Lindi Ortega @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 02, 2014

Tennessee-based Canadian singer songwriter Lindi Ortega has been making very subtle waves of late with her alternative folk rock sound and an impressive background of major festival appearances and critically acclaimed albums.

Since 2001 Ortega has been hard at work releasing five albums and three EPs, including three very successful albums recently under the Last Gang Records label. In 2011, the Toronto artist made the move to Tennessee where she compiled and recorded her two breakthrough albums Little Red Boots and Cigarettes & Truckstops, which have both been nominated for Juno Awards and longlisted for the Polaris Music Prize. Her output did not stop there however, with the release of her new album Tin Star in April of this year which has already sparked attention and excitement at her potential.

Wallis Bird Monroe's show announced

Thu, Jan 02, 2014

Choice Music Award nominee Wallis Bird will return to Galway in spring 2014 with a show at Monroe's Live.

Moon landing at Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jan 02, 2014

Lunar Playground’s tag line reads, somewhat ironically,“We don’t do tag lines, we do rock ‘n’ roll”. While the first half of this statement might be dubious, the second is beyond doubt.

Galway Youth Orchestra opens 2014 at NUI Galway

Thu, Jan 02, 2014

The Bailey Allen Hall in NUI Galway will be the venue for the first Galway Youth Orchestra concert of 2014 on Saturday January 4 at 8pm.

New Year poetry workshops at Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Jan 02, 2014

Starting in January, Galway Arts Centre is offering aspiring poets a choice of three poetry workshops, all facilitated by poet Kevin Higgins, whose best-selling first collection, The Boy With No Face, published by Salmon Poetry, was short-listed for the 2006 Strong Award for Best First Collection by an Irish poet.

Kevin’s second collection of poems, Time Gentlemen, Please, was published in 2008 also by Salmon Poetry and his poetry is discussed in The Cambridge Introduction to Modern Irish Poetry. His third collection, Frightening New Furniture, was published in 2010 by Salmon and his work also appears in the generation-defining anthology Identity Parade –New British and Irish Poets.

Going coast to coast with ThereisBear!

Fri, Dec 27, 2013

GALWAY THEATRE company ThereisBear! recently announced details for its ambitious and exciting 2014 programme, which begins in January with two simultaneous productions – Christina Reid’s Joyriders in Galway and Mark O’Rowe’s Terminus in Dublin.

The National to play Galway in 2014

Fri, Dec 27, 2013

THE NATIONAL, the outstanding Brooklyn based rock band, are coming to Galway to play the Galway Arts Festival Big Top in the Fisheries Field in July.

Shuffle’s New Year’s Eve Shindig! .

Fri, Dec 27, 2013

SLIP ON the Oxford shoes, a sharp Italian suit or RAF roundel T-shirt, don your parka, and head off on your moped to the Shuffle’s New Year Shindig!

The very best in soul, r’n’b, Jamaican ska, funk, 60s R&B, Latin boogaloo, Northern Soul and anything else that would make you want to cut some rug - will be spun at Shuffle’s New Year Shindig! in The Cellar Bar, Eglinton Street, on Tuesday December 31 from 9pm.

Kormac’s Big Band to ring in 2014 @ Róisín Dubh

Fri, Dec 27, 2013

KORMAC’S BIG Band will ring in 2014 in style, with its acclaimed mix of DJing, audio-visual shows, and of course the musical and attitudinal exuberance of its 11-piece ensemble.

Kormac’s Big Band, along with the multi-talented musician and producer Daithí play the Róisín Dubh’s New Year’s Eve Party on Tuesday December 31 from 8pm.

Galway theatre in 2013 review

Fri, Dec 27, 2013

SO THE curtain comes down on another 12 months of theatre-going and there was no shortage of exciting shows to hold and captivate audiences’ imaginations throughout 2013.

Christy Moore returns in 2014

Fri, Dec 27, 2013

CHRISTY MOORE is coming back to Galway in 2014 where he will play Leisureland, Salthill, on Friday May 16.

New Year’s Eve at The Stock Exchange Bar

Fri, Dec 27, 2013

To mark its first Christmas and New Year at 34 Shop Street, the staff at The Stock Exchange Bar are all set to throw a brilliant New Year’s Eve party.

The Aftermath @ Monroe’s Live

Fri, Dec 27, 2013

THE AFTERMATH have shared the stage with Ian Brown, The Script, The Pigeon Detectives, Keane, The Frames, and Razorlight.

However on Friday December 27 at 10pm the Leeds-Irish group led by the Cronin brothers, Johnny and Michael, play their own headline show at Monroe’s Live.

KeyWest to play Róisín Dubh

Fri, Dec 27, 2013

KEYWEST, THE band that started their career busking on Shop Street, returns to Galway to play the Róisín Dubh as part of their December tour.

A Midwinter’s Dream exhibition

Fri, Dec 27, 2013

A MIDWINTER’S Dream, an exhibition of paintings, crafts, and photographs by Yvonne King and Reingard Gahan continues in Clifden until January 4.

‘The panto has always been a gathering for Renmore’

Thu, Dec 19, 2013

ROBIN HOOD and The Babes in The Wood, Renmore’s 35th annual pantomime, which opens in the Town Hall Theatre this Sunday and runs until January 12, promises to be a spectacular adventure of laughter, music, and song for all of Galway to enjoy.

In Robin Hood and The Babes in The Wood, scripted by Panto Dame Peter Kennedy and directed by Brian and Sean Power, all is not well in Nottingham. The Wicked Sheriff is hatching evil plans to eliminate the Babes, who stand between him and the throne of England. He is also out to capture Nottingham’s hero Robin Hood, by holding beautiful Maid Marian as hostage. Along the way, as Robin seeks to thwart the Sheriff’s dastardly plans, he will meet Nurse Polly Pampers, Simple Simon, Friar Tuck, and Helen Hood along the way.

The characterful songs of Michael O’Connor

Thu, Dec 19, 2013

FROM BUTCHERING to balladry might seem like an unusual career arc but it is one that Mayo-born, Galway based, songwriter Michael O’Connor has managed with aplomb.

The Cabin Collective @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Dec 19, 2013

THE CABIN Collective round off a brilliant year with a Christmas concert in the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 8pm.

Music For Galway’s mid-winter festival

Thu, Dec 19, 2013

THE BIRTH of Modern Music is the title for this year’s Music for Galway mid-winter festival which runs from Friday January 17 to Sunday 19 at the Town Hall Theatre.

Brendan Grace’s New Year show

Thu, Dec 19, 2013

BRENDAN GRACE is coming back to Galway in the New Year to play The Salthill Hotel on Monday January 6.

Brendan’s show will feature new material and old favourites from across the Dubliner’s 42 year career so expect the ‘Father of the Bride’ and Bottler. There will also be a ‘meet and greet’ after the show.

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