Branar Téatar to stage a world premiere for 2020
Thu, Jan 16, 2020
SRUTH NA Teanga, the new show from Branar Téatar do Pháistí, which aims to "re-ignite a sense of wonder and a sense of pride" in the Irish language, receives its world premiere in March as part of Galway 2020.
Read more ...Dublin Murders event for Galway
Thu, Jan 16, 2020
THE CREATOR and producer of Dublin Murders, the thrilling BBC/RTÉ series which gripped audiences last year, will give a public talk about the series at Galway's annual FÍS TV Summit.
Read more ...Judy Collins - folk legend returns to Galway
Thu, Jan 16, 2020
IN 1961, a young singer-songwriter, originally from Seattle, but now part of the thriving folk scene in New York's Greenwich Village, released her debut album, A Maid Of Constant Sorrow.
Read more ...Akumakon 2020 - a weekend of Anime and Manga
Thu, Jan 16, 2020
AKUMAKON, THE annual Galway-based non-profit convention celebrating Japanese anime and manga, and Japanese culture, run by NUI Galway students, returns to the university campus this weekend.
Read more ...The hijacker, the Third Secret of Fatima, and a right Holy Show
Thu, Jan 16, 2020
IN THE history of aeroplane hijackings – a common occurrence during the 1970s and early 1980s – few are as bizarre and as eccentric as the hijacking of Aer Lingus Flight 164.
Read more ...Totally Wired headline the Comedy KARLnival
Thu, Jan 16, 2020
TOTALLY WIRED, the musical comedy duo, self-described as Ireland’s "oldest and least successful boy band", headline the next Comedy KARLnival at the Róisín Dubh.
Read more ...Sensory screening of Little Women at the Pálás
Thu, Jan 16, 2020
A SENSORY screening of Little Women, the acclaimed new adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel, will take place at the Pálás Cinema this Sunday at 10.30am.
Read more ...Theatre shows at Ballynahinch Castle
Thu, Jan 16, 2020
HUMANITY DICK, the acclaimed one-man show about the colourful life and times of Galway MP, humanitarian, and serial duellist Richard Martin, will be performed in what was once his home.
Read more ...Ryan Bingham - the music of America in one man
Thu, Jan 16, 2020
“I ALWEAYS really struggled with my identity – who I was, where I was from. I always had my cowboy hat with me, but at the same time, you adapt to your environment.”
Read more ...A birthday Over The Edge to start 2020
Thu, Jan 16, 2020
OVER THE Edge will mark its first outing of 2020 and its 17th Birthday this month, with a reading by the poets Attracta Fahy, Orla Fay, and the fiction writer Louise Kennedy.
Read more ...Elaine Feeney and Sean Borodale in conversation
Thu, Jan 16, 2020
THE ACCLAIMED poets Elaine Feeney and Sean Borodale will be in conversation in Ballinasloe for a special event, organised by Saolta Arts, discussing the arts and artist residencies.
Read more ...Show Me The Funny comedy competition returns for 2020
Thu, Jan 16, 2020
THE YEAR has barely begin and already Donald Trump and Iran's activities are bringing World War III closer, Australia burns, climate change rolls on...we really need good reasons to laugh right now.
Read more ...Silver screen films at the Pálás
Thu, Jan 16, 2020
1917, WAVES, The Personal History of David Copperfield, Lighthouse, and Parasite, will be the next three films in the Pálás Cinema's Silver Screen screenings.
Read more ...Me Auld Flower releases debut album
Thu, Jan 16, 2020
ME AULD Flower, the Connemara folk singer-songwriter, this week released his debut album, The Vaults of Consciousness. It features nine original songs, and contributions from a range of acclaimed Irish musicians.
Read more ...All aboard Joanne McNally's Prosecco Express
Thu, Jan 16, 2020
THE WORLD is a confusing place for comedian Joanne McNally. Her friends are getting married, having children, or buying domestic appliances, while her mother is still trying to convince her to give up comedy and study nursing.
Read more ...Blackbird & Crow - electric pagan blues
Thu, Jan 16, 2020
DONEGAL DUO Blackbird & Crow, will bring their Celtic folk blues, with a punk attitude, to the next Eclectics gig in the Black Gate Cultural Centre, St Francis Street.
Read more ...Art classes and workshops with Jennifer Cunningham
Thu, Jan 16, 2020
JENNIFER CUNNINGHAM, the acclaimed Galway artist will host a new term of arts classes and workshops for January.
Read more ...Galway Film Fleadh seeks feature films
Thu, Jan 16, 2020
FEATURE FILM submissions are now open for the 32nd Galway Film Fleadh. Previous films which have been entered in this category included The Young Offenders, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, and Song Of The Sea.
Read more ...Writing classes with Susan Millar DuMars
Thu, Jan 16, 2020
THE POET and short story writer Susan Millar DuMars will host a new series of her Advanced Fiction Writing Class. Starting on Friday February 7, it takes place from 2pm to 4pm, and will run for eight weeks.
Read more ...Cédric Tiberghien and Alina Ibragimova - in Galway this weekend
Thu, Jan 16, 2020
DESCRIBED BY the great Irish classical pianist Finghin Collins as "one of the great duos of our time", French pianist Cédric Tiberghien and Russian violinist Alina Ibragimova play Galway this weekend.
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