Musical Mayhem @ The Crane

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

MUSICAL MAYHEM, a night which celebrates and promotes local talent, returns to The Crane Bar on Thursday March 1.

New Galway online art gallery

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

DIGITAL GALLERY J, a new Galway-based on-line gallery has just been launched and is accepting submissions from artists for exhibition.

Mo' Soul In The Blue

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

Soul in the Blue is back once again to offer up more floor filling soul - frantic funk - scorching jazz - Latin boogaloo and what ever else ends up in the box - Joining Dave Barry this time on the decks is the now legendary Mr Whippy from the Mr Whippy Sound System.

Honor Heffernan to play charity gig at Monroe’s

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

HONOR HEFFERNAN, one of Ireland’s best loved jazz singers, will be singing rock and blues at Monroe’s Live tonight at 9pm.

Galway’s Carla Merrigan to launch debut album

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

GALWAY SINGER-songwriter Carla Merrigan will launching her debut album In Too Deep with a gig in Monroe’s Backstage Bar on Friday March 2 at 8pm.

Keywest - PLAY IRISH and Monroe’s Live

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

KEYWEST, THE Dublin pop-rock band, have built up quite a relationship with Galway over the last 18 months, a relationship that continues this month both on-stage and on radio.

The band play Monroe’s Live tomorrow at 9pm to celebrate the launch of their debut album The Message. The 11 track album was recorded in Los Angeles and produced by Keywest and Mark Needham, who has worked with Blondie and The Killers.

Senakah to play Kelly’s

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

SENEKAH, the Irish indie-rock quartet, will play Kelly’s Bar on Bridge Street this Saturday at 8pm, as part of a tour to promote their new single ‘Human Relations’.

AMP Sessions @ Monroe’s

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

THE ACCESS Music Project Sessions returns to Monroe’s Backstage Beer on Thursday March 1 at 8.30pm and will showcase Galway and Irish talent.

Máirtín O’Connor Band to play Ballinasloe

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

THE MÁIRTÍN O’Connor Band, featuring the Máirtín on accordion, fiddler and banjo player Cathal Hayden, and singer-songwriter Séamie O’Dowd play Ballinasloe next month.

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.

Eight comic hopefuls will take to the stage to compete for a place in the grand final, with the eventual winner walking away with a coveted spot at the comedy stage at this year’s Electric Picnic Festival. Special guest on the night is Jarlath Regan. Gerry Mallon is the MC

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.

Habeas Corpus follows the attempts of Dr Arthur Wicksteed to woo his attractive patient Felicity Rumpers. Wicksteed’s wife, Muriel, is, in turn, lusting after the charming head of the BMA, Sir Percy Shorter, who, as well as being Wicksteed’s old rival, turns out to be Felicity’s father. Expect confusion, farce, and many laughs.

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