Anything Goes for Galway Music Society

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

Galway Musical Society celebrates its thirtieth anniversary in swinging style next week with a staging of the sublime Cole Porter musical, Anything Goes, at the Town Hall.

The Stunning and Ryan Sheridan to play SugarBeat

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

THE STUNNING, Ryan Sheridan, Hometown and Rackhouse Pilfer are among the acts confirmed to play the 2015 SugarBeat Festival in Tuam Stadium on Saturday August 22 and Sunday 23.

Rebecca Harkin to play Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

REBECCA HARKIN, the Derry singer-songwriter, who describes music as “my true love, hobby, friend and life ambition” plays Galway this weekend.

Cloud Castle Lake to play Strange Brew

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

EQUAL PARTS pastoral folk and soaring post-rock crescendos, Dublin trio Cloud Castle Lake have won acclaim for their epic live performances.

Enter Metropolis enter Galway

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

ENTER METROPOLIS, the German alternative-rock band are coming to Monroe’s Live on Sunday March 29 as part of their current Enter Ireland Tour.

March! Shuffle! Dance!

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

SHUFFLE! IS back once again for this months instalment of foot stomping floor fillers with DJ Dave Barry. Shuffle! is Galways only place to hear this original dance music in Galway. With two big guests to be anounced for the summer (one for Shuffle!’s second birthday) the next few month promise to be interesting indeed. Expect to hear jump blues, funk, northern soul, latin boogaloo, old school hip-hop, reggae, Jamaican ska, swing, soulful disco and what ever else ends up in the packed boxes of vinyl.

Fox Jaw play Róisín Dubh tonight

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

FOX JAW have just released their new single ‘Sirens Call’ and, as part of their current Irish tour, they play Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh tonight at 10pm.

Galway Jazz Jam @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

GALWAY JAZZ Jam is a group of local musicians who share a passion for jazz and see themselves as a community project rather than a band.

The group - Dave Mathieson (double bass), Esteban Moreno, Dylan Morrow, David Lyons (guitars), Fergal O’Connor (piano), Radko Vykukal, Bosco Joyce, Cathal Berkeley (saxophones), Aonghus O’Heocha (drums), and Noreena Gill (vocals) play Monroe’s Live this Sunday night. Expect an open jam session of jazz where anything can happen.

ConTempo and Concorde in concert

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

THE CONTEMPO Quartet and members of Concorde, two of the most acclaimed quartets in Irish classical music, join forces for the next concert in the New Music: Different Sounds series.

Album reviews: Noel Gallagher and Dr Feelgood

Music Reviews Wed, Mar 11, 2015

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday (Sour Mash)

Cry Monster Cry at Róisín Dubh

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

CRY MONSTER CRY, the folk-rock duo of Richie and Jamie Martin, are on tour to promote their debut album Rhythm Of Dawn, including a show upstairs in the Róisín Dubh tomorrow.

The Sandy Rats - new EP and Cellar Bar show

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

GALWAY INDIE, funk, and blues band The Sandy Rats will launch their eponymous debut EP with a gig in The Cellar Bar tomorrow at 9pm.

‘Brutal death metal’ of the best kind

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

THE NETHERLANDS’ Dictated, who play brutal, thrilling, death metal, headline the next FEAST upstairs in the Róisín Dubh this Saturday from 9pm.

Planet of sound

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday (Sour Mash)

A reggae night @ Monroe’s Live

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

THE CLANDESTINOS, Galway’s new roots reggae band will play a two hour set Monroe’s Live on Friday March 20 at 10pm.

St Patrick’s Weekend @ Electric

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

LEADING IRISH DJs will be spinning the decks at Electric for the Abbeygate Street club’s St Patrick’s Weekender series of events, running from Saturday to Monday.

Rob Wade @ The Cellar

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

ROB WADE, the award winning Galway singer-songwriter, plays downstairs at The Cellar Bar, Eglinton Street, this Saturday at 9pm.

Dott - new song, Galway show

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

GALWAY INDIE-pop/garage rock band Dott have released a new track, ‘Car Song’, and will play upstairs in the Róisín Dubh this Saturday from 11.30pm.

Dead Horse Jive @ Kelly’s

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

DEAD HORSE Jive, the Galway quintet who play AC/DC, Mötörhead, and KISS inspired “dirty rotten rock’n’roll”, play Upstairs at Kelly’s Bar on Friday March 20 at 9.30pm.

The band - Brendan Waldron, Owen O’Shaughnessy, Joycee, Martin Collins, and Phillip Welby - play a mix of blues, punk, and rock’n’roll, with songs about “times we can hardly remember and others we'd love to forget”, with a “neverending quest to have a good time”.

New Music: Different Sounds - a concert series

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

NEW MUSIC by Irish and international composers, performed on a variety of instruments and in a variety of combinations from solo to septet, feature in New Music: Different Sounds.

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