Grounds For Invasion @ Strange Brew

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

INDIE-ELECTRO trio Grounds For Invasion return to Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh on Thursday June 9 at 8pm, with support from Pourtraits, one of Ireland's most exciting up-and-coming hip-hop MCs.

New Gothic horror collection from Al Shine

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

WELCOME TO Coldwood, a town not unlike HP Lovecraft's Arkham - the focal point of strange happenings, murders, disappearances, insanity, degradation, and terrifying encounters.

Brian Bourke - events to mark artist's 80th birthday

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

BRÍAN BOURKE turns 80 this year and the Galway Arts Centre will host an exhibition of his work, a concert, and a film screening to honour one of Ireland's most distinctive visual artists.

Whose Line Is It Anyway? with Steven Frost and friends

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

FOUR OF the best improv comedians in the business - the Stephen Frost Improv Allstars - make a welcome return to the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh for a Whose Line Is It Anyway? style show.

Royal Shakespeare's Hamlet @ The Eye

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

FOR MANY, Hamlet is Shakespeare's greatest play, and contains possibly his most famous speech in "To be or not to be...", and Galway will have the chance to see it performed by The Royal Shakespeare Company.

Album review: Christy Moore

Music Reviews Thu, Jun 02, 2016

THERE IS a Galway connection to Christy's new album, coming straight at the beginning with 'Mandolin Mountain', written by the late, great songwriter and musician Tony Small.

'We thought, what’s the least zeitgeisty thing we can do?'

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

NIGHT THOUGHTS, Suede's seventh studio album, is a dark, ambitious, exploration of the fear and frailty of human relationships. The band will play the album in full as part of their performance at the Galway International Arts Festival, forming the musical backdrop — literally — to a feature film created by Roger Sargent to accompany the album.

Lynched mob

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

AFTER A stunning performance last autumn on Later…with Jools Holland, and a whirlwind tour of Britain, Ireland's latest folk sensations Lynched have seen their popularity soar.

An Klondike wants bearded men

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

AN KLONDIKE, the four-time IFTA winning Irish language western TV series is shooting its second season in Galway city and Oughterard this month and next and is seeking extras.

Vamonos - a celebration of Flamenco

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

AT THE heart of flamenco is not a step, or a rhythm, or a song, but a quality known as Duende - a dark creative force, an expression of the soul and of struggle.

Frank O’Sullivan exhibition at Town Hall

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

FRANK O'SULLIVAN, from Effin in County Limerick, is the latest artist to exhibit at the Town Hall bar, which curator Margaret Nolan has transformed into a congenial and busy little gallery space.

Take part in a re-enactment of historic Oireachtas 1913 photograph

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

A total of 163 people are needed to take part in the re-enactment of the famous photograph taken on the steps of the Town Hall during the Gaelic League Oireachtas of 1913.

ConTempo to perform Beethoven and Bartok

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

CONTEMPO WILL perform music by Beethoven and Bartok at two concerts over the coming week, ahead of the quartet being presented with honorary degrees by NUI Galway later this month.

Anne Mangan to exhibit new paintings

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

OIL PAINTINGS inspired by time spent living in France and Iraq will be on display in a new exhibition from the artist Anne Mangan.

Films sought for One Minute Film Festival

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

THE ONE Minute Film Festival, where filmmakers and film fans can shoot a 60 second HD film, on any subject or story, returns as part of this year's Galway Film Fleadh.

Keeva and Pauline Scanlon @ Monroe’s

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

SINGER PAULINE Scanlon will join Irish trad 'supergroup' Keeva, whose music also encompasses elements of jazz, for a concert in Monroe’s Tavern on Friday June 17 at 9pm.

Get the blues with ‘Big Daddy’ Webster

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

AMERICAN BLUESMAN Randall ‘Big Daddy’ Webster and songwriter/broadcaster Patrick Horgan bring their ‘Tangled Roots Tour’ to the Monroe’s Backstage Bar on Thursday June 30 at 9pm.

A choral concert in aid of COPE

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

THE RENOWNED tenor Owen Gilhooly joins the Marine Institute Singers and SSE Airtricity’s workplace choir, the SSE Airs, for a concert in the Augustinian Church, Middle Street, on Saturday June 11 at 8pm.

Cafolla & Engel @ HALO

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

THE DJ/SAXOPHONE duo of Cafolla & Engel are set to be the highlight of a packed series of events taking place at HALO for the June Bank Holiday weekend.

Bank Holiday Sunday @ Electric

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

BANK HOLIDAY Sunday at Electric, Abbeygate Street, will be an all-day and night affair, starting with the Disco Brunch from midday, featuring an extended brunch menu, Disco Brunch Cocktails, and a DJ set from Anthony Collins.

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