Galway Choral Association Summer Choral Concert

Thu, May 28, 2015

AFRICAN-AMERICAN spirituals, sacred music, and opera will all be performed in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church on Saturday June 6 at 8pm for the Galway Choral Association Summer Choral Concert.

Gypsy Folk @ Monroe's Live

Thu, May 28, 2015

GYPSY FOLK band The Eskies play Monroe’s Live on Saturday June 6 as part of their nationwide tour to promote their debut album, After the Sherry Went Down.

The Silent Disco Street Party

Thu, May 28, 2015

BEAT ON the street! Bop ‘till you drop! Sing ‘til you’re hoarse to the ripest musical fromage imaginable! It can only be the Silent Disco Street Party this Sunday from 8pm.

Improvise with Community @ The Loft

Thu, May 28, 2015

COMMUNITY IS the improv alter-ego of Galway band My Fellow Sponges, whose drive is to see the audience create music along with the band.

Galway Guitar Night returns to The Cellar

Thu, May 28, 2015

THE GUITAR, whether used to play rock, jazz, or classical, will be the centre of attention on Tuesday June 2 at The Galway Guitar Night, in The Cellar Bar.

Galway International Arts Festival 2015 - full programme announced

Wed, May 27, 2015

A GIANT, bulbous whale floating in the sky; a woman transitioning to a man; Red Rock's Cathy Belton in a one-woman show; a new short play by Enda Walsh, and Crowded House's Tim Finn exploring his origins through song and story - this is just some of what is coming to the 2015 Galway International Arts Festival.

Cinema review: Tomorrowland

Films Reviews Mon, May 25, 2015

DISNEY STRUCK gold in 2003 when it turned one of its theme park rides into the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise that went on to gross $3.7 billion. Since then it has been looking for a similar live action franchise and not had much luck.

Deacon Blue's Ricky Ross to play Róisín Dubh

Mon, May 25, 2015

IN THE late eighties and early nineties, it was impossible to escape Scotland's Deacon Blue and songs like 'Real Gone Kid', 'Dignity', and 'Fergus Sings the Blues', and later this year, the man who wrote those songs - Ricky Ross - will be in Galway.

'There is no better feeling than playing your own music to a responsive crowd'

Thu, May 21, 2015

GALWAY BAND The Amazing Apples have landed in 2015 with some striking singles – ‘Slipping By’, and their most recent, ‘Lullaby’ - and now comes their debut album A Little Sense, which will be released on Friday May 29, followed by a celebratory hometown gig at the Róisín Dubh on Sunday May 31.

Album review: My Morning Jacket

Music Reviews Thu, May 21, 2015

I CAN never listen to My Morning Jacket without thinking of the American Dad episode where Stan becomes fanatically, hopelessly, obsessed with Jim James, in what has to be the programme's funniest 25 minutes to date.

Performance poet Catherine Brogan to read in Galway

Thu, May 21, 2015

CATHERINE BROGAN, the performance poet, educator, and social activist is coming to Galway as part of her Wee Irish Tour, and will be in Charlie Byrne's Bookshop on Thursday May 28 at 8pm.

See Big Maggie in An Taibhdhearc

Thu, May 21, 2015

JOHN B Keane's Big Maggie, about a widow who must deal with unruly children and unwanted suitors, will be staged by the Athenry Drama Group in An Taibhdhearc on Thursday May 28 and Friday 29 at 8pm.

Banff Mountain Film Festival returns

Thu, May 21, 2015

THE INTERNATIONAL Banff Mountain Film Festival returns to Galway on Tuesday May 26 to screen inspirational and exciting adventure and endurance films at the Town Hall Theatre.

Young Wonder - new album and Róisín Dubh show

Thu, May 21, 2015

YOUNG WONDER, the electro/indie-pop duo of producer Ian Ring and vocalist Rachel Koeman released their debut album Birth this month and they play the Róisín Dubh on Friday May 29 at 9pm.

Little Cinema to screen Patrick's Day

Thu, May 21, 2015

TERRY MCMAHON, the director of the acclaimed Irish film Patrick's Day, is coming to Galway to attend a screening of the movie and take part in a Q&A with the public.

Luke Kennard to read at Over The Edge

Thu, May 21, 2015

BRITISH POET Luke Kennard will launch the latest edition of the Skylight 47 poetry newspaper, and read from his own work, at the Over The Edge reading in the Galway City Library on Thursday May 28 at 6.30pm.

The Dirty Circus Everybody Love Everybody Party

Thu, May 21, 2015

SEXINESS, SAUCE, song, and a whole lotta love will be on stage and in the room when The Dirty Circus burlesque and cabaret show returns to the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 9pm for its Everybody Love Everybody Party.

The Dub Doctor album launch @ The Loft

Thu, May 21, 2015

GALWAY BASS and dub DJ, producer, and mixer The Dub Doctor will launch his new album URBANOMIX, with a show in The Loft @ Seven, Bridge Street this Saturday at 10pm.

Beagán Grá - a concert for Palestine

Thu, May 21, 2015

GALWAY SKA band Big Jelly and Tuam's brilliant pop-punk trio Oh Boland! will play a concert this weekend to raise funds for the charity Music Harvest which works with children in the Palestinian West Bank.

Just who were The Impressionists?

Thu, May 21, 2015

THE IMPRESSIONISTS, the French movement that heralded the beginnings of modern art in the late 19th century, are among the world's best loved painters, whose works sell for millions of dollars.

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