Sunday Service @ Massimos with a Pig-On-A-Spit

Thu, May 03, 2012

Massimos will be hosting Sunday Service as usual but with a delicious pig-on-a-spit this week for the long weekend. Come down and sample the wonderful menu and enjoy the chilled out tunes provided on vinyl by the Sunday Service DJ from around 4pm-6pm.

Moments of quiet desperation

Thu, May 03, 2012

WALTER MACKEN, probably the author most associated with Galway city, would have been 97 today. What is not generally realised is that he had strong east Galway connections, his mother hailing from Cappatagle near Ballinasloe.

Most of Macken’s claim to be Ireland’s finest popular novelist of the 20th century stems from his books Rain On The Wind and Seek The Fair Land.

The heart stopping sentences of Rejini Samuel

Thu, May 03, 2012

I FIRST became aware of Rejini Samuel’s work a couple of years ago when she began attending creative writing classes at GTI and, as a result, came along and read some poems and extracts from stories at an Over The Edge open-mic.

Even in those early efforts, it was obvious that she understood that good writing is not defined so much by the story that is being told as it is by the linguistic nuts and bolts of how it is told: the new metaphors and similes that surprise us along the way and make any story or poem its own new thing, rather than a derivative rehash of something that went before.

Romeo and Juliet

Thu, Apr 26, 2012

BALLET IRELAND, The National Ballet of Ireland, comes to the Town Hall next week with its hugely successful production of Romeo & Juliet, set to Sergei Prokofiev’s thrilling score.

Sarah Clancy: It’s poetry, Jim, but not as we know it

Thu, Apr 26, 2012

SARAH CLANCY began writing poetry just three years ago. Her first published poem, ‘Hippy Get A Job’, appeared on the Over The Edge website in August 2009.

Ray Davies to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 26, 2012

RAY DAVIES, one of England’s greatest songwriters and the leader of the legendary band The Kinks will play his first gig in Galway in more than a decade this summer.

Ray Davies will play an intimate show in the Róisín Dubh on Friday June 22 at 8pm, ahead of his appearance at the Westport Festival of Music & Arts.

John Sinclair and Howard Marks - Radical Rogues

Thu, Apr 26, 2012

JOHN SINCLAIR was manager of sixties proto-punk band The MC5 and a counter culture political activist about whom John Lennon wrote a song.

Howard Marks is a best-selling author, a former international drug trafficker, and all round roguish charmer, and raconteur.

The Summit Seekers’ musical charity event

Thu, Apr 26, 2012

THREE GALWAY women, who call themselves The Summit Seekers, have organised a special charity event for Concern in the Bierhaus this Sunday at 8pm.

Cúirt theatre reviews - Perve and Breathing Corpses

Thu, Apr 26, 2012

AS PART of the Cúirt festival, the Nuns Island Theatre is hosting a theatrical double bill featuring work from two rising stars of today’s generation of playwrights - Stacy Gregg and Laura Wade.

In Gregg’s Perve, which is being staged by NUI Galway BA Connect, young film-maker Gethin (Sam Serry) is making a film on society’s behaviour toward paedophiles. He prompts his sister to start a schoolyard rumour about himself as a way of illustrating how accusations of sexual deviance can be fuelled as much by baseless hysteria as hard fact.

Marc Roberts’ John Denver tribute show

Thu, Apr 26, 2012

MARC ROBERTS will perform his acclaimed Tribute To The Music Of John Denver show in the Town Hall Theatre on Saturday May 5 at 8pm.

Pete Mullineaux acting classes

Thu, Apr 26, 2012

PETE MULLINEAUX will hold acting classes for adults in the Galway Arts Centre, every Wednesday, starting May 9.

The classes are from 1pm to 2.30pm and will run for eight weeks. This popular class, which has been running for 17 years, is open to all, and beginners are particularly welcome. No previous acting experience is necessary.

Argentine tango band @ Town Hall

Thu, Apr 26, 2012

THE ALEJANDRO Ziegler Tango Quartet from Buenos Aires will play the Town Hall Theatre next Wednesday at 8pm.

Take part in Colours Fringe Festival

Thu, Apr 26, 2012

The 2012 Colours Fringe Festival runs from July 1 to 8 and the organisers are calling on local artists to be part of this year’s programme.

The closing date for applications is May 20 at 5pm. To enquire about making an application email

Leading Polish singer to play Galway

Thu, Apr 26, 2012

LEADING POLISH singer Grubson is coming to Galway to play the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 8pm.

Canadian comic @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 26, 2012

CANADIAN COMIC Steve Patterson, winner of Canada’s Best Male Stand-up at the Canadian Comedy Awards 2011 is coming to Galway.

Get Deeper @ The Cellar

Thu, Apr 26, 2012

GET DEEPER returns to The Cellar underground this Saturday where DJ Koolcharski (Get Deeper) will be joined by Stephen Byron (Pure Fridays).

Communion night comes to the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 26, 2012

A DIVERSE array of Irish musical talent will take to the stage of the Róisín Dubh next Monday from 8pm for the launch of the new Communion night.

Musical Mayhem @ The Crane

Thu, Apr 26, 2012

TRADIOHEAD, THE Galway based band that performs Irish trad versions of Radiohead songs will play Musical Mayhem at The Crane.

The Dead Flags @ Citóg

Thu, Apr 26, 2012

DUBLIN POP-punk band The Dead Flags headline the next Citóg gig in The Cellar Bar tomorrow night.

Ben Reel @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Apr 26, 2012

COUNTY ARMAGH singer-songwriter Ben Reel plays Monroe’s Live tomorrow night at 9pm.

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