Tommy Tiernan to make Guinness Book of Records attempt in Galway

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

TOMMY TIERNAN will attempt to enter the Guinness Book of Records with his new show Testamental which he will perform in Galway during the Easter Weekend.

The best of Irish to be seen and heard at Cúirt

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

JOSEPH O’CONNOR, Colm Toibín, and singer-songwriter John Spillane will all be appearing at this year’s Cúirt International Festival of Literature, which takes place from April 21 to 26.

Marina Carr’s Woman and Scarecrow at the Town Hall

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

“Why didn’t I have more sex when I could have?”

Concert by USA and Galway bands

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

THE FOOTHILL High School Concert Band from the USA and Galway’s St Patrick’s Brass Band will play The Black Box Theatre this Sunday at 8pm.

The Foothill band from Henderson, Nevada, will be under conductor Travis Pardee while the St Patrick’s Brass Band will be conducted by Michael Dooley.

Speed dating in Coyotes

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

A CHARITY speed dating event will take place in Coyotes, Forster Street, tomorrow at 7pm and it is open to all singles over 18 years of age.

St Patrick’s Festival @ GPO

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

THE GPO will celebrate St Patrick’s week early and in style, DJ Arveene and the brilliant Japanese Popstars being just two of the acts playing the Eglinton Street venue over the next few days.

Nathan Fake @ Lowerstate

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

NATHAN FAKE, one of the few artists cutting edge European techno connoisseurs really care about, plays Lowerstate at The Cellar, Eglinton Street, on St Patrick’s Night at 10pm.

That he performs his shows on a laptop should not put you off. Let’s be honest, laptop musicians are a bore to endure. Some guy just pushing a button every now and again to change key is a sin against live music.

All systems go for Disconnect4

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

DISCONNECT 4, the brilliant Galway synth-rock band, are on, to quote one of their own songs ‘the rise’, and they will play the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 9pm.

Want to score a soundtrack?

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

THE PRODUCERS of Blood, Sweat, and Wars will hold a nationwide competition to find a new act to feature on the film soundtrack.

One Shot Soundtrack is a battle of the bands style competition to determine who will feature on Blood Sweat and Wars, a new feature film being shot in Galway. Acts will be judged by a panel including Vinnie Kilduff who has worked with U2.

Ulick O’Connor and Siobhán Armstrong for the Forge at Gort festival

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

THE WRITER Ulick O’Connor and the internationally-acclaimed harpist Siobhán Armstrong will headline the second Forge at Gort literature festival, on March 27 and 28.

Kíla - soundtracking the timeless places

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

BONO GETS a lot of slagging about a lot of things, but sometimes he is right, like when he described Kíla as creating music that comes from “a timeless place”.

Poetry My Arse

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

POETRY MY Arse, an eclectic mix of poetry and satirical song, designed to touch on raw nerves, slaughter sacred cows, and make you laugh, is coming to Galway.

Irish classical music for St Patrick’s Day

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

COIRMCHEOIL PHÁDRAIG, the traditional St Patrick’s Day concert of Irish music and song, takes place in the St Patrick’s Band Hall, Fairgreen, on March 17 at 8pm.

St Patrick’s night céilí

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

THE ST Patrick’s Night Céilí/Fest Noz will take place in the Black Box Theatre on Tuesday at 9pm.

Cinema Review - The International

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

It’s an absolute sin to find yourself bored during a thriller/action movie especially if it had all the right ingredients but was just blended the wrong way. Apart from a few fairly decent shoot-em-up scenes The International was a long-haul dizzy trip to nowhere.

New Irish film to be screened at The Eye

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

WC, THE first Irish feature film to be released exclusively via digital cinema and the first feature film to be set in toilets, will be screened in The Eye from tomorrow.

Pink Floyd The Wall

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

IN 1979 the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, religious and secular Iranians united to oust the oppressive dictatorship of Reza Shah Pahlavi, the Sandinistas took control of Nicaragua, and in the dying moments of the FA Cup final, Alan Sunderland’s goal secured victory for Arsenal after a remarkable comeback by Manchester United.

Smokie - still ‘Living Next Door To Alice’

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

MENTION SMOKIE and ‘Living Next Door To Alice’ immediately springs to mind. Co-written by English/Australian songwriting duo Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, it tells of a young man’s crush on the girl next door and how he is heartbroken when she leaves without explanation.

Sean nós agus belly dancing to meet for Seachtain na Gaeilge

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

SEAN NÓS dancing and Middle Eastern belly-dancing hardly seem like compatible dance styles, but they will join forces for a special event during Seachtain na Gaeilge.

Christy Moore @ Black Box

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

CHRISTY MOORE is coming back to Galway to play the Black Box Theatre on Friday May 8 and this month he will release his new single ‘The Ballad of Ruby Walsh’.

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