Kathy Ross's street scenes of Galway

Mon, Feb 27, 2017

SOME OF Galway's best known street scenes are depicted by Galway artist Kathy Ross in an exhibition currently running in the Leaf and Bean Café in Tuam.

Album review: WHY?

Music Reviews Thu, Feb 23, 2017

THERE ARE few more individual, yet conversely definitive, voices in American indie than WHY? founder/leader/singer Yoni Wolf, and his brilliance and ambition as a songwriter, indeed composer, is writ large on Moh Lhean.

Frankie Gavin and Liam Ó Maonlaí headline Éigse an Spidéil

Thu, Feb 23, 2017

FRANKIE GAVIN and Liam Ó Maonlaí will headline Éigse an Spidéil 2017, the village's annual arts festival, which has been running for more than 30 years, and which runs from Thursday March 2 to Sunday 5.

Tull MacAdoo needs your vote to be The Successful TD

Thu, Feb 23, 2017

VOTE FOR Tull MacAdoo and he will look after you. A vote for Tull is a seat for yourself. He fought in the 1916 Rising, brought 200 jobs to the region, and has arranged television licenses and free electricity grants for “constituents in need”.

‘The far right don’t get the subtleties of provocative humour’

Thu, Feb 23, 2017

THE SCOTTISH scourge of Trump supporters; exposer of the hypocrisy of Alt-Right 'free speech’ advocates; an inveterate Tweeter; a star of TV, Vine, and webcams; author of “daft wee stories”; a phenomenon - Limmy is a Renaissance man of modern Comedy.

Isabelle Huppert in Things To Come

Thu, Feb 23, 2017

FRENCH FILM Things To Come, winner of Best Director at the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival, and starring Isabelle Huppert will be shown in the Town Hall Theatre by the Galway Film Society.

The Black Gate Centre - Galway’s newest, hippest arts venue

Thu, Feb 23, 2017

GALWAY'S CULTURAL landscape has just acquired a lively and impressive addition in The Black Gate Centre, on St Francis Street. Catering for music, literature, art, film, dance, and learning, it aims to be a home for the artist and a haven for art lovers.

Remembering The Screamers for TULCA 2017

Thu, Feb 23, 2017

FROM ITS beginnings in a leftist London commune in the 1970s, to its becoming a controversial source of fascination in 1970s Ireland, 'The Screamers' were advocates of Arthur Janov primal therapy, and have inspired this year's TULCA festival.

Dinosaur - British jazz 'supergroup' to play Clifden

Thu, Feb 23, 2017

"IMAGINE THE impressionistic electric-jazz moodiness and glistening keyboard textures of Miles Davis’s In A Silent Way seamlessly wrapped around Celtic folk melodies." That was how The Guardian described jazz 'supergroup' Dinosaur.

Actors wanted for GMIT graduate films

Thu, Feb 23, 2017

ACTORS ARE sought for two lead roles in Stalls, an upcoming student graduate short film production in Galway. The final film will be screened in the Eye Cinema.

NUIG students to stage rarely seen play Machinal

Thu, Feb 23, 2017

NUI GALWAY'S O’Donoghue Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance is about to stage its first production, the classic 1928 American expressionist drama Machinal, by Sophie Treadwell.

Cúirt labs - creative workshops for young people

Thu, Feb 23, 2017

THE CÚIRT The Labs, the education and youth strand of Galway's international festival of literature, aimed at schools and young people, returns from Monday April 24 to Saturday 29.

Benjamin Francis Leftwich to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Feb 23, 2017

HE PLAYS "enchanting, fragile folk-pop" says The Independent. His music is "steeped in emotion” according to DIY, and he is "the real deal” declared Q. He is Benjamin Francis Leftwich.

Mick Lally Theatre available for hire

Thu, Feb 23, 2017

THE MICK Lally Theatre on Druid Lane, off Quay Street, home to renowned Galway theatre company, Druid, is a state of the art venue now available for hire for private and public events.

Simon Daly art exhibition in Galway City Gallery

Thu, Feb 23, 2017

THE ARTIST Simon Daly was born in Dublin, but moved to Galway 14 years ago, and has been living here since, and his latest exhibition is being held in the Galway City Gallery.

Shuffle! - a night of soul, reggae, and r'n'b

Thu, Feb 23, 2017

SHUFFLE! RETURNS to the upstairs bar of Roisin Dubh this weekend for another night of hip shakin', rockin' northern soul, reggae, ska, blues, jazz, dicso, and r'n'b.

Workshop to explore the art of performance

Thu, Feb 23, 2017

GALWAY ACTOR and theatremaker John Rogers will host a series of workshops, in The Blue Teapot Theatre, Munster Avenue, exploring what it takes to be strong onstage in front of an audience.

Rory Gallagher tribute @ Monroe's

Thu, Feb 23, 2017

THE BARRY McGivern Band have been playing the music of Rory Gallagher since the man himself was still with us, and they are coming to play Galway tomorrow.

Keith Plunkett to play Monroe’s

Thu, Feb 23, 2017

AHEAD OF the release of his new single '100 Cracks', singer-songwriter Keith Plunkett is touring Ireland and tonight he stops off in Galway to play Monroe’s BackStage Bar.

Saturday classical music concerts for families

Thu, Feb 23, 2017

Galway children and their families can enjoy a mix of classical, contemporary, and Irish traditional music at the upcoming 3 Saturdays: 3 Kinds of Music spring/summer concert series at the Galway City Museum.

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