Catch the Kane Sisters and Edel Fox @ Kellys
Thu, Aug 19, 2010
THE KANE sisters hailing from North Connemara and comprising Liz and Yvonne Kane, are highly respected musicians and entertainers. The duo were taught music by their grandfather, local fiddle player Jimmy Mullen, and Mary Finn, a Co.Sligo musician and teacher.
Read more ...Southern Tenant Folk Union
Thu, Aug 19, 2010
SOON TO be released album The New Farming Scene from Edinburgh band Southern Tenant Folk Union creates the first true crossover of the modern folk tradition with its not-so-distantly related bluegrass sound.
Read more ...Havana Party @ Kings Head
Thu, Aug 19, 2010
THE KINGS Head is putting on a fiesta of Latin rythms to include salsa, bachata, reggaeton, cumbia, and merengue to follow on from the tremendous sucess of the Latin Quarter Havana Club weekender on the June Bank Holiday.
Read more ...Over The Edge Open Reading
Thu, Aug 19, 2010
THE AUGUST Over The Edge Open Reading session takes place in Galway City Library, St Augustine Street, Galway on Thursday August 26 from 6.30pm until 8pm.
The featured readers are Sarah Clancy, Aron Costello and Patrick Cotter and the reading is sponsored by Poetry Ireland.
Read more ...Sligo Live Sessions 2010
Thu, Aug 19, 2010
ACCLAIMED IRISH group Republic of Loose have just been confirmed for the Sligo Live Sessions which takes place over the October Bank Holiday weekend.
Other popular acts which have been confirmed are Grammy Award Winner Mary Chapin Carpenter, North Carolina native Tift Merritt, The Alan Kelly Quartet with Special Guest Eddi Reader, Crooked Still, Lloyd Cole and The Lost Brothers, Jerry Fish and the Mudbug Club, Dervish, Moya Brennan, Cormac De Barra and Kevin Burke.
Read more ...Hilarious black comedy Kick-Ass takes the superhero genre into uncharted waters
Thu, Aug 19, 2010
KICK-ASS has just been released on DVD and the controversial comic book film packs a powerful punch with fast paced action scenes, a thoroughly entertaining script, and lots of laugh out loud moments.
Read more ...Loose Lips @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Aug 19, 2010
EVERYONE HAS a story, and Loose Lips offer a stage and a microphone to members of the audience who can tell their story, provided it is true, unscripted and doesn’t take longer than five minutes.
Read more ...Creative writing for beginners @ GMIT with Susan Millar Du Mars
Thu, Aug 19, 2010
This autumn Susan Millar DuMars will give support, instruction and feedback to students who are interested in writing fiction, short stories, novels and poetry.
Read more ...The Silver Tassie's powerful "howl of outrage"
Thu, Aug 12, 2010
Rehearsals are currently well underway in Druid for their forthcoming production of Sean O’Casey’s powerful anti-war play The Silver Tassie, which opens at the Town Hall on August 23rd.
Read more ...Swing when you’re winning
Thu, Aug 12, 2010
Over the past decade the World Wide Web has changed the way we listen to and view our music. In 2005 three former Paypal employees in California created Youtube which allowed users to upload and share videos. The site has since highlighted international internet phenomena such as the McDonald’s drive-through rap, Techno Viking, Prison Thriller and pop star Justin Bieber.
Read more ...Keywest set to shine at Monroe’s Live
Thu, Aug 12, 2010
Fresh from the Vodafone Mainstage at Oxegen 2010, Keywest are preparing to rock Monroe’s Live tomorrow night, August 13th.
Read more ...Summer Group Show at Norman Villa Gallery
Thu, Aug 12, 2010
The Summer Group Show exhibition at the Norman Villa Gallery will open today Thursday August 12, from 6pm to 8pm and run until August 28th.
Read more ...Auditions for The King and I
Thu, Aug 12, 2010
Auditions for 9Arch Musical Society’s production of The King and I will be held in the Claregalway Hotel on Saturday 14th August 2010.
Read more ...Lunchtime theatre at the King’s Head
Thu, Aug 12, 2010
Galway lunchtime theatre makes a welcome returns to its natural home of The King’s Head, High Street. this month, after a few years’ hiatus with Brendan Murray, ex-director of Punchbag and Ros na Rún, taking the creative reins.
Read more ...Graphic Studio Dublin exhibition at UHG Art Corridor
Thu, Aug 12, 2010
This is your last chance to pop into the Galway University Hospital’s Art Corridor to see the fantastic exhibition of prints from the Graphic Studio Dublin.
The exhibition entitled Gold celebrated 50 years of the Graphic Studio Dublin by inviting 50 of the studio’s artists to create one print each on the theme of Gold.This breathtaking exhibition will close on Friday August 20th.
Read more ...Róisín Dubh's Laughter Lounge presents Danny Dowlings ~ Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
Thu, Aug 12, 2010
The Laughter Lounge is bringing together some of the best new faces in Irish comedy for a fast paced evening of first class comedy in the Róisín .
Read more ...The Driftwood Manor to launch new EP
Thu, Aug 12, 2010
THE DRIFTWOOD Manor will launch their new EP with a gig upstairs in the Róisín Dubh on Tuesday August 17 at 9pm.
Read more ...The Gingerbread House
Thu, Aug 12, 2010
What could make a parent abandon their child? And what would happen to two babes lost in the woods?
Read more ...Brillant O’Rourke back at the Róisín
Thu, Aug 12, 2010
Declan O’Rourke is rare in that he is a singer-songwriter who can actually play the guitar. His unique and intricate guitar style endears him to all who have the pleasure of listening to his positive and upbeat songs.
Read more ...New exhibition by Christopher Banahan
Thu, Aug 12, 2010
To coincide with the Cruinniu na mBad festival which is to be held in Kinvara on August 20th, 21st and 22nd, Christopher Banahan shall hold an exhibition of new works at his studio in Seawood house, Mountscribe, Kinvara.
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