Seachtain na Gaeilge 2015

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

SEACHTAIN NA Gaeilge returns for 2015 with, despite its name, a fortnight of Irish language, culture, and heritage events from Saturday February 28 to Tuesday March 17.

An Taibhdhearc to remember Máire Stafford

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

ON FRIDAY March 6 at 8pm, An Taibhdhearc will stage Oiche Mháire Stafford, an all-star commemorative evening in honour of the late Máire Stafford, who, for more than 60 years was involved with the theatre as an actor, director, translator, costume designer, and lyricist, fully earning her soubriquet ‘Queen of An Taibhdhearc’.

Ghosts, love, and a French film

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

PAUL HAS an usual way of earning a living – he writes funeral orations, but his friend Victor is worried that he does not get out enough. Then Emma enters his life.

Éigse an Spidéil 2015

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

AN SPIDÉAL’S ANNUAL arts festival, Éigse an Spidéil, returns from Wednesday March 4 to Sunday 8, celebrating culture, community, development, and innovation in the area.

Joe Prop’s rugby dreams

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

FORGET THE Six Nations or the Rugby World Cup, the biggest rugby event of 2015 is coming to Moycullen, in Joe Prop, a play about a schoolboy whose life revolves around the sport.

Steve Bennet - all Groan Up

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

GALWAY COMIC Steve Bennett will present Groan Up at the Róisín Dubh upstairs bar once a month from February to July, in advance of his 2015 Edinburgh Fringe run.

Lisa Lambe to sing in Mick Lally Theatre

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

LISA LAMBE, the singer The Irish Times described as having a voice of “pure gold” plays the Mick Lally Theatre, Druid Lane, this coming Monday.

NUIG One Act Play series

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

THE NUI Galway Jerome Hynes One Act Play series, part of NUIG Theatre Week, will see eight new plays performed tomorrow from 6pm in the Cube Theatre, Áras na Mac Léinn.

Fred Cooke to play NUIG charity comedy gig

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

IRISH COMIC Fred Cooke, best known from Republic of Telly, The Savage Eye, and The Liffey Laughs, headlines a charity comedy gig at NUI Galway on Monday.

Youth to celebrate Yeats in south Galway

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

THIRTY YOUNG harpists from the Athenry Music School and 15 students of Kiltartan National School will join forces for an event to celebrate WB Yeats.

Two brothers, two violins, one show

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

SLOVAKIAN BROTHERS Vladimir and Anton Jablokov share a mastery of the classical violin, as they will demonstrate in An Taibhdhearc this Sunday.

A metal FEAST @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

THE ATROCITY Exhibit, the English grindcore/sludge/crust trio play the second of the new ‘FEAST Presents...’ nights at the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 9pm.

Japanese and Irish poetry @ Charlie Byrne’s

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

THE ANNUAL Japanese and Irish poetry evening returns this Saturday to Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop at 6pm, with Hisa Kagawa and Gerry Hanberry.

Kidnap Kid @ Electric

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

DJ AND producer Kidnap Kid, who enjoys more than 2.8 million Soundcloud followers, makes his Galway debut in Electric on Thursday March 5 from 11pm.

Creative writing classes

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

THE SHORT story writer Susan Millar DuMars will give an advanced fiction writing class. The classes start on April 8 and bookings are now being taken.

Bap To The Future at Factory

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

BELFAST BASED DJ and label owner Nez will play the first Bap to the Future clubnight of 2015 in Factory, Abbeygate Street, this Saturday.

Raising Jupiter @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

RAISING JUPITER release their new single ‘Tightrope’ on Friday February 27 and will follow this with their first headline show at Monroe’s Live on Thursday March 5.

Classical music concert in St Nicholas’

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

AN ILLINOIS student orchestra will be in Galway this Sunday to perform work by Bach, Holst, and Sibelius, in St Nicholas Collegiate Church at 8pm.

Rachael Sage - ‘one part Elton John, one part Kate Bush’

Wed, Feb 25, 2015

SHE IS “one part Elton John, one part Kate Bush” according to Uncut, while Billboard.com declared her “keen ironic sense of humour and quirky sense of the profound is what makes her special as a songwriter”. She is American folk/chamber-pop singer-songwriter Rachael Sage who plays Monroe’s Live.

A classical Saturday at the museum

Wed, Feb 25, 2015

THE MUSIC of Schumann, Saint Saens, and Britten will be heard in the Galway City Museum this Saturday from 11am in the last of the 3 Saturdays: 3 Kinds of Music concert series.

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