The cream of indie for Strange Brew

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

THREE OF the most exciting Irish indie bands - one from Dublin, one from Tuam, the other from Donegal - play Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh on Thursday March 7.

Toy Soldier @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

IRISH ELECTRO-rock trio Toy Soldier combine a dancefloor groove with hard rocking riffs as audiences will hear when they play Monroe’s tomorrow.

Fleetwood Mac tribute

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

IN THE late sixties they played expressive blues and paved the way for heavy metal. In the seventies and eighties they were globe gobbling pop superstars.

Fleetwood Mac have two (you could also argue three) distinct eras and fans of the long running British-American phenomenon can check out Irish tribute band Mack Fleetwood in Monroe’s Live tomorrow at 10pm. The set will cover songs from the Peter Green blues era to the later Buckingham-Nicks period.

Rugby loving folk-rock

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

HERMITAGE GREEN are not only rugby fans who play folk-rock but their vocalist Barry Murphy formerly played for Munster and Ireland.

Nineties indie night @ HALO

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

THE NINETIES was when indie went from the underground to overground and spawned such genres as shoegaze, grunge, and Britpop.

Éigse an Spidéal 2013 festival

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

MARY BERGIN, Johnny Óg Connolly, and poet Nuala Ní Dhómhnaill are among those who will perform at next month’s Éigse an Spidéal festival.

Classical concert and album launch

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

A CONCERT featuring Lynda Lee, one of Ireland’s leading sopranos, and an album launch by clarinettist Paul Roe, both take place next week.

Vyvienne Long’s String Collision Tour

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

WHAT HAPPENS when an Irish songwriter, a Romanian virtuoso, and an avant garde string quintet join forces? String Collision, that’s what.

The String Collision tour, featuring Vyvienne Long, and the Balanescu Quartet - making their debut appearance in Ireland - comes to The Druid Lane Theatre on Thursday March 7 at 7.30pm.

Ireland’s young jazz musicians to play Gort

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

YOUNG JAZZ musicians from the west and the north come to Gort this weekend for a special show as part of the Coole Music Orchestra Festival.

Ger Sweeney @ Norman Villa Gallery

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

EXCAVATIONS, THE new exhibition by leading Irish abstract artist Ger Sweeney, opens at the Norman Villa Gallery in Salthill tomorrow at 6pm.

This is Sweeney’s first show in Galway since 2009. The new works are inspired by ideas of exploration and discovery, involving elements of chance, the unexpected, and re-emergence.

Poetry and music

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

POETRY AND classical music will join forces for an event taking place tomorrow at 1.10pm in the Galway City Museum.

Entries sought for Galway Film Centre/RTÉ Short Film Awards

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

THE GALWAY Film Centre, in association with RTÉ, is seeking entries for the 2013 Short Film Awards, with a prize of two cash awards of €9,500 each.

Galway Film Society Women’s Day screening

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

A FILM celebrating spirited, independent, women in the Middle East will be shown in Galway to mark International Woman’s Day.

Tom Stade - part devil, part dude

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

TOM STADE, described as “part devil, part dude” by The Scotsman, brings his show Tom Stade Totally Rocks! to the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday March 6 at 8.30pm.

Luck be a Lady Tonight

Thu, Feb 21, 2013

NATHAN DETROIT has a problem. He needs money. He has a floating crap game, where players make wagers on the outcome on rolling dice. The game is illegal and only one venue in New York will hold it.

‘Leo’ hops a train

Thu, Feb 21, 2013

LAST TRAIN From Holyhead, by Galway-based author Bernard Field, comes to the Town Hall in a new production by Out Of Time Theatre Company, and starring Fair City’s Dave Duffy.

Grizzly Bear to play Galway Arts Festival

Thu, Feb 21, 2013

GRIZZLY BEAR, one of the most outstanding indie-rock bands at work today, play the Galway Arts Festival Big Top in the Fisheries Field on Friday July 19.