Poet leaves Enniscorthy to drive around America

Literature Reviews Thu, May 14, 2015

EAMONN WALL has, over the past two decades, written a body of work that has made him one of Ireland’s leading diaspora poets, though he is nothing like as famous as he should be.

Francie Brady rides again

Thu, May 14, 2015

FOLLOWING A highly successful tour of Ireland last year which saw the production receive standing ovations for every performance, An Grianán Theatre is once again touring Pat McCabe's classic Frank Pig Says Hello.

KATS to stage Dancing at Lughnasa

Thu, May 14, 2015

DANCING AT Lughnasa, Brian Friel's most famous play, and one of his greatest, will be staged in An Taibhdhearc, by the Knocknacarra Amateur Theatre Society from Wednesday May 20 to Saturday 23 at 8pm.

Kitty, Daisy & Lewis for Strange Brew

Thu, May 14, 2015

KITTY, DAISY, & Lewis have always done things their own way. Long before the rock'n'roll/rockabilly revival became hip, the then teenagers were recording on old analogue equipment to give their rock and blues an authentic 1950s vibe.

Stephanie McLaughlin exhibition

Thu, May 14, 2015

GALWAY BASED artist Stephanie McLaughlin is hosting an exhibition of her work in the Town Hall Theatre gallery/bar, which will run until June 2.

Moonfish Theatre - Thrice upon a time

Thu, May 14, 2015

THE GALWAY Music Festival, which takes place this weekend, is never complete without a free family show from Moonfish Theatre Company, and this year's event is going to be Grimm.

King Creosote to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, May 14, 2015

HE IS Scotland's most acclaimed, and most prolific, contemporary singer-songwriter, a man who, the Mail On Sunday, said uses folk music "for its finest purpose: connecting the past to the present, and making both come alive in the moment of hearing".

The Matchmaker - tickets still available

Thu, May 14, 2015

TOMORROW'S STAGING of John B Keane's much loved comedy The Matchmaker is almost sold-out [May 15], but there are still tickets available to the Saturday May 16 performance.

Where the cello will go Baroque

Thu, May 14, 2015

MUSIC FOR Galway's successful cello season Cellissimo closes this weekend when MFG joins forces with the Galway Early Music Festival for a concert of Baroque music in St Nicholas' Collegiate Church.

Oliver Dollar @ Factory

Thu, May 14, 2015

OLIVER DOLLAR, the Berlin born and based producer/DJ, has over the last three years become a staple of the house music scene, and he is coming to Galway to play the Electric Main Floor tonight from 11pm.

Mark Geary @ Monroe's Live

Thu, May 14, 2015

"HIS DELICATE songs about love and defiance…..recall Richard Thompson and John Lennon…..one of the East Village’s favorite adopted sons.” So said Time Out New York about Irish singer-songwriter Mark Geary.

Epoch third birthday bash

Thu, May 14, 2015

THE EPOCH clubnight at Factory celebrates its third birthday this Saturday with a DJ set from no less a figure in the scene than the formidable DJ TLR.

Tech House @ The Loft

Thu, May 14, 2015

THE LOFT will be treated to a night of underground tech house and techno soundscapes this Saturday [May 16] when the Tech House Legion crew return to the Bridge Street venue.

Bridal Rock - the Wedding Band Festival

Thu, May 14, 2015

BRIDAL ROCK, Ireland's - and the world's - only Wedding Band Festival, makes its debut in Monroe’s Live on Sunday May 24 from 5pm to 9pm, featuring some of the best wedding bands performing back to back.

See Ralph Feinnes in Galway

Wed, May 13, 2015

RALPH FIENNES, the Oscar nominated British actor, will play Jack Tanner in George Bernard Shaw’s witty, provocative, classic Man & Superman, which can be seen in The Eye Cinema tomorrow evening - May 14 - at 7pm.

Sofie Hagen - Danish funnywoman for Róisín Dubh

Wed, May 13, 2015

DENMARK IS not a country associated in the public mind with stand-up comedy, but one women is set to turn that notion completely on its head when she takes to the stage of the Róisín Dubh next week.

When Harry Met Satan - Flirt FM to premier new radio drama

Wed, May 13, 2015

THE MOST unlikely place to meet Lucifer is in an Irish pub. Old Nick could be expected to show up at the crossroads, on a night of torment and temptation, or in the pits of Hell itself, but not down your local! Then again, alcohol is sometimes called 'the demon drink' - so maybe he is always lurking at the bottom of the pint glass.

Galway African Film Festival returns next week

Tue, May 12, 2015

THE GALWAY African Film Festival, the city's annual celerbration of movies and film-making from across the African continent, returns from Friday May 22 to Sunday 24, with a host of free screenings taking place in NUI Galway's Huston School of Film & Digital Media.

Bill Bailey adds Galway to Limboland Irish tour

Mon, May 11, 2015

BILL BAILEY, one of the greatest of modern British comedians, has announced he is coming to Galway on Wednesday September 30, when he performs his new show Limboland, in The Black Box Theatre.

Citóg - the eccentric and the wonderful

Mon, May 11, 2015

LEFT-FIELD, eclectic, eccentric, and marvellously creative Irish indie music is always the order of the day at the Citóg nights in the Róisín Dubh, and the nights remaining two shows for May will prove to be no exception.

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