These Halcyon Days
Thu, Jun 20, 2013
COMING TO the Town Hall Theatre next week is Landmark Production’s staging of Deirdre Kinahan’s acclaimed new play, These Halcyon Days, nominated for Best New Play in the 2012 Irish Times Theatre Awards.
Read more ...The ‘mesmerising’ Grizzly Bear to play Big Top
Thu, Jun 20, 2013
BEYONCÉ AND Jay-Z are fans, so too is Paul Simon, while Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood called them “Mesmerizing...nobody makes music quite like this.”
Read more ...Emily Cullen and the poetry of transitions
Thu, Jun 20, 2013
TRANSITIONS OF many kinds - be they in relationship status, becoming a mother, eras and generations, to the dizzying speed of digital and technological developments - are at the heart of a new poetry collection by Emily Cullen.
Read more ...Film fleadh opening and closing films
Thu, Jun 20, 2013
A SPANISH film starring Fionnuala Flanagan and Stephen Rea, and an adaptation of a John Banville novel open and close this year’s Galway Film Fleadh.
Read more ...Irish fantasy film to be screened at fleadh
Thu, Jun 20, 2013
GALWAY WILL host the world premiere of the new Irish Fantasy film The Shadows when it is screened in the IMC Cinema on Saturday July 13 at 2.15pm as part of the Galway Film Fleadh.
Read more ...Galway Actors’ Workshop courses
Thu, Jun 20, 2013
THE GALWAY Actors’ Workshop will run its midsummer drama courses with workshops for beginners and experienced actors.
The Acting for Camera course will be given by John Dawson this Saturday and Sunday at 11am and is for those making the transition from stage to screen. The cost is €120/100.
Read more ...Little Cinema’s third birthday
Thu, Jun 20, 2013
THE LITTLE Cinema Club will celebrate its third birthday with a special night in Kelly’s Bar this Tuesday at 9pm.
The event will see the club screen documentaries and film spoofs which are being made specifically for the night. Over the past three years the club has screened more than 300 short films by local and emerging film makers.
Read more ...Róisín Dubh ninth birthday party
Thu, Jun 20, 2013
THE RÓISÍN Dubh celebrates its ninth birthday with a variety of events this weekend, including a gig this Saturday from 8pm with Boyfights and guests.
Read more ...The Cabin Collective - new single and concert
Thu, Jun 20, 2013
THE CABIN COLLECTIVE, featuring the Saw Doctor’s Leo Moran and former Waterboy Anthony Thistlethwaite, launch their debut single with a gig in Galway city.
Read more ...Flirt FM - on stage and on air
Thu, Jun 20, 2013
TONIGHT FLIRT FM, Galway’s student and community radio station, hosts a gig at Monroe’s and tomorrow, on air, it marks National Music Day.
Read more ...The Appian Way @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Jun 20, 2013
THE APPIAN WAY was a famous road connecting Ancient Rome to southern Italy. It is also the name for an up-and-coming Mullingar quintet.
Read more ...Basswax @ The Cellar
Thu, Jun 20, 2013
THE BASSWAX clubnight returns to The Cellar tomorrow, for a night of grime, UK garage, dubstep, and jungle, powered by a SubVersion SoundSystem.
Dublin’s Standard crew will be on the controls. The crew consists of Grime producer Major Grave; DJ, producer, radio presenter, and blogger Colz; and turntable wizard, producer, and radio DJ Bob. They have been bringing forward thinking bass and breaks to dance since joining forces in 2009 and individually since the 1990s.
Read more ...Janeane Garofalo to play the Róisín Dubh
Thu, Jun 20, 2013
JANEANE GAROFALO, the critically acclaimed, award winning comedian and actress will play the Róisín Dubh on Sunday August 18 at 8pm.
Read more ...Bell X1 to play Róisín Dubh
Thu, Jun 20, 2013
BELL X1 will mark the release of their new album Chop Chop, with a series of ‘Pop Up’ shops and acoustic performances around Ireland.
Chop Chop will be released on Belly Up records on Friday June 28 and the ‘Chop Chop Pop Up Shops in July’ tour will include the Róisín Dubh on Friday July 5 at 7pm.
Read more ...The Jigsaw Jam @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Jun 20, 2013
THEY HAVE been compared to The Beautiful South and Mumford and Son, and Galway audiences will see for themselves tomorrow night.
Read more ...Bluegrass gig in Kilcolgan
Thu, Jun 20, 2013
A BLUEGRASS session and gig takes place in Rafftery’s Rest, Kilcolgan, this Sunday from 12 noon.
Read more ...Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering
Thu, Jun 20, 2013
WRITERS FROM Liverpool, the USA, and Ireland will read at the Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering, Galway City Library, on Thursday June 27 at 6.30pm.
Read more ...Celebrate the poetry of Patrick Kavanagh
Thu, Jun 20, 2013
THE POETRY of Patrick Kavanagh will be read and celebrated in Galway at two events - one this month and the other in July.
Read more ...Sopranos concert for Galway Lifeboat Station
Thu, Jun 20, 2013
THE SOPRANOS Maeve Cairney and Fiona Corless perform their Hollywood Serenade concert, in Johnston’s Hall, Kinvara, this Saturday at 8pm.
Read more ...Visit an artist’s studio
Thu, Jun 20, 2013
ARTIST’S STUDIOS around Galway city will open to the public this Saturday as part of OSCAILTE 2013, organised by Galway Arts Centre artist-in-residence Ramona Burke.
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