Nuala Ní Chonchúir and the charms of Juno
Thu, Dec 22, 2011
AUTHOR NUALA Ní Chonchúir’s third poetry collection has just been published by Salmon and this latest volume affirms her credentials as a poet of considerable poise, sensitivity, and imagination.
Read more ...And So I Watch You From Afar
Thu, Dec 22, 2011
TRAVELLING HOME to Portrush from Oxegen 2005 found four Ulstermen a bit worse for wear after the weekend’s revelries. “We were feeling terrible!” admits Rory Friers, during our Thursday morning conversation, but amid the post-festival comedown emerged an inspired idea.
Read more ...Here come The Deans
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
FRESH FROM a series of acclaimed gigs in the US and France, rising County Galway three-piece The Deans are back on home soil for a series of gigs over the festive period.
Read more ...Rusted Rail Christmas party
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
From Irish folk to doom metal, from nimbly picked acoustic guitar to sonic explorations, the Rusted Rail Christmas party will
Read more ...Hansel and Gretel panto for Cloughanover
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
SOLSTICE ART Group, Cloughanover, Headford will present Hansel and Gretel as its Christmas pantomime.
Read more ...Shortcut to Hallelujah at the Town Hall
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
THE ATTEMPTS at and failure to win an All-Ireland title since 1951 is the great existential drama and angst of all Mayomen and in a pub in Ballinrobe, that agony is being played out again.
Read more ...Citóg @ The Cellar
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
CITÓG WILL present a visual/instrumental gig tomorrow night with local act The Elephant Vanishes and acclaimed minimalist pianist Conor Walsh.
Read more ...Matt Keane’s Christmas concert
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
TRAD/FOLK singer Matt Keane will host his Christmas concert in the Claregalway Hotel on January 6 at 9pm.
Read more ...Karma Club - nine years in business
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
KARMA NIGHTCLUB Galway is nine years in business this Saturday and inviting customers to join in celebrating with the venue.
A complimentary glass of Champaign and some birthday cake as well as a fashion show exhibiting this seasons party wears awaits customers this Saturday night.
Read more ...Turn It Loose @ Bierhaus
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
This Saturday night in the Bierhaus DJs Mullers and Paul Grant will be spinning the very best in soul, funk, r’n’b, and Northern Soul from 9.30pm to 1am. All welcome.
Read more ...Christmas gigs at Campbell’s
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
QUEEN ELVIS, The Deans, Fruitcake Trio, and a pantomime are all on the bill for the Christmas gigs and events at Campbell’s Tavern, Cloughanover.
Read more ...Leading ladies of folk @ The Crane
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
THREE WONDERFUL young folk singers - Noriana Kennedy, Pauline Scanlon and Nicola Joyce - host a very special night of folk song at The Crane Bar next Wednesday at 9pm.
Read more ...Grandmaster Flash @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
Grandmaster Flash (pictured), the rapper and DJ who is a pivotal figure in the development of hip hop and the man behind the classic singles ‘The Message’ and ‘The Adventures of Flash on The Wheels Of Steel’, plays the Róisín Dubh on January 28 at 9pm. Tickets are available from the Róisín Dubh and www.roisindubh.net
Read more ...PLAY IRISH Declan O’Rourke
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
Declan O’Rourke is this week’s PLAY IRISH artist. Listen out for his song ‘Be Brave and Believe’, from his Top 10 album Mag Pai Zai on Jon Richard’s Galway Bat FM show this week. He will also play the Róisín Dubh tomorrow at 9pm. Tickets are available from the Róisín Dubh and www.roisindubh.net
Read more ...Fundraising clubnight for MADRA in Monroe’s
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
A FUNDRAISING night in aid of MADRA, the Connemara based dog rescue and adoption service, takes place on Friday, December 23 at 9pm in Monroe’s Live.
Read more ...Mary Coughlan @ The Crane
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
MARY COUGHLAN, Ireland’s greatest jazz and blues singer plays The Crane Bar this Saturday at 6.30pm as part of the Sea Road venue’s annual Singers and their Songs gigs.
Read more ...Art exhibitions over December
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
OVER THE Christmas period, take some time to explore a fascinating series of exhibitions which have opened, or are about to open, throughout the city.
Read more ...Carols by candlelight in St Augustine’s
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
THE TRIBAL Chamber Choir, directed by Mark Keane, will perform seasonal carols in St Augustin’s Church this Saturday at 8pm in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society of Ireland.
Read more ...Music, art, and dance - Music For Galway’s Intimate Voices
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
INTIMATE VOICES, Music For Galway’s annual January festival, promises something quite different, and an unusual and exciting way to start 2012.
Read more ...Cois Cladaigh Christmas concert
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
THE COIS Cladaigh choir will perform their final concert of 2011 this Saturday at 8pm in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church.
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