s March’ on the electric guitar, he created one of the greatest Irish hard rock riffs of all time.

Walking The Camino

Thu, Jul 11, 2013

MARTIN SHEEN called it a “brilliant documentary” and it has been showered with awards at leading films festivals across the USA.

Art exhibitions in the city

Thu, Jul 11, 2013

GROUP AND solo exhibitions, paintings and sculptures, will all be on show in the latest exhibitions to open in Galway city.

Kenneth Webb - the timeless artist

Thu, Jul 11, 2013

KENNETH WEBB first walked into Kenny’s on High Street in 1953, starting a partnership which has endured between artist and gallery for 60 years.

To mark this association, the Kenny Gallery, Liosbán, will host the exhibition Webb - Timeless, which opens tomorrow at 6pm. The guest speaker will be Kathleen Villiers-Tuthill.

Sharon Carty to sing at Galway Cathedral

Thu, Jul 11, 2013

THE IRISH mezzo-soprano Sharon Carty will sing in Galway Cathedral this evening at 8pm as part of the cathedral’s Summer Concerts series.

Two chances to see The Deans

Thu, Jul 11, 2013

THE DEANS, the Athenry roots-rockers, return to Galway next week for two shows.

The band - Gavin Dean (vocals, guitar), Gari Keon (drums) and Ronan Lally (bass) - headline their own show in Kelly’s on Saturday July 20. Also on the bill will be Cork band The Calvinists.

Flirt FM Sessions

Thu, Jul 11, 2013

THE FLIRT FM Sessions returns to Monroes Live tonight from 10pm with Franko Franko, Ka Tet, and Audio Fires.

Franko Franko is a Dublin-based synth-pop outfit who combine sun-drenched sixties harmonies with modern electronic sensibilities. Galway trio Ka Tet unleash the kind of chunky riffs on their guitars that has seen them compared with Queens of the Stone Age; Kilkenny’s Audio Fires (pictured above) cite their influences as Band of Skulls, Kings Of Leon, and The Vaccines.

Win tickets to The Cabin Collective

Thu, Jul 11, 2013

THE CABIN Collective, featuring Leo Moran, Noelie McDonnell, and Anthony Thistlethwaite, play Kelly’s, Bridge Street, on Friday July 19.

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.