Al Porter @ Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

AHEAD OF his biggest tour yet, the brilliant, the outrageous, the magnificent Al Porter, the Vicar Street and Cork Opera House sell-out star, returns to Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh to preview his newest stories.

Majestic Bears - Seven gig and EP launch

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

MAJESTIC BEARS, the Galway band whose music draws on Irish folk, trad, and American country, launch their new EP, Julia, in The Loft at Seven tomorrow at 9pm.

Album reviews: 50FOOTWAVE and Wesley Fuller

Music Reviews Thu, Jun 30, 2016

50FOOTWAVE - Bath White EP (HHBTM Records)
50FOOTWAVE IS one of Kristin Hersh's numerous musical outlets, one which can be seen as Throwing Muses in all but name, given its other key member is Muses bassist Bernard Georges.

The 'Led Zeppelin of the banjo'

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

WE BANJO Three are a band on the move. They have spent the last few months criss-crossing the USA - including playing for Barack Obama; wowing the Japanese; and recording their soon to be released new album. Now their sights are set on being the biggest band in the world - from Galway.

Villagers - drawing confidence from experience

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

“I’m a bit older and I’ve more to write about...I feel now that I can say ‘me’ or ‘I’ instead of ‘jackal’.” So said Conor J O'Brien, the gifted songwriter at the centre of Villagers in an interview with The Irish Times last year.

Hughie O’Donoghue and the legacy of 1916

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

DEPENDING on what part of Ireland you come from, the year 1916 means very different things. For many it means the Rising, the rebellion led by artists and intellectuals, which paved the way for Independence in 1921.

'In Enda’s work there is always hope'

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

IT HAS been six years since Charlie Murphy, then fresh from the Gaiety School of Acting, first made an impact with audiences in the role of Siobhan in RTE’s Love/Hate, for which she twice won an IFTA as best actress.

Jazz festival to return in October

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

THE GALWAY Jazz Festival, described by The Irish Times as “a boutique festival with a big heart and growing international credibility”, returns from October 7 to 9 with three full days of music spread across the city.

66 Days - Bobby Sands life examined in new documentary

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

IRA VOLUNTEER, hero, martyr, terrorist, criminal, political prisoner, poet, MP for Fermanagh-South Tyrone, writer, icon, Irish Republican - Bobby Sands was some of these things, and he has been described as all of these things.

Ukuleles and earworms - Mark Eitzel on Song From Far Away

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

THIS YEAR'S arts festival line up features a number of shows where collaboration is the order of the day, among them Song From Far Away, in which acclaimed English dramatist Simon Stephens teams up with celebrated American singer-songwriter Mark Eitzel to pen a play for Belgian director Ivo Van Hove and Dutch actor Eelco Smits.

‘A playful way of thinking about death’

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

WHAT WOULD happen if, one day, death downed tools and took a holiday? That’s the scenario at the heart of Death at Intervals, the brilliant novel by Portuguese Nobel laureate José Saramago, a theatre adaptation of which is coming to the Galway International Arts Festival.

Disconauts - first live show of the summer

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

THE DISCONAUTS perform their first live show of the summer, with new percussionist John McGrath and trumpeter Danny Healy, in the Róisín Dubh this Saturday from 11.30pm.

New children's book from Geraldine Mills launches this evening

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

TWIN BOYS Esper and Starn live in a grim world which has been almost laid waste by massive volcanic explosions. Very little grows in Orchard, which used to be a fruit-growing area, and the birds and insects are fast dying out.

Irish LGBT drama to get Fleadh premiere

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

LILY IS a teenager trying to negotiate the difficulties of school life, but she also has a secret, and when a misunderstanding with the beautiful and popular Violet leads to a vicious attack, she must confront the secret head on.

Cameron Russell - looks, modelling, and the eye of the beholder

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

OF ALL the participants in this year’s Galway International Arts Festival it is probably a safe bet to say that Cameron Russell is the most glamorous.

Nashville songwriters triple bill @ Monroe's

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

NASHVILLE SONGWRITERS Marcum Stewart, award winning Irish born Pete Kennedy, and the award-winning Shantell Ogden, will play a triple bill concert at Monroe’s Live this Saturday.

Read your story at the Westside open mic

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

THE WESTSIDE Arts Festival/Over The Edge Summer Open-mic, probably the biggest literary open-mic of the year, returns on Wednesday July 6 from 6.30pm to 8pm.

In View - a powerful study of a lost, broken soul trying to stay afloat

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

"A POWERFUL character-study of a lost, broken soul trying to stay afloat in the modern world" and "boasting a stunning lead performance from Caoilfhionn Dunne as Ruth".

Trad lunchtime gigs @ GIAF 16

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

THE WHILEAWAYS, Siobhán Peoples, and Mary Shannon, are among the musicians who will play the Galway International Arts Festival Lunchtime Trad Concerts at Monroe’s Live this July.

Leading vocal coach to open student showcase in Galway

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

JOSHUA ALAMU, vocal coach to Fleur East, Little Mix, and The Voice contestants, and founder of Britain’s acclaimed artist development programme, Ultimate Artists, is coming to Galway.

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