Matthew Sweeney goes Over The Edge

Thu, Nov 11, 2010

THE POET Matthew Sweeney, whose work has been shortlisted for the TS Eliot Award and The Irish Times/Poetry Now Award will be reading in Galway.

Family fun concert with Frank McNamara

Thu, Nov 11, 2010

FRANK MCNAMARA is best known to Irish audiences for being The Late Late Show musical director from 1979 to 1991, but he is a highly accomplished musician who has performed across the world.

Burke and Hare

Thu, Nov 11, 2010

This is just the best British comedy I have seen in ages where the gags are so dark that you find yourself laughing when you know you really should not, and that is what makes it great.

Tommy Tiernan’s December Cuba* show

Thu, Nov 11, 2010

TICKETS FOR Tommy Tiernan’s new show Crooked Man, which takes place in Cuba*, Eyre Square, on December 8, 9, and 10, go on sale today.

With his latest show Crooked Man, Tommy ponders the perils of turning 40 in his characteristic style, full of honesty, integrity, and outrage.

Howard Marks rolls into Róisín Dubh

Thu, Nov 11, 2010

DURING THE 1970s Welshman Dennis Howard Marks built up one of the most sophisticated drug smuggling operations in the world.

Jerry Fish @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Nov 11, 2010

IRELAND’S LEADING lounge lizard Jerry Fish plays Monroe’s Live on Friday November 19 as part of his The Naked Fish Tour.

Jerry will be bringing a very special full- band show to Monroe’s, playing stripped-down versions of his best known songs. He is also promoting his recently released single ‘Where The Sun Don’t Shine’. This will also be the last chance for fans around the country to catch Jerry this year.

Galway Baroque Singers’ concert

Thu, Nov 11, 2010

THE GALWAY Baroque Singers will perform a concert in the Franciscan Abbey, Francis Street, on Wednesday November 24 at 8.30pm.

The programme will consist of excerpts from the Durufle Requiem and a selection of some of the choir’s favourite pieces together with new music. The singers will be accompanied by Galway organist David Grealy.

Win Skyline film-tie in goodies

Thu, Nov 11, 2010

SCI-FI THRILLER Skyline opens in cinemas tomorrow and to mark the release the Galway Advertiser has three film tie-in goodie bags to give away.

Making dents in ignorance

Thu, Nov 04, 2010

GALWAY WILL be the last date on dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip’s upcoming tour but despite their gruelling schedule, the band will deliver nothing less than one hell of a great night. After all Galway is a city for which they genuinely have affection.

The Adventures Of The Wet Señor

Thu, Nov 04, 2010

ON SEPTEMBER 21 1588, a violent storm of tornado strength broke up three ships of the Spanish Armada and ran them aground on Streedagh Beach in County Sligo.

Hit show makes its debut Galway visit

Thu, Nov 04, 2010

OEDIPUS LOVES You, the critically acclaimed drama and possibly the most toured production in Irish theatre history, comes to the Town Hall Theatre on November 15 and 16 at 8pm.

Dora returns to The Druid Theatre

Thu, Nov 04, 2010

FOLLOWING ITS sell out three night run during the Galway Arts Festival, Dora, by the award-winning poet and playwright Shane Daly Hughes, returns to the Galway stage next week.

Dora will be performed in The Druid Theatre by the Galway University Players, a new group based in NUI, Galway.

Farewell to Casiotone For The Painfully Alone

Thu, Nov 04, 2010

CASIOTONE FOR The Painfully Alone, the brilliant solo electronic pop/singer-songwriter project of Owen Ashworth, play upstairs at the Róisín Dubh this Sunday at 9pm.

Go Panda Go release debut EP

Thu, Nov 04, 2010

GALWAY BAND Go Panda Go have just released their debut EP El Troubador on Bluestack Records, featuring the band’s signature sound of melodic beats and haunting harmonies.

The Deans get worried on new single

Thu, Nov 04, 2010

ATHENRY ROOTS-rock trio The Deans will release their new single ‘Worried All The Time’ next Wednesday.

Fia Rua to launch new album in Kelly’s

Thu, Nov 04, 2010

IT’S BEEN a long time coming, but finally folk-rock singer-songwriter Fia Rua is releasing his second album Falling Time.

Re-imagining those old, familiar, places

Thu, Nov 04, 2010

YOU VISIT places every day. You walk in the city, you might take a stroll through a park, you might even visit fantastic landscapes when you play your computer games.

TULCA to explore migrant stories

Thu, Nov 04, 2010

THE EXPERIENCE and perilous journeys of immigrants will be explored in three video installations which will be shown in Galway as part of the TULCA Festival of Visual Art.