Abie Philbin Bowman @ Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

THE BRILLIANT Abie Philbin Bowman, whose comedy goes "way beyond superficial satire" to be "absorbing, challenging and highly entertaining", by Time Out, plays the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh.

Call for entries for Cúirt New Writing Prize

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

THE CÚIRT New Writing Prize 2016 is now open for submissions in poetry and fiction, a cash prize of €500 and a chance to read at next year's Cúirt/Over the Edge Showcase are up for grabs.

Italian artists Grounded in Galway

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

A BEGUILING exhibition featuring three Italian artists has opened in the Town Hall Theatre bar. Entitled Grounded, it features paintings and prints by Elena Dova, Gaia Biscardi and Gregorio Vecchione, all of whom have made their homes in Galway over the past couple of years.

Win tickets to Jimmy Carr in Leisureland

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

JIMMY CARR, the comedian and host of Channel 4's 8 Out Of 10 Cats, brings his new stand-up show Funny Business to Leisureland, Salthill, on Saturday December 19 at 8pm.

Órla McGovern acting workshops

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

ÓRLA MCGOVERN, the artistic director of The Spontaneous Theatre People, will teach two classes in improv to the Galway Actors Workshop this weekend and next weekend.

New year advanced fiction writing classes

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

POET AND short story writer Susan Millar DuMars will teach an advanced fiction writing class, on Fridays from 2pm to 4pm, starting January 22.

Eoin Dolan - new single and upcoming gig

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

EOIN DOLAN, the Galway singer-songwriter whose music fuses folk, surf-rock, and melodic pop, launches his new single, 'Something Good', with a show in Bell, Book and Candle, The Small Crane, this Saturday at 2pm.

Youtube's Farmer Michael - live

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

STEVO TIMOTHY, the star of the Farmer Michael Youtube sketches, headlines Ireland's Smallest Comedy Club in the Dew Drop Inn, tonight at 9pm. The club runs every Thursday and is hosted by local comics Johnny Graham and Bob Hennigan. Admission is €4 and includes free pizza.

Lunchtime concerts to start December

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

DECEMBER WILL be ushered in to the sound of classical music, with two lunchtime concerts taking place in NUI Galway's Aula Maxima, early next week.

Aine Cahill - jazz and torch song @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

JUST 48 hours after performing her song 'Black Dahlia' on The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show, Cavan singer Aine Cahill saw it clock up 62,000 views on the Today FM Facebook page.

Punk, metal, and noise @ FEAST

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

SPANISH PUNK, alternative, noise band Betunizer will make their Irish debut when they play the next FEAST night, upstairs, at the Róisín Dubh, this Saturday at 9pm.

Sam Binga to DJ @ The Loft

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

ACCLAIMED PRODUCER and DJ Sam Binga will be hitting the decks in The Loft at Seven next Thursday [December 3], the first of two appearances by the Bristol native in Galway city that week.

Nirvana tribute @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

NEGATIVE CREEPS, the Nirvana tribute band who take their name from the final song on side one of Nirvana's debut album Bleach, are coming to Monroe's.

Gin'n'Juice @ The Loft

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

TAKING THEIR name from one of the great songs on Snoop Dogg's classic debut Doggystyle, Gin'n'Juice hit the stage of The Loft at Seven this Saturday at 11pm.

110th Street Birthday bash

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

THIS SATURDAY, 110th Street, one of Galway's leading clubnights, will celebrate its 17th birthday with a set in The Blue Note, from 8.30pm until late.

Eye to screen major Goya documentary

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

THE SPANISH artist Francisco Goya created some of the most memorable and in his Disasters Of War and Dark Paintings series, some of the most disturbing, images in western art.

Listen to stream of debut EP by Galway 'supergroup' Cranky Face

Essential Playlist Tue, Nov 24, 2015

CRANKY FACE, the Galway group featuring guitarist Fuz Reilly (Boyfights), vocalist/guitarist Simon Noble (Spats Colombo, Mugger Dave), drummer Mosey Byrne (Rural Savage), and bassist/Citóg co-organiser Hob Junker, have released their debut EP, We Should Hate.

Galwegians take a photographic look at Germany

Mon, Nov 23, 2015

GERMANY, OR rather, its Chancellor Angela Merkel and finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble, have had plenty to say about, and dictate to, Ireland in recent years, but what have the Irish to say about Germany?

Pure imagination, based on science-fact

Thu, Nov 19, 2015

ART AND science, one based on subjectivity and a response to the emotions and imagination; the other the result of rational inquiry, study, and experiments to proving or disproving; would seem unlikely bedfellows, each requiring different sides of the brain.