Ultan Conlon - new single, Galway gig

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

SPARKS OF The Divine', Ultan Conlon's new single, and the first offering from his eagerly anticipated fourth studio album, There’s A Waltz, is released tomorrow, via DarkSideOut Records.

The Godfather II starts 'I Can't Believe You Haven't Seen...' screenings

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

THE GODFATHER II is a classic of American cinema, and also that very rare thing - a sequel which surpasses the original, and there will be a rare chance to see it on the big screen next week.

Dance inspired by the lives of refugees and people in direct provision

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

ASYLUM SEEKERS and Irish people will join forces for a dance show, coming to Galway, which has been inspired by the lives of refugees and people in direct provision.

Blaze of glory - Galway 2020 begins on Saturday

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

UACHTARÁN NA hÉireann, Michael D Higgins, will officially open Galway 2020 at the European Capital of Culture's opening ceremony, which takes place this Saturday in South Park, the Claddagh.

'This white orchard, that she can’t let go of, that she can’t keep'

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

WHEN DERBHLE Crotty takes to the stage as Madame Ranevskaya in Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard this month, it will mark her first appearance with Druid since 2015 and its acclaimed DruidShakespeare production.

Steve Bennett - laughing through the disaster

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

CLIMATE CHANGE, Trump, Bolsonaro, the Alt.Right, the Manosphere, Brexit, the coronavirus - the world is in bad shape. No wonder comedian Steve Bennett has called his new show Everything is F*@$!d.

Opera and musicals at the Pálás

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

AN ARRAY of opera masterworks and popular musicals will be broadcast and screened at the Pálás Cinema, including La Bohemé, Don Giovanni, and the world premiee of Marson and Scarlett.

St Patrick's Brass Band to make Town Hall debut

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

ST PATRICK'S Brass Band, a Galway institution, will make, astonishingly, its debut appearance at the Town Hall Theatre, as part of a gala concert produced by Twin Productions.

Life and death through the eyes of a child

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

A 10-year-old girl struggles to come to terms with her younger brother’s diagnosis, leading her to the big questions in life, and an exploration of loss, hope, and being a big sister.

Dirty Dusting - hit comedy comes to the Town Hall

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

IS IT funny? Yes. Is it crude? Yes. If you love Mrs Browns Boys, then meet the show that can rival it - a group of 70-something cleaners who set up a phone sex service.

Choice nominee Maija Sofia to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

MAIJA SOFIA, the only Galway born artist to be nominated for RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album, will play a 'homecoming' gig at Strange Brew in the Róisín Dubh on Thursday February 20.

Show Me The Funny - penultimate heat

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

THE PENULTIMATE heat of Show Me The Funny, Ireland's longest running and most wide reaching comedy competition, takes place this Monday [February 10] at The King's Head.

ConTempo in concert at Kylemore Abbey

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

KYLEMORE ABBEY in Connemara will be the setting for a concert of music by Beethoven, as part of the celebrations for the 250th anniversary of the composer’s birth.

A Valentine's special from The Dirty Circus

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

THE DIRTY Circus will hold its first show of 2020 on St Valentine's Day - Friday February 14 - with a cast of leading Irish burlesque and cabaret performers taking to the stage of the Roisin Dubh.

Christy Moore - extra date added

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

CHRISTY MOORE has announced he will play an extra date in Galway this August and tickets go on sale next week.

KATS auditions

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

KNOCKNACARRA AMATEUR Theatre Society is holding auditions for its spring production in Joyce's Meeting Rooms, Knocknacarra from 8pm to 9pm.

Weather Warning... Welly Wardrobe set up in Galways Westend!

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

A place to leave your wellies while you change into your dancing shoes.

The 2 Johnnies - a spring break to Galway

Mon, Feb 03, 2020

THE 2 JOHNNIES, the Tipperary comedy podcasting, musical, and live show phenomenon, are coming back to Galway in April as part of their Spring Break Easter Tour.

Colin Geddis headlines new Friday night comedy at the Róisín

Thu, Jan 30, 2020

COLIN GEDDIS, who began 2020 with a sold-out show at the SSE Arena in Belfast, will tomorrow headline the Róisín Dubh's new monthly night of comedy - the Friday Night KARLnival.

An Taibhdhearc to host world premiere of Song Of The Yellow Bittern as Gaeilge

Thu, Jan 30, 2020

SONG OF The Yellow Bittern, a love story and a ghost story, set against the background of an 1828 paternity lawsuit by a Protestant woman against a Catholic priest, comes to An Taibhdhearc in a new Irish language version.

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