Get Up, Stand Up @ Garvey’s

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

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.

The show is open to the public and comedians, and admission is free. Every week there is a lively crowd and a load of up and coming comedians performing. Each comedian is allowed seven to eight minutes for his/her set. There will also be a comedy caption contest with the winner getting a prize at the end of the show.

Soul in the Blue

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

SOUL IN The Blue, a DJ night of some of the finest soul and funk ever made, returns to The Blue Note this Saturday from 9pm.

A Cajun night at Kelly’s

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

CAJUN MUSIC has its origins in the music of the French colonial settlers who made Louisiana their home after leaving Quebec in the 1700s.

Indie/alternative gig @ Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

GARAGE POP, rock/hardcore, and experimental electronica will be the diverse order of the day at a gig that weekend in the Galway Arts Centre.

A weekend of gigs @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

MONROE’S LIVE will host a number of gigs this weekend as part of the Once Upon A Time Back The West mini-festival.

Win tickets to The Descendants @ Galway Omniplex

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

THE DESCENDANTS, is a sometimes humorous, sometimes melancholy, story of a man forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers an accident.

The Descendants stars George Clooney in the lead role as Matt King and is directed by Alexander Payne, the creator of the Oscar-winning Sideways.

Haywire competition winners

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

THE WINNERS of the Haywire film hoodies were: Chris Morris, Ballybane; David Tiernan, Ballindooley; and Grace Dawson, Loughrea.

Black Pencil to bring the folk sounds to NUIG

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

BLACK PENCIL “evokes a unique sound world of melody, polyphony, and abstraction. The ensemble is a great representative of new ways of combining folk cultures and contemporary art.”

Galway folk legends on YouTube

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

IN CONCERT footage of the 1970s Galway folk duo Dicklerfitz - singer Terry Smith and the late Mickey Finn on the fiddle - has been posted on YouTube.

Cúirt New Writing Prize 2012

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

THE CÚIRT International Festival of Literature is seeking submissions for Cúirt New Writing Prize 2012.

There are two categories this year: poetry and fiction. There will be a cash prize of €500 given to the winner of each category. The two winners will also have the chance to read during Cúirt at the Cúirt/Over the Edge Showcase on Wednesday April 25.

NUI Galway’s public lecture series return

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

NUI Galway’s Babel Public Lecture Series returns to the Town Hall Theatre this month, with a variety of speakers delivering talks on the theme of Tradition and Transformation.

Denise Hogan’s one-day glasspainting workshop

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

IF YOU would like to learn how to paint on glass and create your own stained-glass artworks, then check out a new class from artist and designer Denise Hogan.

A Monster In Paris opens tomorrow

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

A MONSTER In Paris, the new animated film, about a monster with great musical talent who becomes the toast of the French capital, opens in cinemas tomorrow.

Opera from the Met, live @ The Eye

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

PLACIDO DOMINGO, Danielle de Niese, Lisette Oropesa, and Joyce DiDonato will star in The Enchanted Island, which will be screened at The Eye Cinema in Wellpark this weekend.

Get Up, Stand Up @ Garvey’s

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

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.

Comedian Steve Hughes @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

HEAVY METAL fan Steve Hughes once was a drummer in a band, but then he decided to step out centre-stage, not as a singer, but as a comedian.

Jason Byrne’s Cirque Du Byrne

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

CIRQUE DU Byrne, the acclaimed stand-up show from one of Ireland’s leading comedians, Jason Byrne, is coming to Galway next month.

Making Connection workshop

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

THE DANCER Bernadette Divilly will hold a workshop, entitled Making Connection, in St Nicholas Parochial School Hall, this Saturday and Sunday.

Bernadette was awarded a masters’ in somatic psychology/dance movement therapy from Naropa University Boulder Colorado in 2002. From 2008 to 2010 she was dance artist in residence with the Galway City Council.

Galway Peace Proms take place next month

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

THE GALWAY Peace Proms, featuring the Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland and more than 1,800 primary school children from county Galway, take place next month.

The gala proms will be held in the Kingfisher Hall of NUI Galway on Saturday February 4 at 3pm and 8pm and on Sunday 5 at 2pm and 7pm.

The Spaghetti Western Orchestra ride into town

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

SPAGHETTI WESTERN was a term of abuse invented by American critics for the Wild West movies made by Italian directors in the 1960s, but the Italians were to have the last laugh.

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