Road Wives debut @ The Loft

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

ROAD WIVES - AKA DJ, producer, and recording artist Jack Quinn - will perform his debut live show in The Loft at Seven this Sunday at 11pm and admission is free.

Easter weekend @ Halo

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

HALO HAS two party nights planned for the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, starting on Saturday with Cafolla and Engel unleashing their energetic live saxophone and house music ensemble.

Making A Murderer attorney to speak in Galway

Wed, Mar 23, 2016

DEAN STRANG, the Wisconsin attorney who was one of the trial lawyers for Steven Avery in Making A Murderer, the Netflix documentary which has become an international phenomenon, will be in Galway in the autumn where he will give a public interview.

Galway to ask: How much of a Republic is Ireland?

Mon, Mar 21, 2016

The 1916 Rising saw Ireland proclaimed a Republic from the steps of the GPO, it was declared a Republic again in 1919 at the start of the War of Independence, but was only recognised by Russia, before finally, in 1949, the Republic of Ireland came into being.

Madame de Markievicz On Trial

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

ONE OF the most striking personalities in the 1916 Rising was Constance Markievicz, the Anglo-Irish aristocrat who became a militant nationalist and was among the rebels who fought in the vicinity of St Stephen’s Green.

Galway Theatre Festival - stretching the concept of theatre

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

THE LAUNCH for this year’s Galway Theatre Festival took place on Monday at a lively gathering in BiteClub in Upper Abbeygate Street. A large and enthusiastic crowd gathered to mark the occasion, and between sips of prosecco and tasty canapés, the assembled guests pored over their programmes and amiably chatted about the many attractions on offer.

Old-time/bluegrass with the Locust Honey String Band

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

THE LOCUST Honey String Band, the North Carolina-formed, Nashville-based old-time/bluegrass trio, who embody "American roots music at its best” according to The Irish Post, are coming to Galway.

Daniel Jewesbury to curate next TULCA festival

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

DANIEL JEWESBURY, the artist, lecturer, writer, and editor will curate the 14th TULCA Festival of Visual Arts. The open call for submissions to the festival, which takes place in November, has also been announced.

Kevin McGahern @ Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

KEVIN MCGAHERN, the star of RTE’s Republic of Telly, and described as a "Gas bastard" by The Rubberbandits, hits the stage of the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh on Friday March 18 at 8.30pm.

Iceland’s answer to Victor Meldrew

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

THE GRUMP, the hilarious Icelandic culture-clash satire, about a stubborn, sour-faced old farmer with a rose-tinted view of the past, will be screened in the Town Hall Theatre on Sunday at 8pm.

Open air screening of major 1916 documentary tonight

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

This evening (Wednesday Mar 16), from 7pm, 1916 The Rebellion, a major documentary on the seismic events of Easter Week a century ago, narrated by Liam Neeson, will be shown on a outdoor screen at the Galway City Museum, Spanish Arch.

Abandoman - Life + Rhymes

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

ABANDOMAN'S 2016 Irish tour, Life + Rhymes, starts in the Róisín Dubh on Friday May 20 with a show, in the words of The Stage, filled with "killer punchlines. Note-perfect, lyrically mind-blowing hip-hop improv. Genius!"

Future doctors to sing songs of war and freedom

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

MORE THAN 40 medical students in NUI Galway will perform music and song from the first 20 years of the 20th century in a concert entitled War, Freedom, Love and Loss, in the Aula Maxima, on campus, on Thursday March 24 at 7pm.

Public talk on creating interest in architecture

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

EXTENDING ARCHITECTURE, the free public talks and training for arts practitioners interested in exploring and sharing the cultural and artistic value of architecture with the public, is coming to Galway.

The Woodburning Savages - ‘bloodlust rock’n’roll’

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

"THE WOODBURNING Savages mix snarling, bloodlust rock'n'roll, archetypes with gloriously incongruous and wildly inventive melodic ideas." So said BBC Radio Ulster's Stephen McCauley about the band that's coming to Galway.

Exhibition explores attitudes to 1916 leaders

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

THE 1916 leaders have been demonised and canonised, praised for helping Ireland become independent, and blamed for the Northern Troubles - which began 50 years after their death. Their life and legacy is very much contested ground.

The Hen Night Epiphany - as Gaeilge

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

FIVE WOMEN on a hen night in the hills of Connemara - it should be a wild night of drink, craic, and naughty behaviour, instead the group discovers an unhappy bride-to-be, while friendships are sorely tested.

Classical music to mark Good Friday

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

LACRIMOSA, A concert of classical music and song to mark Good Friday, will be heard when the Collegium Chamber Choir, tenor Eoin Hynes, and organist David Leigh perform in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, on Friday March 25 at 5pm.

Creative writing classes at GTI

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

CREATIVE WRITING classes with the poet Kevin Higgins and the poet/short story writer Susan Millar DuMars, will be held at the Galway Technical Institute, Father Griffin Road.

Kormac’s audio-visual show at Róisín Dubh

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

KORMAC, THE bandleader, producer, and DJ normally at the helm of Kormac’s Big Band is stepping out into more minial territory territory, by leading a three-piece band, and bringing his new audio-visual show on tour across Ireland.

E-paper

Read this weeks E-paper. Past editions also available from within this weeks digital copy.