Acclaimed American songwriter Greg Brown to play Galway

Tue, Feb 03, 2015

HE HAS been called “a wickedly sharp observer of the human condition” by Rolling Stone, with a voice that “qualifies as one of the wonders of the folk world” according to Acoustic Guitar. This is American singer-songwriter Greg Brown.

A Scot, a Canadian, and a Róisín Dubh double-bill

Mon, Feb 02, 2015

SCOTTISH HIGHLAND folk noir balladeer Rachel Sermanni and the award winning Canadian singer-songwriter Tom Terrell play the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 8pm.

The Girl Who Forgot To Sing Badly

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

THEATRE LOVETT brings its unique brand of theatrical magic to the Town Hall Theatre next week with its latest touring show, The Girl Who Forgot To Sing Badly, by Australian author Finegan Kruckemeyer.

The Bard gets the Druid treatment in 2015

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

DRUID THEATRE is internationally acclaimed for its stagings of classic Irish drama, but 2015 sees the companyturn its attention to England’s genius - William Shakespeare.

Dave McSavage - he’s not giving up

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

DAVID MCSAVAGE, the ‘enfant terrible’ of Irish comedy, makes a welcome return to the Róisín Dubh on Friday February 6 at 8.30pm as part of his Don’t Give Up tour.

Disconauts - back with a bang for 2015

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

THE DISCONAUTS and the phenomenal Atlantic Horns - two DJs and a three piece horn section - take to the Róisín Dubh stage for the first time in a year this Saturday at 11pm.

Telegael seeks young actors for new film

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

THE EMMY award winning An Spidéal based film and animation company Telegael is in pre-production with Morten, the first stop-motion animation feature film produced in Ireland.

When the Nazis occupied France

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

FROM 1940 to 1944 France was occupied by Nazi Germany, and this tragic period is the setting for Franco-German film Diplomacy which screens in Galway this weekend.

Donal O’Kelly sets sail again with Catalpa

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

WRITER/PERFORMER Donal O’Kelly is taking to the theatrical high seas again with one of his most celebrated plays, Catalpa, which hoves to at the Town Hall Theatre on Saturday February 7.

Little John Nee’s The Galway Years

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

FOLLOWING THE sell-out success of The Galway Years in October, Little John Nee revives the show in the Town Hall Thetre studio from Monday February 2 to Saturday 7.

Show Me The Funny

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

MOTORMOUTH DUBLIN comic, Andrew Stanley - star of the AIG ads - will perform at the next instalment of Show Me The Funny.

Calling all buskers for Buskfactor Galway

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

GALWAY’S FIRST busking competition, Buskfactor Galway, is taking place every Tuesday in The Blue Note at 9pm and jugglers, performance artists, comedians, musicians, magicians, dancers, and actors are sought to take part.

When the cellist met the DJ

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

THE CELLIST Matthew Barley is passionate about improvisation, multi-arts projects, and new music, which explains his joining forces with leading Galway DJ Cyril Briscoe.

The Squidling Brothers Circus Sideshow

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

THE INTERNATIONAL ‘freakshow’ that is The Squidling Brothers Circus Sideshow comes to Galway for a night of mind bending comedy stunts that will leave you in stitches one minute and your jaw on the floor the next.

Galway Theatre Festival fun fundraiser

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

COMEDY, MUSIC, and air guitar antics will be the order of the day at Lose Those January Blues!, a fundraising event for the Galway Theatre Festival.

Jarrod Dickenson to play Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

HIS VOICE has been compared to “a young Tom Waits” and he is said to have “melodies many of his peers would give their left arm for”. He is Texan singer-songwriter Jarrod Dickenson.

Comedy theatre at Galway Community College

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

TOM STOPPARD’S The Real Inspector Hound and Peter Shaffer’s Black Comedy will be the inaugural plays that open the Galway Community College’s new auditorium on Wednesday February 4 and Thursday 5 at 8pm.

The Certain Three Tour @ Kelly’s

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

TWO AMERICAN musicians and a Cork singer-songwriter play Kelly’s Bar on February 26 as part of The Certain Three tour, which supports emerging artists.

Glenamaddy Players to stage Stolen Child

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

STOLEN CHILD, the story of a young woman’s journey to find her natural mother, will be staged by the Glenamaddy Players at Glenamaddy Town Hall Theatre in February.