Sing Sing Sing! with Bel Canto

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

A NIGHT of drama, intrigue, comedy and romance, will emerge from the songs that will be sung by Galway vocal group Bel Canto, when they bring their new show, Sing Sing Sing! to the Town Hall Theatre.

Halloween weekend @ Electric

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

THE HALLOWEEN Bank Holiday Weekend at Electric begins tomorrow with the launch of new clubnight, MOVE, the brain child of DJ and producer John Daly.

Halo-ween @ HALO

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

THIS WEEKEND is Halloween and HALO's resident DJs and live acts will provide the spooky soundtrack to the stacked line-up including the DJ set from Faithless vocalist Maxi Jazz on Saturday.

Junior Galway Film Fleadh launches 2016 programme

Wed, Oct 26, 2016

HUNT FOR The Wilderpeople, the New Zealand adventure comedy-drama, starring Sam Neill and Julian Dennison, as a father figure and son who become caught in a manhunt, will be screened at the 22nd Junior Galway Film Fleadh.

Loudon Wainwright III to play Róisín Dubh

Wed, Oct 26, 2016

LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III is "the most candid diarist among the singer-songwriters who...brought confessional poetry into popular song," says the New York Times, while MOJO calls him "one of America's most astute lyrical commentators".

Aindrias De Staic - hobo to boho to Soho

Tue, Oct 25, 2016

AINDRIAS DE STAIC - actor, singer-songwriter, theatre maker, performer, author - Galway city's wild Renaissance man will display his many talents on the stage of The Loft at Seven, this weekend.

CarnEvil - chased by madmen and mannequins

Mon, Oct 24, 2016

ON SATURDAY night I was followed, no, chased, and accosted by a crouching, laughing, maniacal man, determined to do me mischief. That I was confined in a small room, with no obvious exit only added to the terror...but also the fun, for this was CarnEvil.

Amigo Productions to fly over the cuckoo’s nest

Thu, Oct 20, 2016

NEW GALWAY community theatre company Amigo Productions makes its bow next month with Ken Kesey’s classic One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. The play runs at An Taibhdhearc in November, with all proceeds going to Pieta House West.

Buzzcocks - punk legends to play Galway in November

Thu, Oct 20, 2016

THE SEX Pistols and The Clash may get all the glory, The Damned will always have released the first British punk album, but Manchester's Buzzcocks might just have cast a larger, and more longer lasting influence on music.

Busy as a Bea…

Thu, Oct 20, 2016

AISLING BEA, the multi-award-winning, multi-tasking, stand-up comedian, writer, and actor, is set to be one of the highlights of next week's Vodafone Comedy Carnival, and Galway will have a chance to catch her twice at the festival.

Irish Times' Lorna Siggins to read at alway Library

Thu, Oct 20, 2016

THE IRISH Times' Lorna Siggins; Bernadette Joyce, a wtiness to Pinochet's Chile; and Jackie Walker, a British Labour Party activist, will read at the Over The Edge: Open Reading in the Galway City Library, on Thursday October 27 at 6.30pm.

Aida Wilde to exhibit at Design Galway

Thu, Oct 20, 2016

LONDON-BASED artist Aida Wilde, who has been a professional screen printer for 16 years, building a hand-printed clothing company ‘Brag’ and setting up a boutique and print studio in London, will exhibit at the Design Galway 2016 festival.

Luck Just Kissed You Hello returns

Thu, Oct 20, 2016

LUCK JUST Kissed You Hello, Amy Conroy's powerful exploration of gender and sexual identity, and a hit at the 2015 Galway International Arts Festival, returns to Galway as part of a new national tour.

Get ready for the largest gathering of clowns in Ireland

Thu, Oct 20, 2016

WITH HALLOWEEN around the corner, both the online and real worlds are suffering from a ‘killer clown’ craze which does a disservice to a noble art form. In Galway, Halloween occurs on the final day of the Vodafone Comedy Carnival – probably the largest gathering of true clowns in Ireland.

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs DJ @ Electric

Thu, Oct 20, 2016

ORLANDO TOBIAS Edward Higginbottom, better known as British electronic music producer, DJ, and singer, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, will DJ at the next Hoolie night in the Electric Garden and Theatre.

Cúirt New Writing Prize 2017

Thu, Oct 20, 2016

THE CÚIRT New Writing Prize is seeking entries in poetry and fiction, with a €500 cash prize for the winner of each category and the opportunity to read at the Cúirt/Over The Edge Showcase at Cúirt 2017.

The adventures of two little shapes

Thu, Oct 20, 2016

THE SHAPE Of Things, Branar Teatar do Pháistí and Starcatchers' new show for those aged from six months to two years has its Irish premiere at the 2016 Babaró International Children's Festival.

Karl Spain to play Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Oct 20, 2016

KARL SPAIN, a recent star of RTÉ’s Operation Transformation, who has delighted comedy audiences for years with his razor sharp wit and sense of mischief, plays the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh tomorrow from 9pm.

Terrordome to headline metal/punk night

Thu, Oct 20, 2016

TRASH METAL, sludge metal, prog and punk from Poland, Dublin, and Galway will be heard loud and unleashed when Terrordome, Snowblind, Ten Ton Slug, and Psychopigs, play the next Hexen Haus gig.

Rory Gallagher tribute at Róisín Dubh

Thu, Oct 20, 2016

RORY GALLAGHER, possibly the greatest guitarist, and certainly the greatest bluesman, to ever emerge from Ireland, died in 1995, and next week Galway will celebrate both the man and his music.

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