Canadian comic for the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

ONE OF Canada’s most outspoken and hilarious comedians Dana Alexander, the Maple Leaf nation’s only black female comic, plays the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday at 8.30pm.

Galway Film Centre/RTÉ Short Film Awards

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

THE GALWAY Film Centre, in association with RTÉ, will be granting two awards of €9,500 each as part of its 2012 Short Film Awards.

Applicants are invited to request an application form from [email protected] and to submit their short script by 12 noon on Friday March 30. The best scripts will be short-listed for interview and two winners will be awarded the prize money as well as the use of equipment and facilities from Galway Film Centre, and a commitment from RTÉ to screen the finished film.

New eBook from Dick Byrne

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

A NEW book from the Galway author, playwright, and personality Dick Byrne, My Love Is On The Wind, is now available from Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing store.

Get Up, Stand Up @ Garvey’s

Thu, Mar 08, 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.

Attend Sunday Service @ Massimos for great good and music

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

Grab the Sunday papers, bring the family in for brunch, have a coffee, meet some mates for the cure, get the world famous full Irish breakfast or have some of the wide selection of sarnies and lunches from the amazing 'Eat' chefs all to the soundtrack of smooth Soul, chilled Jazz, cool Rocksteady, funk and anything groovy and easy like a Sunday should be - all served up on lovely vinyl.... Every Sunday - Massimos 1-3ish

The Renaissance of the Delorentos

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

IT IS probably Friedrich Nietzsche’s most famous quote: “What does not kill me makes me stronger,” and it holds true for Delorentos who have came through a gruelling couple of years to re-assert themselves in 2012 as a great indie-rock band delivering their finest album to date.

“I don’t know what will happen in the future, but right now this band and this music feels like the most exciting thing in the world,” Delorentos’ vocalist/guitarist Kieran McGuinness tells me during our Tuesday morning interview and what a far cry it is from just three years ago when the band were on the verge of imploding.

A Tale Of Two Cities – from Broadway to Galway

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

2012 IS the bicentenary of Charles Dickens’s birth and the Galway Musical Society is marking the occasion with the Irish premiere of the irresistible, award-winning Broadway musical of his classic novel A Tale of Two Cities.

Grand Pocket Orchestra @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

IRISH ART-pop eccentrics Grand Pocket Orchestra will undertake something of a ‘mini-residency’ in the Róisín Dubh this month when they play two nights at Strange Brew.

Pinocchio’s adventures to the dark side

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

EVERYONE IS familiar with the Disney version of Pinocchio, the story of the little puppet boy whose nose grows longer when he tells lies and his singing side-kick Jiminy Cricket.

Two films from Galway Film Society

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

THE GALWAY Film Society will screen two films over the coming week - one about a nervous new pope, the other about gender and identity in pre-teens.

ALâ seeks actors for Granuaile show

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

GRACE O’MALLEY - clan leader, pirate queen, rebel, heroine, and Irish feminist icon, will be the subject of a new drama from ALâ Community Theatre.

New exhibition at Bar Eight

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

CREATIVE WRITING classes with the writers Kevin Higgins and Susan Millar DuMars, will he held this month in the Galway Technical Institute, Fr Griffin Road.

The Inishbofin Experience @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

SOME OF Inishbofin’s finest musicians, along with an array of Galway folk and trad talent, will gather for a special concert in Monroe’s Live on Friday March 9.

Curfew @ The Cellar

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

THE CURFEW DJ night in The Cellar Bar is back this Saturday with more tunes, glowsticks, and all round divilment.

Annette Buckley to play Garvey’s

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

ANNETTE BUCKLEY, the Cork singer-songwriter, whose music has been called “haunting and deeply original” by the Irish Independent, plays Galway next week.

Soul In The Blue

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

GALWAY’S SOUL brother No 1 Dave Barry and Mr Whippy from the Mr Whippy Sound System, will join forces for a DJ set this weekend.

‘Live and Unsigned’ band competition @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

LIVE AND Unsigned Dublin are holding their first Galway band competition in Monroe’s Live on Wednesday March 8 at 9pm.

Tom Portman @ Town Hall

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

GUITAR WIZARD, songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist Tom Portman will play a solo concert in the Town Hall Theatre Studio this Saturday at 9pm.

Show Me The Funny 2 grand final

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

THE KING’S Head on High Street will host the grand final of the hugely popular Show Me The Funny 2 this Monday from 8pm.

The previous five heats have resulted in 12 young comedians taking their chances in the final, with the overall winner garnering a slot in the Comedy Tent at this year’ås Electric Picnic Festival. Each act will have 10 minutes to impress the judges with the audience vote also being taken into consideration.

Food for the soul with Sunday Service at Massimo’s

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

SUNDAY IS the day that was made for relaxing - literally what the Good Lord intended, so why not chill out at Massimo’s Bar to some good music and great food?

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