Galway acts line out for charity concert

Thu, May 12, 2016

LEADING GALWAY musicians and performers will take to the stage for Superheroes, a special charity event to raise funds and awareness about CGD diseases.

Black Bank Folk - tribute show to 1916

Thu, May 12, 2016

IRISH FOLK band Black Bank Folk - the musicians who make up Damien Dempsey's band - will perform their debut album, Rising, at Monroe’s Live on Friday May 20 at 9pm.

Kane Sisters Fóroige Youth Cafe gig

Thu, May 12, 2016

LIZ AND Yvonne Kane, two of the most vibrant forces in Irish trad, play the next Galway Youth Arts Alliance Show Up and Show Off gig at the Fóroige Youth Cafe, Fairgreen, this Saturday at 7pm.

Until April @ The Loft

Thu, May 12, 2016

UNTIL APRIL - the indie/electro collaboration between vocalist David Owens drummer Alan Walsh - play The Loft at Seven, Bridge Street, on Saturday, in one of their final Irish shows ahead of their European tour.

Hot 8 Brass Band return to Róisín Dubh

Tue, May 10, 2016

THE HOT 8 Brass Band, the phenomenal New Orleans jazz-funk-hip hop band have brought the house down on numerous occasions when playing Galway in the past and will do so again this weekend.

Chad Valley to play Strange Brew

Thu, May 05, 2016

OXFORD HAS a rich tradition of producing some of England's best rock and alternative music acts; witness Radiohead, Supergrass, Foals, and Sornoway, and to that illustrious list we can also add Hugo Manuel, who goes under the stage name Chad Valley.

Cian Finn - Irish reggae man @ The Loft

Thu, May 05, 2016

CIAN FINN, a leading exponent of reggae in Ireland, will perform songs from his debut solo album, This Applies, when he plays The Loft at Seven, Bridge Street, this Saturday at 11pm.

Hot jazz and bellydancing

Thu, May 05, 2016

THE SOUND of New Orleans, Eastern European folk, jazz, and Jewish music will collide in exciting fashion with sensuous middle eastern dance, when The Underscore Orkestra and Suadela Bellydance play the Róisín Dubh on Friday May 13 at 9pm.

Freddie White @ Monroe's Live

Thu, May 05, 2016

THE GREAT Freddie White makes a welcome return to Galway to play Monroe’s Live on Thursday June 9 at 8pm, and as Siobhan Long in The Irish Times said: "there’s still nobody to match White at his best".

Mississippi choir charity concert

Thu, May 05, 2016

TWENTY SINGERS from Mississippi's Millsaps College Chamber choir come to Galway next week, to perform a fundraising concert for the youth mental health charity Jigsaw.

Get the blues with Bex Marshall

Thu, May 05, 2016

BEX MARSHALL, a 2015 European Blues Awards nominee and recipient of the Best British Blues Vocalist and Album at the 2013 UK Blues Awards, plays Monroe's Live on Thursday May 19.

‘Experience Beethoven’ with ConTempo

Thu, May 05, 2016

STRING QUARTETS by Beethoven will be performed by the ConTempo Quartet in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church this Saturday at 7.30pm, as part of ConTempo's ‘Experience Beethoven’ concert series.

Tina Turner tribute show at Town Hall

Thu, May 05, 2016

TINA TURNER herself has described Irish singer, Rebecca O'Connor's tribute show to Tina, Simply The Best, as "so good, it’s scary!”, while Fleetwood Mac's Mick Fleetwood declared, "Rebecca is an amazing performer and vocalist. I was mesmerized."

Pink Floyd tribute to play Monroe's Live

Thu, May 05, 2016

PINK FLOYD, pioneers of ambient music, creators of some of rock's greatest albums, legendary for their stage shows, and in Roger Waters and Syd Barrett, they had two of Britain's most original songwriters.

Open mic for teens

Thu, May 05, 2016

THE UNDERAGE Open Mic at the Róisín Dubh returns to the Dominick Street venue this Sunday at 3pm and teen musicians and singers are sought to take part.

The Burning Hell - 'the good guys occasionally win'

Wed, May 04, 2016

"THE BURNING Hell write the kind of literate, funny, catchy songs that makes you want to learn all the words and shout them passionately back in their faces." So said Drowned in Sound, about the Canadian band that plays Galway next week.

Album review: Bleached

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 28, 2016

THEY WERE a duo of sisters - Jennifer and Jessie Clavin, now they are a trio, joined by bassist Micayla Grace. Whether it's the Micayla's addition, or more experience under their collective belt, the LA band are rocking harder than ever.

Imelda May and Damien Dempsey to play Big Top

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

IRISH ROCKABILLY queen Imelda May and singer-songwriter Damien Dempsey will play the Galway International Arts Festival Absolut Big Top on Thursday July 21 at 7pm and tickets go on sale tomorrow.

Terry Reid - the return of 'superlungs'

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

TERRY REID could have been the lead singer in Led Zeppelin. Richie Blackmore wanted him to be Deep Purple’s frontman. Both incidents have cast him as rock’s great 'nearly man...’, but this is to forget Terry Reid has always been his own man.

Galway Early Music Festival 2016

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

GENDER-BENDING baroque opera singers, 12th century love songs, and young musicians playing music from centuries ago, not to mention women's contribution to European music - it's the 2016 Galway Early Music Festival.

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