Foróige drama and film courses for teens

Thu, Oct 13, 2016

THE FORÓIGE Youth Café is starting two new creative groups for young people aged from 14 to 18 years in Galway city, one concentrating on film making, the other on drama and acting.

Bach for lunch

Thu, Oct 13, 2016

JOHANN SEBASTIAN Bach's Overture in the French Style will be performed on harpsichord by the acclaimed Irish musician, Malcolm Proud, in a lunchtime concert for Music For Galway.

New song from Don Stiffe

Thu, Oct 13, 2016

GALWAY FOLK-singer songwriter Don Stiff has released a new single, 'You'll Always Be My Mother', exploring his experiences of adoption.

Smash Hits! to relive the 90s @ HALO

Thu, Oct 13, 2016

KITTED OUT head-to-toe in 1990s clobber, Smash Hits! will deliver a nostalgia drenched set of dance, pop, and r'n'b hits from that decade when they play HALO tomorrow from 11pm.

Art Supper Club - it's about painting and eating

Wed, Oct 12, 2016

THE ART Supper Club is a new venture which combines the joy of creativity with the pleasure of enjoying good food, and follows on from the popular 'painting, cocktail, and wine' events hosted by Paintclub and 56 Central.

Young Galwegians' stories sought for Junior Film Fleadh storytelling competition

Tue, Oct 11, 2016

YOUNG GALWEGIANS who are passionate about films and writing, and who have an idea for a story, are being asked to submit that story idea for this year's Junior Galway Film Fleadh Storytelling Competition.

Mick Flannery - new album and Róisín Dubh show

Mon, Oct 10, 2016

TWO DAYS before he releases his new album, I Own You, acclaimed Cork singer-songwriter Mick Flannery returns to Galway for a show where fans can expect to hear songs from that new release.

Oasis - Be Here Now reissue

Music Reviews Mon, Oct 10, 2016

BE HERE Now was the album which put the cocaine infused nail in the coffin of the hubris filled, jingoistic, corpse of Britpop. The phenomenon which, in the words of Suede's Brett Anderson began "with the charm and intelligence of a Mike Leigh film" had indeed "become a Carry On movie".

We Banjo 3 - 'the future of world music'

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

WE BANJO 3 return to the Róisín Dubh to officially launch - on this side of the Atlantic - their latest album, String Theory, which has already been No 1 on Billboard's World Music charts.

Album review: Pixies

Music Reviews Thu, Oct 06, 2016

IN THEIR original incarnation, the Pixies made four albums, at least two of which - 1987's Surfer Rosa and 1989's Dolittle - are high watermarks of indie/alternative rock, which continue to echo through the generations.

Patrick Carton to launch new poetry collection

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

"I HAVE a passion for words. I celebrate the minor and major mysteries of life with poetry. I will recite a rhyme, tell a story, maybe sing a song for your entertainment. I see myself as a knight whose quest is to open the door to the imagination again and again."

See the stars of Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

IN THE 1980s and 1990s, Whose Line Is It Anyway? was the cream of Channel 4’s comedy output, which spawned a host of spin-offs and led to the hugely successful US series of the same name.

Return of The Pillowman

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

DECADENT THEATRE Company’s acclaimed production of Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman returns to the Town Hall Theatre in a welcome revival that launches a second national tour for the play.

Eddie ‘the Eagle’ Edwards touches down at Comedy Carnival

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

AMONG THE many colourful characters rocking up in Galway for the Vodafone Comedy Carnival, few are more colourful than Eddie ‘the Eagle’ Edwards, the unlikely star of 1988’s Winter Olympics in Calgary and Great Britain’s first-ever Olympic ski jumper.

Tristan und Isolde opens new Met Opera season @ The Eye

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

WAGNER'S TRISTAN und Isolde in a new production by Mariusz Trelinski, with Sir Simon Rattle conducting, opens the new season of operas broadcast live via satellite from New York's Metropolitan Opera to The Eye Cinema.

Ten things you didn’t know about the Vodafone Comedy Carnival Comedians

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

The Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway kicks off on Tuesday the 25th of October and runs until Monday the 31st. Get to know the perfomers a little bit better with these:

Christian Wallumrød to play Galway Jazz Festival

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

CONSIDERED ONE of Norway's most prominent and influential contemporary musicians and composers, Christian Wallumrød is a solo artist, band leader, and diverse collaborator, who plays Galway this weekend as part of the Galway Jazz Festival.

Mike McCormack to read at Over the Edge Fiction Slam

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

MIKE MCCORMACK, the Galway based author whose latest novel Solar Bones, has been nominated for the prestigious Goldsmith Prize, will be the featured reader and judge at the eighth annual Over The Edge Fiction Slam.

Donal Vaughan @ Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

AFTER THREE weeks of the Irish Comedian of the Year competition, it is time to get back to regular comedy nights at the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh, and getting the ball rolling is Donal Vaughan.

Spanking good fun at The Dirty Circus

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

IT'S NAUGHTY but nice, sexy and saucy, tasteful rather than filthy and depraved. It is Galway burlesque and cabaret night The Dirty Circus, and it kickstarts this year's Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway.

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