Films sought for One Minute Film Festival

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

THE ONE Minute Film Festival, where filmmakers and film fans can shoot a 60 second HD film, on any subject or story, returns as part of this year's Galway Film Fleadh.

Keeva and Pauline Scanlon @ Monroe’s

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

SINGER PAULINE Scanlon will join Irish trad 'supergroup' Keeva, whose music also encompasses elements of jazz, for a concert in Monroe’s Tavern on Friday June 17 at 9pm.

Get the blues with ‘Big Daddy’ Webster

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

AMERICAN BLUESMAN Randall ‘Big Daddy’ Webster and songwriter/broadcaster Patrick Horgan bring their ‘Tangled Roots Tour’ to the Monroe’s Backstage Bar on Thursday June 30 at 9pm.

A choral concert in aid of COPE

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

THE RENOWNED tenor Owen Gilhooly joins the Marine Institute Singers and SSE Airtricity’s workplace choir, the SSE Airs, for a concert in the Augustinian Church, Middle Street, on Saturday June 11 at 8pm.

Cafolla & Engel @ HALO

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

THE DJ/SAXOPHONE duo of Cafolla & Engel are set to be the highlight of a packed series of events taking place at HALO for the June Bank Holiday weekend.

Bank Holiday Sunday @ Electric

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

BANK HOLIDAY Sunday at Electric, Abbeygate Street, will be an all-day and night affair, starting with the Disco Brunch from midday, featuring an extended brunch menu, Disco Brunch Cocktails, and a DJ set from Anthony Collins.

Galway Gospel Choir to sing Dixieland gospel

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

THE GALWAY Gospel Choir will perform Dixieland gospel classics in the Nuns Island Theatre on Wednesday June 8 at 8pm.

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain - The Gigasecond Tour

Wed, Jun 01, 2016

THE UKULELE Orchestra of Great Britain, the world renowned all-singing, all-plucking, devotees to the tiny four stringed instrument, celebrated for their covers of 'Bohemian Rhapsody', 'Smells Like Teen Spirit', and 'Pinball Wizard', are coming to Galway.

126 Gallery closes, but will re-open in new location

Tue, May 31, 2016

THE 126 Gallery has had to close its Flood Street space owing to increasing rental costs, but will re-open in June to host the gallery's Annual Members Show t its new premises in St Bridget’s Place, Woodquay.

La Bohème - 'a musical treat'

Thu, May 26, 2016

GIACOMO PUCCINI'S much-loved classic La Bohème comes to the Town Hall Theatre next week in a lively new staging from Opera Theatre Company. It promises a breathtaking experience for newcomers and opera fans alike, with ravishing music and thrilling arias and ensembles.

Album review: Car Seat Headrest

Music Reviews Thu, May 26, 2016

GOOD THINGS come, not to those who wait, but those who work hard for it. After years slogging it out on the internet, and releasing music through Bandcamp, 23-year-old Will Toledo is finally getting wider recognition.

Welcome To The Carnevil

Thu, May 26, 2016

IT HAS been called "circus without a condom" by The Telegraph, "blood thirsty and burlesque" by The Independent, and "a bloody great night out" by The Times. This is Welcome To The Carnevil - The Circus Of Horrors 21st Anniversary Tour, which comes to The Black Box Theatre on Monday May 30 at 8pm.

Andrew Maxwell @ Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, May 26, 2016

ANDREW MAXWELL, "one of the most significant comedians working in the country today", according to The Independent, plays the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh tomorrow from 8.30pm.

Three views on The Burren

Thu, May 26, 2016

THE BURREN, Ireland's strangest and most fascinating landscape, one of the world's finest examples of a glacio-karst landscape, is the subject of a new exhibition in The Kenny Gallery.

Galway Film Fleadh pitching competition seeking entries

Thu, May 26, 2016

THE GALWAY Film Fleadh pitching competition, which encourages budding screenwriters and filmmakers with ideas, at any stage of development, is seeking entries for this year's fleadh.

February & Mars - debut album and Róisín Dubh show

Thu, May 26, 2016

FEBRUARY & MARS, the Galway duo of Jack Considine and Carl Ramberg, whose hazy, synth-rock/disco sound has been turning heads, launch their debut album tomorrow.

Garry Hynes and Steven Sharpe in new book on impact of Yes vote

Thu, May 26, 2016

DRUID THEATRE Co's Garry Hynes, Galway based singer-songwriter Steven Sharpe, along with other Galwegians, feature in a new book about LGBT Irish lives and the impact of the Yes vote in the marriage equality referendum.

The achievement of Jessie Lendennie

Literature Reviews Thu, May 26, 2016

THERE IS a memory, somewhat hazy, probably romanticised, of the shop door opening one morning in the early eighties, and a young, statuesque, lady sailing in, wearing a flowing colourful cloak, somewhat reminiscent of an Adrienne Monnier or a Sylvia Beach.

Mná 2016 - women of the revolution

Thu, May 26, 2016

WOMEN'S STORIES from 1916 to 2016, and their dedication to freedom, equality, and fairness, will be told in a new exhibition opening at 5.30pm, Friday May 27, in the Galway City Museum.

My Fellow Sponges - new song and Róisín Dubh gig

Thu, May 26, 2016

FOLLOWING THE releasing their new video 'Cold Hand', My Fellow Sponges are promising "a midsummer stew for every shade of being and most genres under the sun" at their next concert.

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