The Queen Has Vanished – a play about loss and hope

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

THE BABORÓ International Children's Festival is just a couple of weeks away and one of the top attractions will be the Flemish ensemble Kopergietery, one of Europe’s most exciting theatre companies, with its original play, The Queen Has Vanished, a beautiful story that speaks about loss, sadness and hope.

French pianist Adam Laloum to make Galway debut

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

THE BRILLIANT young French pianist Adam Laloum makes his Irish debut with a Music For Galway concert next week, performing works by Brahms, Schubert, and Mozart.

Brendan Grace is coming to Moycullen

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

BRENDAN GRACE, Ireland's much loved and legendary comedian, will bring his It's A Funny Old World show to The Forge Pub, Moycullen, this Saturday at 8pm.

Creative writing classes for young people

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

EVERYONE HAS a story to tell and if you are a teenager with ambitions to write, why not tell your story through prose or poetry, and help is at hand with a new series of creative writing classes.

Antal to DJ @ Electric

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

ANTAL, THE Amsterdam DJ of the moment will be spinning the decks at the Shivers clubnight in the Electric Garden and Theatre, Abbeygate Street, for a three hour set tomorrow from 11pm.

The Southern Fold to play Monroe's Live

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

THEY CITE Hank Williams and Kurt Cobain as their inspirations, and they seek to communicate messages of truth and honesty through harmony singing and the craft of songwriting in its simplest, purist, form.

Two guitarists - one tour of Galway

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

PETER VON TOY, the singer-guitarist who plays "rock drenched blues tinted folk", and Galway based guitar wizard Tom Portman, will play a number of dates around Galway city and county.

Strap on the air guitar and widdle!

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

STRAP ON the air guitar and get ready to widdle on an imaginary fretboard and pull all kinds of rock god face and shapes at the Air Guitar Heroes event which takes place in Galway next week.

The New 52 - new album and Róisín Dubh gig

Wed, Oct 05, 2016

THE NEW 52 is a name that to many signifies DC Comics' relaunch of its superhero titles, but it is also the name of the new indie/pop-rock project of Dublin singer-songwriter Darragh Cullen, who has a new album and a show in Galway this week.

Zinc to launch debut album at Galway Jazz Festival

Tue, Oct 04, 2016

GALWAY POST-rock trio Zinc, whose music is "capable of knocking an audience clean off their feet" according to The Thin Air, launch their eponymously titled debut album on Thursday October 6 at 8pm in Biteclub, Abbeygate Street, as part of the Galway Jazz Festival 2016.

Spats Colombo set to release new EP Caught In A Bind

Tue, Oct 04, 2016

SKA, RETRO-rock, songs in Irish and English, all recorded in a former pub by a group whose members hail from several Irish counties and one of the English home counties, who take their name from the gangster played by George Raft in Some Like It Hot - it can only be Spats Colombo.

Rubber souls

Thu, Sep 29, 2016

“A MAN is least himself when he talks in his own person,” observed Oscar Wilde. “Give him a mask and he’ll tell you the truth.” While Wilde would undoubtedly have sniffed at their suspect sartorial style - cheap tracksuits, gaudy jewellery, balaclavas expertly fashioned from plastic shopping bags - it seems likely he would have otherwise heartily approved of comedy hip-hop duo The Rubberbandits.

Why Shakespeare's tragedies still matter

Thu, Sep 29, 2016

A FASCINATING and insightful book on four key Shakespeare tragedies, aimed at Leaving Cert and undergraduate students, theatregoers, and those who would like to ‘get’ Shakespeare, will be launched next week.

Ciaran Lavery - songs of innocence and experiecne

Thu, Sep 29, 2016

OKKERVIL RIVER is the title of a short story by Russian author Tatyana Tolstaya. It is also the name of the American indie-rock band led by Will Sheff, and more recently the name of a single by Ciaran Lavery.

Absurdist Aussie for comedy festival

Thu, Sep 29, 2016

IF YOU can deal with seeing a man wheel on to stage wearing a karate outfit, roller-skates and prosthetic kangaroo claws, if you can witness some partial nudity for a good cause; and if you want one long joyous laugh, you need to see Sam Simmons.

See new Irish film VIVA @ Town Hall

Thu, Sep 29, 2016

VIVA, A Spanish-language, Irish made, film, set in Cuba, directed by Paddy Breathnach and written by Mark O'Halloran, is this weekend's screening from the Galway Film Society.

Comedy with a female perspective marks debut of Cáca Dána

Thu, Sep 29, 2016

A NEW Galway theatre company, Cáca Dána, takes a bow in the Town Hall studio next month with All The World’s A Cage, an original one-act comedy, with a distinctly female perspective, devised and written by the company.

Declan O'Rourke and orchestra to play Salthill

Thu, Sep 29, 2016

DECLAN O'ROUKE will re-imagine and re-interpret many of his finest songs on his forthcoming album In Full Colour, and perform those re-imaginings in concert in Salthill in November.

Irish Comedian Of The Year semi-final

Thu, Sep 29, 2016

THE FIRST semi-final of the Irish Comedian of the Year Competition takes place tomorrow [Friday September 30] at the Roisin Dubh Comedy Clubh, featuring the cream of the country's emerging new comedy talent.

Fred Johnston to give creative writing classes

Thu, Sep 29, 2016

THE POET, author, and critic Fred Johnston will give a creative writing course, for those interested in writing poetry or prose, in NUI Galway, starting Monday October 3.

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