Nathan Fake - a rootsier sounding electronica

Mon, Feb 19, 2018

NATHAN FAKE grew up in Necton, a village in the middle of Norfolk, he fell in love with music during his school years, and was turned on to electronica after hearing Aphex Twin and Orbital.

Three Tuesdays with Karl Spain

Mon, Feb 19, 2018

AS ANYONE who has attended the Late Night KARLnivals at the Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway can attest, Karl Spain is without doubt, the finest, funniest, and most irreverent MC in the business - and you can see him thrice on upcoming Tuesdays.

Album review: Belle and Sebastian

Music Reviews Thu, Feb 15, 2018

THE THREE EPs, released under the How To Solve Our Human Problems title, have now been grouped into one release, and together merge and flow seamlessly as an album.

Comedy night for Galway Autism Partnership

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

FRED COOKE, best known for his roles in Republic Of Telly and The Savage Eye, and for being the MC on The Tommy Tiernan Show, headlines a comedy night to raise funds for Galway Autism Partnership.

Connemara premiere for Murdair Mhám Trasna

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

MURDAIR MHÁM Trasna, a feature length docu-drama on the slaying of a family in Connemara, and subsequent wrongful convictions and executions of innocent people, will be screened in County Galway next week.

Life on the Aran Islands in the sixties

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

WHEN THE late photographer Bill Doyle first visited the Aran Islands in 1964 and began to photograph the local people, he was capturing a way of life that has since vanished.

Eamonn McCann to read at Over The Edge

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

ACTIVIST, JOURNALIST, author, social justice campaigner, and briefly a Stormont MLA, Eamonn McCann has long been an outspoken and independent voice in Irish politics and society.

Billow Wood play Róisín Dubh tonight

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

BILLOW WOOD - formerly known as Flat Out - bring their multi-vocal and harmony driven mix of Irish trad, folk, indie, rock, and pop, to the upstairs bar of the Róisín Dubh this evening at 8.30pm.

Eva’s Echo explore toxic relationships in The Way It Is

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

Fledgling Galway theatre company Eva’s Echo, this month presents its second production, The Way It Is, by American playwright Donna Hoke - a taut two-hander about the painful unravelling of a relationship.

A Russian view of The Cripple of Inishmaan

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

ONE OF Russia’s foremost theatre companies, Theatre U Mosta, visit An Taibhdhearc this weekend to perform Nikolai Gogol’s Marriage on Saturday, and Martin McDonagh’s The Cripple of Inishmaan, on Sunday. Both performances are in Russian with English surtitles.

Show Me The Funny - final heat

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

THE FIFTH and final heat of Show Me The Funny, the popular competition for new comedians, takes place at The King's Head Bar, next week.

Tayne @ Strange Brew tonight

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

TAYNE, THE London based experimental, pop, noise, outfit created by former Galway resident Matthew Sutton, plays Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh this evening at 8pm.

The songs and stories of The Dubliners in Ballinasloe

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

WILD HAIR, wilder beards; songs about sex, drink, and politics; and a much needed injection of a rebellious, anarchic spirit into Irish folk music of the 1960s - The Dubliners truly were trailblazers.

St Patrick’s Weekend @ The Skeff

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

TRADITIONAL IRISH music gigs and a feast of Six Nations action will be the order of the day throughout the St Patrick’s Weekend Celebrations at The Skeff, Eyre Square.

Jobs Expo, Ireland’s largest careers fair, is returning to Galway on February 24th!!

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

Jobs Expo, Ireland’s largest careers fair, is returning to Galway on February 24th. They will be accompanied by an eclectic range of successful companies that will be recruiting for local, nationwide and global positions. The free event will take place at the Galmont Hotel & Spa (formerly the Radisson Blu Hotel) between 10am – 4pm.

The Clockworks - new single, Róisín Dubh show

Wed, Feb 14, 2018

THE CLOCKWORKS, one of Galway's most exciting bands, and who have been gaining attention abroad, release their new single, 'Rumours In The Stockroom', on Friday February 16.

Tune-Yards plays Galway in July

Tue, Feb 13, 2018

SHE BEGAN as a puppeteer and ukulele enthusiast, before turning to music and releasing her debut album on recycled cassette tape. Now she's singing about white privilege, intersectional feminism, and climate change.

Mario Rosenstock's charity show for Croí

Tue, Feb 13, 2018

MARIO ROSENSTOCK will be in Galway next month, to present his A Night With Mario show, which will raise funds for Galway's heart and stroke charity Croí.

Twelfth Night - Shakespeare's gender fluid comedy

Thu, Feb 08, 2018

“IF MUSIC be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that surfeiting, the appetite may sicken, and so die.” Spoken by Duke Orsino, this is the most famous line from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

'I can’t wait to do it again, particularly with these guys'

Thu, Feb 08, 2018

AN EARLY highlight of the Town Hall Theatre’s spring programme gets under way this month with the return of Druid’s brilliant production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot. Directed by Garry Hynes, and first performed at the 2016 Galway International Arts Festival, the production has since toured Ireland and visited the US to huge acclaim.

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