John B Keane's The Matchmaker for Town Hall

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

TWO OF Ireland's best loved actors, Mary McEvoy and comedian Jon Kenny, are coming to the Town Hall Theatre to star in John B Keane's much loved comedy, The Matchmaker.

Tobias Wolff to read at Cúirt

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

TOBIAS WOLFF, the American writer best known for his 1989 memoir This Boy's Life, will take part in the 2016 Cúirt International Festival of Literature, which will be launched in The House Hotel on Tuesday March 8 at 6pm.

Wyvern Lingo - new EP and Róisín Dubh show

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

TOMORROW SEES the release of Letter To Willow, the new four-track EP by the brilliant Wicklow trio Wyvern Lingo, who are also coming to Galway to play the Róisín Dubh on Friday March 11 at 9pm.

Take a journey to the Cloudlands

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

THE CREATIVE lives of teenagers in hospital, will be revealed in Cloudlands, a new exhibition which opens at the Galway Arts Centre, tomorrow at 6pm, along with a new project from The Red Bird Youth Collective.

Jazz-classical fusion from Olivia Trummer

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

OLIVIA TRUMMER, the acclaimed German jazz musician, will be in concert this Sunday from 7pm in An Taibhdhearc, Middle Street, accompanied by Swiss vibraphonist Jean-Lou Treboux.

'It’s the story of my life, the pain and joy'

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

HAVING WOWED judges and audiences last year with her appearances on The Voice UK, Galway singer-songwriter Sharon Murphy has launched her new album Where I Belong, featuring 11 new, original, songs, as well as her terrific version of Bob Dylan’s ‘Forever Young’.

Documentary on 1916 pacifist Frank Sheehy Skeffington

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

FRANK SHEEHY Skeffington, the pacifist, feminist, and journalist, tragically and wrongly executed during the 1916 Rising, is the subject of a documentary to be shown on TG4 on Tuesday March 8 at 9.30pm.

Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering
BY KERNAN ANDREWS

Martin McDonagh's Hangmen @ The Eye

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

MARTIN MCDONAGH'S new play Hangmen is being staged by Britain's National Theatre in London, but Galwegians will be able to see it the Eye Cinema this evening at 7pm.

Trio di Parma to play Beethoven in NUIG

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

THEY COME from Germany, Australia, and France; they are based in Italy; and they are coming to Galway. They are classical group Trio di Parma, who play the Aula Maxima, NUI Galway, on Tuesday March 8 at 8pm.

Davey Furey to play Monroe's Live

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

THREE OF Ireland's greatest songwriters, Phil Coulter, Luka Bloom and Jimmy McCarthy, have lavished praise on folk-rock musician Davie Furey and his debut album Easy Come Easy Go.

The Living Stream St Patrick's Day gig

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

THE LIVING Stream, the 2015 IMRO Emerging Talent Award winners, known for their fresh take on Irish trad, will play Monroe's Backstage Bar on St Patrick's Night, Thursday March 17, at 9pm.

Mike Denver to play Salthill Hotel

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

LEADING IRISH country singer Mike Denver plays the Salthill Hotel on Wednesday March 9 as part of his current nationwide tour. The show will feature special guests Philomena Begley, Ray Lynam, and Mick Flavin.

American choir to sing Bernstein in Galway

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

LEONARD BERNSTEIN'S 'Chichester Psalms' will be performed by the West Liberty University Singers from West Virginia, in the Galway Cathedral on Sunday March 6 at 8pm.

4 Men and a Bass @ Monroe's Backstage Bar

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

BLUEGRASS FUSED harmonies, with a soulful, rock'n'roll,beat, will be heard in Monroe’s Backstage Bar on Sunday April 3, when Galway's 4 Men and a Bass take to the stage.

Epic, dark, and doom - Irish Metal Archives fifth birthday gig

Wed, Mar 02, 2016

A QUARTET of the some of the finest underground metal and dark ambient acts in Ireland - The Bogs Of Aughiska, Soothsayer, Corr Mhóna, and Weed Priest - will gather upstairs in the Róisín Dubh this Saturday from 8pm.

Elvis Costello to play Galway International Arts Festival

Tue, Mar 01, 2016

ELVIS COSTELLO, and his band The Imposters, have just been announced to play the Absolut Festival Big Top on Friday July 15 as part of this summer's Galway International Arts Festival.

Orchid Collective kick off new month of Citóg gigs

Mon, Feb 29, 2016

RISING IRISH band Orchid Collective will kick off the Citóg gigs for March at the Róisín Dubh, which will also see performances from such exciting new Galway band Field Trip, whose new single has just been released.

Brian Deady - Ireland's new soul star for Róisín Dubh

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

BRIAN DEADY has been declared Ireland's "new soul star," by The Irish Times and "our favourite act in Ireland” by no less a legend than Nile Rodgers of Chic. Clearly this is an artist on the rise.

Award winning Swedish film for Sunday

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

PARENTAL NEGLECT, eating disorders, but also first romances, lazy summers, and whispered secrets will be explored in Swedish film My Skinny Sister, which will be screened by the Galway Film Society this weekend.

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