Spiegeltent - Galway's stylish laughter centre

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

AT THE centre of the Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway, and located in the centre of the city, the Spiegeltent ‘Jean Louis’ in Eyre Square, promises to be a centre of laughter, hosting many of the festival's flagship events.

Daithí releases new song from new EP

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

DAITHÍ, THE Clare born, Galway based, violinist, producer, composer, electronica artist, and DJ releases the new track 'Mary Keane's Introduction' digitally on November 13.

A film-maker's family problems

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

ITALIAN FILM Mi Madre, about a director struggling to make a new film while her family enters crises, will be screened by the Galway Film Society in the Town Hall Theatre this Sunday at 8pm.

John Behan - new exhibition at Kenny's

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

"SOME OF those who already know about John Behan would think of him as without question a Dubliner. For others, after forty years there, he is a fundamental part of Galway."

The North Sea - new single and Monroe's Live show

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

"IF THERE'S a better band mining the rich seam of post-punk individualism we have yet to hear it,” declared The Irish Times about indie-alternative band The North Sea, who critics have also been comparing to Editors, Interpol, and early Killers.

Chimera - where art and science meet

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

ART AND science - are they complementary disciplines or mutually exclusive? The possible meeting points between the two will be explored in The Chimera Art and Science programme and the exhibition, The Future is Here.

The Irish Times' Kitty Holland to read in Galway

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

THE IRISH Times award winning social affairs correspondent Kitty Holland will read at the next Over The Edge: Open Reading in the Galway City Library on Thursday October 29 at 6.30pm.

Paintclub 's Halloween session

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

THE POPUALR Paintclub event, which mix art classes with a cocktails night, returns to An Púcán, Forster Street, on Thursday October 29, for a Halloween themed evening of art.

Triangular Brush Art Jazz Band

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

THE ARTISTS Jojo Hynes, Joanne Newman, and Annelie Fawke will conclude a year long exploration into collaborative exhibition making as the Triangular Brush Art Jazz Band, with a residency at the 126 Gallery on Flood Street, next week.

Hayseed Dixie - hell raisin' for Halloween

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

WHO THOUGHT hard rock, stadium rock, and blues-rock could be so effectively and thrillingly adapted and reimagined into the essence of traditional American folk music - bluegrass - but it has, brilliantly, for many years, by Hayseed Dixie.

Exhibition to give Another View

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

GALWAY ARTIST Paul James Kearney will provide his own particular view of Galway city in his new exhibition, Another View, which opens in the Renzo Café & Gallery, Eyre Street, this evening at 8pm.

Night of doom metal in The Cellar

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

WITH HALLOWEEN almost upon us, how appropriate that music from rock's dark side should make its presence felt in Galway through London based doom metal band Ossiyan.

TULCA launches education programme

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

THE TULCA Festival of Visual Arts has launched a new education programme, T.Ed, looking at the changing environment, and so ties in with this year's festival theme of climate change.

'Pop-up' Galway Jazz Festival this Saturday

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

WHEN LEGENDARY jazz-fusion pianist Chick Corea calls anyone "a creative genius", it is a good reason to pay attention. Add a string of awards, rave reviews, and collaborations with leading jazz players, and suddenly Gwylim Simcocks becomes a 'must see' musician.

Cronin to play Monroe's Live

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

LEEDS-IRISH indie rock band Cronin have just released the video for the song ‘See This Man’, taken from the bands critically acclaimed Nelson Riddle EP, and are sure to play it at their show in Monroe's Live this Sunday at 9pm.

Shuffle! with Dave Barry & special guest DJ Phill Jupitus

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

PHILL JUPITUS, man of many talents and possessor of a musically encyclopedic brain joins his funk soul brother Dave Barry at Shuffle! in the Blue Note tomorrow, Friday October 23.

Steven Sharpe's Dubh Me Do

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

THE SECOND installment of Steven Sharpe's new gig nights upstairs at the Róisín Dubh, with each given the title of the famous song with the world 'Love' replaced by 'Dubh', is on Thursday October 29.

Aimee Banks makes Irish final of Junior Eurovision

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

AIMEE BANKS, a 13-year-old from Moycullen, has made the Irish final of Junior Eurovision 2016, winning the televised heat on Sunday of the song contest, which is being broadcast on TG4.

Guns'n'Roses tribute @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

GUNS'N'ROSES tribute band, Abuse your Illusion, kick off Monroe's Live's Halloween party on Saturday October 31 at 9pm, with a set drawing from the classic albums as Appetite For Destruction, Lies, and Use Your Illusion I & II.

Greg Dulli to begin European tour in Galway

Tue, Oct 20, 2015

WHETHER WITH The Afghan Whigs, The Twilight Singers, The Gutter Twins with Mark Lanagan, or solo, Greg Dulli has earned a position of admiration as a first rate songwriter, a view that will be reinforced by his newly announced tour, which takes in Galway.

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