Brian Kennedy will play the Roisin Dubh

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

Brian Kennedy will play the Roisin Dubh on September 5 from 8pm. Tickets cost €20 (€18 members) and are available online at

www.roisindubh.net, at the ticket desk at OMG Zhivago, Shop Street, and at The Róisín Dubh.

Lunchtimes with ConTempo

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

The Galway Music Residency has announced details of the 2015/16 monthly lunchtime concert series with its ensemble in residence, the ConTempo Quartet.

‘Galway always has good stories’

Thu, Aug 20, 2015

WHEN A performer's raison d'être is creating on the spot rap songs inspired by audience suggestions, that performer needs the crowd to be able to come with something fresh, something the performer can really get stuck into, and something that will inspire humour filled rhymes.

Baile an Salsa to play Monroe's Live

Thu, Aug 20, 2015

Baile an Salsa brings its eclectic mix of Irish traditional music and salsa to Monroe’s Live on Saturday August 29.

The Nathan Carter show returns to Galway

Thu, Aug 20, 2015

Ireland’s hottest act, Nathan Carter, will return to Galway when he plays Leisureland on Saturday August 29 for a fully seated concert. Carter promises a full on, no holds barred, evening of great entertainment with his terrific band and special guests on the night.

The Hive @ Roisin Dubh tomorrow night

Thu, Aug 20, 2015

110th Street’s The Hive is back tomorrow night spinning the best tracks, from across the genres and across the eras, in the name of having a decent party.

Keith and Lorraine's Showband Show with Brendan Bowyer at the Salthill Hotel

Thu, Aug 20, 2015

Keith and Lorraine McDonald are two of Ireland's most respected entertainers, and have been receiving rave reviews following a number of recent high energy cabaret and dancing shows with the recently reformed Showband Show.

Parquet Courts play Róisín Dubh next month

Thu, Aug 20, 2015

"ANYTHING THAT does not come from tradition is plagiarism," declared Catalan surrealist Salvador Dalí. It is a wilfully contradictory, deliberately oxymoronic, statement, but it describes perfectly New York indie-rockers Parquet Courts.

Galway Baroque Singers auditions for new members

Thu, Aug 20, 2015

In preparation for an exciting new term, Galway Baroque Singers will hold auditions for new members in Saint Patrick's Bandroom on Tuesday September 1. Vacancies exist in all sections. For further information and to arrange audition, call Joan on 087 6911460.

The Voice of Ireland needs you

Thu, Aug 20, 2015

RTÉ One hit show The Voice of Ireland returns for a fifth series and aspiring Galwegian divas, rock bands, and pop acts, are being sought for auditions, which will be held later in the autumn.

The show's format gives each singer 90 seconds to impress one or more of four coaches. Those interested in talking part can apply via www.rte.ie/thevoice and send an MP3 or YouTube clip of themselves singing, along with contact details.

Ryley Walker - 'prodigious talent' for Strange Brew

Thu, Aug 13, 2015

"Walker is a prodigious talent. He possesses the light touch of Bert Jansch, the unbottled energy of Peter Walker, and the musical erudition of John Fahey...Walker is versatile, too, with a chameleonic quality that allows him to slip into ragged electric blues and bucolic acoustic reveries with equal ease. Of all the songwriters trying their hand at this revivalist approach...Walker is the most natural and enviable."

Album review: Yo La Tengo

Music Reviews Thu, Aug 13, 2015

THIS IS not the first Yo La Tengo covers album, that was 2006's Yo La Tengo Is Murdering The Classics, featuring their take on artists as diverse as Yes and The Stooges. Stuff Like That There is a different, though equally eccentric, beast.

Giveamanakick - reunion tour/Róísín Dubh show

Thu, Aug 13, 2015

THEIR LIVE shows were among the most incendiary and thrilling delivered by any Irish band in the noughties. At times it was hard to believe their furious, visceral mix of punk, hardcore, and metal, was the work of just two guys.

Athru - exciting young trad band @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Aug 13, 2015

THEY ARE only together for a year, but in that time Belfast trad band Athru have won Derry's An Re Nua 2014 Competition, recorded their debut EP, and been winning critical acclaim.

Goldfish Syndrome @ Monroe’s Backstage Bar

Thu, Aug 13, 2015

GOLDFISH SYNDROME have been making a name for themselves across Europe, the USA, and South Africa, and Galway will soon to get a taste of what the Cork indie-rock band is about.

Steven and Katie's Big Gay Pride Gig

Thu, Aug 13, 2015

STEVEN SHARPE and Katie O'Connor, two of Galway’s most prolific and established gay musicians, will host their Big Gay Pride Gig upstairs in the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 9pm.

Mick Hanly to play An Spidéal

Thu, Aug 13, 2015

FOR THE first time in 23 years, Mick Hanly, one of Ireland's greatest songwriters, plays An Spideál, with a show at the new upstairs venue os Tígh Giblin's on Thursday August 20 at 9pm.

Login Record Showcase @ The Loft

Thu, Aug 13, 2015

GALWAY/LONDON based electronic music label Login Records will hold a showcase at The Loft at Seven, tonight from 10pm, and headlined by label cofounder and owner, Qugas.

Too Much for the Whiteman reform for SugarBeat

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

TOO MUCH For The White Man's SugarBeat Festival reunion show is possibly the most anticipated performance of the weekend, and the band, who enjoyed a wide following in Ireland in the late 1980s/early 1990s play Tuam Stadium on Saturday August 22.

Album review: Led Zeppelin

Music Reviews Thu, Aug 06, 2015

IN LATE 1975, Led Zeppelin found themselves with just 18 days to record the follow-up to Physical Graffiti. The Rolling Stones were due at Musicland Studios in Munich, meaning Zep, despite their status as 'biggest band in the world', had to record the album and get out - quick.

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