Country singer Riah to play Monroe’s

Thu, Aug 03, 2017

SHE GREW up listening to The Dixie Chicks, Garth Brooks, and Randy Travis and today is gaining public and critical notice for her own country and roots songs. She is County Galway singer-songwriter Riah.

Richard Ford's happy book

Literature Reviews Thu, Aug 03, 2017

ONE OF the main reasons readers are reverting to reading physical books as opposed to the Kindle is that, despite all its conveniences, the Kindle cannot provide the full book experience.

Second wave of acts announced for Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway

Mon, Jul 31, 2017

FOIL ARMS & Hog, Ardal O’Hanlon, Rich Hall, Francesca Martinez, Faulty Towers The Dining Experience have been added to the already impressive bill of acts coming west to play the Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway 2017 from Tuesday October 24 to Monday 30.

Strange Brew Summer Shindig #13

Thu, Jul 27, 2017

IT IS always one of the main indie nights of the year, a chance to see and hear some of the best rising and emerging Galway and Irish bands around. It is the Strange Brew Summer Shindig in the Róisín Dubh.

The Second Violinist - 'Is this just happening in his head?'

Thu, Jul 27, 2017

IMAGINE AN opera where the main character is not allowed to sing, nor allowed have any lines. He may not even utter the slightest sound. Such an opera has just opened at the Galway International Arts Festival.

Album review: School Damage

Music Reviews Thu, Jul 27, 2017

YOU COULD be forgiven for thinking this was a lost album, recorded sometime between 1978 and 1981, but only issued this year, given that it sounds as if the world post-1981 (or C86 at a stretch) had not existed.

'I feel like an outsider in every culture'

Thu, Jul 27, 2017

ONE OF the main events at the Galway Fringe Festival this weekend is Emigrant Elegy. This event is a juxtaposition of emigrant history and human desire to love and belong, in the form of words and music, bringing together the rich multiculturalism of the past and present in Ireland.

Are you ready Galway's Pride festival?

Thu, Jul 27, 2017

THERE IS less than a fortnight to go to the Galway Community Pride Festival, and yet in some ways, Pride has already started, with a host of pre-festival events taking place over the next week.

Photographic exhibition from Paul Dunne

Thu, Jul 27, 2017

THE PHOTOGRAPHER Paul Dunne will host an exhibition of original photographs showcasing his interpretation of the Irish landscape, in The Courthouse, Kinvara.

One night - all manner of metal

Thu, Jul 27, 2017

CELTIC FOLK-Metal, Trash Metal, Groove Metal, and alternative rock will sound loud and dangerous when Na Cruithne, Snowblind, Afterlife To Ashes, and Sixth Extinction, play The Cellar Bar.

Death Do Us Part - thrilling, sexy cabaret

Thu, Jul 27, 2017

A THRILLING, sexy cabaret show, featuring "the most nail-bitingly intense knife-throwing I've ever seen", according to the Pastie Bap website, is coming to Monroe’s Live next month.

GIAF 17 Reviews

Theatre Reviews Thu, Jul 27, 2017

A WEEK and a half into the 40th GIAF and the highlight so far for yours truly, and many others, was Kneehigh Theatre Company’s Tristan & Yseult. Emma Rice’s exuberant, funny, romantic and moving take on the story of a medieval love triangle was a joy from start to finish.

Hot Chip to DJ @ Electric fifth birthday

Thu, Jul 27, 2017

HOT CHIP front men Alexis Taylor and Owen Clarke DJ at Electric Garden & Theatre this weekend to mark the Upper Abbeygate Street venue's fifth birthday.

Humanity Dick: Hit one-man show comes to the Aran Islands

Thu, Jul 27, 2017

HUMANITY DICK, a hit show of the 2016 Galway Fringe Festival about the colourful life and times of Galway MP, humanitarian, and serial duelist Richard Martin, comes to the Aran Islands.

Freddie White - Monroe's Live gig in August

Thu, Jul 27, 2017

"THERE'S STILL nobody to match Freddie White at his best," said The Irish Times. His loyal followers know this well and will be waiting in anticipation for his upcoming show at Monroe’s Live.

Chekhov Technique acting classes

Thu, Jul 27, 2017

ACTING CLASSES using the Michael Chekhov Technique, will take place over four days in NUI Galway and explore atmosphere and how it affects the qualities and power of a character's agency in a play.

A classical concert for St Nicholas'

Thu, Jul 27, 2017

THE CHAMBER Philharmonia Cologne, one of Germany's finest classical music ensembles, makes its annual visit to Galway net week, to perform a concert in St Nicholas' Collegiate Church.

Emma Lohan - new music and Galway gig

Thu, Jul 27, 2017

GALWAY SINGER-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Emma Lohan has released 'Serekunda', the first single from her forthcoming album Black Atlantic, ahead of a home-town gig this weekend.

Brunch + Dancing @ Biteclub

Thu, Jul 27, 2017

CYRIL BRISCOE of 110th Street, Anthony Collins, and the Good Life DJs will be spinning the decks at the next Brunch + Dancing rooftop party at the Biteclub Streetfood Discotheque this weekend.

Jarlath Regan - stand-up show and live podcast

Wed, Jul 26, 2017

JARLATH REGAN has come a long way since his days of doing ice-cream ads on the TV. These days he runs the award-winning An Irishman Abroad podcast and recently supported Jack Whitehall on his arena tour.

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