God Bless The Child at Town Hall

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

THE SHORT stories of Cork born author Frank O’Connor are universally regarded as being classics of their kind. Now, for the first time, three of those funniest stories are being brought together as the play God Bless The Child.

Pádraic Reaney’s Crazy Jane at Coole Park

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

TO MARK the 150th anniversary of the birth of WB Yeats, artists Pádraic Reaney is hosting an exhibition of some of his graphic work based on Yeats’s Crazy Jane poems.

Album review: Pale Honey

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 16, 2015

CONTEMPORARY INDIE could be said to divide into two strands, one which takes its cues from the 1980s, the other which looks towards the 1990s.

Cúirt/Over The Edge New Writing Showcase

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

EMERGING WRITERS Alvy Carragher, Mary McGill, Teresa Sweeney, Daniel Roy Connolly, and Sonya Gildea, will read at the Cúirt and Over The Edge New Writing Showcase.

Take a stroll through Joyce’s Ulysses

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

THIS EVENING [April 16] at 8.30pm Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop hosts Robert Gogan’s entertaining and illuminating show on James Joyce’s Ulysses, entitled Strolling Through Ulysses.

Reinventing the heroines of Irish myth

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

DRAWING INSPIRATION from the great Irish epic, the Táin Bo Cuailgne, Women In Arms is a show about Irish myths from the point of view of the women involved.

Dott - new release and Record Store Day concert

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

GALWAY INDIE-pop/garage rock band Dott, launch their new record, Carousel, a 12” split with California’s Night School, at Saturday’s Record Store Day concert.

Cúirt Fringe to remember Nora Crubs - “Galway’s first nightclub”

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

NORA CRUBS, a one time Quay Street venue, described by some as “Galway’s first nightclub” will be remembered and celebrated at an event at the Cúirt Fringe next week.

New Tom Stoppard play @ The Eye

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

TOM STOPPARD’s new play The Hard Problem is running in the National Theatre London, but Galway can see it via a live broadcast to The Eye Cinema.

Galway Arts Centre creative writing classes

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

THE GALWAY Arts Centre is hosting daytime classes for beginner and continuing creative writing students, taught by Susan Millar DuMars.

Tucan - new album and The Loft show

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

TUCAN HAVE been away for a while but return to active live duy this month following the release of their new album Towers. Towers was released through the new Quiet Arch label (www.quietarch.com), and will be supported by a tour taking in The Loft (formerly Kelly’s), Bridge Street, on Friday April 24 at 9pm.

Reach for the Stars with Club Shine

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

CLUB SHINE, the community youth variety club based in Shantalla, will present its 2015 show, Reach for the Stars, in the Town Hall Theatre.

Electric 6’s Dick Valentine @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

DICK VALENTINE, the lead singer of Electric Six, the band best known for the songs ‘Gay Bar’ and ‘Danger! High Voltage’ is coming to Galway.

Alex Arnout to DJ @ The Cellar

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

LEADING BRITISH DJ and producer Alex Arnout is coming to Galway to DJ at the Basement Project clubnight in The Cellar Bar on Friday April 24 at 9pm.

No Spill Blood to bring Heavy Electricity to Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

NO SPILL BLOOD’s “ferocious dose of synth-laden aggression comes across with all the brutal heft of underground metal and with the clever intellect of post-punk”.

ConTempo to perform Beethoven quartets

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

“BEETHOVEN’S MUSIC is not written for the generation of mankind that reached the moon, or the iphone generation; it goes beyond that; for those yet to come! It is timeless.”

Nirvana tribute @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

NAMED AFTER the song that closed Side A of Bleach, Nirvana tribute band Negative Creeps are coming to Monroe’s Backstage Bar on Friday April 24.

Plutonic House @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

PLUTONIC HOUSE will bring their fusion of hard-hitting synth melodies, punk/funk bass, and lo-fi analogue disco beats to Monroe’s Live on Thursday April 23.

Leading poets to read at Cúirt

Wed, Apr 15, 2015

THE CÚIRT International Festival of Literature began life 30 years ago as a festival dedicated exclusively to poetry. Its remit is wider today, but poetry remains a key factor.

Follow the literature inspired art trail around town

Wed, Apr 15, 2015

AN ART trail, in and around the city’s ‘Latin Quarter’, opens tomorrow [April 16] to coincide with this month’s Cúirt International Festival of Literature.

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