Okkervil River to play Galway in September

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

WITH THE exception of Electric Picnic, the only Irish show the great Okkervil River will play this year is in the Róisín Dubh on Monday September 7 at 9pm.

The 3volution of Lucia Evans

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

LUCIA EVANS was born and raised in Zimbabwe but it was Galway where she received her musical education and fell in love with blues, jazz, and soul - the music that will dominate her new show 3volution.

Pink Floyd The Wall

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

THE 30TH anniversary of Pink Floyd’s The Wall will be celebrated with a major theatrical presentation of the work in Galway next week.

Genesis Theatre Group will stage The Wall in Leisureland from Thursday March 26 to Saturday 28. The show promises to be a spectacular display of music, sound, and lighting.

Pink Thunderbird at the Town Hall

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

SELIKE THEATRE presents James McLure’s Pink Thunderbird at the Town Hall Studio Theatre, from Wednesday March 25 to Saturday March 28 at 8.30pm.

Clarinbridge Drama Group

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

THERE WILL be plenty of laughs to be had in south Galway this weekend when the Clarinbridge Drama Group perform two one-act comedies.

Jurassic 5’s Akil to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

Hip hop may have begun in the Bronx and Brooklyn in the late 1970s but by the end of the 1980s its epicentre was Los Angeles - more specifically South Central LA.

West Coast Big Band

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

THE WEST Coast Big Band are approaching their fifth anniversary and they play a residency in Morgans Bar in the Forster Court Hotel, every Thursday night.

Liam Ó Maonlaí @ Town Hall

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

LIAM Ó MAONLAÍ is coming back to Galway to play the Town Hall Theatre on Wednesday at 8pm where he will perform songs from his new album To Be Touched.

Guitarist Philip Donnelly to play Kinvara

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

THE GREAT Irish guitarist Philip Donnelly, who has worked with such legends as Towns Van Zandt and Gary Moore, is coming to Galway.

This will make the ladies scream

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

THE RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra will be joined by brilliant German pianist Bernd Glemser for Haydn’s ‘Surprise Symphony’ - of which the composer said, “This will make the ladies scream” - on its 2009 Spring tour.

Louis de Paor to read at North Beach Nights

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

LOUIS DE PAOR, one of the country’s leading poets in the Irish language, will read at the North Beach Poetry Nights in The Crane on Monday at 9pm.

Born in Cork in 1961, Louis has been involved with the contemporary renaissance of poetry in Irish since 1980 when he was first published in Innti which he subsequently edited.

ConTempo to premiere new compositions in Kenny’s

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

On Saturday at 3pm, The Kenny Gallery in Liosbán will be the venue for the premier of two new pieces of music, to be performed by The ConTempo Quartet.

Cinema Review - Marley and Me

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

Troublesome, rambunctious, and absolutely wild; this is Marley the very cute Labrador whose antics such as eating everything in sight including a message minder machine (yes, the whole thing!) supplied so much material that there was a newspaper column, a book, and now a film dedicated to him. Who needs Lassie when you have Marley to keep you laughing, and crying?

It may not win awards anytime soon but Marley and Me is a lovely heartwarming tale about John Grogan (Owen Wilson) and his wife Jen (Jennifer Aniston) whose lives are pretty much taken over by their new puppy, a puppy that grows into a 100 pound dog but loses none of his energy or love of chewing things.

Prepare to be ‘hijacked’ by The LOLs

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

THE LOLS claim their shows do not just entertain audiences, “it hijacks them!” Galway will be able to see for itself when the band play The Quays.

A feast of trad music and poetry at Féile Raifteirí 09

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

ANTOINE Ó Raifteiri, the great Gaelic poet of the 18th and 19th centuries, will be celebrated during Féile Raifteirí from Friday March 27 to Sunday 29 in Loughrea.

This year the festival will be concentrating on Raifteiri’s poetry, singing, and music. RnaG broadcaster Máirtín Davy Ó Coistealbha will officially open the festival and Éamonn Ó Broithe will lead a discussion on Raifteirí, entitled Is Sinne Na Pócaí Folmha, on March 27.

When the vicar met the folk-rocker

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

A FEMALE Church of Ireland vicar and a folk-rocker from Arkansas will be reading at the March Over The Edge in the Galway City Library on Thursday March 26 at 6.30pm.

Want to sing at the Karaoke World Championships?

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

GALWEGIANS WHO think they could strut their stuff at a Karaoke world championship should take note of a competition in Coyotes.

Get ready for a big multicultural sing

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

‘MULTICULTURAL’ HAS been turned into a dirty word by those of a right wing persuasion who would have us believe it represents a threat to or the ‘ghettoisation’ of society.

Padraig Rushe - a change is gonna come

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

THE DUBLIN Gospel Choir had modest beginnings as a local school choir almost 12 years ago but since then they have gone on to share the stage with James Brown, Rod Stewart, and The Chieftains.