A painterly look at the west
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
AN EXPLORATION of the west coast of Ireland has resulted in a series of new landscapes and works by the artist Michael Downes which will be on display in Kenny’s.
Read more ...dREA to play Monroe’s
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
dREA IS a new musical project centred around Limerick musician Damien Drea, who will play Monroe’s Backstage Bar on Saturday April 20 at 9pm.
Read more ...Competition winners
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
The winners of the Pilgrim Hill screening were Rachel Curran, Renmore; Des Johnston, Rahoon; Gary Phelan. Galway; Doreen O’Rourke, Ballybrit; Rita Bourke, Galway; Declan McSteen, Salthill; Gerard Barrett, Moycullen; Gerard Barrett, Ardrahan; Joan Keane, Galway; Sonja Kollmann, Rahoon; Emma O’Sullivan, Oughterard; Antonio Bibbò, Galway; Tara Spelman, Knocknacarra; and Eileen Zellmann, Cappagh Road.
Read more ...The Field at Renvyle House Hotel
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
JOHN B KEANE’S classic play The Field will be staged by Wild Swan Theatre Company in the Renvyle House Hotel on Friday April 19 and Saturday 20.
Read more ...Virtuoso guitarist for Róisín Dubh
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
STEPHEN FRY hailed him a “genius”; David Crosby called him “wonderful”; while Acoustic Magazine said he is a “gifted and inspirational guitar player”.
Read more ...Sarah McQuaid to play Monroe’s Backstage Bar
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
ALED JONES is a classical tenor but he knows a good singer when he hears one, regardless of what genre s/he sings in, and he has high praise for Sarah McQuaid.
Read more ...Ana Gog to play Kelly’s
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
THEY HAVE been compared to Arcade Fire and Owen Pallett while their music has been described as post-rock and “folk-inspired and yet dramatic and powerful”.
Read more ...Eoin Glackin @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
THE DUBLIN singer-songwriter Eoin Glackin is coming to Galway to play Monroe’s Live on Friday April 19 at 10pm.
Read more ...Get down to Motown @ HALO
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
SOUL, FUNK, and old skool r’n’b will be the order of the day when The Papa Zitas bring the Motown Big Band experience to upstairs at Halo Live tomorrow night.
Read more ...Comedy theatre in Oranmore
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
BUALAH BOS - Oranmore Music & Drama Group will stage Jimmy Keary’s The Two loves of Gabriel Foley in Keanes nightclub Kudos tomorrow and Saturday at 8pm.
Read more ...Funk & Soul in Massimo
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
Uptight! is back at Massimo bar, Williams Street this Friday night. Dave Barry will be spinning funk, soul, reggae and more all on vinyl til the wee hours. Joining him on the decks will be a special guest to be confirmed. Entereance as always is free.
Read more ...John Daly to Get Deeper @ The Cellar
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
JOHN DALY, one of Ireland’s leading DJs, will be hitting the decks at Get Deeper in The Cellar Underground this Saturday at 11pm.
Read more ...NUIG Dramsoc to perform Twelfth Night
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
IN DECEMBER 1912, UCG’s Dramsoc staged its first performance, Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. As part of the society’s centenary celebrations it is reviving this work.
Read more ...Kevin McAleer @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
SINCE HIS appearances on Nighthawks in the early 1990s, Kevin McAleer has enjoyed the status of a founding father of modern Irish stand-up and a a much loved comic.
Read more ...Doctor Who special effects artist is coming to Galway
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
THE WOMAN who has produced special effects for Doctor Who, Iron Maiden, and Lady Gaga, is coming to Galway to take part in the Galway Arts Centre’s Cúirt Labs.
Special effects expert Kate Walsh will be taking part in the labs which will be an experimental creative space for young people (14 to 24 years of age), on Saturday April 27.
Read more ...West Ocean String Quartet - new album, Galway concert
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
“THE WEST Ocean String quartet dazzles in its renaissance-like ability to inhabit multiple worlds simultaneously...fording rivers that don’t even appear on most musicians’ maps.”
Read more ...Maurice Walsh exhibits in Renzo Café
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
TWO MILLION Miles Away is the title of a new exhibition by Galway artist, Maurice Walsh, which is currently running at the Renzo Café in Eyre Street.
Read more ...‘By writing about a particular place you find the universal’
Thu, Apr 04, 2013
BOTH AS an individual and as a writer Ron Rash, who reads in Galway next month at the Cúirt International Festival of Literature, has been indelibly shaped by his southern Appalachian roots.
Read more ...GAC(h) Duine - music for everyone
Thu, Apr 04, 2013
THE YEAR normally does not go by without the Galway Arts Centre hosting a number of music gigs, either in its HQ in Dominick Street or at the Nuns Island Theatre, but a three day music festival, focussing on indie, folk rock, and electronica, is a new departure.
Read more ...Altissimo Quintet - Galway debut and world premiere
Thu, Apr 04, 2013
IRELAND’S ONLY viola quintet, the Altissimo Quintet, will give their debut Galway concert next week, performing music by Brahms and Dvorak, as well as premiering a new work.
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