Attractive, Bold and Beautiful

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

ATTRACTIVE, BOLD, and Beautiful, the third annual Galway Bay Galleries Fringe Festival exhibition, opens this weekend and features work by three female artists.

Mama Kasbah @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

THE MUSIC of Europe and Latin America collide in exciting and funky fashion in the band Mama Kasbah, who play Monroe’s Live this Saturday at 9pm.

New film on the life of Christina Noble

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

DEIRDRE O’KANE is one of Ireland’s most popular comedians and actors, but in the new Irish film Noble she has taken on her most important role to date.

How not to kidnap your wife

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

SINGER SONGWRITER Kidnapper, the debut feature film of award-winning writer/director Douglas Ray, and starring Matt Berry and Eva Birthistle, will get its world premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh.

There’s nothing like a Gingerbeard Family show

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

THE GINGERBEARD Family, a motley crew of multitalented individuals, ranging from musicians, to comedians, to artists, will take to the stage of the Róisín Dubh.

The Midnight Union Band @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

THE MIDNIGHT Union Band come from Kilkenny, but it might as well be Kentucky with a sound steeped in Americana, folk, and roots music.

Maurice Walsh exhibition at Renzo Gallery

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

POST-APOCALYPTIC Ireland, Alice in Wonderland, and 19th century, Galway form the inspirations for an exhibition of new work by Galway artist Maurice Walsh.

Deep - when acid house arrived in Ireland

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

IN 1988 the Acid House explosion erupted across Britain and soon spilled over into Ireland, and the Sweat night in Sir Henry’s in Cork was Ireland’s first centre for ravers and house music events.

Monty Python, André Rieu, and Skylight @ The Eye

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

MONTY PYTHON’S London reunion show, André Rieu’s Maastricht Concert, and a West End production of Skylight will all be screened at The Eye Cinema.

Music On The Water

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

MUSIC ON The Water is an art exhibition, a concert, and a public talk, all talking place in the Galway City Museum.

Italian music at Galway Cathedral

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

THE TRIO sonatas of Italian composer Arcangelo Corelli will be heard at a concert in the Galway Cathedral this evening.

Gerry Mallon’s Laughter Loft

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

LEADING Irish comedians Neil Delamere, Joe Rooney, and Kevin Gildea will be among the acts appearing at Gerry Mallon’s Laughter Loft next week.

Street Spectacle to invade Galway

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

The streets of Galway will be invaded by the colourful and the bizarre with dancing lobsters, pink aliens, architecturally-aware red balls, and giant mechanical dragons, as the Galway International Arts Festival’s Street Spectacle acts take residence this month.

Mick Donnellan - tuning in to Radio Luxembourg

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

PLAYWRIGHT AND novelist Mick Donnellan is not a man to rest on his laurels. Having enjoyed popular and critical acclaim for Gun Metal Grey, Sunday Morning Coming Down, and Shortcut To Hallelujah, he continues to press forward.

Film script mentoring programme

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

A FEATURE film script mentoring programme has been launched by the Galway Film Centre in partnership with the Western Development Commission.

Galway Festival Radio on Flirt FM

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

GALWAY FESTIVAL Radio is Flirt FM’s major coverage of the festival season in Galway city and coverage starts on Monday.

Alison Spittle and Conor O’Toole @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

THE COMEDIANS Conor O’Toole and Alison Spittle will perform a double headline show at the Róisín Dubh tomorrow at 7pm.

All Aboard for a Kinvara art exhibition

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

AN EXHIBITION of paintings, ceramics, and sculpture by Kinvara based artists opens in the south Galway village tomorrow.

A soulful soundtrack to your Sunday brunch

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

SUNDAY IS the day that was made for relaxing - literally what the Good Lord intended, so why not chill out at Massimo’s Bar to some good music and great food?

African Pride - the fight for gay rights in South Africa

Wed, Jul 09, 2014

SOUTH AFRICA’S post-apartheid constitution was the first to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, but the legal aspiration and the reality on the ground are very different.

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