The Woodburning Savages - ‘bloodlust rock’n’roll’

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

"THE WOODBURNING Savages mix snarling, bloodlust rock'n'roll, archetypes with gloriously incongruous and wildly inventive melodic ideas." So said BBC Radio Ulster's Stephen McCauley about the band that's coming to Galway.

Exhibition explores attitudes to 1916 leaders

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

THE 1916 leaders have been demonised and canonised, praised for helping Ireland become independent, and blamed for the Northern Troubles - which began 50 years after their death. Their life and legacy is very much contested ground.

The Hen Night Epiphany - as Gaeilge

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

FIVE WOMEN on a hen night in the hills of Connemara - it should be a wild night of drink, craic, and naughty behaviour, instead the group discovers an unhappy bride-to-be, while friendships are sorely tested.

Classical music to mark Good Friday

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

LACRIMOSA, A concert of classical music and song to mark Good Friday, will be heard when the Collegium Chamber Choir, tenor Eoin Hynes, and organist David Leigh perform in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, on Friday March 25 at 5pm.

Creative writing classes at GTI

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

CREATIVE WRITING classes with the poet Kevin Higgins and the poet/short story writer Susan Millar DuMars, will be held at the Galway Technical Institute, Father Griffin Road.

Kormac’s audio-visual show at Róisín Dubh

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

KORMAC, THE bandleader, producer, and DJ normally at the helm of Kormac’s Big Band is stepping out into more minial territory territory, by leading a three-piece band, and bringing his new audio-visual show on tour across Ireland.

Niall Connolly at Róisín Dubh

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

NIALL CONNOLLY is "a folk icon…Among the most vibrant, poignant, and authentic indie folk artists in New York City", leading folk magazine No Depression has said of the man who is coming to Galway this month.

Singer-songwriters in concert at The Cellar

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

TWO SINGER-songwriters, one Canadian and one Irish, both of whom have worked with Steve Earle, will be in The Cellar Bar to play a free gig on Wednesday March 23.

Red Hot Chili Peppers tribute at Monroe’s Live

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

THE RED Hot Copy Peppers, the tribute band to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, will deliver a two hour show of classic songs in Monroe's Live on Friday April 15 at 9pm.

St Patrick’s Day at Electric

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

ELECTRIC WILL host a variety of DJ, house, and electro events, starting tonight from 11pm with Colm K, Get Down Edits, Disconauts, and Bap To the Future.

Clandestine Republican meetings being held in Galway

Tue, Mar 15, 2016

Secret meetings of leading local Republicans, understood to be helping plan a major rebellion, are understood to be taking place in and around the city, and Galway citizens will be able to eavesdrop on these revolutionary discussions.

Event to celebrate the untold stories of 1916 women

Tue, Mar 15, 2016

WHILE THE names of the men of 1916 - Pearse, Connolly, Clarke, Plunkett, and others - are well known, the significant contribution of women to the rebellion has long been over looked and underappreciated.

Public lecture on the struggle for Home Rule for Ireland

Mon, Mar 14, 2016

Home Rule was once the goal of Irish nationalism, but continual opposition from the House of Lords and the threat of violence from Ulster unionists dogged and delayed its achievement.

‘A truly intimate, international festival’ –Cúirt programme launched

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

IT MAY have been a miserable raiany evening, but that did nothing to deter or dampen the spirits of the many Cúirt enthusiasts who thronged the House Hotel on Tuesday evening for the programme launch of this year’s festival.

Last chance to see Giant Sand @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

IT HAS been at least a decade since Giant Sand, the alt.rock/Americana band led by Howe Gelb, have played Galway, but 2016 sees them return, as part of a co-headline tour with Jason Lytle.

Two films to see this Sunday

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

THE LIVES of combatants and civilians during the 1916 Rising, and a teacher determined to expose a classroom thief, make up the two films the Galway Film Society screens in the Town Hall Theatre this Sunday.

Ross Browne @ Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

ROSS BROWNE, star of RTE’s The Fear, and the man behind such characters as Jimmy, Bad Bouncer, Sergeant Major, and Dolf, will headline the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh tomorrow [Friday March 11] from 8.30pm.

Album review: Lucius

Music Reviews Thu, Mar 10, 2016

COMING FROM nowhere in 2014, Lucius delivered, for my money, the best album that year in Wildewoman, which revelled in exuberant indie-pop contrasted with country tinged ballads.

'Music has its own way of making fun of you as a musician'

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

KÍLA BRING their funky brand of hip-shaking, smile-making, groovy trad to Monroe’s Live on Wednesday March 16, where audiences can expect music from across their long career, including tracks from Suas Síos, the band's 10th studio album, launched to critical acclaim last year.

GAA drama Face the Short Kick Out at the Town Hall

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

THERE ARE few, if any, families in Ireland, who do not have some connection with the GAA, either on, or off, the field. Even those with no involvement whatsoever are fascinated by what makes it tick.

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