‘I want to make Resurgam better known outside Ireland’

Wed, Nov 17, 2021

THESE ARE changing and exciting times for Resurgam, the Galway project based vocal ensemble. Already regarded as the premier such ensemble in Ireland, its new general manager, Vlad Smishkewych, has ambitions to make them a force across the European continent.

Film review: The Card Counter

Films Reviews Wed, Nov 17, 2021

THE CARD Counter was produced by Martin Scorsese and directed Paul Schrader, the man who wrote Taxi Driver and Raging Bull.

Galway Restaurant Host Tinder Night For College Students!

Wed, Nov 17, 2021

Bangin Noodles restaurant in Galway are holding Galway’s first ever ‘Swipe Right’ Night this Friday in De Burgo’s bar on Augustine Street (where the restaurant is located!)

Breaking Out - a film about the best Irish band you've never heard of

Tue, Nov 16, 2021

AMONG IRISH musicians, Interference are regarded as one of the best bands this country has ever produced, their admirers including Glen Hansard, Graham Hopkins, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, and Gerry Fish.

Ailbhe Reddy to play Róisín Dubh

Tue, Nov 16, 2021

SHE HAS been compared to Julia Jacklin and Phoebe Bridgers by The Irish Times, while her debut album was declared “a work of art” by Clash magazine.

An avian exhibition from Galway artists

Tue, Nov 16, 2021

GALWAY BASED artists Sacha Hutchinson and Ger O’Rourke are currently displaying their latest work, featuring coastal birds and geese, in the Renzo Café, Eyre Street.

Dani Larkin - rising folk star for the Róisín Dubh

Mon, Nov 15, 2021

DANI LARKIN, one of the most exciting new talents in Irish folk, will play the Róisín Dubh next week, accompanied by her full band.

‘Mould breaking’ Enola Gay set for Róisín Dubh

Mon, Nov 15, 2021

“THE BEST of brand new music that you are going to hear and it's from a band, called Enola Gay... Pushing the boundaries, breaking the mould!”

Album review: Pip Blom

Music Reviews Thu, Nov 11, 2021

THEY LOOK as if they should be the definitive Twee-Indie band, but looks are deceiving. There is grit and heft in the songs of this Dutch quartet.

Oileán - Pádraic Reaney’s journeys in Malta, Scotland, and Ireland

Thu, Nov 11, 2021

ONE ARTIST’S vision and interpretation of the islands of Ireland and Scotland, and of Malta, will combine to form a major new exhibition at The Kenny Gallery.

Little Shop Of Horrors - musical theatre is back with a bite

Thu, Nov 11, 2021

LITTLE SHOP Of Horrors, the comedy rock musical about a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on humans, is coming to the Town Hall

Nicaragua’s Gioconda Belli to read at Over The Edge

Thu, Nov 11, 2021

GIOCONDA BELLI, the Nicaraguan poet, novelist, Feminist, and defender of human rights, will read at Over The Edge: Open Reading on Zoom on Thursday November 18 at 6.30pm.

‘An Cosán Draíochta’ - a tribute to Johnny Connolly

Thu, Nov 11, 2021

‘AN COSÁN Draíochta’ - a new music commission by musician Johnny Óg Connolly in memory of his late father, renowned melodeon player Johnny Connolly, will be the first public event in the newly refurbished Stiúideo Cuan.

A pre-Advent concert from Resurgam

Thu, Nov 11, 2021

GALWAY VOCAL ensemble, Resurgam, the premiere project-based professional choir in Ireland, will perform a pre-Advent concert in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church.

Luminosa to play final concert in Arcadia series

Thu, Nov 11, 2021

‘SHADOWS OF Dusk’, the final concert in the Luminosa Strings Orchestra’s Arcadia series, will take place in Galway Cathedral this Sunday, November 14 at 8.30pm.

‘Naughty or Nice’ - Pálás lines up a Christmas feast of films

Wed, Nov 10, 2021

THROUGHOUT DECEMBER, the Pálás Cinema will be dedicated to spreading Christmas cheer by delivering big screen outings to such festival favourites as Home Alone, The Muppet Christmas Carol, and Die Hard - and yes, Die Hard is a Christmas film.

‘We can call ourselves artists, thanks to Galway’

Wed, Nov 10, 2021

THEY WERE formed in the turbulent years following the collapse of the Ceausescu regime in Romania, and in Ireland they survived the recession, and later, the lockdowns enforced by the Covid-19 pandemic.

A Brass Eye night at the Pálás

Wed, Nov 10, 2021

BRASS EYE was a British comedy series which parodied current affairs shows. Running for seven episodes on Channel 4 from 1997 to 2001, it featured such writers as Arthur Mathews, Charlie Brooker, and David Quantick.

The Lost Brothers and Dónal Lunny - live at the Town Hall

Tue, Nov 09, 2021

THE LOST Brothers, the RTE Folk Award nominees, are finally able to tour their album, After The Fire After The Rain, and will perform this critically acclaimed work in Galway this month.

Joshua Burnside - ‘ambitious, idiosyncratic’ and in Galway

Tue, Nov 09, 2021

JOSHUA BURNSIDE is not an artist easy to pin down. Hotpress called his music “an essential entry into the catalogue of Irish rock”, while the BBC called him “the best thing about modern folk music”.

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