Jazz and blues @ Muddy Maher’s

Thu, Apr 28, 2011

MUDDY MAHER’S bar in Woodquay will be hosting a series of gigs and music sessions, catering for jazz, blues, Americana, salsa, world, and roots.

There is jazz every Sunday morning featuring The Bay Blues Band while NUI, Galway’s Rock Soc promises a weekly acoustic blues session. Keep an eye out for some rhythm‘n’blues gigs later in the year.

Vladimir Jablokov’s Classical Twist

Thu, Apr 28, 2011

VLADIMIR JABLOKOV is a violin virtuoso, from a classical music family in Slovakia, who enjoys putting contemporary spin on the classics, be they Bowie or Bach.

Indian music event

Thu, Apr 28, 2011

RAGA MALA, an event to “present the subtle beauty of Indian classical music through a variety of mediums” takes place this weekend.

A Gig For All Seasons

Thu, Apr 28, 2011

A GIG FOR ALL SEASONS, a concert of sean nós song, ancient harp music, and traditional tunes, takes place in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church on Thursday May 5 at 8pm.

Oddsocks Revival album launch

Thu, Apr 28, 2011

ODDSOCKS REVIVAL bring their mix of classic rock, blues, and rock‘n’roll to Monroe’s Live tonight at 9pm.

The band will be promoting and playing tracks from their debut album It’s Time which will be launched at the show. The special guests will be trad/rock band The Rye and soul-funk group The Paul King Band.

Superlungs

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

TERRY REID could have been the lead singer in Led Zeppelin. Richie Blackmore wanted him to be Deep Purple’s frontman. Both incidents have gone down in legend to cast Terry as rock’s ‘great nearly man...’, but to think this way is to forget that Terry Reid has always been his own man.

Sex, death, and dildos; the joys of Little Gem

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

LOVE, SEX, birth, death, dildos and salsa classes: bittersweet comedy Little Gem by Elaine Murphy sees three generations of Dublin women on a wild and constantly surprising journey which has proved an international theatrical smash.

Karl Jenkins to conduct The Armed Man in Galway

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

COMPOSER AND conductor Karl Jenkins will make his Irish debut in Galway when he conducts The Armed Man - a Mass for Peace in Leisureland, on Thursday April 28 at 8pm.

Karl Jenkins composed The Armed Man about a decade ago and it immediately became a sensation with the subsequent album going gold. Since then it has been performed in concert nearly 1,000 times.

Explosive Moment at Town Hall

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

As part of its ‘Springtime of Drama’ season, the Town Hall Theatre is presenting Moment, one of the most exciting new Irish dramas of recent years.

Drama workshops for adults

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

A SERIES of drama workshops for adults will take place in the Good Shepherd Parish Centre, Castlegar Sport Complex, each Tuesday from 10.15am to 12.15pm.

Riverdance star brings new Irish dance/play to Galway

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

NOCTÚ, a new dance show, which promises to push the boundaries of the Irish dance tradition, is coming to The Black Box Theatre on Saturday April 30 at 8pm.

Riverdance star brings new Irish dance/play to Galway

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

NOCTÚ, a new dance show, which promises to push the boundaries of the Irish dance tradition, is coming to The Black Box Theatre on Saturday April 30 at 8pm.

Galway Early Music Festival returns next month

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

THE SIXTEENTH Galway Early Music Festival returns to the mediaeval streets of Galway city from May 19 to 22.

Martin Staunton & The Lost Parade @ Monroe’s

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

MARTIN STAUNTON & The Lost Parade will bring their folk-rock styled sound to Monroe’s Live this Saturday at 8pm.

The band is centred around Martin and his sister Emma. Although they are originally from East Galway, they are based in Dublin and regularly play venues like Whelans, The Button Factory, and Vicar Street. The Monroe’s show will be their debut Galway city gig.

Mickey Finn on Wikipedia

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

THE LEGENDARY Galway fiddler Mickey Finn died on Spy Wednesday 1987 and to mark the 24th anniversary of his passing, a Wikipedia page on the man has been set up.

Do you haiku?

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

THE JAPANESE haiku is a poetic form which many poets enjoy the challenge of trying to write and now Galway haiku poets have a place to share their work.

Squarehead - bringing the surf-rock vibe to town

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

SIXTIES STYLED vocal harmonies and upbeat, chirpy, and melodic old skool indie combine in the nicest way in the music of Dublin band Squarehead.

The Walls @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

THE WALLS were originally a band centred on brothers Joe and Steve Wall, but this year finds them in a new incarnation.

The Walls play Monroe’s Live on Friday April 29 at 9.30pm and the audience will be treated to a very unusual spectacle - the two brothers playing a variety of instruments in front of a projection screen where the rest of their band will appear to accompany them in perfect sync.

Community Skratch Games 2011 @ 126

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

THE COMMUNITY Skratch Games 2011, celebrating turntable manipulation and sample culture, opens this evening at 8pm at the 126 Gallery, Queen Street.

The opening will see the launch of Deviant & Naive Ted’s Send In The Hounds 12”. This is an Irish folk based record, created from a box of dusty old records, performed, compiled and arranged by hand with minimal digital manipulation.

Nonceptual exhibition at 126

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

YOU HAVE heard of conceptual art, but have you ever heard of the nonceptualists? No? Then take a look at the exhibition in the 126 Gallery on Queen Street.

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