Review: Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway 2016

Tue, Nov 01, 2016

As I type, the Red Box is being dismantled in Eyre Square, with the Spiegeltent soon to follow, and Bob's Blunderbus is about to journey on, as the Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway is over for another year - but the 2016 festival will linger long in the mind.

Kristin Hersh - new album and Róisín Dubh show

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

KRISTIN HERSH, leader of US alternative-rock icons Throwing Muses, frontwoman of power trio 50FOOTWAVE, solo artist of the highest calibre, and acclaimed author, plays Galway next week.

TULCA 2016 opens next week

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

CITIES ARE dying. Even as more and more of people live in cities, and are dependent on them for their livelihoods, cities are becoming too expensive to live in, where the productive urban economy has disappeared.

'So many passages in Playboy are almost songs anyway'

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

A PRIZE-winner in New York and an audience hit at Cúirt, Justin McCarthy and Diarmuid de Faoite’s rollicking musical version of Playboy of the Western World hits the Town Hall Theatre next week for a five night run.

Cinder & The Ellas – Fidget Feet give fairytale a fresh spin

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

THE FAMILIAR story of Cinderella gets a high-flying makeover from Fidget Feet in its thrilling new show - Cinder & The Ellas - which will be performed in the Blackl Box Theatre on Sunday November 6 at 8pm.

Karl Spain’s Late Night KARLnival

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

IT IS one of the highlights of the Vodafone Comedy Carnival. It is one of the festival's must see shows. It is where the comedians take to the stage for an unscripted, edge of the seat set, featuring some of their darkest material.

Lenny Abrahamson to give public interview at GMIT

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

LENNY ABRAHAMSON, the Irish film maker, best known for Adam & Paul, Garage, and Room, for which he received an Oscar nomination, is coming to Galway next month to give a public interview about his work.

Gordon D’Arcy to launch new book in Galway

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

THE BREATHING Burren, the new book by environmental writer, artist, and educator, Gordan D’Arcy, will be launched in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, tomorrow at 6.30pm.

Chainska Brassika - rising ska stars

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

CHAINSKA BRASSIKA have been called "one of the most impressive and promising upcoming acts in the reggae/ska genre," by no less than the masters of that genre - The Skatalites. What more recommendation do you need?

Al Porter, Ross Browne, and The Rubberbandits for OTT Wrestling

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

AL PORTER in a leotard, WWE legends X-Pac and Chris Hero, The Fear's Ross Browne, and somewhere in the middle of it all, the Rubberbandits, all gathered together for a night of insane wrestling mayhem.

Noel Fielding stars in TULCA film

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

THE MIGHTY BOOSH'S Noel Fielding stars in AAAAAAAAH!, the eccentric British comedy-horror film where the actors speak entirely in grunts and gibberish, which will be shown as part of the TULCA Festival of Visual Arts.

Mary Geeleher exhibition at UHG

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

MARY GEELEHER, a former nurse in University Hospital Galway, is once more at the hospital, not as staff, but as an exhibiting artist, with her show, Symphony of Colour, featuring new and recent works.

New JACK swing

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

THEY ARE the "superheroes of the new music world," say the Boston Globe; while the Washington Post call them "the go-to quartet for contemporary music, tying impeccable musicianship to intellectual ferocity and a take-no-prisoners sense of commitment."

Irish Comedian of the Year grand final line-up

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

THE VODAFONE Comedy Carnival is already underway and this year sees a number of innovations such as Bob’s BlundaBus - a double decker bus parked in Eyre Square, hosting affordable shows for adults and children, including stand-up, gameshows hipster bingo, and podcasts.

Kenneth Branagh - live at The Eye

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

FOR ONE night only, the Branagh Theatre Company’s acclaimed production of John Osborne's The Entertainer, will be screened live via satellite to The Eye Cinema, Wellpark.

The 'miraculous' Oh Pep! to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

OH PEP! play "faultless folk-rock," according to Rolling Stone, that is "filled with magic," say NPR Music, and which Consequence Of Sound has described as "pop at its most kinetic”. Galway will find out why next week.

A Feast of scuzz rock with Animal Lover

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

FULL OF buzz-saw guitars and throbbing rhythm, and drawing on the legacy of NoMeansNo, Shellac, Fugazi, North Dakota’s Animal Lover are coming to Galway to play the next Feast gig.

Aimee Banks to star in new opera

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

AIMEE BANKS, the 14-year-old soprano who burst on to the international scene last year after representing Ireland at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, will appear in Heresy, the first opera by the celebrated Irish composer, Roger Doyle.

Padraig Jack to release debut single

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

'ONE WAY Ticket Time', the debut single from Aran Island singer-songwriter Padraig Jack, will be released tomorrow, followed by a national tour, which includes a show in Galway city next week.

Wille and the Bandits @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

A CLASSIC blues-rock trio inspired by Cream and The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Wille and the Bandits, like their forerunners, enjoying pushing at the boundaries of what blues-rock can actually be.

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