2012 Over The Edge New Writer of The Year competition

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

THE 2012 Over The Edge New Writer of The Year competition returns and is open to both poets and fiction writers.

Cois Cladaigh to sing American songs

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

SONGS FROM and by American composers will be the order of the day when Cois Cladaigh perform a free concert in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church this Saturday.

North Beach Poetry Nights

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

THE AWARD winning poet Stephen James Smith will perform his poetry at the next North Beach Poetry Nights on Monday in The Crane Bar, Sea Road, at 9pm.

Show Me The Funny

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

THE FIFTH and final heat of the popular Show Me The Funny II takes place this Monday at 8pm in The King’s Head.

Neil Delamere @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

NEIL DELAMERE, one of Ireland’s best and most popular comedians, will bring his new show, Restructuring, to the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday March 7 at 8.30pm.

Get Up, Stand Up @ Garvey’s

Thu, Feb 23, 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.

Brid Ní Neachtain on belief and Doubt

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

NEXT WEEK at the Town Hall Theatre sees the west of Ireland premiere of John Patrick Shanley’s powerful play Doubt: a Parable.

Norianna Kennedy - Australia, America, Galway, and me

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

NORIANNA KENNEDY, the Galway based singer-songwriter, whose music embraces Irish folk and trad as well as country, roots, and Americana, is about to take the next major step in her musical journey.

Rural Savage to launch debut album at Róisín Dubh

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

I FELL In The Bog And Saw God, the dramatically titled debut album by Donegal/Galway trio Rural Savage will be launched with a show at the Róisín Dubh on Saturday.

Rhino rampage at the Town Hall

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

SLIGO’S BLUE Raincoat Theatre Company make a welcome visit to the Town Hall Theatre this month with its acclaimed staging of Eugene Ionesco’s absurdist classic, Rhinoceros.

Alan Bennett’s Habeas Corpus

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

ALAN BENNETT’S 1973 comedy, Habeas Corpus, will be performed by the Cortoon Lavally Drama Group in the Nuns Island Theatre tomorrow and Saturday.

Galway Theatre Festival seeks submissions

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

THE GALWAY Theatre Festival is inviting submissions from visual artists for the 2012 festival image/poster.

Nanci Griffith returns to the Town Hall

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

NANCI GRIFFITH one of the best loved country singers in the world, who also enjoys a devoted fan-base in Ireland, plays the Town Hall Theatre on Friday March 2.

The Texan has recorded 19 albums, since her debut release There’s A Light Beyond These Woods in 1978 and she has also won Grammy awards for her music, most notably for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 1994 for Other Voices, Other Rooms, which was produced by singer-songwriter and sometime Galway resident Jim Rooney.

Wingnut Records Fundraiser gig

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

A FUNDRAISING gig for the Wingnut Records record store in Bell Book and Candle takes place tomorrow at 9.30pm in the upstairs bar of the Róisín Dubh.

Keywest @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

KEYWEST, THE Dublin pop-rock quintet, who have often played Galway both in city venues and busking on the streets, are heading west again.

Mister Ebby release debut album

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

PIANIST AND composer Eamon Brett, who goes under the stage-name of Miser Ebby, has released his debut album Wires.

The album features 12 pieces of music, all written by Eamon Brett. Eamon sings and plays piano, glockenspiel, melodica, and ‘piano percussion noises’ on Wires. Also on the album are vocalist Méadhbh Sullivan; Karl Hand (drums), Aongus MacAmhlaigh (cello), George Guilfoyle (bass), Nellie Murphy (voice), along with backing vocals from Kevin, Laura, Caoimhe, and Éanna Brett and Ed Moran.

Síomha Brock to launch debut EP with King’s Head gig

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

SÍOMHA BROCK is best known for being a singer with The Black Magic Big Band and covers band The Araby, but she also sings and writes her own original songs.

Citóg @ The Cellar

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

A DIVERSE line-up of acts will take to the stage at Citóg in The Cellar Bar tomorrow ranging from singer-songwriters to Soviet sci-fi and horror sounds.

Singer-songwriter Jenny Liston plays beautiful love songs with a keen observational eye and natural wit. She will be accompanied by Miceal O’Conner of No Banjo. Galway’s My Fellow Sponges are an inventive band led by Donal McConnon and Anna Mullarkey.

Tedfest shenanigans @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

TEDFEST, THE annual celebration of all things Fr Ted and comedic returns to the Róisín Dubh next week with the Tedfest Toilet Duck Awards 2012 and The Stars Of Fr Ted night.

Cuba Libre to play final gig

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

AFTER EIGHT years, Galway based Latin and salsa band Cuba Libre are calling it a day and will play their final gig in KRCMA Slavic House, Salthill, tomorrow.

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