Galway Arts Centre Poetry Slam returns
Thu, Oct 13, 2011
THE GALWAY Arts Centre Poetry Slam kicks off again on Tuesday at 7pm at the centre on 47 Dominick Street.
The Slam, with MC Pete Mullineaux, will take place on the third Tuesday of every month with winners earning a place in the Cúirt Grand Slam next April.
Read more ...Kilcoona National School receives Baboró award
Thu, Oct 13, 2011
THE FIRST recipient of the new Baboró International Arts Festival for Children Above and Beyond Award is Kilcoona National School near Headford.
Read more ...North Beach Poetry Nights
Thu, Oct 13, 2011
THE NORTH Beach Poetry Nights will host the Connacht heat of All-Ireland Slam on Monday at 9pm in The Crane Bar.
Read more ...Who Needs Enemies II – Nightmare on Henry St
Thu, Oct 13, 2011
WHO NEEDS Enemies?, the black-comic farce by local playwright Conor Montague proved to be one of the Galway theatre hits of the year, and now comes the sequel.
Read more ...Little Cinema Club Halloween fancy dress party
Thu, Oct 13, 2011
THE LITTLE Cinema Club will hold its Halloween fancy dress party in Kelly’s, Bridge Street, on Tuesday November 1 at 9pm.
Read more ...Opera live @ The Eye
Thu, Oct 13, 2011
THE 2011-2012 season at The Metropolitan Opera in New York will be transmitted live via satellite to The Eye Cinema in Wellpark.
Read more ...Garvey’s comedy open mic night
Thu, Oct 13, 2011
GET UP, Stand up, the weekly stand up comedy open mic night at Garvey’s Hotel and Bar, Eyre Square, takes place tonight from 9.30pm.
Read more ...Win tickets to The Three Musketeers @ Omniplex
Thu, Oct 13, 2011
THE THREE Musketeers, conceived and shot in state-of-the-art 3D, is a big-screen action adventure update of Alexandre Dumas’ classic novel.
Read more ...Four Poofs & A Piano - camp, cabaret, songs and laughter
Thu, Oct 06, 2011
FOUR GAY friends, a piano, sing-alongs, comedy, cabaret, and all the laughs you can squeeze into an evening is on the cards when Four Poofs & A Piano strut their stuff on the stage of the Town Hall Theatre this month.
Read more ...White Caps’s ‘jaw-dropping fusion of film and dance’
Thu, Oct 06, 2011
DESCRIBED AS a jaw dropping fusion of lyrical film and explosive breakdance, White Caps from Bristol’s Champloo Dance Company is sure to be one of the highlights of this year’s Baboró festival.
Read more ...Joe Fury & the Hayride to launch debut album
Thu, Oct 06, 2011
A NIGHT of rock’n’roll, rockabilly, and country music is on the cards in Campbell’s Tavern, Cloughanover, when Joe Fury & the Hayride launch their debut album.
Read more ...Mary Motorhead for Town Hall studio
Thu, Oct 06, 2011
AFTER ITS sold-out and critically acclaimed run at Bewleys Café Theatre in Dublin, Galway’s Truewest theatre company bring Mary Motorhead by award-winning writer Mark O’Halloran (Garage, Adam and Paul) to the Town Hall studio.
Read more ...New Jinx Lennon show for Galway Theatre Festival
Thu, Oct 06, 2011
THAT DOUGHTY scion of Dundalk, the inimitable Jinx Lennon, takes to the stage at the upcoming Galway Theatre Festival with an electrifying new audio-visual performance - Man v Energy Vampire Behold - This S-S-Self Indulgence Gene.
Read more ...Win The Kanyu Tree’s debut album
Thu, Oct 06, 2011
SALTHILL TRIO The Kanyu Tree will perform live and sign copies of their debut album People Street in HMV Galway today at 5pm.
Read more ...Garvey’s comedy open mic night
Thu, Oct 06, 2011
GET UP, Stand up, the weekly stand up comedy open mic night at Garvey’s Hotel and Bar, Eyre Square, takes place tonight from 10pm.
Read more ...Bluegrass weekend in Kilcolgan
Thu, Oct 06, 2011
A BLUEGRASS weekend will take place in Kilcolgan tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday and all are welcome to go along and enjoy the music.
Read more ...The Nitty Gritty - vintage music for today’s people
Thu, Oct 06, 2011
THE NITTY Gritty, the DJ night of northern soul, funk, 50s rock’n’roll, rockabilly, swing, ska and R&B, and jump blues, has returned and hits Monroe’s Backstage Bar on Friday October 14 at 11pm.
The night is run by Galway DJs Dave Barry and Kit Kola. The glamourous Kit has been playing rockabilly, swing, and jump blues in Galway for a number of years while vinyl obsessive Dave DJs northern soul, 1960s ska and reggae both locally and around the country.
Read more ...21 Outs to kick off The Underground Sound
Thu, Oct 06, 2011
GALWAY GRUNGE/classic rock trio 21 Outs will headline the first The Underground Sound at The Cellar, a new music night at the Eglinton Street venue, each Wednesday.
Read more ...John Spillane - ‘no Cork mad stuff’ on new album and live shows
Thu, Oct 06, 2011
JOHN SPILLANE has a new album out, A Rock To Cling To on EMI, and he is coming to Galway to play the Róisín Dubh on Sunday October 9 at 8.30pm.
Read more ...French chanteuse to sing @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Oct 06, 2011
FRENCH CHANTEUSE Caroline Moreau and Lunfardia, led by Argentinean guitarist Ariel Hernández, play Monroe’s Live, tomorrow at 9pm.
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