Cold Sea comes to Galway in April
Thu, Mar 07, 2024
Oisin Leech releases his Steve Gunn-produced debut album Cold Sea tomorrow, Friday, March 8, ahead of its debut in Galway next month.
Read more ...Padraig Jack on Co Galway tour
Thu, Mar 07, 2024
Padraig Jack has announced a number of tour gigs across Galway next month after releasing his new single ‘Atone’ last week.
Read more ...Galway circus wins fundraising fellowship
Thu, Mar 07, 2024
Galway Community Circus has been selected for the Fundraising Fellowship Ireland Project.
Read more ...Public talk on Galway’s greatest spy
Thu, Mar 07, 2024
Decorated wartime codebreaker and noted musicologist Emily Anderson will be subject of a public talk at 8pm this Monday, March 11, at the Harbour Hotel.
Read more ...Feltface tickets on release for July gig
Thu, Feb 29, 2024
Tickets go on sale tomorrow, Friday, March 1, for Randy Feltface’s First Banana tour to Galway this summer.
Read more ...Careful Now! Ted Fest is coming
Thu, Feb 29, 2024
Prepare yourself for copious cups of tea, reams of red tank-tops, nuns on the run, priests on the pull, hobby horses, lovely girls, mad costumes and a most unusual brass band called The Circus Ponies.
Read more ...Lady Bird Lad lands in Galway
Thu, Feb 29, 2024
Galway music fans devastated by this week’s break-up of Irish band Hudson Taylor may find solace in plans that one half of the fraternal duo, Harry Hudson-Taylor, will play the Róisín Dubh tomorrow, Friday, March 1, at 8pm.
Read more ...Shark School swarm Róisin Dubh
Thu, Feb 29, 2024
Galway’s female-fronted abstract garage band Shark School play Róisin Dubh tonight, Thursday, February 29.
Read more ...Kettleboilers to roil Monroe’s for St Patrick’s Day
Thu, Feb 29, 2024
Six-piece Celtic punk rock band, Kettleboilers, will take to the stage at Monroe's Live on Sunday, March 17, at 8pm for a night of lively craic and folk fusion.
Read more ...Kettleboilers to roil Monroe’s for St Patrick’s Day
Thu, Feb 29, 2024
Six-piece Celtic punk rock band, Kettleboilers, will take to the stage at Monroe's Live on Sunday, March 17, at 8pm for a night of lively craic and folk fusion.
Read more ...Back to the ‘90s with Smash Hits
Thu, Feb 29, 2024
Celebrate the best of the iconic Nineties with Smash Hits at Monroe’s on Saturday, March 9, at 9pm.
Read more ...Bionic Rats scamper to Monroe’s midnight stage
Thu, Feb 29, 2024
Experience a night of authentic reggae ska with The Bionic Rats this Saturday, March 2, as part of Monroe’s Live weekly ‘Isn’t It Midnight’ dual-stage event.
Read more ...Inis Mór trumps ‘Inisherin’ in movie awards
Thu, Feb 29, 2024
The Banshees of Inisherin may have failed to pick up an Oscar last year, but Inis Mór, which provided part of the movie’s stunning backdrop, has now won an international film industry award.
Read more ...Local bands get gigs at Monroe’s: The Opacas and KaRoSal
Thu, Feb 29, 2024
With a heady mix of rock, blues and Americana, one of Galway’s favourite fun-loving bands, the Opacas will perform on Friday, March 15, at 8pm at Monroe’s backstage venue.
Read more ...Celebration of poet Rita Ann Higgins at Town Hall
Thu, Feb 29, 2024
A selection of works by Galway city poet Rita Ann Higgins will be presented at a celebratory reading in the Town Hall Theatre on March 20.
Read more ...Quiz for Headford Patrick’s Day Parade
Thu, Feb 29, 2024
Headford and District Association is hosting a pub quiz at the Anglers Rest Hotel on Friday, March 8, at 8pm.
The quiz is to raise funds for the annual St Patrick’s Day Parade. Organisers hint it will be a very green-tinted quiz, so bring your knowledge of Irish culture, history, music, general knowledge, and more.
Read more ...Gahan on musical journey
Thu, Feb 29, 2024
Moylough singer-songwriter Michelle Gahan has released her first album The Journey of my Song.
Read more ...Celtic Calendar concerts continue this spring
Thu, Feb 29, 2024
Galway Music Residency’s Concerts for the Celtic Calendar continues in March with a celebration of Ostara, the spring equinox, after the first stirrings of Imbolc.
ConTempo Quartet will perform a specially curated Ostara programme as part of Lunchtimes with ConTempo on Tuesday, March 5 at 1.10pm in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church.
Read more ...Poetry mag launch at city library
Thu, Feb 29, 2024
The magazine contains a wide selection of local, national, and international poems as well as articles, collection reviews, essays, and poetry masterclasses from established poets.
Hard Rock Collective carry heavy metal to Monroe’s
Thu, Feb 22, 2024
Monroe's Live is preparing for the electrifying sounds of the Hard Rock Collective on Friday, March 1, at 10pm. Expect a raucous night of grunge, rock, and heavy metal anthems.
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