Shaunna McEvilly to launch debut EP

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

SHAUNNA MCEVILLY, the Galway singer-songwriter, will launch her debut EP Towers with a gig Upstairs in Kelly’s Bar tomorrow at 9.30pm.

Kevin Hynes’ DJ night @ Kelly’s

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

THE FOUNDER of the Burrow Sessions radio-show on Australia’s Rabbit Radio, Kevin Hynes, will DJing in Kelly’s Bar this Saturday.

Kinetika @ The Cellar

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

TO SEE out 2014 and for its last night in The Cellar, the Kinetica Clubnight will host Dublin DJ Jon Hussey.

Aindrias De Stac - Christmas show of The Man From Mogaga

Wed, Dec 17, 2014

HE IS the rapper and fiddle player on The Rolling Tax Revue’s ‘No Privatisation, Irish Water, Irish Nation!’ song which has gone viral on YouTube. He is also The Man From Mogaga who went Around The World On 80 Quid.

Fregoli is first recipient of Michael Diskin Arts Bursary

Tue, Dec 16, 2014

GALWAY THEATRE company Fregoli has been chosen as the first recipient of The Michael Diskin Arts Bursary. The committee announced the winner this week, following an application process described as “highly competitive” by the adjudicating panel.

Galway Gospel Choir Christmas concert

Tue, Dec 16, 2014

THE GALWAY Gospel Choir will hold its Christmas concert in the Claddagh Church tomorrow [Wednesday December 17] at 8.30pm, with proceeds this year going to Childline.

Cinema review: The Hobbit - The Battle of the Five Armies

Films Reviews Mon, Dec 15, 2014

AFTER 13 years, six films, and 1,031 minutes finally we have come to the end of Peter Jackson’s incredible Middle Earth saga. Even if you are not a fan of the movies you must respect how Jackson has handled the immense project.

Jape - Róisín Dubh show and new album

Mon, Dec 15, 2014

JAPE, THE solo indie-electro project of singer-songwriter and Redneck Manifesto bassist Richie Egan, returns in 2015 with a new album and an Irish tour that includes the Róisín Dubh.

Little John and his songs from the Swilly delta

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

BELL, BOOK, and Candle, Paul Deacy’s swinging-est hipster book and music emporium, was the venue recently for the launch of Songs From The Swilly Delta, the fine new album from Little John Nee and the Caledonia Highly Strung Orchestra.

The Little Cinema’s 12 Days of Christmas

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

THE LITTLE CINEMA is hosting a series of events entitled 12 Days Of Christmas, which involves film screenings, music and comedy, a Galway twist on Celebrity Mastermind, and a games night.

Christmas magic with Branar Theatre

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

BRANAR THEATRE brings its own brand of festive magic to the Town Hall Theatre next week with its acclaimed staging of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas/Oíche Roimh an Nollaig.

Declan O’Rourke - Róisín Dubh show and new album

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

IN THE late-noughties, many believed the album as way of presenting music was dead and that digital media would see everything reduced to individual tracks. Fast forward to 2014 and instead of abandoning the album, artists are using digital media as a new way to present and re-imagine the album format. This and the corresponding resurrection of vinyl means the album has plenty of life in it yet.

Olaf Tyaransen film to be shown on RTÉ 2

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

DON’T YOU Know Who I Am? the acclaimed rock‘n’roll short film written and produced by award-winning Galway author Olaf Tyaransen, will be screened on RTÉ 2.

Pearly Painters exhibition

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

PEARLY PAINTERS, a group founded by GMIT fine art graduate Pearl O’Kennedy, is holding an exhibition in the Providence Market Kitchen.

Brendan Grace’s New Year Galway shows

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

BRENDAN GRACE makes a welcome return to Galway in January and will get 2015 off to a hilarious start when he plays The Salthill Hotel on Sunday January 4 and the Loughrea Hotel, Loughrea, on Thursday January 22.

Album review: AC/DC

Music Reviews Thu, Dec 11, 2014

GIVEN THAT founder and driving force Malcolm Young can no longer play music owing to dementia, AC/DC would have been forgiven for calling it a day.

Starting Christmas the sexy-naughty way

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

GALWAY’S PREMIERE burlesque and cabaret night The Dirty Circus returns to the Róisín Dubh on Thursday December 18 for its Christmas party.

The Harp, The Accordion and The Ugly album launch

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

THE HARP, The Accordion and The Ugly are seven Galway based musicians and one film-maker who put on live-music cinema shows as will be seen when they play Monroe’s Live.

A comedy opera by Wagner

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

DIE MEISTERSINGER von Nürnberg, a comedy-opera by Richard Wagner is being staged at New York’s Metropolitan Opera and will be broadcast live to The Eye, Wellpark.