Prose, verse and music at The Poetry Sessions

Thu, Jul 17, 2014

STORIES, POEMS, and music will be on display at the Galway Fringe Festival’s The Poetry Sessions, which run throughout this week.

Róisín Dubh comedy

Thu, Jul 17, 2014

CHRISTIANE O’MAHONEY and Eleanor Tiernan will both be taking to the stage of the Róisín Dubh for two separate comedy shows.

The Last Friday Club @ Monroe’s

Thu, Jul 17, 2014

THE LAST Friday Club in Monroe’s Backstage Bar, the clubnight for anyone over 30, returns on Friday July 25 at 10pm.

The club features music from the 1970s to today and next week’s instalment will be a ‘summer cocktail party’ with special drinks promotions. DJ Jon Richards will be spinning the decks.

Alkalinear Records take over Get Boogie

Thu, Jul 17, 2014

GET BOOGIE, the clubnight at Factory, continues its Thursday sessions with tonight’s main act being Ventolyn & Becotyde.

Funk, Soul & Reggae @ Massimo tomorrow night

Thu, Jul 17, 2014

DJ Dave Barry (Shuffle!) will take people from Studio 1 to Studio 54, the barrios of New York to the the soul clubs of Detroit with a packed box of 7” vinyl and Lps.

Wpect 100 per cent more funk, reggae, soul, disco, boogaloo, jump blues and nuggets from everywhere in between giving everyone an excuse to work up a sweat on the dancefloor.

Avant-jazz fusion from Dinosaur

Thu, Jul 17, 2014

AMSTERDAM TRIO Dinosaur will bring their elegant, at times explosive, jazz/folk/rock fusion to County Galway this month at four separate shows.

Earthship - new EP and Galway gigs

Thu, Jul 17, 2014

EARTHSHIP, THE Galway funk-dance-jazz fusionists have just released their new EP, The Proximity Effect, and will mark the occasion with two shows in Galway city.

Galway burlesque artist nominated for award

Thu, Jul 17, 2014

MISS TURKISH Delight is getting set for Saturday’s Miss Burlesque Ireland competition in the Button Factory in Dublin - the only performer from Galway to reach the final.

Kinetika @ The Cellar

Thu, Jul 17, 2014

THE FOURTH instalment of Kinetika, takes place tomorrow night in The Cellar Bar, with Digital Animals Of Disco Nouveau.

Digital Animal will play some old-school ‘acid analogue techno’ and things are expected to get psychedelic. Admission is €3 for the first 30.

Bourke and Murphy at Norman Villa

Thu, Jul 17, 2014

AN EXPANSE of commonage bordering the house and studio of artists Brian Bourke and Jay Murphy provided the inspiration for their new exhibition.

Kevin Devine - Five Essential Songs Playlist

Essential Playlist Tue, Jul 15, 2014

KEVIN DEVINE is a prolific singer-songwriter and musician from Brooklyn, New York. Perhaps little known over this side of the ocean, he has amassed a dedicated following in the States, having been knocking about the New York indie rock scenes for more than 15 years.

Theatre review: Ballyturk

Theatre Reviews Tue, Jul 15, 2014

“BEAUTIFUL, HILARIOUS, dark as death.” So tweeted actress Olwen Fouéré after seeing the opening of Enda Walsh’s new play Ballyturk, which got the Galway International Arts Festival off to a flying start at the Black Box yesterday evening.

Glassland and Patrick’s Day win Galway Film Fleadh awards

Mon, Jul 14, 2014

GLASSLAND AND Patrick’s Day were declared the joint winners of the Best Irish Feature accolade during the Galway Film Fleadh awards ceremony which took place last night.

Cinema review: An Bronntanas

Films Reviews Mon, Jul 14, 2014

AN BRONNTANAS, set and filmed in the west of Ireland, with dialogue almost entirely as Gaeilge, and with a host of young, local, actors, was a fine choice as the closing film of this year’s Galway Film Fleadh.

‘I have huge connections to Galway’

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

THIS WEEKEND the Galway Film Fleadh hosts Oscar-winning actress Brenda Fricker as its special guest, when she partakes in an interview with Sean Rocks from RTÉ Radio’s Arena at 3pm on Sunday in the Town Hall Theatre.

The Sonics - ‘punk long before punk’

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

IN THEIR mid-1960s hey day, The Sonics were never really known outside of the American Northwest, despite being the wildest, loudest, most outrageous band around.

Music @ The Galway Fringe Festival

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

THE ALTERED Hours, Nanu Nanu, Myles Manley, and My Fellow Sponges are among the bands that will be playing the Galway Fringe Festival which opens this Saturday.

No ordinary beauty queen

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

LINOR ABARGIL was 18-years-old and was in Milan. She had been crowned Miss Israel and was looking forward to competing in the 1998 Miss World event, then the unthinkable happened.

Hot 8 Brass Band @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

THE SOUND of New Orleans, hip hop, and Black America are embodied in The Hot 8 Brass Band who make a welcome return for a Galway International Arts Festival show.

Galway Film Fleadh to celebrate female film-makers

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

WHILE THERE is no shortage of female filmmakers, there is often a lack of support and recognition for their work. With this in mind, the 2014 Galway Film Fleadh will screen an unprecedented number of films by women directors.

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