Hot jazz and bellydancing

Thu, May 05, 2016

THE SOUND of New Orleans, Eastern European folk, jazz, and Jewish music will collide in exciting fashion with sensuous middle eastern dance, when The Underscore Orkestra and Suadela Bellydance play the Róisín Dubh on Friday May 13 at 9pm.

Denise Hogan - new art classes

Thu, May 05, 2016

THE AWARD winning Galway artist Denise Hogan will host a new mini-term of art classes, starting May 10, as well as a series of one-day workshops in oils, watercolours, and glasspainting.

Freddie White @ Monroe's Live

Thu, May 05, 2016

THE GREAT Freddie White makes a welcome return to Galway to play Monroe’s Live on Thursday June 9 at 8pm, and as Siobhan Long in The Irish Times said: "there’s still nobody to match White at his best".

Poetry workshops @ Galway Arts Centre

Thu, May 05, 2016

THE POET Kevin Higgins will host a series of poetry workshops this month in the Galway Arts Centre, where participants will be given writing exercises and feedback on their work.

Mississippi choir charity concert

Thu, May 05, 2016

TWENTY SINGERS from Mississippi's Millsaps College Chamber choir come to Galway next week, to perform a fundraising concert for the youth mental health charity Jigsaw.

Get the blues with Bex Marshall

Thu, May 05, 2016

BEX MARSHALL, a 2015 European Blues Awards nominee and recipient of the Best British Blues Vocalist and Album at the 2013 UK Blues Awards, plays Monroe's Live on Thursday May 19.

‘Experience Beethoven’ with ConTempo

Thu, May 05, 2016

STRING QUARTETS by Beethoven will be performed by the ConTempo Quartet in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church this Saturday at 7.30pm, as part of ConTempo's ‘Experience Beethoven’ concert series.

Tina Turner tribute show at Town Hall

Thu, May 05, 2016

TINA TURNER herself has described Irish singer, Rebecca O'Connor's tribute show to Tina, Simply The Best, as "so good, it’s scary!”, while Fleetwood Mac's Mick Fleetwood declared, "Rebecca is an amazing performer and vocalist. I was mesmerized."

Pink Floyd tribute to play Monroe's Live

Thu, May 05, 2016

PINK FLOYD, pioneers of ambient music, creators of some of rock's greatest albums, legendary for their stage shows, and in Roger Waters and Syd Barrett, they had two of Britain's most original songwriters.

Open mic for teens

Thu, May 05, 2016

THE UNDERAGE Open Mic at the Róisín Dubh returns to the Dominick Street venue this Sunday at 3pm and teen musicians and singers are sought to take part.

The Burning Hell - 'the good guys occasionally win'

Wed, May 04, 2016

"THE BURNING Hell write the kind of literate, funny, catchy songs that makes you want to learn all the words and shout them passionately back in their faces." So said Drowned in Sound, about the Canadian band that plays Galway next week.

The Galwegian who hacked into Fox, Sony, and the FBI

Wed, May 04, 2016

In 2011 a group of six hackers from around the world hit high-profile targets such as Fox Network, HBGary, and Sony Pictures, releasing huge troves of data while at the same time poking fun at those they perceived as their enemies.

Love, loss, and Elvis at the Galway Theatre Festival

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

THE GALWAY Theatre Festival officially opens tomorrow and it promises to serve up a feast of theatre in all its forms over nine event-packed days, continuing up to Saturday May 7.

‘A beautiful show about what goes on in a hospice’

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

DUBLIN THEATRE ensemble WillFredd have only been around for five years but in that time have earned a reputation as one of Ireland’s most imaginative and exciting young companies. Now it brings its acclaimed show, Care, to the Town Hall Theatre on Saturday May 6 at 8pm as part of the Galway Theatre Festival.

Album review: Bleached

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 28, 2016

THEY WERE a duo of sisters - Jennifer and Jessie Clavin, now they are a trio, joined by bassist Micayla Grace. Whether it's the Micayla's addition, or more experience under their collective belt, the LA band are rocking harder than ever.

Rising Irish stars @ Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

THE VERY best young Irish comedians from the Róisín Dubh's Tuesday night Comedy showcase, will strut their comedic stuff on the stage of the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh tomorrow from 8.30pm.

New documentary captures the struggles of the fishing industry

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

ATLANTIC, A part Galway made documentary, following fishing communities in Ireland, Canada, and Norway as they struggle to sustain their livelihoods against oil exploration, fishing quotas, and industrial trawling, will be screened at The Eye.

Exhibition to explore Galway's revolution

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

OUTSIDE OF Dublin, County Galway saw the most significant action of the 1916 Rising, and Galway's role in 1916, as well as the War of Independence and the Civil War, will be examined in a major new exhibition.

Imelda May and Damien Dempsey to play Big Top

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

IRISH ROCKABILLY queen Imelda May and singer-songwriter Damien Dempsey will play the Galway International Arts Festival Absolut Big Top on Thursday July 21 at 7pm and tickets go on sale tomorrow.

P.I.S.C.E.S. – The aliens have landed

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

“AT FIRST we thought it was a comet. We were slightly concerned because comets don’t normally travel as fast as this...then it changed course and we got really worried. Comets don’t change course. Whatever this is it isn’t natural..."

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