Bronagh Gallagher to play Monroe's Live

Mon, Mar 27, 2017

AS AN actor she has appeared in The Commitments, Pulp Fiction, Grabbers, Shooting For Socrates, and You, Me, and The Apocalypse. She is also a powerful blue-eyed soul singer, and as The Irish Times said, you, "overlook her musical career at your peril".

No Monster Club play Strange Brew this week

Mon, Mar 27, 2017

NO MONSTER Club, the cartoonish art-pop brainchild of Dublin songwriter and vocalist Bobby Aherne, have songs which NYLON described as "a stripped-down, sugar high Pet Sounds", and which The Irish Times said have "the kind of tunefulness that makes a joke of so much contemporary pop music".

Róisín Dubh Comedy Showcase: Every Tuesday at Róisín Dubh

Mon, Mar 20, 2017

Róisín Dubh has long been the home of comedy in Galway. Every week, the promoters of Friday night’s “Comedy Clubh” bring us the very best of Irish and international stand up, improv and sketch acts. From Foil Arms & Hog at the Town Hall Theatre and British-Iranian comic Omid Djalili in Black Box later this month to the Vodafone Comedy Carnival in October (now a major highlight of the Irish festival calendar) they really do spoil us with top acts week in, week out.

'Music can express something poetry can’t - it gives extra emotional colour'

Thu, Mar 16, 2017

TWO VERY different albums - one a debut, the other something of a ‘comeback’ - are about to be released on the independent Galway record label Rusted Rail, and both will be launched at a forthcoming Citóg gig.

Blue Teapot to host fantastic fundraising event in Eye Cinema, g Hotel & Town Hall Theatre

Thu, Mar 16, 2017

EVENT 1 – MATINEE SCREENING
Blue Teapot are delighted to announce that tickets for a FUNDRAISER MATINEE are now on sale via the TOWN HALL THEATRE 091-569 777.

Paisiún‎..... talking is the first step in the right direction

Wed, Mar 15, 2017

The why?
In Ireland, over 400 people each year end their lives by suicide and we have one of the highest suicide rates in Europe among 15-24 year olds.

Harvester - championing classic metal values

Thu, Mar 09, 2017

WHEN IT comes to metal I am unapologetically old school. When I hit play I want the riffs of a Tony Iommi, the leads of Murray/Smith or a Gorham/Robertson, and all that topped with the voice of a Bruce Dickinson or Rob Halford.

Album review: Laura Marling

Music Reviews Thu, Mar 09, 2017

THE OPENING track 'Soothing' lives up to its name, but its languid, bass-led, rhythms, and Marling's sultry croon are something of a red herring. Unlike this song, wonderful though it is, the album will not be an indie-pop/jazz hybrid.

Keith Fox @ Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Mar 09, 2017

HE MAY have a bleak view of life, but he make uproarious, indeed joyous comedy, from it. He is Keith Fox, and he plays the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh tomorrow night from 9pm.

What if you knew your days were numbered?

Thu, Mar 09, 2017

WHAT WOULD a society look like if people knew from the outset how long they are going to live? This is the question asked by the play Die Befristeten, which is to be performed by NUI Galway students.

Angeline Cooke holds second solo exhibition

Thu, Mar 09, 2017

ANSEO IS Ansiud – Here and There, the second solo exhibition by Galway artist Angeline Cooke is currently running at the Renzo Gallery Café, Eyre Street.

A Swedish woman’s Galway view of Scandinavia

Thu, Mar 09, 2017

THE LAST Wilderness is set to be a milestone in the career of Galway based artist Cecilia Danell. Not only a major solo exhibition, opening in the Galway Arts Centre on Dominick Street, tomorrow evening, it will be the most extensive, and varied, display of work from this multi-talented creative to date.

German comedy film for the Town Hall

Thu, Mar 09, 2017

TONI ERDMANN, a comedy and the third feature film by German director Maren Ade, will be screened in the Town Hall Theatre this weekend by the Galway Film Society.

Dave at Large: remembering and reinventing Dave Allen

Thu, Mar 09, 2017

DAVE AT Large, a new comedy starring Bryan Murray, of Fair City and The Irish RM fame, tells the extraordinary story of the controversial and ground breaking Irish comedian Dave Allen, whose rise to fame saw him become one of the most challenging yet popular comedians and television personalities of his day.

Moonfish invited to develop work at The Abbey

Thu, Mar 09, 2017

GALWAY THEATRE company Moonfish Theatre will be one of six companies which have been invited to develop work in the Abbey as part of the national theatre's new work-in-progress programme.

Coole Music Orchestra Festival - celebrating 10 years

Thu, Mar 09, 2017

THE COOLE Music Orchestra Festival, which celebrates it's 10th anniversary this year, returns on Saturday March 11, with a series of afternoon and evening concerts, in the Gort Community Centre, south Galway.

What is poetry?

Literature Reviews Thu, Mar 09, 2017

BACK IN the day, when the only poetry textbooks in our secondary schools were Intermediate Cert Poetry and Leaving Cert Poetry, should an intrepid pupil have the temerity to ask “What is poetry?” the answer generally given was “a lyric”.

Coirmcheoil Phadraig 2017

Thu, Mar 09, 2017

COIRMCHEOIL PHADRAIG 2017, the annual St Patrick's Festival concert of music and song of the nation, featuring the renowned Irish composer and pianist Tom Cullivan, takes place this weekend.

Bob Skeleton - and the sound of 'Midnight Pop'

Thu, Mar 09, 2017

THEY DESCRIBE themselves as playing "Midnight-Pop", with late night grooves and melodies that "create a dynamic blend of West Coast cool and Mancunian mood".

Stomptown Brass play Monroe’s on St Patrick’s Day

Thu, Mar 09, 2017

STOMPTOWN BRASS have released a new single, 'I Got A Plan', and the 10-piece urban street-funk band are touring Ireland this month, taking in Galway next week.

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