Doctor Who special effects artist is coming to Galway

Thu, Apr 11, 2013

THE WOMAN who has produced special effects for Doctor Who, Iron Maiden, and Lady Gaga, is coming to Galway to take part in the Galway Arts Centre’s Cúirt Labs.

Special effects expert Kate Walsh will be taking part in the labs which will be an experimental creative space for young people (14 to 24 years of age), on Saturday April 27.

West Ocean String Quartet - new album, Galway concert

Thu, Apr 11, 2013

“THE WEST Ocean String quartet dazzles in its renaissance-like ability to inhabit multiple worlds simultaneously...fording rivers that don’t even appear on most musicians’ maps.”

Maurice Walsh exhibits in Renzo Café

Thu, Apr 11, 2013

TWO MILLION Miles Away is the title of a new exhibition by Galway artist, Maurice Walsh, which is currently running at the Renzo Café in Eyre Street.

‘By writing about a particular place you find the universal’

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

BOTH AS an individual and as a writer Ron Rash, who reads in Galway next month at the Cúirt International Festival of Literature, has been indelibly shaped by his southern Appalachian roots.

GAC(h) Duine - music for everyone

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

THE YEAR normally does not go by without the Galway Arts Centre hosting a number of music gigs, either in its HQ in Dominick Street or at the Nuns Island Theatre, but a three day music festival, focussing on indie, folk rock, and electronica, is a new departure.

Altissimo Quintet - Galway debut and world premiere

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

IRELAND’S ONLY viola quintet, the Altissimo Quintet, will give their debut Galway concert next week, performing music by Brahms and Dvorak, as well as premiering a new work.

Bohermore Youth Drama Group wonder What If?

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

NEXT WEEK, in NUI Galway’s Bank of Ireland Theatre, the Bohermore Youth Drama Group take to the stage for two nights only with their new show, What If?

DruidMurphy returns next week to Town Hall

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

DRUID THEATRE Company is coming back to the Town Hall Theatre next week to present a new staging of it’s DruidMurphy event.

Roddy Doyle’s War @ Town Hall

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

RODDY DOYLE’S three act play War will be staged at the Town Hall Theatre tomorrow and Saturday by the Dunmore Amateur Dramatic Society.

Shadows and Dust @ Monroe’s

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

ART, FOLKLORE, film, and various other creative mediums, have all contributed to inspire the musical sounds of Shadows and Dust.

The band play Monroe’s Backstage Bar this Saturday at 9pm. Their debut EP is currently in the final phases of production.

A burlesque night with The Dirty Circus

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

THE GLAMOUR, style, and decadence from Weimar-era Berlin will be on show in Kelly’s Bar with a night of burlesque and cabaret from The Dirty Circus.

In Their Thousands @ Monroe’s

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

DONEGAL TRIO In Their Thousands play Monroe’s Backstage Bar on Friday April 12 at 11.30pm

John Smith to play Strange Brew

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

ENGLISH GUITARIST and singer-songwriter John Smith has just released his new album Great Lakes and is coming to Galway as part of his current Irish tour.

John will play Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh on Thursday April 11 at 9pm. Great Lakes is the Devon man’s fourth album and since his 2006 debut The Fox and The Monk. He has been called “brilliant” by MOJO; “spellbinding” by Time Out; a “guitar genius” by The Sun; and tipped for greatness by The Sunday Times.

Andy Elwell to play Monroe’s

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

WHEN IT comes to Minneapolis, its most famous musical sons are Prince and Hüsker Dü, so could singer-songwriter Andy Elwell become another celebrated Minneapolite?

Bring your banjo to Clarinbridge

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

FOLK LEGEND Pete Seeger, former US presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, and classical music great Yo Yo Ma, are among banjo player Michael J Miles’ fans.

The ‘bewitching’ Julie Hawk @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

GALWAY BORN, London based, singer-songwriter Julie Hawk will play a hometown show in the Róisín Dubh this Sunday at 9pm.

Julie is currently promoting her new EP The Value of Gold, released in February, and will perform songs from it on the night. The EP includes a cover of The Smiths’ ‘This Charming Man’.

Athenry Music School’s MEGA Concert

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

THE ATHENRY Music School’s fifth annual MEGA Concert will be held in the Galway Cathedral on Sunday April 14 at 3pm.

A European crossroads at Cúirt

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

WRITERS FROM the Vilenica International Literary Festival in Slovenia are coming to the Cúirt International Festival of Literature as part of the Crossroads of European Literature project.

The official launch of the Crossroads project takes place in City Hall, College Road, on Tuesday April 23 at 12 noon, followed by a literary outing and reception at Moran’s of the Weir, Kilcolgan.

Lick My Stereo @ HALO

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

LICK MY Stereo will bring their exciting and energetic sound to the stage upstairs at HALO Live tomorrow night.

Printmaking exhibition on the docks

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

SIXTEEN IRISH and international artists will display their work at a new exhibition, opening next week at The Shed, Middle Pier, Galway Harbour.

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