The Waterboys - in concert in Salthill this Thursday

Tue, Oct 27, 2015

"PEOPLE SHOULD expect the unexpected from The Waterboys,” band leader Mike Scott declared recently. However as Stewart Lee recently noted at his comedy festival gig, the band can be expected to play 'Whole Of The Moon' as an encore.

Accordionist Dermot Byrne to play Monroe's

Tue, Oct 27, 2015

DERMOT BYRNE, one of Ireland’s finest trad accordion players, will be joined by Australian Steve Cooney on guitar and Tyrone's Trevor Hutchinson on bass, for a night of Irish trad at Monroe’s Backstage Bar on Friday October 30.

'Laughing is the common ground'

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

NO MATTER where you go, or who you meet, everyone loves to laugh, and if you can make them laugh, and tell them about life in a way that strikes them and makes them go 'That's exactly how it is', you can connect with anybody. It's what Shappi Khorsandi's comedy aspires to and achieves.

The Dirty Circus Halloween party

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

THE DIRTY Circus burlesque and cabaret night returns for Halloween, adding a touch of gothic thrills and scares to its ever popular mixture of burlesque dance, song, and comedy with lashings of sauce and sexiness.

Blue Raincoat’s ‘daring’ spin on Synge’s Playboy

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

THE PLAYBOY of the Western World is one of the iconic plays in the Irish theatrical repertoire, its classic status undiminished in the 108 years that have passed since its much-storied 1907 premiere.

Spiegeltent - Galway's stylish laughter centre

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

AT THE centre of the Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway, and located in the centre of the city, the Spiegeltent ‘Jean Louis’ in Eyre Square, promises to be a centre of laughter, hosting many of the festival's flagship events.

Daithí releases new song from new EP

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

DAITHÍ, THE Clare born, Galway based, violinist, producer, composer, electronica artist, and DJ releases the new track 'Mary Keane's Introduction' digitally on November 13.

A film-maker's family problems

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

ITALIAN FILM Mi Madre, about a director struggling to make a new film while her family enters crises, will be screened by the Galway Film Society in the Town Hall Theatre this Sunday at 8pm.

John Behan - new exhibition at Kenny's

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

"SOME OF those who already know about John Behan would think of him as without question a Dubliner. For others, after forty years there, he is a fundamental part of Galway."

The North Sea - new single and Monroe's Live show

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

"IF THERE'S a better band mining the rich seam of post-punk individualism we have yet to hear it,” declared The Irish Times about indie-alternative band The North Sea, who critics have also been comparing to Editors, Interpol, and early Killers.

Chimera - where art and science meet

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

ART AND science - are they complementary disciplines or mutually exclusive? The possible meeting points between the two will be explored in The Chimera Art and Science programme and the exhibition, The Future is Here.

The Irish Times' Kitty Holland to read in Galway

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

THE IRISH Times award winning social affairs correspondent Kitty Holland will read at the next Over The Edge: Open Reading in the Galway City Library on Thursday October 29 at 6.30pm.

Paintclub 's Halloween session

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

THE POPUALR Paintclub event, which mix art classes with a cocktails night, returns to An Púcán, Forster Street, on Thursday October 29, for a Halloween themed evening of art.

Triangular Brush Art Jazz Band

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

THE ARTISTS Jojo Hynes, Joanne Newman, and Annelie Fawke will conclude a year long exploration into collaborative exhibition making as the Triangular Brush Art Jazz Band, with a residency at the 126 Gallery on Flood Street, next week.

Hayseed Dixie - hell raisin' for Halloween

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

WHO THOUGHT hard rock, stadium rock, and blues-rock could be so effectively and thrillingly adapted and reimagined into the essence of traditional American folk music - bluegrass - but it has, brilliantly, for many years, by Hayseed Dixie.

Exhibition to give Another View

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

GALWAY ARTIST Paul James Kearney will provide his own particular view of Galway city in his new exhibition, Another View, which opens in the Renzo Café & Gallery, Eyre Street, this evening at 8pm.

Night of doom metal in The Cellar

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

WITH HALLOWEEN almost upon us, how appropriate that music from rock's dark side should make its presence felt in Galway through London based doom metal band Ossiyan.

TULCA launches education programme

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

THE TULCA Festival of Visual Arts has launched a new education programme, T.Ed, looking at the changing environment, and so ties in with this year's festival theme of climate change.

'Pop-up' Galway Jazz Festival this Saturday

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

WHEN LEGENDARY jazz-fusion pianist Chick Corea calls anyone "a creative genius", it is a good reason to pay attention. Add a string of awards, rave reviews, and collaborations with leading jazz players, and suddenly Gwylim Simcocks becomes a 'must see' musician.

Cronin to play Monroe's Live

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

LEEDS-IRISH indie rock band Cronin have just released the video for the song ‘See This Man’, taken from the bands critically acclaimed Nelson Riddle EP, and are sure to play it at their show in Monroe's Live this Sunday at 9pm.

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