Connemara actor Dónall Ó Héalaí @ Galway Film Fleadh

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

THE GALWAY Film Fleadh opened with a movie featuring Indreabhán actor Dónall Ó Héalaí and before the festival closes on Sunday, two more films featuring the Connemara actor will be screened.

Big Jelly bring the ska to The Loft

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

SKA AND rock steady will be the order of the night when nine-piece Galway band, Big Jelly, take to the stage of The Loft on Friday July 17 at 11pm.

SHAKE! and Smash Hits @ HALO

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

SHAKE!, ONE of Galway's legendary and most respected clubnights, and Smash Hits!, the tribute band who play popular hits from the 1990s, both come to HALO this weekend.

Wingin' It - comedy improv @ The Loft

Wed, Jul 08, 2015

COMEDY AND theatre created on the spot and off the top of the head of the performer's head will be the stuff of Winging' It, a new monthly improv comedy and theatre night at The Loft @ Seven, hosted by The Sky Babies.

Emmet Scanlan - Galway show on new Irish tour

Wed, Jul 08, 2015

SINGER-SONGWRITER Emmet Scanlan and his band What The Good Thought make a welcome return home to Galway to play The Crane Bar, Sea Road, on Friday July 17 at 9pm, as part of their current Irish tour.

Cinema review: My Name Is Emily

Films Reviews Wed, Jul 08, 2015

THE 27TH annual Galway Film Fleadh kicked off last night with the world premiere of a new Irish film, My Name Is Emily, and the story behind the project is almost as interesting as the film itself.

The life affirming power of music

Tue, Jul 07, 2015

CLASSICAL MUSIC concerts have always formed part of the Galway International Arts Festival, but this year, classical music has a notably larger, more prominent, placing. Indeed it is almost a mini-festival within the GIAF itself. "The festival is really pushing out the classic side of things this year," notes the distinguished Irish pianist Finghin Collins approvingly. "It's a wonderful thing."

All Tvvins @ Róisín Dubh

Tue, Jul 07, 2015

THE THRILLING All Tvvins, who combine electro-pop rhythms and melodies with exciting metal/math-rock guitar, play the Róisín Dubh on Thursday July 16 at 8pm as part of the Galway International Arts Festival.

Let's do the timewarp again!

Tue, Jul 07, 2015

"A JUMP to the left/and then a step to the right/put you hands on your hips/and bring your knees in tight/but it's the pelvic thrust/that really drives you insa-ie-ayee-ayee-yay-ane...let's do the timewarp again!"

Oliver Callan announces Galway show for November

Tue, Jul 07, 2015

OLIVER CALLAN, the political humourist and satirist and the man behind RTÉ Radio 1's Callan's Kicks, is bringing his stage show to Galway later this year as part of his Irish tour.

Go Dutch - Galway Film Fleadh to screen films from The Netherlands

Mon, Jul 06, 2015

THE NETHERLANDS may not get the same attention when it comes to cinema as do France, Germany, Britain, or Sweden, yet the kingdom enjoys one of Europe's richest and most storied cinematic histories.

Album review: Ezra Furman

Music Reviews Mon, Jul 06, 2015

EZRA FURMAN makes no apologies for his cross dressing and gender bending. He makes no apologies either for being a man of faith and a practicing Jew. In one go, he has just bullet riddled a host of stereotypes and expectations.

Finalists announced for 2015 Galway Film Fleadh pitching competition

Mon, Jul 06, 2015

TEN INDIVIDUALS, all with an idea for a feature film, will stand before a panel of industry judges and an audience and in 90 seconds convice them why theIR idea is good enough to become a reality.

DeGeneration’s new generation of Hofesh Schechter dancers

Thu, Jul 02, 2015

FIVE YEARS after first wowing arts festival audiences with Political Mother, the Hofesh Schechter Company, one of the world’s leading dance troupes, makes a welcome return visit to the city with another thrilling production - DeGeneration.

John C Reilly - actor and his band to play two concerts

Thu, Jul 02, 2015

JOHN C REILLY, the American movie star and comedian, known for his brilliant character acting in Boogie Nights, The Hours, Chicago, and Walk Hard: the Dewey Cox Story, can also list singer and songwriter to his list of talents.

Galway Fringe Festival, choc-a-bloc with artistic treats

Thu, Jul 02, 2015

THE GALWAY Fringe Festival will launch its programme this Saturday in the Mechanics Institute, Middle Street, at 6pm and the line-up is bursting at the seams with visual arts, music, comedy, theatre, and literature.

This is the fourth year of the festival, which has been going from strength to strength under the stewardship of founder and director, Claire Keegan. “I had lived in Edinburgh for many years and worked with the Edinburgh Fringe and felt a fringe would fit in really well in Galway,” she tells me during a brief lull in her hectic pre-festival schedule. “I took a chance on it and the first year there was a huge response. Part of the attraction is that it is on at the same time as the Galway International Arts Festival. That would mirror arrangements elsewhere, in cities like Edinburgh, Adelaide, and Melbourne, where you have main and fringe festivals running alongside each other. It’s kept going since then and it’s the same board as when we started, so we are well versed now in what works and what doesn’t.”

Sisters are doing it for themselves

Thu, Jul 02, 2015

HANNAH QUINN, daughter of renowned Irish film-maker Bob Quinn, will screen her debut short film, My Bonnie, in the Town Hall Theatre as part of this year's Galway Film Fleadh.

Gay, out, and proud on film

Thu, Jul 02, 2015

THERE IS a heightened and exciting edge to the Galway Film Fleadh's Out On Film strand this year, given it comes after Ireland’s historic marriage equality referendum and the equally momentous affirmation of same-sex rights in the USA.

The strand, which concentrates on contemporary LGBT films and documentaries from around the globe, features Swiss filmmaker Marcel Gisler’s documentary Electroboy (Thursday July 9, 10.30pm), which explores the world of former model and current Swiss electronic musician and party organizer Florian Burkhardt.

Andy Irvine and Dónal Lunny to play Monroe's Live

Thu, Jul 02, 2015

ANDY IRVINE and Dónal Lunny boast CVs and achievements like few others - Andy has been in Sweeney's Men and Patrick Street; Dónal in The Bothy Band and Moving Hearts; and together they have served in Planxty and Mozaik.

Bernard O'Shea is expecting...at the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 02, 2015

WHAT IS pregnancy like for fathers? What can happen to them and what can they expect when they are not the ones giving birth? Irish comedian Bernard O'Shea just may have the answers.

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