The Driftwood Manor release new single

Tue, Mar 08, 2016

THE DRIFTWOOD Manor, the Galway-Westmeath folk ensemble centred around the brilliant songwriter Eddie Keenan, have just released their new single 'Fraction Of A Wolf', and next month, they will headline the Citóg night at the Róisín Dubh.

Record breaking win as DruidShakespeare scoops five Irish Times Theatre Awards

Mon, Mar 07, 2016

DRUID THEATRE Company's epic DruidShakespeare production has won a record five awards, including the Best Production award, at the prestigious Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards, which took place in Dublin last night.

Watch a film to mark International Women's Day

Mon, Mar 07, 2016

TOMORROW IS International Women's Day, and in advance of the date, Amnesty Galway will screen Marzia, My Friend, winner of the Human Rights award at the 2016 Galway Film Fleadh, this evening.

'I got stuck in Achill in a good way'

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

THE TOWN Hall bar might be an unlikely venue for viewing fine art but under Margaret Nolan’s canny stewardship it has hosted a succession of superb shows. Next week sees the opening of the venue’s latest exhibition, a series of Achill landscapes by ex-computer boffin, ex-accountancy student, ex-clothing retailer, and ex-rock musician, Padraig McCaul, a Dubliner who has made his home on the Mayo island.

Friday in the Róisín Dubh - the funniest night of the week

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

DEIRDRE O'KANE, Ross Browne from RTE’s The Fear, and Apres Match’s Barry Murphy are just some of the comedians coming to the Roisin Dubh on Fridays, officially making it Galway's funniest day of the week.

French political comedy for Town Hall

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

IN THE aftermath of our election, comes a chance to see politics in another country, albeit one of a comedic kind when the award winning film Quai d'Orsay, will be screened by the Galway Film Society.

John B Keane's The Matchmaker for Town Hall

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

TWO OF Ireland's best loved actors, Mary McEvoy and comedian Jon Kenny, are coming to the Town Hall Theatre to star in John B Keane's much loved comedy, The Matchmaker.

Tobias Wolff to read at Cúirt

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

TOBIAS WOLFF, the American writer best known for his 1989 memoir This Boy's Life, will take part in the 2016 Cúirt International Festival of Literature, which will be launched in The House Hotel on Tuesday March 8 at 6pm.

Wyvern Lingo - new EP and Róisín Dubh show

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

TOMORROW SEES the release of Letter To Willow, the new four-track EP by the brilliant Wicklow trio Wyvern Lingo, who are also coming to Galway to play the Róisín Dubh on Friday March 11 at 9pm.

Take a journey to the Cloudlands

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

THE CREATIVE lives of teenagers in hospital, will be revealed in Cloudlands, a new exhibition which opens at the Galway Arts Centre, tomorrow at 6pm, along with a new project from The Red Bird Youth Collective.

Jazz-classical fusion from Olivia Trummer

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

OLIVIA TRUMMER, the acclaimed German jazz musician, will be in concert this Sunday from 7pm in An Taibhdhearc, Middle Street, accompanied by Swiss vibraphonist Jean-Lou Treboux.

'It’s the story of my life, the pain and joy'

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

HAVING WOWED judges and audiences last year with her appearances on The Voice UK, Galway singer-songwriter Sharon Murphy has launched her new album Where I Belong, featuring 11 new, original, songs, as well as her terrific version of Bob Dylan’s ‘Forever Young’.

Documentary on 1916 pacifist Frank Sheehy Skeffington

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

FRANK SHEEHY Skeffington, the pacifist, feminist, and journalist, tragically and wrongly executed during the 1916 Rising, is the subject of a documentary to be shown on TG4 on Tuesday March 8 at 9.30pm.

Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering
BY KERNAN ANDREWS

Martin McDonagh's Hangmen @ The Eye

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

MARTIN MCDONAGH'S new play Hangmen is being staged by Britain's National Theatre in London, but Galwegians will be able to see it the Eye Cinema this evening at 7pm.

Trio di Parma to play Beethoven in NUIG

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

THEY COME from Germany, Australia, and France; they are based in Italy; and they are coming to Galway. They are classical group Trio di Parma, who play the Aula Maxima, NUI Galway, on Tuesday March 8 at 8pm.

Davey Furey to play Monroe's Live

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

THREE OF Ireland's greatest songwriters, Phil Coulter, Luka Bloom and Jimmy McCarthy, have lavished praise on folk-rock musician Davie Furey and his debut album Easy Come Easy Go.

The Living Stream St Patrick's Day gig

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

THE LIVING Stream, the 2015 IMRO Emerging Talent Award winners, known for their fresh take on Irish trad, will play Monroe's Backstage Bar on St Patrick's Night, Thursday March 17, at 9pm.

Mike Denver to play Salthill Hotel

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

LEADING IRISH country singer Mike Denver plays the Salthill Hotel on Wednesday March 9 as part of his current nationwide tour. The show will feature special guests Philomena Begley, Ray Lynam, and Mick Flavin.

American choir to sing Bernstein in Galway

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

LEONARD BERNSTEIN'S 'Chichester Psalms' will be performed by the West Liberty University Singers from West Virginia, in the Galway Cathedral on Sunday March 6 at 8pm.

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