Macka B to spread the Rastafarian message to Galway

Thu, Dec 17, 2009

MACKA B, one of Britain’s most influential dancehall toasters, who has pushed the music back toward a Rastafarian political consciousness, plays Galway tomorrow night.

Rootical presents a live show featuring Macka B and The Roots Ragga Band, with support from Rootical and guest singers, in The Warwick Hotel, Salthill, tomorrow at 10pm.

Mick Lally in MacLiammóir’s Diarmaid agus Gráinne

Thu, Dec 17, 2009

MICK LALLY is starring in Diarmaid agus Gráinne, a revised version of the play written by Micheál MacLiammóir, and which was An Taibhdhearc’s first production in 1928.

It’s panto time

Thu, Dec 17, 2009

WITH THE yuletide season in full swing it is time once again to relish the annual theatrical treat of the pantomime.

Galway audiences have two to look forward to this season; Performing Arts School Galway’s The Frog Prince and Renmore Pantomime’s Mother Goose.

Bryan Adams heads west

Thu, Dec 17, 2009

Bryan Adams (pictured) will bring his solo-acoustic concert tour to Ireland in January. The Bare Bones tour will take in the Royal Theatre Castlebar on Monday January 18. Tickets are available from www.ticketmaster.ie and the Royal Theatre Box Office on

New Year laughs with Brendan Grace

Thu, Dec 17, 2009

IRELAND’S FAVOURITE funnyman Brendan Grace is coming to County Galway in January.

He will be in The Salthill Hotel on Sunday January 3 and The Shannon Oaks Hotel, Portumna, on Sunday 17. Tickets are €30 at both venues.

Have a left field musical Christmas at the Rusted Rail party

Thu, Dec 17, 2009

THE VERY best of Galway’s underground, avant-folk, and left-field rock scene will gather in the Róisín Dubh on Tuesday December 22 at 8pm for the Rusted Rail Christmas Party.

Soon unveils the sinister world of Blasterbra

Thu, Dec 17, 2009

THE COVER of Blasterbra’s debut EP Soon says a lot about the band. It’s colourful, playful, endearing, and vibrant, yet the artwork was inspired by the Mexican El Día de los Muertos festival, a day which commemorates the dead.

A musical and artistic gathering at The Twelve

Thu, Dec 17, 2009

VINNIE KILDUFF, the Grammy award winning musician who has recorded with U2, and artist Dara McGee are joining forces this month for a special show of music, storytelling, food, and art.

An Rón Dall - The Blind Seal takes place at The Twelve hotel, Bearna, on Monday December 28 at 8.30pm. It is inspired by the folk story recorded by William Hamilton Maxwell in 1832, about the fate of a domesticated seal at the home of a local fisherman in Renvyle, Connemara.

A home that became a gallery

Thu, Dec 17, 2009

WHEN THEN Now/Cuimhne Na Nollag, the pre-Christmas art exhibition at the Rosa Parks Art Gallery and Studio in Mervue, will be officially opened today at 5pm.

A home that became a gallery

Thu, Dec 17, 2009

WHEN THEN Now/Cuimhne Na Nollag, the pre-Christmas art exhibition at the Rosa Parks Art Gallery and Studio in Mervue, will be officially opened today at 5pm.

Cois Cladaigh perform for Lions Club

Thu, Dec 17, 2009

COIS CLADAIGH choir will present a concert of Christmas music in the Claddagh Church this Saturday at 9pm in aid of the Lions Club Christmas Appeal.

St Patrick’s Brass Band Christmas concert

Thu, Dec 17, 2009

THE ST Patrick’s Brass Band Christmas Concert takes place this Sunday in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church at 8.30pm.

A Galway Christmas book hamper

Thu, Dec 17, 2009

ONCE AGAIN we reach the season of goodwill and of exchanging gifts to show our appreciation and love for those whose presence we cherish.

Have a giggle for Santa at The Laughter Lounge

Thu, Dec 17, 2009

BART SIMPSON once said: “Hey, since when is Christmas just about the presents? Aren’t we forgetting the true meaning of this day? The birth of Santa?”

The longest journey home

Thu, Dec 10, 2009

MARY COUGHLAN has been the undisputed First Lady of Irish jazz and blues since she arrived on the music scene in 1985 when her debut album Tired and Emotional sold more than 100,000 copies.

Sean Tyrrell -getting a bus for Mikey and recalling Paul Simon in Galway

Thu, Dec 10, 2009

THIS SUNDAY at 6pm in Kelly’s Bar, Bridge Street, a host of renowned Galway musicians, including the great folk singer-songwriter Sean Tyrrell, are getting together to play a fundraising concert.

Gerry Carthy, a well known musician in Galway in the late 1970s and 1980s has a seriously handicapped boy called Mikey whose special bus was recently damaged beyond repair in a road accident. Mikey luckily was not in the bus at the time, but he needs a new bus so a group of his Galway musical friends are coming together for this fundraiser.

Jung Turks return with debut album

Thu, Dec 10, 2009

THIS YEAR may be fast drawing to a close, but for the Galway based guitar and percussion duo Jung Turks, it marks the opening of a new chapter in their existence.

The Jung Turks have just released their debut album Liber Eth. Using their main palette of amplified nylon string guitar, drums, and electronics the brothers give voice to a wide range of styles over the album’s 11 tracks.

Frank Naughton’s Yuletide Serenade

Thu, Dec 10, 2009

GALWAY TENOR Frank Naughton is doing his bit to spread some Christmas cheer and festive atmosphere with a concert of seasonal songs in the setting of St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church on Friday December 18, entitled Yuletide Serenade.

Over The Rainbow at the Town Hall

Thu, Dec 10, 2009

OVER THE Rainbow, the new dance show based on The Wizard Of Oz, will be performed by the Corrib Dance Academy in the Town Hall Theatre next week.

This production, aimed at all the family, is based on the original story by Frank Baum and influenced by both the original Judy Garland film (1939) and The Wiz (1978) with Michael Jackson. All of the young people and children featured are CDA dance students, many have been training with the academy for more than 12 years.

Baroque singers in Franciscan Church

Thu, Dec 10, 2009

THE GALWAY Baroque Singers, with their musical director Audrey Corbett, will present their annual Christmas concerts in a new venue, the Franciscan Church (The Abbey), Francis Street.

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