Stop Making Sense - from the screen to the Róisín Dubh stage

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

FLOOR LAMP? Check. Big suit? Check. A tape they’d like to play? Check. You have seen the concert film and heard the album, now it is time to see the live band tribute show.

Sensory screening of Emma at the Pálás

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

EMMA, THE latest screen adaptation of Jane Austin's 1815 novel, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, and Bill Nighy, will have a sensory screening in the Pálás on Sunday March 1 at 10.30am.

Engage Art Studios classes for adults and children

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

ENGAGE ART Studios has announced its new visual arts education programme for adults and children, which will feature workshops and classes aimed at 'nurturing and inciting curiosity'.

Are you ready for Farmer Michael and Kathleen?

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

FARMER MICHAEL and Kathleen, the viral comedy sensations, will be in the flesh in Galway, performing their new live show to the Town Hall Theatre on Friday March 6 at 8pm.

Cellissimo - celebrating the cello at Galway's newest festival

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

FROM THE brilliance of Bach's Cello Suites to the haunting backing the cello provided to Nirvana's legendary Unplugged in NY concert for MTV, the cello has been one of the most versatile and admired instruments in music.

Drinks, arcade gaming, and craic at Electric

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

IF YOU have never played classic arcade games like Donkey Kong or Space Invaders, or if you did back in the day, and want to do so all over again, Electric is the place to be.

Aidan Greene - Did I Stutter?

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

AIDAN GREENE had a stutter, still has a stutter, but overcame it to become a comedian admired by Tommy Tiernan, and who is now touring a show about what he call "this sexy, silent disability".

The 4 of Us play Galway in April

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

"NEVER BEFORE have I been to a gig where the atmosphere has been so electric." So said The Irish News about the long running, legendary Irish band, The 4 of Us, who are coming to Galway in April.

A journey to the Blasket Islands in song

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

"THE GREAT Blasket was blessed with a population of distinctive character and with eminent literary gifts. The islanders chose to write in their own language until complete evacuation of their island home occurred in 1953."

Fro release new single 'Sitting Duck'

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

GALWAY BAND Fro release their second single, ‘Sitting Duck’, tomorrow [Friday February 28], with the track dealing with topical themes of depression and self doubt.

Chris Haze - new single, new collaboration

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

CHRIS HAZE, the Galway singer-songwriter is about to strike out in a new direction with his latest single 'Slow Down', a collaboration with the Dutch electronic dance music producer Mohtiv.

Sive to play next Eclectics night

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

SIVE, THE singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, called "one of the most inspiring and exciting artists of our time", by Female First UK, plays the next Eclectics night.

Two concerts from ConTempo

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

CONTEMPO QUARTET'S concert series - the 3 Kinds Of Music events at The Mick Lally Theatre, and the From Europe With Love lunchtime performances at St Nicholas' Collegiate Church - are back.

Holly Geraghty to play Athenry

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

HARPIST AND concertina virtuoso, and multiple All-Ireland Fleadh winner, Holly Geraghty, will play the penultimate Music In The Town Concert Series in Athenry.

Two nights celebrating all things Father Ted

Thu, Feb 20, 2020

FATHER TED will be celebrated in Galway with a night of stand-up and musical comedy with two of the classic sitcom's most memorable characters, as well as a DJ set, and table quiz.

Tintown - looking at the IRA in the forties

Thu, Feb 20, 2020

THE IRA in the 1940s was an organisation in search of a purpose, which made some horrendous decisions, such as the Coventry bombing in 1939 or the actions of those elements who collaborated with the Nazis.

Lyra - Róisín Dubh show in March

Thu, Feb 20, 2020

SHE HAS been called "the new Kate Bush" by The Examiner; she supported Gavin James at the 3 Arena in Dublin; while Universal, the world’s largest record label, shortlisted her as an artist to watch for 2020.

A train journey to launch a new visual arts event

Thu, Feb 20, 2020

CEANNT TRAIN Station will be the location for the launch of UnSelfing/Arrivals, a programme of visual arts exhibitions, performances, and encounters, which will take place in Galway across 2020.

Movie Buff Quiz Night at The Skeff

Thu, Feb 20, 2020

GALWEGIANS WHO consider themselves knowledgeable about all things film will have a chance to prove it at The Movie Buff Quiz Night at The Skeff Late Bar on Thursday February 27.

‘There is an element of fantastical fairytale energy’

Thu, Feb 20, 2020

A FAMILY in crisis is put into emergency accommodation, finding themselves in a run-down hotel in a seedy part of town. From one danger, they, and particularly their children, have stumbled into another.

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