Burke & Scott to perform Irish Session Suite at Town Hall
Thu, May 12, 2011
KEVIN BURKE and Cal Scott, along with RTÉ Vandbrugh String Quartet, are bringing their Irish Session Suite, featuring traditional tunes arranged in the classical style, to the Town Hall Theatre.
Read more ...Lee Evans to play Black Box
Thu, May 12, 2011
THE HUGELY popular English comedian Lee Evans will play The Black Box Theatre on Wednesday June 15 and Thursday 16.
Read more ...Michelle Conroy exhibition
Thu, May 12, 2011
THE PAINTER, sculptor, and soprano singer, Michelle Conroy, will host her new exhibition Whispers in The Painter's Palette Moycullen.
Michelle’s work is influenced by her home environment which is within sight of the Partry Mountains in Co Mayo.
Read more ...Idlewild’s Roddy Woomble @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, May 12, 2011
IDLEWILD’S LEAD singer Roddy Woomble is taking time out from his duties with his band to tour and promote his new album The Impossible Song & Other Songs.
Read more ...Republic of Loose @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, May 12, 2011
IRELAND’S LIBIDINOUS funk’n’soul brothers, The Republic of Loose, return to Monroe’s Live tomorrow night.
Read more ...Five reasons to see Triúr
Thu, May 12, 2011
IRISH, SCOTTISH, and Breton traditional music combine in the sound of Triúr, the trad music trio, who play a series of gigs in Galway city this month.
Read more ...Johnny Óg Connolly releases new album
Thu, May 12, 2011
AISLING YOSHUA (Joshua’s Dream), the new album from County Galway accordion great Johnny Óg Connolly, has just been released.
Read more ...ConTempo Quartet and Kinnunen in concert
Thu, May 12, 2011
THE CONTEMPO Quartet will be joined by Finnish accordionist Timo Kinnunen, for a concert which promises to bring audiences on a musical journey from South America to Latvia.
Read more ...David Bremner to play Árus na nGael
Thu, May 12, 2011
PIANIST DAVID Bremner will perform a diverse range of music at Árus na nGael, Dominick Street, on Friday May 20 at 7pm.
Read more ...Poetry on the farm
Thu, May 12, 2011
MICEÁL KEARNEY’S On The Farm will take place regardless of the weather on May 21 on the poet’s farm in Ballinderreen, South Galway.
Read more ...Communist era inspires video exhibition
Thu, May 12, 2011
EVERYTHING MUST Finally Fall, an exhibition featuring video works by Declan Clarke opens at The Niland Gallery, Lower Merchants Road, tonight at 6pm.
Clarke’s video pieces explore the fleeting symbols and derelict statues of power, particularly the iconography of the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc.
Read more ...JM Synge’s photographs on show on Inis Oírr
Thu, May 12, 2011
JM SYNGE is best known as a playwright but he was also a keen photographer and his photos are currently on exhibition in the Áras Éanna Arts Centre on Inis Oírr.
Read more ...Galway Early Music Festival exhibition
Thu, May 12, 2011
MAGO MUSICAE, a new exhibition of contemporary artwork inspired by mediaeval music will take place next week as part of the Galway Early Music Festival.
Read more ...Cinema Review - Priest
Thu, May 12, 2011
It may not be everyone’s cup of tea and, granted, there are quite a few disappointing moments, but I am willing to stick my neck out for this post-apocolyptic vampire slayer movie and say it is not a complete failure.
Read more ...Wagner’s Die Walküre at The Eye
Thu, May 12, 2011
IN TIMES of battle, the Valkyries, rode from the spirit world, choose those who would die in battle, and carry them off as heroes to the afterlife in Valhalla.
Read more ...Garvey’s comedy open mic night
Thu, May 12, 2011
GET UP, Stand up, the weekly stand up comedy open mic night at Garvey’s Hotel and Bar, Eyre Square, takes place tonight from 10pm.
Read more ...Whose Line Is It Anyway? @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, May 12, 2011
THE EVER popular Whose Line Is It Anyway? returns to the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday May 18 for another night of mayhem, mirth, and improv.
Read more ...Tír Na nÓg - legendary folk duo play Monroe’s Live
Thu, May 12, 2011
TÍR NA nÓg, the folk-rock duo of Sonny Condell and Leo O’Kelly, are touring again, and make a welcome return to Galway to play Monroe’s Live on Sunday May 22.
Read more ...The return of Declan O’Rourke
Thu, May 12, 2011
DECLAN O’ROURKE been off the scene for the last three years but April saw him return in strong form with his third album Mag Pai Zai, and this month he is coming to play Galway.
Read more ...Temple House Festival - west’s biggest music festival with 100 acts
Thu, May 12, 2011
The Temple House Festival in Sligo is shaping up to be the best fest in the west with an amazing line-up confirmed. More than 100 Irish and international acts will perform on four stages over three days at the award winning festival.
Described as “A wonderful festival… like a smaller, friendlier Glastonbury”, The Temple House Festival promises to be a little bit different and provide a relaxed chilled out atmosphere in idyllic surroundings, which will captivate and enthral anyone who attends. Live music will be complemented by a unique arts trail, a path embedded in the stunning natural setting of the Temple House woods, where you can encounter a world filled with the kooky, colourful, weird and wonderful.
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