Compantas Lir return to An Taibhdhearc

Fri, Mar 20, 2015

Following a successful run in February, Carnmore/Claregalway group, Compántas Lir returns with their production of Shelagh Stephenson’s The Memory of Water. This will be performed in Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe from 25th-27th of March.

Anything Goes for Galway Music Society

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

Galway Musical Society celebrates its thirtieth anniversary in swinging style next week with a staging of the sublime Cole Porter musical, Anything Goes, at the Town Hall.

Barbara Jennings rolls out The Golden Ball

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

This Saturday, March 21 , a new art exhibition opens at the Town Hall bar featuring the work of Barbara Jennings. The show features works in paper, mixed media and bronze.

Begorrah! It’s Foil Arms & Hog

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

‘BEGORRAH’ IS the ultimate stage Oirish cliché, but Foil Arms & Hog are reclaiming the word for great modern Irish comedy and as the title of their latest tour.

Palestinian dancers to perform at city dance festival

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

MEMBERS OF Ramallah’s El Funoun Dance Troupe, who work in refugee camps, villages, and cities throughout Palestine, will perform at the fourth Galway Dance Days festival.

Dr Sketchy’s - a life drawing class cabaret

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

THE BAD girls of Gotham City - Harley Quinn, Poision Ivy, and Catwoman - will be the subjects and inspirations for Dr Sketchey’s - a life drawing class unlike any other.

Galway Actors Workshop beginner course

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

GALWAY ACTORS Workshop will hold another of its popular Introduction to Acting courses, starting March 23.

Q&A with Christine Noble @ The Eye

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

CHRISTINA NOBEL and Ciarín Scott, director of the Irish documentary, In A House That Ceased To Be, will be in The Eye Cinema this Saturday

Comedy nights @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

THE UPSTAIRS bar of the Róisín Dubh will hold two comedy nights next week - the Comedy Cocktails Standup Showcase and The Leg Breakers: Comedy Improv.

Stagecoach summer camps

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

STAGECOACH GALWAY will run a season of drama and musicals workshops in St Mary’s College in July and August, culminating in a show by the end.

The Stunning and Ryan Sheridan to play SugarBeat

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

THE STUNNING, Ryan Sheridan, Hometown and Rackhouse Pilfer are among the acts confirmed to play the 2015 SugarBeat Festival in Tuam Stadium on Saturday August 22 and Sunday 23.

Rebecca Harkin to play Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

REBECCA HARKIN, the Derry singer-songwriter, who describes music as “my true love, hobby, friend and life ambition” plays Galway this weekend.

Cloud Castle Lake to play Strange Brew

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

EQUAL PARTS pastoral folk and soaring post-rock crescendos, Dublin trio Cloud Castle Lake have won acclaim for their epic live performances.

Enter Metropolis enter Galway

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

ENTER METROPOLIS, the German alternative-rock band are coming to Monroe’s Live on Sunday March 29 as part of their current Enter Ireland Tour.

The band will play songs from their debut album Bright Lights, which came out at the end of last year. Their energetic sound is defined by tight grooves, incisive guitars, and swirling keyboard sounds. The band members have 10 year’s experience of recording and touring, and put this to good effect in their live shows.

March! Shuffle! Dance!

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

SHUFFLE! IS back once again for this months instalment of foot stomping floor fillers with DJ Dave Barry. Shuffle! is Galways only place to hear this original dance music in Galway. With two big guests to be anounced for the summer (one for Shuffle!’s second birthday) the next few month promise to be interesting indeed. Expect to hear jump blues, funk, northern soul, latin boogaloo, old school hip-hop, reggae, Jamaican ska, swing, soulful disco and what ever else ends up in the packed boxes of vinyl.

Doors are at 11.30. Entry as always is free. For more information and regular updates join the Shuffle! page on Facebook.

Fox Jaw play Róisín Dubh tonight

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

FOX JAW have just released their new single ‘Sirens Call’ and, as part of their current Irish tour, they play Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh tonight at 10pm.

Spongebob as Gaeilge @ The Eye

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

THE SPONGEBOB Movie: Sponge Out of Water will be available to audiences as Gaeilge and in English when it hits The Eye Cinema screens on Friday March 27.

Galway Jazz Jam @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

GALWAY JAZZ Jam is a group of local musicians who share a passion for jazz and see themselves as a community project rather than a band.

The group - Dave Mathieson (double bass), Esteban Moreno, Dylan Morrow, David Lyons (guitars), Fergal O’Connor (piano), Radko Vykukal, Bosco Joyce, Cathal Berkeley (saxophones), Aonghus O’Heocha (drums), and Noreena Gill (vocals) play Monroe’s Live this Sunday night. Expect an open jam session of jazz where anything can happen.

Over The Edge reading

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

SEAN LYSAGHT, Tim Dwyer, and Gráinne McHale are the featured readers at the Over The Edge: Open Reading in Galway City Library on Thursday March 26 at 6.30pm.

Limerickman Seán Lysaght lectures at the GMIT. He is the author of the poetry collections Noah’s Irish Ark (1989), The Clare Island Survey (1991), Scarecrow (1998), Erris (2002), and The Mouth of a River (2007), and Carnival Masks (2014). His biography Robert Lloyd Praeger: The Life of a Naturalist was published by Four Courts Press in 1998.