Toasted Heretic re-release Another Day, Another Riot - and release new single

Thu, May 13, 2021

“ANOTHER DAY, another riot, burn the banks and burn the bills/People like you can’t keep quiet/People like me don’t get ill.”

The Staves to play Galway in October

Tue, May 11, 2021

THE STAVES, the English folk-pop trio of Emily, Jessica, and Camilla Staveley-Taylor - will play Ireland in October, including a show at the Róisín Dubh.

Listen to Niamh Regan and David Kitt in concert

Mon, May 10, 2021

TWO MUSICIANS, one from County Galway, the other with impeccable Galway roots, recently performed with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, and the conert is now available to listen to.

‘Tin Foil Hat’ - Loner Deluxe releases new single

Thu, May 06, 2021

TIN FOIL Hat - the headgear of choice for conspiracy theorists convinced someone is trying to read or control their minds, or the ‘threat’ from electromagnetic fields, is the inspiration for a new single released on Friday May 7.

Young Galway musicians to perform in Livefeed concert film

Thu, Apr 29, 2021

TOMORROW, FRIDAY April 30, will see some of Galway’s finest and most exciting young songwriters, singers, and musicians perform in an online concert.

Gardner - at last, the debut single arrives

Thu, Apr 29, 2021

GARDNER ARE back! Following possibly the longest break in Galway musical history, the band is releasing a new single, and proving that, for some, lockdown has been a real spur to creativity.

Simon Mawhinney - in concert at NUIG

Tue, Apr 27, 2021

SIMON MAWHINNEY, the innovative and intriguing composer and pianist from County Down, is to give a concert live streamed from NUI Galway.

Clannad to play Leisureland in 2022

Wed, Apr 21, 2021

CLANNAD WILL mark its 50th anniversary as a band, and bring the curtain down on an extraordinary career with a farewell world tour.

ConTempo and Collins - live from the Hardiman

Tue, Apr 20, 2021

FINGHIN COLLINS and the ConTempo Quartet will join forces for a concert of music by Shostakovich, Keal, and Brahms, to be broadcast live from Eyre Square.

Villagers to play Galway in November

Tue, Apr 20, 2021

VILLAGERS HAVE today announced a new Irish and British tour which will take in Galway’s Black Box Theatre on November 5.

Máirtín O’Connor’s ‘The Mighty Ocean’ premieres on TG4 this weekend

Mon, Apr 19, 2021

‘THE MIGHTY Ocean’, a major new musical composition by the great Máirtín O’Connor, reflecting on the power of the sea, but also humanity’s pollution of the oceans, premieres this weekend.

Free concert with star Irish mezzo soprano Tara Erraught

Mon, Apr 19, 2021

TARA ERRAUGHT, one of Ireland’s finest mezzo sopranos, will give a free concert this week as part of NUI Galway’s Arts in Action festival series.

‘Better Than This’ - Tracy Bruen releases new single

Tue, Apr 13, 2021

“I LOOKED at you lately with a smile in your eyes, well it doesn’t get better than, better than this” - the opening line of the new single from Tracy Bruen.

Amhráin - celebrating Galway in song

Tue, Apr 13, 2021

TRACY BRUEN, Steven Sharpe, Field Trip, Katie O’Connor, Eoin Dolan, and an array of other stellar talents from Galway’s vibrant music scene, will appear in a short film celebrating Galway music and the city itself.

Imelda May to play Galway in 2022

Tue, Apr 13, 2021

IMELDA MAY has announced that she will play Lesiureland, Salthill on May 5 2022 as part of her Made To Love Irish and British tour.

The Opacas - the Lego video

Mon, Apr 12, 2021

THE OPACAS, the Galway/Leeds 'virtual’ rock band whose catchy singles and quirky videos have brought much joy during the pandemic, are back - and this time with a Lego video.

Karl Clews - jazz-funk bassist releases new album

Thu, Apr 01, 2021

KARL CLEWS, the bass player, session musician, and founder of the Galway jazz-funk-fusion band, Earthship, has just released his new album - Navigator.

‘Dreams’ marks start of new releases from rapper Crescent Moon

Tue, Mar 30, 2021

AN ‘OLD skool’ style hip hop on a very contemporary theme - this is ‘Dreams’, the debut single from Galway hip hop artist and producer, Crescent Moon.

NewDad - debut EP, Róisin Dubh show

Mon, Mar 29, 2021

FOLLOWING THE release of their debut EP, Galway indie quartet NewDad have announced a series of Irish shows in November.

Passio - a concert for Good Friday

Thu, Mar 25, 2021

ARVO PÄRT’S Passio, one of the best-known choral works of the late 20th-century, will be performed live from St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, Galway on Good Friday.

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