Mr Whippy Soundsystem's summer market block party

Thu, Jul 19, 2012

Mr Whippy Soundsystem's Summer Market Block Party returns to the Galway market on Sunday 22nd July 2012, from mid-day to sun-set, sunshine funtime on the original pop-up outdoor dancefloor! Ever since Project 06, Mr Whippy Soundsystem's annual free afternoon at St Nicholas's market on a Sunday in July has become a much-loved regular 'fringe' event during Galway's festival season. Joining the soundsystem on the day will be Dave Barry (The Nitty Gritty - Massimos Bar), Ben O’Faoláin (Club Áras na nGael) and Dr Herringbone Dread. Followed by a late night after-party at Massimo's (also free!).

Gretchen Peters to play Kelly’s

Thu, Jul 19, 2012

GRETCHEN PETERS, the Nashville based singer-songwriter plays Kelly’s, Bridge Street, on Monday July 23 at 8pm as part of the Galway Arts Festival.

On the night she will perform songs from her most recent album, Hello Cruel World, (“An affecting, beautifully measured, grown-up affair,” said Q) as well as songs from across her 25 year career.

A Night For Celia @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 19, 2012

TUAM POET and singer-songwriter Seamus Ruttledge, and friends, will play the A Night For Celia concert, upstairs in the Róisín Dubh on Thursday July 26 at 9pm.

The event is a charity concert with proceeds going towards the Galway Famine Ship Memorial and the Celia Griffin Children’s Park at Grattan Road beach.

Good Vibrations scoops Film Fleadh award

Thu, Jul 19, 2012

GOOD VIBRATIONS, the magnificent biopic of Terri Hooley, the Belfast man who was the key figure in the city’s punk music scene in the late 1970s won The Best Irish Feature Award at the Galway Film Fleadh.

Keywest @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jul 19, 2012

KEYWEST ARE coming back to Galway to play Monroe’s Live on Saturday July 28 at 9pm as part of the Galway Arts Festival.

Art exhibitions

Thu, Jul 19, 2012

ON SHOP windows in the city centre; in The Shed at the Docks, in 126, and at the Norman Villa Gallery in Salthill, is are a feast of art exhibitions to see this month.

Banged Up Broads

Thu, Jul 19, 2012

BANGED UP Broads, a black comedy following the ups and downs of eight young women prisoners, will be staged this evening and tomorrow.

Indian classical music concert

Thu, Jul 19, 2012

A CONCERT of North Indian classical music will be held in Áras na nGael on Thursday July 26 at 7pm as part of the Galway Fringe Festival.

Athenry Music School Guitar Orchestra concert

Thu, Jul 19, 2012

THE ATHENRY Music School Guitar Orchestra will perform a lunchtime concert in the Augustinian Church as part of the Galway Fringe Festival.

The concert takes place on Friday July 27 at 1.15pm. The concert will showcase talent in the local community through a repertoire composed specifically for the ensemble by Kevin Brett and Ross O’Farrell, the directors of Athenry Music School, a not-for-profit organisation established to nurture and develop musical talent.

Saucy dancing in Kelly’s

Thu, Jul 19, 2012

GALWAY BURLESQUE dancers Les Hot Culottes will take to the stage at Kelly’s this Sunday at 8.30pm as part of the Galway Fringe Festival.

Calling all string players

Thu, Jul 19, 2012

GALWAY ADULT Strings will host a day of lessons, classes, rehearsals, and a concert in St Mary’s College from 10.30am this Saturday.

Edinburgh previews @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 19, 2012

THE COMEDIANS Steve Bennett and Christiane O’Mahony, Trevor Browne, and Eleanor Tiernan will be previewing their upcoming Edinburgh shows at the Róisín Dubh.

Crowbar Comedy @ Galway Fringe

Thu, Jul 19, 2012

CROWBAR COMEDY, a new night celebrating the best in local upcoming and Irish comedic talent is taking place this month in The Townhouse Bar, Quay Lane.

Crowbar Comedy is a stand up comedy show featuring Johnny Graham (Show Me The Funny 2012 winner), Danny O’Hanlon (Winner of Battle of the Axe), Connor McDonough-Flynn (organiser of Garvey’s Open Mic) and Kenny Gaughan (writer and director of Manflu – The Truth and other sketches on Youtube).

Soulboys v Rudeboys @ The Office Salthil

Thu, Jul 19, 2012

The original - soulboys v rudeboys night on Saturday August 4th in Salthill right on the seafront! Some of the finest vinyl djs in the land and beyond will be djing from the best genres (see poster listing) all from original vinyl.

The Dave Alvin XI

Thu, Jul 12, 2012

AMERICAN ROOTS rock maestro Dave Alvin rolls into town next week with his band The Guilty Ones for what’s sure to be a storming gig at Kelly’s Bar, which is part of the Galway Arts Festival’s music lineup.

Spurt at Galway Fringe Festival

Thu, Jul 12, 2012

FINN’S DAD has just died, but so has his fish, and he loved that fish. Remember when your goldfish died? Or your dog? Or your dad? Remember that wake you went to where you did not really know the person so were kind of awkward and did not know what to say except “Sorry for your loss?”

The Fall @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 12, 2012

THE FALL, the legendary Mancunian post-punk band, led by Mark E Smith, one of the most original lyricists in British music, play the Róisín Dubh on Friday July 20 at 8pm.

New documentary on The Auteurs’ Luke Haines

Thu, Jul 12, 2012

LUKE HAINES, rightly described by Pitchfork as “an undeniably great songwriter”, who has always revelled in his outsider role, is the subject of a new documentary - Art Will Save The World.

Galway Fringe Festival theatre @ NUIG

Thu, Jul 12, 2012

NUI GALWAY is hosting a variety of plays and theatre events in the university’s new Cube Theatre in Áras na Mac Léinn as part of the Galway Fringe Festival.

Get ready to slap on the Tan

Thu, Jul 12, 2012

AISLING AND Siobhán get ready for a night on the town, putting on make-up, discussing lads, ordering a taxi, straightening the hair, and plastering themselves in fake tan.

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