Whole lotta classic rock @ Monroe’s Live

Tue, Jan 06, 2015

IF YOU have tickets to AC/DC in the Aviva in July but need to whet your appetite for some live acca dacca sounds before then, or if you love Led Zeppelin and know that the 2007 reunion is unlikely to happen again, then help is at hand.

She must be magic - Julie Feeney's new one woman show

Tue, Jan 06, 2015

JULIE FEENEY, the Athenry born composer, singer, producer, and orchestrator, is to perform shows in New York and Amsterdam, while her new one woman show is set for a 10 night run in Dublin.

Monroe’s Live to host Galway's Remembrance for Phil Lynott

Mon, Jan 05, 2015

TWENTY-NINE YEARS ago this week Ireland lost its most iconic rock musician and still greatest rock star, Phil Lynott. The Dublin singer-songwriter died on January 4 1986, but his extraordinary legacy continues and will be celebrated in Galway this week.

Theatre 2015 – Galway companies

Tue, Dec 30, 2014

DECEMBER 30, and as 2014 makes its valedictory bow, and takes its final curtain call, before tomorrow exiting the stage - to appreciative applause, naturally - while bright-eyed and bushy-tailed 2015 waits in the wings for its turn in the limelight.

Galway Arts Centre - what’s coming in 2015

Tue, Dec 30, 2014

THE NEW Year at the Galway Arts Centre will spring into life with a solo exhibition by Galway born, Dublin based, artist Gareth Kennedy, who came to international acclaim in 2009 representing Ireland, alongside Sarah Brown, at the Venice Biennale.

‘Panto has been fantastic. It’s so different from any other type of theatre I’ve done’

Tue, Dec 23, 2014

CINDERELLA, THIS year’s Renmore Pantomime, opens next week, and is sure to keep Galway audiences in festive humour throughout its two- week run from Monday December 29 to Sunday January 11.

Town Hall coming attractions 2015

Tue, Dec 23, 2014

THE TOWN Hall Theatre has just unveiled details of its programme for the first few months of 2015 and there is no shortage of exciting theatre shows to look forward to, from both local and visiting companies.

One of the first theatrical visitors to the venue in 2015 is Katie O’Kelly with her one- woman show, Counter Culture, on January 20. Depicting one day at a Dublin department store, O’Kelly portrays a wide array of characters and long-suffering employees in a strongly-performed piece directed by her father, Donal O’Kelly.

Karl Spain - comedy as a vocation and way to survive Christmas

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

KARL SPAIN can afford to wear that trademark mischievous smile. The last two years have seen the Limerick comedian enjoying the form of his life and truly hit his stride as anyone who has seen him at either this, or last year’s, Galway comedy festivals will testify.

Galway Advertiser’s Galway Musicians of the Year 2014

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

GALWAY BAND OF THE YEAR: So Cow
So Cow, the indie-rock/pop-punk trio led by Tuam vocalist and songwriter Brian Kelly are one of the great success stories in Galway music. Though resolutely underground and alternative, they have achieved the kind of peaks most bands never see - playing Barcelona’s prestigious Primavera Sound festival; having their albums favourably reviewed on Pitchfork; working with Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier; touring internationally.

When the party goes wrong for Dave...

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

DAVE IS an underachiever and general slacker. His girlfriend Sabine is a high-achiever. Their relationship is somewhat frayed, and throwing a party for their friends is not going to help.

The Nutcracker @ The Eye Cinema

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

THE NUTCRACKER, one of ballet’s greatest and best loved works, will be performed in Moscow by Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet, but Galway audiences can see it as well.

Creative writing classes at GTI

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

CREATIVE WRITING classes for beginners and intermediate levels take place in the Galway Technical Institute in January and bookings are now being accepted.

2014 - THE MUSICAL YEAR IN REVIEW

Music Reviews Thu, Dec 18, 2014

BEST ALBUMS OF 2014:
1 Lucius - Wildewoman (Play It Again Sam)

Renmore Panto's Cinderella

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

THE RENMORE Pantomime is as much a part of Christmas in Galway as mulled wine and mistletoe and this year’s festive offering is Cinderella, which opens at the Town Hall Theatre on Monday December 29.

Kíla - new album and Monroe’s Live show

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

KÍLA, THE mighty Irish trad meets world music fusion group, have just released their first album in four years and are in concert at Monroe’s Live on Monday December 29.

Music for Galway’s midwinter festival

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

SOUNDTRACKS FOR Superpowers, a celebration of the music of Haydn and Shostakovich, the Music for Galway 2015 midwinter festival, is at the Town Hall Theatre from Friday January 16 to Sunday 18.

Galway indie band’s BYOB Christmas bash

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

BRING YOUR own beer/mulled wine, wear something Christmassy, and dance your woolly socks off to the absolute cream of the Galway indie-music scene at the Galway Bands BYOB Xmas Gig.

The West Cork Ukulele Orchestra @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

THEY SPAN the decades of music, they cross its genres, they pay no heed to what is ‘cool’ or ‘un-hip’, they just play great music, and they do it all on ukuleles.