New season of world cinema for Indreabhán
Thu, Jan 06, 2011
CLUB SCANNÁN Sailearna will host a new season of world cinema in Seanscoil Sailearna, Indreabhán.
Read more ...Have a laugh in 2011 at The Laughter Lounge
Thu, Jan 06, 2011
“LAUGHTER IS by definition healthy,” said the author Doris Lessing, while Lord Byron advised: “Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.”
Read more ...Ex-Oasis drummer Tony McCarroll on life inside Britpop
Thu, Jan 06, 2011
IN THE early 1990s boy band and girl band acts dominated the British and Irish charts. Take That, The Spice Girls, East 17, and Boyzone sold millions of singles and were constantly on television.
Read more ...Women with dark glasses and boyos with big ideas
Thu, Jan 06, 2011
DESPITE IT’S rich tradition, which stretches from Frank O’Connor to Claire Keegan, the short story is currently Ireland’s most neglected literary genre.
Read more ...Nothing to lose
Thu, Dec 30, 2010
IT WAS a quiet midday morning in Bohermore when Galway writer Ken Bruen received the call that would change his life forever. However, he was somewhat unprepared for the moment.
Read more ...Cinderella at The Black Box
Thu, Dec 30, 2010
A REAL seasonal treat is in store for all the family when the boys and girls of the Performing Arts School Galway take to the stage of the Black Box Theatre, from January 1 to 8 with their panto version of Cinderella.
Read more ...Panto fun with Renmore’s Sleeping Beauty
Thu, Dec 30, 2010
THE MUCH loved fairytale Sleeping Beauty will be brought to the Galway stage by the Renmore pantomime, starting tonight and running until Sunday January 16.
Read more ...Coming to the Town Hall in 2011
Thu, Dec 30, 2010
PIANIST BARRY Douglas, illusionist Keith Barry, comedian Des Bishop, singer Johnny McEvoy, and classic plays by Tennessee Williams, Brian Friel, and Shakespeare all feature in the Town Hall’s programme over the coming months.
Read more ...The Scots are coming
Thu, Dec 30, 2010
SCOTLAND HAS been producing some of the greatest and most influential indie/alternative bands there has ever been.
Think about it - The Vaselines, Belle and Sebastian, Camera Obscura, Josef K, Orange Juice, Teenage Fanclub, Arab Strap, Frightened Rabbit, Cocteau Twins, Franz Ferdinand, and The Pastels.
Read more ...The Nitty Gritty New Year’s party set to rock Salthill
Thu, Dec 30, 2010
THE NITTY Gritty Galway’s only club night to cater for Rockabilly, Soul, 60s Ska, Swing, 50s Rock n’ Roll and the rest, is back.
Read more ...Ring in 2011 with Ireland’s most exciting new bands
Thu, Dec 23, 2010
“THE ONLY way to spend New Year’s Eve is either quietly with friends or in a brothel. Otherwise when the evening ends and people pair off, someone is bound to be left in tears.”
Read more ...Rubberbandits add second Róisín Dubh date
Thu, Dec 23, 2010
THE SCOURGE of Liveline listeners, the urban poets of Limerick, the wild men of Irish comedy, The Rubberbandits are all this and more.
The plastic bag wearing comedy duo, whose hilarious routines and satires on Irish history, Fianna Fáil TD Willie O’Dea, Limerick city, and boy racers, are on the verge of becoming the country’s next comedy phenomenon.
Read more ...Cinderella in January
Thu, Dec 23, 2010
THE PERFORMING Arts School Galway will stage its pantomime Cinderella in The Black Box Theatre from Saturday January 1 to Saturday January 8.
Read more ...Matt Keane at the Claregalway Hotel
Thu, Dec 23, 2010
DOLORES KEANE will join her brother, the folk-singer Matt Keane, on-stage at Matt’s fifth annual Christmas season concert in the Claregalway Hotel.
Read more ...Keith Barry’s The Asylum returns for final run
Thu, Dec 23, 2010
THE ASYLUM, Keith Barry’s acclaimed live show, returns to the west of Ireland in January, as part of its final Irish run.
Read more ...Seanua album brings world cultures together
Thu, Dec 23, 2010
IN 2002 Israeli producer and engineer Shay Leon launched his professional recording studio Shay’s Studio in Leitrim village, outside Loughrea.
Read more ...And So I Watch You From Afar @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Dec 23, 2010
NORTHERN IRELAND has given us three of the most exciting Irish bands to emerge over the last 18 months - Two Door Cinema Club, not Squares, and And So I Watch You From Afar.
Read more ...An indie disco for COPE
Thu, Dec 23, 2010
DO YOU love indie and alternative music? Do you love Joy Division, The Smiths, The Cure, Stone Roses, Pixies, Kings Of Leon, Arcade Fire? Want to raise some money for charity?
Read more ...The Nitty Gritty New Year’s party set to rock Salthill
Thu, Dec 23, 2010
THE NITTY Gritty, Galway’s only club night to cater for Rockabilly, Soul, 60s Ska, Swing, 50s Rock n’ Roll and the rest, is back.
Your DJs are the glamourous Kit Kola and soul brother Dave Barry. They will be spinning floor fillers all night on New Year’s eve in the spacious new venue of the Office in Salthill. Special guest appearancesfrom Byron and Mick H. This one is not to be missed. Get there early to avoid dissapointment. Best dressed on the night get a free mix CD. Doors open at 10pm and admission is .€7 For more details find us on Facebook or contact 087 7773156
Read more ...Expect ‘dynamic and engaging’ exhibitions in 2011
Thu, Dec 23, 2010
A DYNAMIC and engaging arts programme awaits the Galway public in 2011 as the Galway Arts Centre has prioritised staying open and accessible regardless of next year’s budget cuts.
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