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.

DJs Yoseph and Fuz promise “another banging night” with electro/chillwave and disco remixes. “Curfew will make you forgot those mid-week blues,” says Yoseph. “So break your curfew and come play. You’ll find us in the basement. Just follow the glow-sticks!”

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.

The competition is decided by a panel of judges and is open to unsigned bands with all members over 18. Best band on the night will win a fantastic prize to include 12 hours of professional recording time in Temple Lane Studios, Dublin; a photoshoot with David Doyle Photography; interview and review in Music Review Unsigned; free practice studio time at The Rockstore; and some Dublin shows.

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.

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?

The Followers Of Otis @ Citóg

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

THE FOLLOWERS Of Otis will headline a night of folk influenced acts at Citóg in The Cellar Bar, tomorrow from 9.30pm.

The Followers Of Otis, led by vocalist and songwriter Eoin Dolan, combine the influences of folk, blues, gospel, and the acoustic work of The Beatles. The band have released four EPs and the album And Those To Come Hereafter. They have played support to O’Death and David Kitt.

Orient Occident exhibition at UCHG

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

PAINTINGS INSPIRED by North Africa, Spain, and Turkey, and Islamic architecture, art, and culture have inspired are currently on show in a new exhibition in UCHG.

Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

OVER THE Edge and Poetry Ireland will host the Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering at The Kitchen, Galway City Museum, Spanish Arch on Friday, March 9 at 8pm.

The readers will be Kerrie O’Brien, Maureen Boyle, Bernie McGill, and Deirdre Cartmill. There will also be the launch of Galway-based writer Eamonn Harrigan’s debut novel, Where The Dead Go.

Japanese and Irish poetry @ Charlie Byrne’s

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

CHARLIE BYRNE’S Bookshop will host an evening of Japanese poetry with Hisa Kagawa and Mary O’Donoghue, tomorrow at 6.30pm.

Irish harp concert and lecture

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

THE GALWAY Early Music Festival returns in May and as a warm-up, leading Irish harpist Siobhán Armstrong will give a concert in Galway this weekend.

Charity concert from Shaskeen

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

TRAD IRISH group Shaskeen will play a charity concert tomorrow to raise funds for both the Samaritans and St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church.

The concert will be held in St Nicholas’ and doors are at 7.30pm. Special guests on the night will be Rev Gary Hastings (flute), Benny O’Connor (drums), Kevin Rohan (fiddle/vocals), Mike Fahy (vocals), and John Dooley (vocals).

Take a trip on the show boat

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

THE COTTON Blossom show boat sails the Mississippi River entertaining passengers with its variety shows, but underneath the laughter and song, the performers and crew must endure racial prejudice, forbidden love, and the constraints of a society where intolerance is in plentiful supply.

Gretchen Peters’ ‘quiet heroes’ and matadors

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

KELLY’S BAR on Bridge Street has been putting on some fine gigs of late and there is another excellent one coming up on Friday March 9 when acclaimed US singer-songwriter Gretchen Peters takes to the stage.

The Rubberbandits to take on the world

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

THE RUBBERBANDITS are getting set to take on Ireland, the USA, and Canada with a tour which begins in Galway this month.

Carthaginians’ ‘sense of hope and release’

Theatre Reviews Thu, Feb 23, 2012

FRANK MCGUINNESS’ powerful play Carthaginians, written as an elegy for the dead of Bloody Sunday, comes to the Town Hall Theatre next week in a new production from Derry’s Millennium Forum directed by one of Ireland’s best known actors, Adrian Dunbar.

Carthaginians is set in a Derry graveyard in the aftermath of Bloody Sunday where a mother, mourning the loss of her child, believes the dead might rise again and gathers a group of Derry citizens all dealing with the collective guilt of having survived while those belonging to them have died.