Album review: Jeffrey Lewis

Music Reviews Thu, Oct 29, 2015

JEFFREY LEWIS grew up on Manhattan's bohemian Lower East Side and this area of New York acts as a loose theme across the 11 songs on this album.

TULCA 2015 promises a Seachange

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

THE 2015 TULCA Festival of Visual Arts returns to Galway city from Saturday November 14 to Sunday 29, and will feature work by more than 40 Irish and international artists.

SLIOCHT - an event for authors and readers

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

ENTHUSIASTS FOR Irish language novels will have the chance to meet authors Micheál Ó Conghaile, Jackie Mac Donncha, and Réaltán Ní Leannáin at Sliocht, a new event to bring authors and readers face to face.

The Amazing Apples to play An Taibhdhearc

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

GALWAY INDIE-folk band, The Amazing Apples, will play their last hometown gig of the year on Friday November 6 at 7.30pm in An Taibhdhearc, Middle Street.

Wagner's Tannhäuser at The Eye

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

RICHARD WAGNER has often suffered from bad press, what with Adolf Hitler being a big fan and philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche such a stern critic, but the quality of his music continues to enrapture audiences.

Album review: Beach House

Music Reviews Thu, Oct 29, 2015

IN DEFIANCE of the rule that a new album should only appear every two/three years, Beach House's Thank Your Lucky Stars emerges, with Zappa like prolificness, only three months after Depression Cherry.

Galway's Halloween ComicFest

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

SUB-CITY Comics Galway will host the fourth annual Halloween ComicFest event this Saturday, with 21 free comics available from which to choose.

Eleanor Shanley - Forever Young at An Taibhdhearc

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

ELEANOR SHANLEY has a new album, Forever Young, named after the great Bob Dylan song; she is about to start a tour of Ireland; and she recently moved to Galway, making the county her home.

Wild Tales tonight in Indreabhán

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

ARGENTINIAN FILM Wild Tales, featuring six stories, both funny and scary, will be screened this evening at 8.15pm in Seanscoil Sailearna, Indreabhán.

Halloween tales in Oranmore

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

A night of terror filled tales and scary stories of ghoulish sitings along the coast road into Oranmore and haunted happenings in Ardrahan, will be told around the fire in the front bar of Keane’s Pub, Oranmore, this evening at 8.30pm.

Cian Finn to launch new album

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

IRISH REGGAE singer-songwriter Cian Finn launches his new album, This Applies, with a gig at The Commercial Boat Club, Woodquay, this Saturday, joined by Rootical Sound System, Ras Tinny, Revelation Sound, and Aminah Dastan.

Tara Erraught to sing in at NUIG

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

TARA ERRAUGHT, the much acclaimed mezzo soprano, will perform songs by Dvorak, Brahms, Wolf, Copland, Mahler, and Britten, in NUI Galway's Aula Maxima on Wednesday November 4 at 8pm.

Rory Gallagher tribute @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

SINNERBOY, THE Rory Gallagher tribute band which has won the praise and admiration of Rory's brother and manager Donal, returns to the Róisín Dubh this Sunday at 9pm.

Choral concert in Ardrahan

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

A CONCERT celebrating song and the human voice will take place in the Ardrahan Church of Ireland church on Friday November 6 at 7.30pm.

Black Pope - new single and Róisín Dubh show

Wed, Oct 28, 2015

FREAKY IRISH rock'n'roll band Black Pope are on their Halloween tour of Ireland this week, which takes in the Róisín Dubh tonight, and they have just released their debut single/music video, 'Atom Bomb'.

The Waterboys - in concert in Salthill this Thursday

Tue, Oct 27, 2015

"PEOPLE SHOULD expect the unexpected from The Waterboys,” band leader Mike Scott declared recently. However as Stewart Lee recently noted at his comedy festival gig, the band can be expected to play 'Whole Of The Moon' as an encore.

Accordionist Dermot Byrne to play Monroe's

Tue, Oct 27, 2015

DERMOT BYRNE, one of Ireland’s finest trad accordion players, will be joined by Australian Steve Cooney on guitar and Tyrone's Trevor Hutchinson on bass, for a night of Irish trad at Monroe’s Backstage Bar on Friday October 30.

'Laughing is the common ground'

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

NO MATTER where you go, or who you meet, everyone loves to laugh, and if you can make them laugh, and tell them about life in a way that strikes them and makes them go 'That's exactly how it is', you can connect with anybody. It's what Shappi Khorsandi's comedy aspires to and achieves.

The Dirty Circus Halloween party

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

THE DIRTY Circus burlesque and cabaret night returns for Halloween, adding a touch of gothic thrills and scares to its ever popular mixture of burlesque dance, song, and comedy with lashings of sauce and sexiness.

Blue Raincoat’s ‘daring’ spin on Synge’s Playboy

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

THE PLAYBOY of the Western World is one of the iconic plays in the Irish theatrical repertoire, its classic status undiminished in the 108 years that have passed since its much-storied 1907 premiere.

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