Underground Sound mini-festival @ Monroe’s
Thu, May 24, 2012
THE UNDERGROUND Sound, the night for up and coming, alternative, and unsigned bands in Monroe’s, will hold a mini-festival next week.
Read more ...Get Up, Stand Up @ Garvey’s
Thu, May 24, 2012
GET UP, Stand up, the weekly stand up comedy open mic night at Garvey’s Hotel and Bar, Eyre Square, takes place tonight from 9.30pm.
The show is open to the public and comedians, and admission is free. Every week there is a lively crowd and a load of up and coming comedians performing. Each comedian is allowed seven to eight minutes for his/her set.
Read more ...Vicky Langan - ‘If I’m completely honest and raw it can’t go wrong’
Thu, May 17, 2012
“THERE ARE some musicians who entertain us, fine; some who stimulate us, better; and then some who immerse us in something so powerful that primal emotions surface instantly; making us ultra-defensive, or, finally open to illumination. One of the latter is Vicky Langan.”
Read more ...Joan O’Clery; dressing DruidMurphy
Thu, May 17, 2012
ONLY A couple of weeks remain until the curtain rises on the epic DruidMurphy cycle and the company is in the thick of technical rehearsals at the Town Hall, preparing for what is sure to be a highlight of the theatrical year.
While much attention may focus on the input of playwright, director and actors, the contribution of the design team should not be underestimated. A key member of the DruidMurphy design team is costume designer Joan O’Clery, twice winner of Costume Designer of the Year in The Irish Times Theatre Awards.
Read more ...The Wedding Present return
Thu, May 17, 2012
THE WEDDING Present return to the Róisín Dubh on Saturday November 3 to play their acclaimed 1991 album Seamonsters.
Read more ...Galway African Film Festival
Thu, May 17, 2012
AWARD-WINNING movies from Morocco, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, South Africa, and Rwanda will be shown in the Nuns Island Arts Theatre for the fifth Galway African Film Festival.
The Galway African Film Festival will be officially launched tomorrow at 5.30pm in the NUI Galway Huston School of Film & Digital Media, across from the Galway Cathedral.
Read more ...Enjoy a film at lunchtime
Thu, May 17, 2012
JACK NICHOLSON, Peter O’Toole, Sissy Spacek, and Phillip Seymore-Hoffman will all star in a series of movies to be screened in NUI Galway as part of the Bealtaine Festival.
Read more ...Galway to hold its own fringe festival
Thu, May 17, 2012
Galway city is to get its own fringe festival this summer and the organisers are calling on local arts organisations and individuals to become involved.
Read more ...Core Theatre College auditions
Thu, May 17, 2012
CORE THEATRE College will be holding auditions for its autumn theatre training course which runs from September 18 to December 2.
Read more ...Scottish music in Aughnanure Castle
Thu, May 17, 2012
AUGHNANURE CASTLE in Oughterard will be filled with the sound of Scottish traditional music and song this weekend as part of the Galway Early Music Festival.
Read more ...A journey into Spanish sounds
Thu, May 17, 2012
ANDREW LAWRENCE-King, one of the world’s leading historical harpists, will lead a concert of Spanish music in Galway this weekend.
Read more ...Followers Of Otis @ Citóg
Thu, May 17, 2012
GALWAY FOLK-rock band The Followers Of Otis will play Citóg at The Cellar Bar tomorrow night.
Read more ...Galway Voice Studio students’ showcase
Thu, May 17, 2012
TWENTY-FOUR students from the Galway Voice Studio will perform their favourite songs live in The Quays Bar, this Sunday from 6pm.
Read more ...The Original Rudeboys @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, May 17, 2012
THE ORIGINAL Rudeboys, the Dublin acoustic-hip hop band, are coming to Galway and will play the Róisín Dubh on Saturday May 26 at 9pm.
Read more ...The Hope Foundation fundraising concert tonight @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, May 17, 2012
TONIGHT FROM 9pm, Monroe’s Live will host a major fundraising concert for The Hope Foundation, the charity which works for street children in Calcutta.
Read more ...Houseworx DJ Team @ Cellar Bar
Thu, May 17, 2012
THREE DJS, each with their own approach to music and all sharing a passion for entertaining and performing music, will be at The Cellar Bar this Saturday.
Read more ...The Nitty Gritty is back @ Massimos this Friday night
Thu, May 17, 2012
Back again @ Massimos with the coals barely cooled after last month's scorcher. A feast of rockabilly, dancefloor jazz, funk, northern soul, rocksteady, Jamaican ska, jump blues and more. Expect more of the same with some new tunes in the box. Get there early to eek out your space on the dancefloor.
Read more ...Seán Tyrrell to release new album
Thu, May 17, 2012
THE GREAT Seán Tyrrell will launch his new album The Walker Of The Snow with a concert in The Crane Bar, Sea Road, on Friday May 25 at 9pm.
The album features a set of songs Seán has often performed in concert over the years, but they have never been recorded for an album until now. Musically the album will be a stripped down, acoustic, set from the Galwegian.
Read more ...Meet Artspace artists at The Shed
Thu, May 17, 2012
THIS EVENING at 6pm the Galway public will be able to meet the Artspace artists currently exhibiting in The Shed gallery at the Galway Harbour.
Among the works on show at the exhibition will be ‘Hair’, a work in progress, by Paul Maye and Mark Kelly.
Read more ...The new departures that led to...Dott
Thu, May 10, 2012
‘A CHANGE is as good as a rest’ and ‘travel broadens the mind’ are two of the oldest chestnuts out there, but these sayings have stuck around because they have more than a grain of wisdom in them.
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