One Man Town @ Monroe’s

Thu, Feb 02, 2017

SINCE THE release of their eponymous debut EP, and the single 'Cutthroat Desire', Donegal/Derry blues-rockers One Man Town have been causing something of a stir - and Galway can see why this weekend.

Lunchtime concert with ConTempo at St Nicholas’

Thu, Feb 02, 2017

THE CONTEMPO Quartet begin a new season of their popular lunchtime concerts at St Nicholas' Collegiate Church, starting on Tuesday February 7, and focusing on the late string quartets of Joseph Haydn.

Galway bands get set to Rock For The Hospice

Wed, Feb 01, 2017

SOME OF Galway's best cover bands will take to the stage of Seven Bar, Bridge Street, this weekend for Rock For The Hospice, a night of live music to raise funds for the Galway Hospice.

Russell Brand - RE:BIRTH in Galway

Mon, Jan 30, 2017

THERE ARE three great questions that philosophers, theologians, mystics, and artists have sought to answer: Who am I? Where have I come from? Where am I going? These are questions Russell Brand is also asking, along with another important ponderable: Where did this baby come from?

Countdown to Frightened Rabbit

Thu, Jan 26, 2017

BLOOD, TOIL, tears, and sweat, ravaged emotions, heartbreak, and cathartic confessional honesty, these are the things the words and music of Scottish indie-rock band Frightened Rabbit are built on.

‘Trump’s hair might get caught in the helicopter blades, that’ll be the end of him’

Thu, Jan 26, 2017

IF YOU are going to Jason Byrne’s latest stand-up show, Propped Up, there is a good chance you might see the comic - or indeed find yourself - standing on stage wearing a wolf mask - If so, Galway city is to blame.

Joyce's The Dead - 'Letting the music tell the story'

Thu, Jan 26, 2017

THE DEAD, James Joyce’s best-loved short story, has been given a thrilling new operatic treatment by the much-acclaimed company Performance Corporation, which is bringing it to the Town Hall Theatre, next month.

Album review: Rose Elinor Dougall

Music Reviews Thu, Jan 26, 2017

IT DOESN'T matter if you remember the Pipettes or not, as there is no trace of their doo-wop revival style in former member Rose Elinor Dougall's second album, which instead brims with high end pop and sumptuous indie.

Rock me Amadeus

Thu, Jan 26, 2017

LUCIAN MSAMATI, who has starred in Taboo, Game Of Thrones, and Luther, takes on the role of Mozart in an acclaimed new production of Peter Shaffer’s iconic play, Amadeus, which will be broadcast live to The Eye Cinema in Galway.

Emma Heatherington to launch new novel this weekend

Thu, Jan 26, 2017

NOVELIST EMMA Heatherington launches her new book, The Legacy of Lucy Harte, a bittersweet story dealing with organ donation, at two events in County Galway this weekend.

Tony Law - the King of post-modern nonsense'

Thu, Jan 26, 2017

TONY LAW might be the closest thing to experiencing nonsense nirvana. The Daily Telegraph crowned him "the King of post-modern nonsense", while The Guardian said he "takes post-modern stand-up to a dangerously funny new level".

GUMS presents Urinetown: The Musical

Thu, Jan 26, 2017

GUMS, OTHERWISE known as the Galway University Musical Society present their 17th annual show, the Tony Award-winning Urinetown: The Musical, at the Black Box Theatre from Tuesday February 7 to Saturday 11.

The French nurse and the nuns

Thu, Jan 26, 2017

AS WWII draws to a close, Mathilde, a young French Red Cross doctor, comes to the aid of a group of nuns, many of whom have been violated by Soviet soldiers on their march west to Berlin.

New art classes with Denise Hogan

Thu, Jan 26, 2017

A NEW series of one-day and weekend workshops in painting, along with a new spring term of weekly art classes, will be held in Galway and Mayo by the award-winning artist Denise Hogan.

Show Me The Funny - Heat 3

Thu, Jan 26, 2017

THE THIRD heat of Show Me The Funny takes place in The King's Head on Monday January 30 at 8.30pm, where the special guest will be Operation Transformation star, the brilliant Karl Spain.

A FEAST of psych, prog, indie, and punk

Thu, Jan 26, 2017

"IRISH-LANGUAGE psych-rock noise from outer space" is how Donegal band Tuath describe themselves, and Galway will see and hear why when they play the next FEAST gig at the Róisín Dubh.

Rollin’ Empire - hard rock @ Seven

Thu, Jan 26, 2017

IMAGINE A band who were the child of The Black Keys and Queens Of The Stone Age, one that draws from blues and rock, but modern in its outlook and approach, and you have Rollin’ Empire.

The loves of Brahms and the Schumanns

Thu, Jan 26, 2017

HE HAS played roles in National Treasure, Game Of Thrones, Blackadder, and Notting Hill, and now British actor Tim McInnerny is coming to Galway to take part in a show about the complex relationship of Brahms with Clara and Robert Schumann.

A classical concert for charity

Thu, Jan 26, 2017

THE CONTEMPO Quartet will play New Beginnings, a charity concert for heart and stroke charity Croí and the Galway Music Residency, in Croí House, Moyola Lane, Newcastle, on Thursday February 2 at 7pm.

Weekend gigs @ The Quays

Thu, Jan 26, 2017

THE QUAYS is hosting gigs by some of Galway and Ireland's most popular covers bands this weekend, with the venue also running an offer of free entry to gigs on Fridays and Sundays.

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