Séamus Begley - new album and Monroe's Live show

Wed, Sep 02, 2015

SÉAMUS BEGLEY, one of the finest, and most popular of Irish trad musicians, will mark the release of his new album, The Bold KerryMan, with a concert in Monroe’s Live on Tuesday September 22, where he will be joined by guitarist Tim Edey.

Race The Flux to open Citóg September gigs

Tue, Sep 01, 2015

RACE THE Flux, the Galway indie/alternative quartet, who GoldenPlec have described as being as if "Queens Of The Stone Age collaborated with ASIWYFA", and who won critical acclaim for their Olympians EP earlier this year, will kick off the Citóg nights in the Róísín Dubh.

Shappi Khorsandi - the comedic commentator

Tue, Sep 01, 2015

THE DAUGHTER of an exiled writer and comic from Iran, Shappi Khorsandi’s upbringing was in no way conventional, but what a story, and what comedy, she makes from it all, as this city will hear when she plays the Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway.

Tickets on sale today for Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway

Mon, Aug 31, 2015

TICKETS FOR the Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway are now on sale, and with shows from Stewart Lee, Jason Manford, Deirdre O'Kane, and Ireland's rising comedy star Al Porter, the real question is, not if you are going to anything, but WHAT you are going to.

Cinema review: Straight Outta Compton

Films Reviews Mon, Aug 31, 2015

STRAIGHT OUTTA Compton is the story of the rise, and then fall, of rap’s first super group, N.W.A, the group that introduced gangster rap to the mainstream in the late 1980s. The film has been the surprise hit of the summer in the US and looks like it will be a huge success here too.

Wilde expert Michael Seeney among speakers at Oscar Wilde Festival

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

Galway’s Oscar Wilde Festival takes place next weekend for its third year, from Friday, September 4, to Sunday, September 6. The festival boasts a packed programme and will see Wilde experts and enthusiasts gather to celebrate his life and work in a west of Ireland setting. 

'The language just fizzes with energy and colour' –Decadent’s Jarlath Tivnan on Vernon God Little

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

It’s Monday afternoon in Nun’s Island theatre and Decadent director Andrew Flynn is rehearsing a scene from Vernon God Little with actors Jarlath Tivnan, Eilish McCarthy, and Peter Shine.

Brazil Independence Day party comes to Monroe’s Live on September 5

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

A carnival style party comes to Monroe’s Live next weekend to celebrate Brazilian Independence Day. 

There will be live entertainment from popular Brazilian DJ Kevin Vidal, who will be playing both Brazilian music as well as many other genres, from electro and R&B to house and chart hits. Kalango and Friends is a Brazilian band which will play the best of Forro, music typical from northeast of Brazil. 

Old master style student art show with Jim Kavanagh

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

The annual exhibition of Jim Kavanagh’s Art School students is currently on show at the Market Street Gallery (the old Connacht Tribune Print Works).

Music for Galway's thirty fifth international concert season

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

Music for Galway [MFG] has announced a 2015/16 programme dedicated to the most ancient, personal, and invisible instrument: the human voice.

In the months ahead, audiences will hear the voice in a variety of contexts: with piano, orchestra, in operatic and choral settings, and with string quartet. Many of Ireland’s finest singers will grace Galway’s stages, as well as a host of internationally renowned artists.

'It's a funny old world' with Brendan Grace at Galway Town Hall 

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

It is a funny old world when seen through the eyes of Brendan Grace. The enigmatic Dubliner has been entertaining audiences in Ireland and further afield for decades with his array of characters and his ability to tell a yarn.

There is the sanctimonious priest who knows more than he's telling: ''Blessed is he who gets married in the nick of time." There is the father of the bride who makes a speech at his daughter's wedding: "She could have married someone with money; she could have married someone who was working. She could have married someone who wasn't working but was willing to work.''

My Fellow Sponges @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

My Fellow Sponges, the acclaimed Galway folk-prog/indie band, return to the Róísín Dubh tomorrow night at 9pm to launch their new single 'Air.'

Eighties act Delorean @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

One of Europe’s top eighties acts, Delorean, will take to the main stage at Monroe’s Live on Friday September 4.

Jinx Lennon and Fia Rua at the Gallery Cafe Gort

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

Jinx Lennon is a punk poet from Dundalk who uses his voice guitar sampler to spread his uplifting words and help people through the trials of everyday life.

World famous Cranberries tribute act The Lizberries @ Monroe’s Live 

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

The Lizberries are the international tribute band of The Cranberries. The band was officially born in Milan in 2010, after a long career that began in 2002 as The Lizards.

Brian Kennedy will play the Roisin Dubh

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

Brian Kennedy will play the Roisin Dubh on September 5 from 8pm. Tickets cost €20 (€18 members) and are available online at

Award winning actor/writer Emmett Hughes to write and star in Los Angeles thriller Axis 

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

Irish actor and Galway native Emmett Hughes, who wrote, produced, and starred in the award-winning film The O’Briens, is set to write and star in the upcoming independent thriller Axis.

The film, based on his original concept, will be set and shot entirely in Los Angeles. Actress and director Aisha Tyler, of such acclaimed TV shows as Friends, Archer, 24, and Criminal Minds, is set to produce via her company Hot Machine Films as well as direct.

Lunchtimes with ConTempo

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

The Galway Music Residency has announced details of the 2015/16 monthly lunchtime concert series with its ensemble in residence, the ConTempo Quartet.

Autumn poetry workshops at the Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

This September, Galway Arts Centre is offering aspiring poets a choice of three poetry workshops facilitated by renowned poet Kevin Higgins.

Autumn creative writing classes with Susan Millar DuMars at Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

Starting in September, Galway Arts Centre presents a daytime class for beginner and continuing creative writing students, facilitated by poetry and fiction writer Susan Millar DuMars. 

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