Stewart Lee on Scooby Doo, carpet remnants, and parenting

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

HE ONCE entitled one of his shows 41st Best Stand Up Ever after filling that ranking in a Channel 4 TV poll but Stewart Lee is undoubtedly one of the sharpest comedians in the business.

Cúirt to launch 2012 festival programme next week

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

THE PROGRAMME for the 2012 Cúirt International Festival of Literature will be launched in the Hotel Meyrick, Eyre Square, at 6pm this coming Tuesday.

Dónal Lunny Galway/Palestine Children’s Charity Concert

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

DÓNAL LUNNY, one of the greatest driving forces in Irish folk and trad, is coming to Galway to play a charity concert for the Galway/Palestine Children’s Appeal charity.

The concert will take place on Sunday at 8pm in the Radisson Blu Hotel and will see Dónal joined on-stage by the great Máirtin Ó Connor, as well as harpist Siobhán Armstrong and singer Róisín Elsafty, as well as Rónan Brown, Eoin Ó Néill, and Harry Bradley. Other acts are expected to confirm their participation soon.

Second Age to stage Macbeth

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

IRELAND’S AWARD-winning classics company Second Age comes to the Town Hall Theatre next week with one of Shakespeare’s greatest plays, Macbeth.

Galway Music Residency seeks apprentice ensemble

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

THE GALWAY Music Residency is seeking musicians interested in becoming its Apprentice Ensemble 2012 to submit applications for the coming season.

JOLT to host theatre workshops in April

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

JOLT WILL host a day-long workshop with THEATREclub’s Grace Dyas in the Town Hall Theatre studio in April.

Seachtain Na nGaeilge trad gigs

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

THERE ARE plenty of great trad music and song events taking place across Galway city and county as part of Seachtain na Gaeilge.

Tonight at 9.30pm there will be an All-Irish Music Session in the Western Hotel, Prospect Hill. Admission is free and musicians, dancers, and singers are welcome. Another such session takes place at the same time on Thursday 15.

Ultan Conlon @ Citóg

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

ULTAN CONLON, the very talented Loughrea singer-songwriter will headline the next Citóg gig, tomorrow night, in The Cellar Bar.

Oi Polloi - Scott’s Gaelic anarchist punk

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

PUNK ROCK and hard left politics go hand in hand - look at Crass, Conflict, or The Clash - but Punk’s lingua franca has long been English, yet one band begs to differ.

Brew up with Mr Scruff @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

MR SCRUFF, the British DJ, producer, cartoonist, and tea connoisseur, will play Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh.

Scroobius Pip solo show @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

RAPPER AND spoken word artist Scroobius Pip will be performing in the Róisín Dubh on Tuesday March 13 at 8pm.

Two chances to see Tieranniesaur

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

TIERANNIESAUR, ONE of the most exciting new Irish indie bands, will play two shows at the Róisín Dubh this weekend.

Guitar wizard Johnny Gallagher @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

JOHNNY GALLAGHER, the Irish guitarist regarded as one of the finest players of the instrument either here or in Britain, is coming to Galway.

Celebrate the music of Monsieur Debussy

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

MARCH 2012 marks the 94th anniversary of the death of Claude Debussy, the fin de siècle French composer who has inspired classical, avant-garde, and jazz musicians.

Exhibition of international print artists

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

A PRINT exhibition to coincide with St Patrick’s Day and to highlight Ireland’s cultural links with America, Australia, and New Zealand, opens tomorrow.

Made in Ballinasloe exhibition

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

THE BALLINASLOE artist collective Group 8 launch their third annual exhibition of art and writing, Made in Ballinasloe, this Saturday at 7pm in The Regency Room in Hayden’s Hotel.

Video game inspired exhibition opens today

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

GAME ON/Re-Newing Media Art, a screening programme of film and video works using imagery and media of video games, desktop interfaces, and online software, opens this in Galway evening.