GIAF 2020 Autumn Edition - it's on!

Thu, Sep 03, 2020

COVID-19 may have rendered Galway's summer festival season inert, but the city and its festivals are too resilient to be kept down forever, so for the first time in its 43 year history, the arts festival moves to the autumn.

Town Hall Theatre reopens on Saturday

Thu, Sep 03, 2020

THE TOWN Hall Theatre and the Black Box Theatre will reopen for live performances from this Saturday [September 5], for a limited number of events each week between now and Christmas.

Aerial/Sparks - an art trail on Inis Óirr

Thu, Sep 03, 2020

INIS ÓIRR, the smallest of the Aran Islands, and with a deep-rooted maritime culture, is the setting for the Aerial/Sparks Art Trail which takes place from September 11 to 27.

Long time coming - The Brno Chairs debut album arrives

Thu, Sep 03, 2020

ANYONE WHO was involved in the Galway city music scene - either as a musician or as a fan - throughout the noughties, will have come across Bushy, aka Kenneth Coyne, and his band The Brno Chairs.

Darryl Vance exhibits at Galway Fringe Festival

Thu, Sep 03, 2020

OPENING TOMORROW, Friday September 4, the artist Darryl Vance will debut a new series of paintings at Galway City Gallery as part of the 2020 Galway Fringe Festival.

'Getting To Know...'

Thu, Sep 03, 2020

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Alex: Sunshine, swimming and a good book.

Tenet - a feast of unparalleled stunt work and action scenes

Films Reviews Mon, Aug 31, 2020

FOR THE first time since March there is a big new Hollywood blockbuster in the cinemas. Christopher Nolan's Tenet is charged with saving the global cinema industry and, after quite a successful opening weekend, might actually do it.

Breandán Ó hEithir and the 'gentle' Black and Tans

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

THE ANNUAL Féile na bhFlaitheartach, which usually takes place on Inis Mór each August, has been re-imagined in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, and will be an online event this year.

Art in Mind - launch of new creative hub for Galway

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

ART IN Mind, Galway’s new artist led non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting wellbeing and mental health through creative practice, will be officially launched next week.

ConTempo - concerts online and in person

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

WHAT DO you get when you cross the ConTempo Quartet with jazz musicians? JazzTempo! To close the summer, Galway Music Residency is hosting a special live streamed concert tomorrow (Friday August 28) at 1pm.

The Dilemma - new poetry from Danielle Holian

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

THE DILEMMA, a work in three chapters charting the loving, breaking, and healing of a relationship, is the second poetry collection from Galway writer Danielle Holian.

Would you like some laughter with your meal?

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

GALWAY'S FIRST comedy show of the autumn will take place in Massimo, William Street West, next week, with stand-up from Stephen Ryan, Eddie Mullarkey, and MC Karl Spain.

‘It’s a big, noisy, intergenerational book’

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

SINÉAD HYNES is a closed book emotionally. She is not inclined to share what goes on inside her with her husband Alex, and only with difficulty with herself. For her, it is easier to lie in hospital, claiming she has respiratory illness, than to tell him the truth.

Poetry workshops at Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

GALWAY ARTS Centre is offering aspiring poets a choice of three online poetry workshops, starting in September, and facilitated by the poet Kevin Higgins.

Creation In Solitude exhibition

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

CREATIVITY IS often a solitary pursuit, but the title of this new exhibition also reflects how, despite the recent Lockdown, many artists remained creative despite the imposed 'solitude' Lockdown and social distancing demanded.

EVØKE releases debut EP

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

REVELATIONS, the debut EP by Loughrea indie/pop/folk-trad quartet EVØKE is released today - Thursday August 27 - and limited edition physical copies will be available.

'Getting To Know...'

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A sea swim followed by a song by a bonfire with my partner. Can I have Indian food too?

Paddy Hanna - new single, new album

Mon, Aug 24, 2020

ECCENTRIC, BRILLIANT, unpredictable, Paddy Hanna is one of the most original voices in contemporary Irish music, a point he proves again on his new single, 'Colosseum'.

The Playboy... musical at Galway Summer Garden

Thu, Aug 20, 2020

LIVE THEATRE is back in Galway, in the form of a musical version of one of the greatest and most controversial works ever to take place on the Irish stage.

Gilgamesh is coming to Galway

Thu, Aug 20, 2020

IT IS older than The Iliad and The Odyssey, and may have influenced both. It parallels stories in The Bible. It is the oldest surviving story in the world, and the world's oldest surviving piece of literature.

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