A Galway Christmas book hamper

Thu, Dec 12, 2013

AT THE risk of milking a cliché to death, rumours of the demise of the book are greatly exaggerated if the amount of books published in Galway over the last 12 months is any indication.

A Galway guide to living foolishly

Thu, Dec 12, 2013

THE SCUM Gentry Guide To Living Foolishly: Essays, Arts & Fiction From The Depths Of Jesuits’ Hell, is the outrageous title of a new book being launched this evening.

Creative writing workshops

Thu, Dec 12, 2013

CREATIVE WRITING workshops, with the poet and short story writer Susan Millar DuMars, take place in the New Year in the Galway Arts Centre.

A double helping of dance

Thu, Dec 05, 2013

TWO OF Galway’s foremost dance companies - Corrib Dance Academy and Youth Ballet West -- take to the Town Hall Theatre stage in the coming weeks with exciting end-of-year shows.

Kamal Ibrahim and the magic of Aladdin

Thu, Dec 05, 2013

SINCE THE 1700s, when a Syrian storyteller told the tale of Aladdin and His Magic Lamp to French writer Antoine Galland, the story has enchanted and delighted generations the world over.

Clive Francis returns with A Christmas Carol

Thu, Dec 05, 2013

MAKING A welcome return to the Town Hall Theatre, after a sell out performance last year, is eminent British actor, Clive Francis, with his superb one-man adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.

Hallelujah - Galway Baroque Singers to perform Messiah

Thu, Dec 05, 2013

ALTHOUGH GEORGE Friederich Handel’s Messiah is one of the most universally loved of all choral works, its popularity has an extra intensity in Ireland as the country feels a certain ownership of it.

Renmore Panto to stage Robin Hood

Thu, Dec 05, 2013

ROBIN HOOD and his band of merry men will fight the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham in this year’s Renmore Pantomime.

Andrew Maxwell’s Banana Kingdom

Thu, Dec 05, 2013

ANDREW MAXWELL will undertake his most extensive Irish tour to date in 2014, taking in 27 venues across six weeks.

Three Galway bands - one venue

Thu, Dec 05, 2013

CITÓG RECORDS present Harrison & The Devil, The Depravations, and Fellow Strangers in the Róisín Dubh tonight from 10pm.

Paddy Casey @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Dec 05, 2013

PADDY CASEY began his musical career busking on Galway’s streets, but since that apprenticeship he has become one of Ireland’s best established singer-songwriters.

Galway Gospel Choir charity concerts

Thu, Dec 05, 2013

THE GALWAY Gospel Choir will perform two charity concerts in the city, one tomorrow for MADRA, the other on Sunday for COPE.

Waterboys to revisit Fisherman’s Blues

Thu, Dec 05, 2013

THE FULL majestic expanse of Galway Bay now opened on our left, while to our right lay a strange, rocky land of hills and ancient stone walls. I began to get goosebumps.

The Riptide Movement full blooded rock

Thu, Dec 05, 2013

THE RIPTIDE Movement play blues and roots-rock with full blooded energy, a commitment to the music’s values and heritage, and determination to keep the style fresh for modern ears.

Armagh metal for The Cellar

Thu, Dec 05, 2013

downtuned riffs to stoner-rock mini-odysseys” according to The Thin Air website as Galway is about to discover.

Live music at The Stock Exchange

Thu, Dec 05, 2013

THE STOCK Exchange Bar, Shop Street, hosts music nights from cover bands to DJs from Wednesdays to Sundays.

Sean Keane - three Galway shows

Thu, Dec 05, 2013

THE CELEBRATED singer Sean Keane is about to embark on his first national tour in more than six years, including three County Galway shows.

Sean’s Christmas By The Hearth tour takes in Galway city’s Town Hall Theatre tomorrow and Saturday at 8pm, and Clifden Station House, Clifden, Connemara, on Sunday December 15.

A feast of art exhibitions in December

Thu, Dec 05, 2013

EXHIBITIONS FEATURING works from established artists to students and an exhibition of notebooks by Will Self and John Rocha, open and are running in Galway this month.