Leading Armies @ Monroe’s

Thu, May 16, 2013

FUSING REGGAE, soul, rock, funk, and hip hop, Limerick sextet Leading Armies’ play with skilled musicianship, layered harmonies, and a youthful exuberance.

Boyfights @ Strange Brew

Thu, May 16, 2013

BOYFIGHTS, A new Galway male/female vocals and guitar duo, play Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh.

The duo will be supporting Enemies. They have just recorded an EP with So Cow leader Brian Kelly. The EP will be out in the next fortnight.

Danny Dowling’s Brand Spanking New

Thu, May 16, 2013

BRAND SPANKING New, the comedy night in the Róisín Dubh celebrating new and rising Irish comedy returns with RTE New Comedy Award acts.

A green tribute to Pink Floyd

Thu, May 16, 2013

EPIC MUSICAL explorations of inner and outer space, the human psyche, and the outer limits of rock - Pink Floyd excelled in this like few others.

Gatsby, glamour, and The Eye

Thu, May 16, 2013

TODAY SEES the launch of Baz Luhrmann’s much anticipated film adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby.

Retracing Antonin Artaud in Galway

Thu, May 16, 2013

ANTONIN ARTAUD, the French playwright and theatre director visited Galway city and the Aran Islands in 1937 and an event is taking place to mark his visit.

Galway Dance Days 2013

Thu, May 16, 2013

GALWAY DANCE Days 2013 takes place today, tomorrow, and Saturday, and will see dancers, artists, and academics joining forces for a variety of events.

Thomas Ryan - painting Irish history

Thu, May 16, 2013

THOMAS RYAN, the Irish artist renowned for his depictions of historical and religious episodes, is the subject of a new exhibition at NUI Galway.

GTI End of Year Exhibition 2013

Thu, May 16, 2013

SOME 150 students at the Galway Technical Institute will display their creativity at the 2013 GTI End of Year Exhibition.

Singing Nina Simone

Thu, May 16, 2013

JAZZ SINGER, civil rights activist, songwriter, black music icon, Nina Simone is one of the all time greats of post war music.

Upbeat Generation @ HALO

Thu, May 16, 2013

GET DOWN and get with it for a night of floor filling funk, soul, r’n’b, and Motown with Upbeat Generation upstairs at HALO tomorrow night.

This five-piece, featuring vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, and drums, features experienced musicians from across the world playing classic songs by Prince, Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, Chic, Stevie Wonder, Jamiroquai, and Sister Sledge.

The Riptide Movement - steppin’ out and steppin’ up

Thu, May 09, 2013

“THE BLUES had a baby and they called it rock’n’roll,” Muddy Waters declared on his 1977 album Hard Again, and from Van Morrison to Rory Gallagher to Thin Lizzy, the Irish have always had time for the blues.

The Whileaways

Thu, May 09, 2013

THREE INDIVIDUALS who were also three songwriters, three singers, and three obsessive fans of the folk music of the United States, all were on their own paths until eventually they came to point of intersection and a new direction was born.

Gaelic poetry and song in Aughnanure Castle

Thu, May 09, 2013

IN THE 16th century surrounds of Aughnanure Castle, just outside Oughterard, a concert of bardic poetry and mediaeval Irish harp music will be performed.

The Woolgatherer

Thu, May 09, 2013

WILLIAM MASTROSIMONE’S award-winning comedy-drama The Woolgatherer hits the Town Hall Theatre next week in an acclaimed Irish premiere staging from Orion Productions in association with Blue Moon Theatre Company.

Donal O’Kelly at the double

Thu, May 09, 2013

WRITER/PERFORMER Donal O’Kelly comes to the Town Hall Theatre next week with a double bill of plays, Bat the Father, Rabbit the Son, on Monday May 13 and Ailliliú Fionnuala on Tuesday 14.

Lend Me a Tenor ask KATS

Thu, May 09, 2013

LEND ME A Tenor, the award winning Broadway and West End hit by Ken Ludwig, is to be staged in Galway by the Knocknacarra Amateur Theatre Society.

Film making workshops for young people

Thu, May 09, 2013

YOUNG PEOPLE who want to act in a film, write a script, direct a movie, or capture the scene behind the lens should avail of film making workshops in the county this summer.