Christy Moore - in Galway in August

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

FOLLOWING THE release of his latest album, Magic Nights, the great Christy Moore has announced his return to Galway next year, with a concert in Leisureland, Salthill, on Friday August 14.

David McSavage - National Treasure at the Town Hall

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

DAVID MCSAVAGE is a self-proclaimed national treasure. It has been said he is to comedy what the Abbey is to theatre, and perhaps believes he is more important than he is.

KATS supper theatre

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

KNOCKNACARRA AMATEUR Theatre Society will host its fourth supper theatre event in the Galway Bay Hotel, Salthill, on Wednesday December 4 and Thursday 5.

Noor Poppers' The Nature of Things

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

THE NATURE Of Things, the new exhibition from the Dutch artist Noor Poppers, will be opened this evening at The Courthouse, Kinvara, at 6.30pm by the actor, musician, and writer Little John Nee.

Wild Youth - back in Galway for headline show

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

THIS SUMMER, they supported The Academic in the Big Top during the Galway International Arts Festival. As the year draws to a close, they return to Galway, this time as headliners.

Handel’s Messiah in Galway Cathedral

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

HANDEL'S MESSIAH will forever have a place in the hearts and minds of Irish classical music enthusiasts as the work was premiered in Ireland, being performed as a charity fundraiser in Fishamble Street Hall, Dublin, in April 1742.

David Keenan to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

"ART HEALS, that's why I pursue it. It gives joys, insights, and reliefs from the many madnesses that come and go.” So said Irish singer-songwriter David Keenan, who plays the Róisín Dubh in December.

Experimental music from two artists named Aaron

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

AARON HURLEY of Phantom Dog Beneath The Moon, and Aaron Coyle of Yawning Chasm, are joining forces for a gig in the upstairs bar of the Róisín Dubh on Monday December 2 at 8.30pm.

The Henry Girls in Kinvara

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

THE HENRY Girls have played Galway many times, but this weekend sees the Donegal folk/trad trio of sisters make their debut in Kinvara with a gig in the village community centre.

Marc Roberts celebrates the music of John Denver

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

HE WOULD never have cut it as Henry John Deutschendorf jr, but as John Denver, he charmed the world with now undisputed classics like 'Take Me Home, Country Roads', 'Annie's Song', 'Rocky Mountain High', and 'Thank God I'm a Country Boy'.

Seán Keane's annual Christmas show

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

SEAN KEANE, the great Galway singer, brings his popular Christmas By The Hearth concert back to the Town Hall Theatre on Friday December 6 at 8pm, performing folk and festive music.

The Whileaways release Christmas single

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

AHEAD OF their Black Box concert in December, The Whileaways release a yuletide themed single, 'All The Lights On (Must Be Christmas)' tomorrow, Friday November 29.

Opening December concerts from ConTempo

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

MUSIC BY SWEDISH and Irish composers will be the stuff of the ConTempo Quartet's upcoming concerts in Galway city throughout the first week of December.

A.Smyth - new single, Róisín gig

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

FOLLOWING THE release of his new single, 'Hero', and in advance of his debut album, Dublin singer-songwriter A.Smyth plays upstairs bar of the Róisín Dubh next week.

The Flaming Lips return to Galway this summer

Mon, Nov 25, 2019

THE FLAMING Lips, the three-time Grammy Award winning psychedelic indie-rock band, and one of Q magazine’s ‘50 Bands to See Before You Die’, have announced they are coming back to Galway this summer.

A break-up film that is a breath of fresh air

Films Reviews Thu, Nov 21, 2019

MARRIAGE STORY is a film about divorce. The obvious comparison is with Kramer versus Kramer but perhaps a better comparison is with Annie Hall - remember that movie starts with "Annie and I broke up” in Alvy’s monologue.

Galway's new indie music festival launches this month

Thu, Nov 21, 2019

NOT BAD, the city's new indie music festival, featuring 15 acts playing three venues - The Black Gate Cultural Centre, St Francis Street; Aras na nGael, Dominick Street, and the Nuns Island Theatre - takes place next week.

Little John Nee's serious and funny Tea Dance

Thu, Nov 21, 2019

LITTLE JOHN Nee's Tea Dance has been called “Twin Peaks meets Under Milk Wood”, while Goretti Horgan of the University of Ulster said it was “Beckett and Flann O’Brien in equal measure”.

‘Music’s in my DNA, I’ve never got bored with it’

Thu, Nov 21, 2019

HE SIGNED Oasis and put out The Jesus and Mary Chain’s first single. He turned Primal Scream on to acid house, paving the way for Screamdelica; and his label, Creation, released some of the greatest British (and Irish) music of the 1980s and 1990s.

PJ Harvey documentary to screen at the Eye

Thu, Nov 21, 2019

A DOG Called Money, the documentary charting the collaboration between musician PJ Harvey and war photographer and filmmaker Seamus Murphy, opens at The Eye tomorrow.

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