Terry Reid - the return of 'superlungs'

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

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

Today is Poetry Day -what are you going to do?

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

POETRY IS one of humanity's oldest forms of artistic and personal expression, found across all eras, languages, and cultures. Today is Poetry Day and Galway will mark the venerable form with a number of events.

Film noir in a theatre setting

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

QUINN IS a desperate man in a situation he can’t control. There’s a woman, a fat man with alarmingly high-waisted trousers, and all around is the subtle whiff of violence. This is film noir - not for the screen, but for the stage.

Galway Early Music Festival 2016

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

GENDER-BENDING baroque opera singers, 12th century love songs, and young musicians playing music from centuries ago, not to mention women's contribution to European music - it's the 2016 Galway Early Music Festival.

Fregoli’s Mary Mary Mary

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

’WHAT IS love then, Mary Ellen?’. Three generations of Irish women explore love, life, and duty, and inviting the audience to share in their most poignant moments, in Fregoli Theatre's Mary Mary Mary.

Little Green Cars to play Salthill

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

LITTLE GREEN Cars, one of Ireland's most acclaimed indie-rock bands, riding the crest of a wave with their new album Ephemera, play Seapoint, Salthill, on Thursday May 12 at 8pm.

Scottish trad-fusion as Skerryvore play Monroe's

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

SKERRYVORE, THE multi award winning Celtic rock-band, from the tiny lsle of Tiree off Scotland’s west coast, make their Irish debut in Galway, playing Monroe’s Live this Saturday at 9pm.

Debussy pianoworks from an English great

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

HE HAS been called "the very finest of pianists” by The Guardian, while the Royal Philharmonic Society has praised “the unique magic of his sound combined with a profound musical intelligence”.

Picture This @ The Loft

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

SEVEN CELBRATES its first birthday this weekend, and to mark the occasion, its live venue, The Loft, hosts a gig by rising Irish band Picture This, on Friday April 29 from 9pm.

Mick Hanly – new album and Town Hall show

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

MICK HANLY, one of Ireland's greatest songwriters, plays the Town Hall Theatre on Sunday May 8 at 8pm, joined by Donal Lunny, to perform songs from his new album, Homeland.

Ska and roots reggae with Big Jelly

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

GALWAY FANS of early Jamaican roots ska are in for a treat when Big Jelly, who play songs by Toots & The Maytals, Skatalites, Prince Buster, Bob Marley, and Lee 'Scratch' Perry, come to Monroe's.

Cafolla and Engel @ HALO

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

CAFOLLA AND Engel, the live saxophone and house music ensemble, return to HALO, playing the Abbeygate Street venue this Sunday.

May Bank Holiday @ Electric

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

THE MAY Bank Holiday weekend at Electric will see a host of leading Galway DJs spinning the decks at the Abbeygate Street venue.

Roots, dub, and reggae weekender

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

MALA OF Digital Mystics, pioneers of the dubstep scene, along with DJs from across Ireland, will perform at the Bank holiday Weekender in the Boatclub, Woodquay, tomorrow and Saturday.

Want to be funny? Let Steve Kaplan show you how

Tue, Apr 26, 2016

"I WROTE my best, funniest sketches thanks, in no small part, to the lessons I learned from Steve Kaplan’s comedy classes. Steve breaks the fine art of comedy down…that helps the unfunny become funny, and the funny become funnier."

Druid revives The Beauty Queen of Leenane

Mon, Apr 25, 2016

TO MARK the 20th anniversary of the debut of Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Druid Theatre Co, which staged that first performance, revive the play for the Town Hall Theatre this September.

Ireland v Italy - with build up and analyses from Après Match

Mon, Apr 25, 2016

WHEN THE Republic of Ireland play Italy in Euro 2016's 'Group of Death', will the 'boys in green' do what we did to Italy at USA 94, or will it be a harrowing 90 minutes that will make the whole championship one to forget?

Luka Bloom announces new Irish tour - includes Galway date

Mon, Apr 25, 2016

FOLLOWING THE release of his new album Frúgalisto, Luka Bloom has announced his first Irish tour in years, which sees the Kildare singer-songwriter play the Róisín Dubh on Friday October 7.

Artists ‘branching out’ at Galway Theatre Festival

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

THE GALWAY Theatre Festival swings into action next week and audiences can look forward to a host of innovative and imaginative shows from Friday April 29 to Saturday May 7.

Bring on the Glitterbomb

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

"I'M 21 today, 21 today! I've got the key of the door, never been 21 before, and Pa says I can do as I like, so shout, 'Hip Hip Hooray!'" goes the old music hall classic and one The Nualas could sing on their current tour.

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