Galway Actors Workshop - new classes

Thu, Feb 18, 2016

THE GALWAY Actors Workshop has added two new evening courses, for both beginners and more advanced adult acting students, which begin towards the end of this month.

Charlie Adley’s Craft of Writing Course

Thu, Feb 18, 2016

ASPIRING WRITERS and those looking to put pen to paper can take note of Charlie Adley's Craft of Writing Course, taking place at the Galway's Westside Resource Centre in March.

Robbie Bonham @ Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Feb 18, 2016

ROBBIE BONHAM, the Dublin born comedian, cartoonist, and artist, described by The Laughter Lounge as "confident, intelligent, creative and darn funny”, headlines the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh tomorrow at 8.30pm.

Kíla return to Monroe’s Live

Thu, Feb 18, 2016

KÍLA, THE acclaimed Irish-trad/world music fusion band, make a welcome return to Monroe's Live, where they will be in concert on Wednesday March 16 at 10pm.

A Brazilian carnival @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Feb 18, 2016

THE SOUNDS, tastes, music, food, and dances of Brazil take over Monroe’s Live this Sunday when the Dominick Street venue hosts its Brazilian Carnival party.

Inishbofin ‘Off The Rock Fundraiser’ @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Feb 18, 2016

LEADING TRAD musicians from Inishbofin will take to the stage of Monroe's Live for the annual 'Off The Rock Fundraiser', to raise funds for the development of amenities and initiatives for the Connemara island.

New monthly jazz club @ Monroe's

Thu, Feb 18, 2016

A NEW monthly jazz night, Killer Joe’s Jazz Club, presented by The Galway Jazz Quartet, will open in The Side Bar, Monroe's Live, on Sunday February 28.

DJ Franck Roger @ The Loft

Thu, Feb 18, 2016

FRENCH HOUSE producer and DJ Franck Roger will spin the decks in The Loft Venue, at Seven, on Saturday February 27, at 10pm.

A concert with the Something to Sing About choir

Thu, Feb 18, 2016

THE SOMETHING to Sing About Choir Galway will host an evening of music and song in the g Hotel this Saturday at 8pm, where they will be accompanied by Alison Slattery.

Welsh guitar wizard Gareth Pearson for Galway

Wed, Feb 17, 2016

GARETH PEARSON, the phenomenal fingerstyle guitarist, who has won praise and admiration from fellow guitarists, including Jan Akkerman, who called him "a genius", plays Galway this weekend.

Cinema review: Deadpool

Films Reviews Mon, Feb 15, 2016

IN DEVELOPMENTAL hell for more than 10 years, the Deadpool movie is finally released. A cult favourite comic book anti-hero, this has been destined for the big screen since his inception, but with the success of Marvel's movies, aimed more at kids and young adults, it has been asked if there is a place for a comic book film targeted at the over 16s market alone?

Eoin Dolan to launch new EP at Arus na nGael

Mon, Feb 15, 2016

EOIN DOLAN, one of Galway city's finest young singer-songwriters, will launch his new EP, Something Good, with a gig at Club Árus na nGael, Dominick Street, this Wednesday [February 17] at 9pm.

Steven Sharpe to host the Valentine's Dirty Circus

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

LOVE EVERYBODY...Harder!! is the double entendre laden subtitle for the upcoming show from The Dirty Circus in the Róisín Dubh this Saturday from 9pm, where naughtiness and glamour will reign supreme.

'I am the creator of dub and creator of love'

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

IT IS 10:30pm and Hurricane Bridgett, or what ever they are calling it this week, is beating sheets of rain against the window, almost in time to the dread beat emanating from the speakers while Lee 'Scratch' Perry’s Super Ape LP spins on the record deck.

‘A bold, imaginative, staging’

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

ONE OF the very best shows at last year’s Galway International Arts Festival was Andrew Flynn’s brilliant large-cast staging of Pat McCabe’s The Dead School. The production was presented by the combined talents of Galway Youth Theatre and Galway Community Theatre, and Flynn has now re-assembled the same cast for a revival by Decadent Theatre Company at the Town Hall Theatre.

Eric Lalor @ Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

YOU MIGHT know Eric Lalor as Fair City bad guy Cathal Spillane, but the Dubliner is also a very fine comedian who headlines the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh tomorrow at 8.30pm.

Alright The Captain to headline FEAST

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

THE FEAST nights of metal, punk, and math-rock in the Róisín Dubh celebrat's its second anniversary with a show by the forward-thinking British post-rock trio Alright The Captain.

Celebrate a century of film in An Taibhdhearc

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

GALWAY UNESCO City of Film will celebrates 100 years of cinema and the centenary of the 1916 Rising, with screenings of Irish film and TV landmark s, across eight Saturdays in 2016.

Gerry Conneely in The Great Push

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

ON THE morning of September 25 1915, 75,000 British soldiers emerged from their trenches on the Western Front to begin what was then the biggest battle in British history, the Battle of Loos. It would also be the British army’s bloodiest day of the war so far.

Public lecture on Galway city and the 1916 Rising

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

OUTSIDE OF Dublin, Galway saw the most significant action of the 1916 Rising, but this took place in the county. Galway city by contrast was hostile to the rebellion and firmly supported the British.

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