Arts festival techno nights @ Electric

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

DUTCH DJ legend I-F, leading German producer Tensnake, and David Kitt's New Jackon DJ persona are the highlights of an impressive roster of techno and house talent playing Electric during the Galway International Arts Festival.

Little Shop of Horrors - as you’ve never seen it before

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

YOU MAY have seen Roger Corman’s 1960 film Little Shop of Horrors, but when it plays at the Galway International Arts Festival this month, you will never have seen it done like this before.

GIAF Theatre review: Luck Just Kissed You Hello

Theatre Reviews Thu, Jul 16, 2015

CO-PRODUCED by HotForTheatre and the Galway International Arts Festival, Amy Conroy’s new play, Luck Just Kissed You Hello, was one of the main events on the festival’s opening day.

The Imp wants to play

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

HE LOOKS different, his walk is strange, his face funny, and he says nothing with his mouth but a lot with his body. He is a perverse prankster, but those brave enough to journey with him might be in for laughter and some uncomfortable self-discovery.

Al Porter - comedy sensation @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

AL PORTER, the Dublin comedian declared "Ireland's ascendant king of camp" by the Irish Independent, returns to the Galway to play the Róisín Dubh this Sunday at 8.30pm as part of the Galway International Arts Festival.

Songs My Mothers Taught Me

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

SONGS MY Mothers Taught Me, Alice Beams' one woman cabaret of music and story about love, loss and letting go, takes place in the Galway Mechanical Institute, Middle Street, as part of the Galway Fringe Festival.

GIAF Theatre review: Maum

Theatre Reviews Thu, Jul 16, 2015

AN TAIBHDHEARC has made some excellent contributions to the arts festival over recent years and this year’s production from the company is Sighle Ní Chonaill’s Maum, which recreates the events around the notorious Maumtrasna murders of 1882 where five members of one family were brutally slaughtered in their home.

Merchant of Venice live @ The Eye

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

GALWAY WILL have the chance to see the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of the Bard's The Merchant of Venice when it is broadcast live to The Eye Cinema, Wellpark, on Wednesday July 22 at 7pm.

Mick Flannery - two nights @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

AS WITH so many others, it started with Nirvana. In 1993, the young Mick Flannery heard Kurt Cobain's haunting, semi-acoustic rendition of David Bowie's 'The Man Who Sold The World'. His relationship to music was never the same again.

Summer art/drama classes for teens @ Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

THE GALWAY Arts Centre is running a summer art school for young people aged between 13 and 16 interested in visual art, drama, and literature.

Colm Mac Con Iomaire - solo show from Frames man

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

A MAINSTAY of The Frames, founder member of Kíla, a solo artist of note, comfortable with indie-rock, folk, and trad, and an outstanding fiddle player, Colm Mac Con Iomaire is a major presence in Irish music.

The LipSinkers return to Electric

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

THE LIPSINKERS, who have been at the heart of London's alternative cabaret scene for more than a decade, return to Galway's Electric venue on Tuesday July 21 and Wednesday July 22 at 9pm.

Dark Arts metal fest @ The Cellar

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

THE DARKER, heavier side of music, the beautiful black beast unleashed originally by Black Sabbath in 1970, will be heard, performed, and celebrated at the Dark Arts Fest in The Cellar this Saturday.

Vincent Cross to play the Galway Fringe Festival

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

BORN IN Dublin, raised in Australia, and now based in New York, singer-songwriter Vincent Cross never goes anywhere without his vintage Martin guitar, and he is coming to Galway next week to play the Galway Fringe Festival.

Tom Portman - new album and Galway Fringe Festival show

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

A GUITARIST of brilliance and inventiveness, Galway based Tom Portman will launch his fourth album, White Crow, with a show at The Loft at Seven on Thursday July 23 at 9pm.

The countdown to Sugarbeat Festival begins

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

THE SUGARBEAT Festival returns to Tuam Stadium next month with headline appearances by The Stunning, Ryan Sheridan, Hometown, and The Original Rudeboys.

Music concerts on Inishbofin

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

MARY COUGHLAN, Luka Bloom, and Liam Ó Maonlaí are among the singers and musicians who will take to the stage of the Dolphin Hotel over the coming weeks as part of the annual Inishbofin Concerts series.

Kodaline DJ set @ HALO

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

FOLLOWING THEIR Big Top concert tomorrow night, Kodaline will be heading to HALO to play a DJ set at the Abbeygate Street venue from 11pm.

Gigantic @ HALO

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

GIGANTIC, ONE OF Galway's legendary DJ nights, is back with DJs Olive, Tom, and Mac spinning the decks upstairs at HALO on Saturday July 25.

Review: Exhibit B @ GIAF 2015

Art Reviews Wed, Jul 15, 2015

WHEN BRETT Bailey’s theatre installation show Exhibit B was controversially pulled from its scheduled run at London’s Barbican it was because protesters had argued that Bailey’s critique of 19th century ‘human zoos’ and racism was in itself racist, through his use of black actors silently enduring the audience gaze in a series of tableaux vivants.

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