Access Music Project students' concert

Thu, Nov 19, 2015

STUDENTS FROM the Access Music Project courses will take to the stage of The Crane Bar, performing songs in a variety of genres, styles, and on a variety of instruments, on Wednesday November 25.

Galway 'supergroup' Cranky Face to launch debut EP

Wed, Nov 18, 2015

IF THERE is such a thing as a Galway 'Supergroup', Cranky Face just might be it, being made up of guitarist Fuz Reilly (Boyfights), vocalist/guitarist Simon Noble (Spats Colombo, Mugger Dave), drummer Mosey Byrne (Rural Savage), and bassist/Citóg co-organiser Hob Junker.

Des Bishop's Grey Matters tour is Galway bound

Wed, Nov 18, 2015

DES BISHOP is staring middle-age in the face, so does he go into denial or get hit hard by a serious dose of the male menopause and a mid-life crisis? No, as a great comedian, he sees in it instead the potential for comedy.

King Kong Company unleash the beast @ Róisín Dubh

Wed, Nov 18, 2015

AHEAD OF the release of their new album, produced by Mercury Music Prize nominee Tim Holmes of Death In Vegas, Waterford band King Kong Company, are on an Irish tour, which takes in Galway this week.

Richard Hawley to play Black Box Theatre in February

Tue, Nov 17, 2015

RICHARD HAWLEY, one of Britain's finest contemporary songwriters, has announced a major Galway show for the New Year, as part of his forthcoming British and Irish tour in support of his latest album Hollow Meadows.

Galway writer Alan McMonagle lands two-book deal with Picador

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

THE HIGHLY regarded Galway writer Alan McMonagle has just hit literary ‘paydirt’ as Picador has snapped up the rights to his debut novel, Ithaca, as well as its follow-up.

TULCA 2015’s inspirational flood of art and activism

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

TOMORROW EVENING, at the former Connacht Printworks in Market Street, sees the opening of the 2015 TULCA Festival of Visual Arts, which ushers out the city’s year-long programme of cultural jamborees in high style. As well as exhibitions, TULCA also hosts talks, debates, film screenings, and numerous events primed to trigger debate and spark palaver.

Get dancing to Fujiya & Miyagi

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

FUJIYA & MIYAGI are neither a duo, nor are they Japanese. They are however an English trio whose fusion of funk, electro, Krautrock, indie, dance, and rock combines to thrilling, room shaking, effect.

Father Ted star headlines Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

JOE ROONEY, who has achieved near legendary status for his roles in Father Ted, Killinascully, Spooky Stakeout, RiRa, and BBC's Roy, plays the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh this Friday, November 13.

See Andrew Lloyd Webber's Whistle Down The Wind

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

A GROUP of children in rural Louisiana, with little to do and not much to look forward to, befriend a criminal on the run, known only as 'The Man', but who the children come to think is Jesus Christ returned to earth.

An old samurai gets a second chance

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

JAPANESE FILM Uzumasa Limelight, is based around the experiences of the talented extras who featured in chanbara, the Japanese sword-fighting films and TV dramas.

A sporting collection of poetry

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

PACKIE BONNER'S famous save at Italia 90, and the enjoyment of playing Gaelic football, have inspired some of the poems in Evidence of Freewheeling, the debut collection from Trevor Conway.

Aimee Banks - Young Galway soprano aims for Eurovision glory

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

This year, for the first time, Ireland will be competing in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Sofia on Saturday November 21. Representing Ireland is Aimee Banks, a 13-year old from Moycullen, who will be singing ‘Réalta na Mara’/‘Star of the Sea’, a song which she co-wrote and composed.

Public lecture on when pirates ruled the seas

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

The pirates of the late 1600s, early 1700s, conjures images of bloodthirsty bandits and violent criminals, but in some respects their outlook and ethos was an early form of the most ruthless kind of capitalism.

Shakespeare and opera at IMC Cinema

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

SHAKESPEARE'S THE Winters Tale, starring Dame Judi Dench, will be screened live from London to the IMC Cinema Galway, on Thursday November 26 at 7.15pm.

Free parking periods for TULCA festival

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

THE GALWAY City Council will provide a period of ‘grace’ from parking charges for visitors to TULCA Festival Gallery in the former Connacht Print Works, Market Street.

Renmore Panto's Jack and the Beanstalk

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

REHEARSALS ARE in full swing for Renmore's 37th pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk, scripted by veteran panto dame Peter Kennedy, and directed by AIMS award-winning brothers Brian and Seán Power.

English composer's work to be premiered in St Nicholas’

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

A NEW work by the English composer Philip Stopford, 'I Sing Of A Maiden', will receive its world premiere in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church on Wednesday November 25 at 8pm.

1916 and Noël Browne events in city this weekend

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

THE 1916 Rising in Galway and the centenary of birth of Noël Browne will be discussed and commemorated at two events in Galway city over the coming days.

The Album Leaf for Strange Brew

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

THE ALBUM LEAF, the indie/electronica/acoustic act, centered around San Diego-born, Los Angeles based songwriter Jimmy LaValle, play Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh next week.

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