US orchestra to give charity concert for Jigsaw

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

THE LINCOLN Youth Symphony will perform a concert at St Nicholas Collegiate Church on Saturday March 5 at 1pm, with a programme featuring Copland, Bach, Faure, and Irish composer William Balfe.

Have some Dvorák for lunch

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

'AMERICAN', ONE of Antonín Dvorák’s musical responses to his time in the New World, will be performed at a lunchtime concert with the ConTempo String Quartet next week.

Marty 'Hit The Diff' Mone @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

MARTY MONE, who has enjoyed success with the singles ‘Slip the Clutch’ and 'Hit The Diff’, is now touring Ireland to promote his debut album, including a show at Monroe’s Live on Friday March 4 at 9pm.

St Patrick's Day trad music @ Monroe's

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

TRAD MUSICIANS James Sheridan and Martin O’Connor, will play Monroe’s Tavern on St Patrick's Day, Wednesday March 17, at 1pm.

Daithí - new EP to reveal new direction

Tue, Feb 23, 2016

WHEN DAITHÍ launches his new EP, Tribes, at the Róisín Dubh this week, he will not only be unveiling a new set of songs, but unveiling an entirely new direction and approach - creatively and philosophically - to his music.

Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox

Thu, Feb 18, 2016

SCOTT BRADLEE'S Postmodern Jukebox has clocked up millions of YouTube hits, but the man and his band's approach in rendering Miley Cyrus’ 'We Can’t Stop' as doo-wop, and Sam Smith’s 'Stay With Me' as 1940s big-band, is as much about education as it is about entertainment.

Clare Quinn to perform in Carnegie Hall

Thu, Feb 18, 2016

RENMORE'S CLARE Celine Quinn will make her New York debut in Carnegie Hall when she performs 'Parla Piu Piano', from the soundtrack to the film The Godfather, on Easter Sunday, March 27.

Interskalactic to bring the ska to The Loft

Thu, Feb 18, 2016

INTERSKALACTIC, HAILED as “the future of ska in Ireland” by Ryan Tubridy, return to The Loft at Seven, on Friday February 26 at 9pm, for a night of big band flavour to first-wave, old-school, Jamaican ska.

Kíla return to Monroe’s Live

Thu, Feb 18, 2016

KÍLA, THE acclaimed Irish-trad/world music fusion band, make a welcome return to Monroe's Live, where they will be in concert on Wednesday March 16 at 10pm.

Inishbofin ‘Off The Rock Fundraiser’ @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Feb 18, 2016

LEADING TRAD musicians from Inishbofin will take to the stage of Monroe's Live for the annual 'Off The Rock Fundraiser', to raise funds for the development of amenities and initiatives for the Connemara island.

New monthly jazz club @ Monroe's

Thu, Feb 18, 2016

A NEW monthly jazz night, Killer Joe’s Jazz Club, presented by The Galway Jazz Quartet, will open in The Side Bar, Monroe's Live, on Sunday February 28.

DJ Franck Roger @ The Loft

Thu, Feb 18, 2016

FRENCH HOUSE producer and DJ Franck Roger will spin the decks in The Loft Venue, at Seven, on Saturday February 27, at 10pm.

A concert with the Something to Sing About choir

Thu, Feb 18, 2016

THE SOMETHING to Sing About Choir Galway will host an evening of music and song in the g Hotel this Saturday at 8pm, where they will be accompanied by Alison Slattery.

Welsh guitar wizard Gareth Pearson for Galway

Wed, Feb 17, 2016

GARETH PEARSON, the phenomenal fingerstyle guitarist, who has won praise and admiration from fellow guitarists, including Jan Akkerman, who called him "a genius", plays Galway this weekend.

Eoin Dolan to launch new EP at Arus na nGael

Mon, Feb 15, 2016

EOIN DOLAN, one of Galway city's finest young singer-songwriters, will launch his new EP, Something Good, with a gig at Club Árus na nGael, Dominick Street, this Wednesday [February 17] at 9pm.

Alright The Captain to headline FEAST

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

THE FEAST nights of metal, punk, and math-rock in the Róisín Dubh celebrat's its second anniversary with a show by the forward-thinking British post-rock trio Alright The Captain.

Rackhouse Pilfer return to Monroe’s Live

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

RACKHOUSE PILFER, acclaimed for their stomping alt.country, bluegrass, and Amerciana, as evidenced by their winning the Hotpress/Jaegermesier Live Band of the Year 2015 award, return to Galway.

A concert of Mozart wind serenades

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

MUSIC BY Mozart, as well as the Irish premiere of Jonathan Dove's 'Figures in the Garden', will be performed in Galway by eight leading national and international wind players

Earl Jeffers to DJ @ new TRIBE night

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

DJ EARL Jeffers who formerly released music under the moniker Chesus, will headline Tribe, a new club night in The Loft, at Seven, which takes place on Tuesday February 16 at 10pm.

Club Lonely for Valentine's dancing

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

CLUB LONELY, a night of serious disco, house, "love and plenty of dancing", takes place in The Blue Note this Sunday, with DJ sets from P.Disconaut, Mitch, Byron B Yeates, and Nuff' Said.

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