Silent Disco Street Party

Thu, Jul 28, 2016

BEAT ON the street! Bop ‘till you drop! Sing ‘til you’re hoarse to the ripest musical fromage imaginable! It can only be the Silent Disco Street Party on Monday August 1 from 8pm.

GIAF 16 Round-up reviews

Events Review Wed, Jul 27, 2016

RISING STAR and Irish soul singer Brian Deady brought down the curtain on this year’s Galway International Arts Festival in fine style with a rousing gig at the Róisín Dubh on Sunday night.

Strange Brew Summer Shindig 12

Tue, Jul 26, 2016

THERE ARE two kinds of Galwegians - one lives for the Races, the other cannot be far enough away from the Races. If you are of the latter persuasion, there is only one place to be on Ladies' Day - The Strange Brew Summer Shindig.

Daithí, Mmoths, Toby Kaar

Thu, Jul 21, 2016

DAITHÍ, MMOTHS, and Toby Kaar, three of the most creative and exciting talents in Irish electronica, will gather in the Róisín Dubh, for what could be one of the highlights of the Galway International Arts Festival.

Local filmmakers seek sponsorship for new film

Thu, Jul 21, 2016

THE MAKERS of a new short film, Aftermath, are calling for last minute funding pledges, donations, and business sponsorship, ahead of their fundraising deadline of tomorrow.

Best of new Irish comedy @ Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Jul 21, 2016

SOME OF the best emerging Irish comedians, who regularly headline the Róisín Dubh's Tuesday night Comedy Showcase, will be headlining tomorrow night's Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh.

Creative Wave - GMIT student and graduate exhibition

Thu, Jul 21, 2016

GALWAY BASED Swedish artist Cecilia Danell is among those exhibiting at Creative Wave, a show of work by GMIT students and graduates, running in the Galway City Museum.

'You can’t beat the live experience'

Thu, Jul 21, 2016

ONE OF the hottest Irish acts on the circuit right now is soulful Cork troubadour Brian Deady, whose latest album, Non-Fiction, has met with wide critical acclaim. The Sunday Times called it "bare-knuckle and remarkable" while The Irish Times declared Deady as "a new soul star".

Ghostly Galway tales in Fringe show Haunted

Thu, Jul 21, 2016

GHOSTLY TALES, and stories of the supernatural, which have been gathered from around Galway, will be told in Haunted, a new play from new theatre company Ferocious Composure, which makes its bow at the Galway Fringe Festival this weekend.

André Rieu live @ The Eye

Thu, Jul 21, 2016

ANDRÉ RIEU'S annual concert from the Vrijthof square in his native Maastricht, takes place on Saturday July 23 at 7pm, and will be broadcast live via satellite to The Eye Cinema, Wellpark.

Catherine Fleming's Anonymous exhibition

Thu, Jul 21, 2016

ANONYMOUS IS the title of the latest exhibition from County Galway artist Catherine Fleming, where the artist has been inspired to create new works based on a series of poems.

Project West - new trad band concert in aid of Samaritans

Thu, Jul 21, 2016

PROJECT WEST, a group of traditional Irish musicians, who recently took the US by storm on a 100-date tour, kick off their first official Irish tour with a charity concert in Galway.

Druid to stage world premiere of Helen and I

Thu, Jul 21, 2016

RED ROCK star Cathy Belton is among the cast appearing in Druid Theatre Company's world premiere of Meadhbh McHugh's play Helen and I, in September.

Leading DJs to spin the decks @ Electric's 4th Birthday

Thu, Jul 21, 2016

WARP RECORDS veteran Nightmares On Wax, Detroit legend DJ Stingray 313, and Sleazy McQueen will be spinning the decks at Electric's fourth birthday celebrations which take place this Saturday from 11pm.

Two exhibitions from Yvonne King

Thu, Jul 21, 2016

TWO EXHIBITIONS by the County Galway artist Yvonne King are currently on show - one in Galway city, the other in Connemara - with both displaying the full range of her diverse talent.

Death Do Us Part - Burlesque on the edge

Thu, Jul 21, 2016

KNIFE-THROWING, sword-swallowing, and whip-cracking, featuring performers who are "all blonde bombshell and man mountain muscles" - it can only be The Death Do Us Part Danger Show.

Irish and New York music at the Fringe

Thu, Jul 21, 2016

A GERMAN, a Galwegian, and two New Yorkers will gather together to play Irish and American traditional music at a gig which is part of the Galway Fringe Festival 2016.

The Irish pub as existential prison

Thu, Jul 21, 2016

JEAN PAUL Sartre's famous view that "Hell is other people", captured the difficulties of coexistence, and how an individual can feel alienated from those around him/her.

Toploader to play Monroe's Live

Thu, Jul 21, 2016

"DANCING IN the moonlight, everybody's feeling warm and bright, it's such a fine and natural sight..." Back in 1999 there was no getting away from Toploader's cover of the King Harvest song, which went on to eclipse the original.

Paddy Casey to play Galway in Race Week

Thu, Jul 21, 2016

PADDY CASEY'S musical journey began with him busking on the streets of Galway, and this city is a place to which he returns regularly, with his next show here taking place during Race Week.

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