Adventures in Music with Sonic Strings

Thu, May 09, 2013

TEENAGE ORCHESTRA Sonic String will perform music from across the world at the final Adventures In Music gig of the season.

The 20 strong choir, drawn from Coole Music, will play boogie, salsa, tango, and Irish trad in St Patrick’s Band Hall, beside Ceannt Train Station, on Sunday May 12.

Celebrating Adrian Frazier

Thu, May 09, 2013

WATCHING MY Hands At Work, an anthology of poetry, fiction, drama, and essays honouring NUI Galway’s Prof Adrian Frazier is to be launched.

Contemporary dance classes

Thu, May 09, 2013

CONTEMPORARY DANCE classes with Elena Giannotti, take place in the Galway Rowing Club, Woodquay, today (Thursday May 9), Monday 13, and Monday 20.

The guitarist and the cellist

Thu, May 09, 2013

A CONCERT of guitar and cello music, with ConTempo’s Adrian Mantu and John Feeley, takes place in the Druid Lane Theatre tomorrow at 1pm.

OTC’s ‘dramatically re-imagined’ Carmen

Thu, May 02, 2013

WITH ITS instantly recognisable score and a love story bristling with thwarted passions, Georges Bizet’s Carmen is undoubtedly among the most popular operas in existence.

Sonnets For The Cradle and the dark side of fairytales

Thu, May 02, 2013

GALWAY EARLY Music Festival takes place from Thursday May 9 to Sunday 12 and among the highlights is Sonnets For The Cradle, a multi-media event based on classic fairytales.

New exhibition of film and artwork

Thu, May 02, 2013

THE ARTISTS Cecilia Danell and Emmet Kierans and the youth group Red Bird, will host a new art exhibition, Remember Me (When I Forget), at the Galway Arts Centre.

Basswax @ The Cellar

Thu, May 02, 2013

BASSWAX RETURNS to The Cellar Bar on Eglinton Street, this Saturday at 10pm for more electronic mischief.

Headlining is Planet Mu’s The Host, better known as Boxcutter. Support is from Galway drum’n’bass producer Furian; techno DJ Deletia; and old school jungle from Sean Doohan. The DJs will be playing through a SubVersion sound system.

Atalante - Roman laments and ethereal sounds

Thu, May 02, 2013

ERIN HEADLEY and her award-winning pan-European ensemble Atalante are coming to Galway to perform a concert which aims to “transport the soul and elevate the spirit”.

For Love - ‘like a dirty pop song’

Thu, May 02, 2013

NEW YORK’S Irish Repertory Theatre comes to the Town Hall Theatre on Tuesday May 7 and Wednesday 8 at 8pm, with Laoisa Sexton’s much-acclaimed ‘dark blue comedy’, For Love.

Celebrating Irish songwriters

Thu, May 02, 2013

IRISH SONGWRITERS and composers will be celebrated at a show, from the Galway Percy French Society, in An Taibhdhearc this month.

Blazing Bows - fiddle masters unleashed

Thu, May 02, 2013

THREE OF the best trad fiddlers in the country - Cathal Hayden, Dezi Donnelly, and Tóla Custy - have joined forces to become Blazing Bows.

War Against Cliché writing workshop

Thu, May 02, 2013

THE WAR Against Cliché: A writing and editing workshop for intermediate writers and blocked writers is coming to the Galway Arts Centre.

Cinderella - After The Ball

Thu, May 02, 2013

WHATEVER HAPPENED to Cinderella and Prince Charming after they got married? Fairy tales answer it was ‘happily ever after’, but Ballet Ireland begs to differ.

Kenny’s to launch new book on Seán Keating

Thu, May 02, 2013

THE FIRST exhibition to be held in The Kenny Gallery in Salthill in July 1968 was by Sean Keating, one of Ireland’s major 20th century artists.

Colin Murphy @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, May 02, 2013

One of Ireland’s leading comics, Belfast man Colin Murphy (pictured) brings his inspired stand-up comedy to the Róisín Dubh on Friday May 10 at 8.30pm. Support is from Fred Cooke and Joe Rooney. Tickets are available at www.roisindubh.net, from the Ticket Desk at OMG, Shop Street (formerly Zhivago), and The Róisín Dubh.

Fang Island to play Strange Brew

Thu, May 02, 2013

FANG ISLAND’S music is celebratory, ecstatic, joyful, and anthemic, combining the playfulness of indie-rock with the big guitar riffs and licks of classic rock.

Candice Gordon @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, May 02, 2013

THE MUSIC and songs of Candice Gordon embraces a diverse array of sounds, from Tex-Mex to New Orleans rhythms to Ennio Morricone to Tom Waits.

Walpurgis Night II - heavy metal thunder

Thu, May 02, 2013

WALPURGIS NIGHT II, a night of heavy metal by some of the best bands working in that diverse genre, takes place in The Cellar Bar tomorrow night from 7pm.

Bressie to play the Radisson

Thu, May 02, 2013

BRESSIE, former front man with The Blizzards, solo vocalist and songwriter, chart topper, and Voice Of Ireland coach, and is coming to Galway.

Bressie will play a ‘Róisín Dubh presents concert...’ at the Radisson Live Lounge on Thursday May 9 at 8pm.

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