Róisín Dubh Tenth Birthday Weekender

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

AND SO I Watch You From Afar, Dott, Delorentos, Le Galaxie, and Phill Jupitus will gather in the Róisín Dubh next weekend to celebrate the venue’s 10th birthday.

Welcome to The End Of The World

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

THE END of the world takes place in the Galway Arts Centre, Dominick Street, tomorrow evening. It has been foretold, there is no going back. It will happen.

The amazing story of The Tailor Of Inverness

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

THE TAILOR Of Inverness, by Matthew Zajac, tells the extraordinary story of Zajac’s father who grew up on a farm in Galicia - then eastern Poland, now western Ukraine - and worked as a tailor in Inverness after surviving the terrors and upheavals of WWII.

Seventeen writers to read in a library

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

AWARD WINNING writer Martin Dyar, Alan McMonagle, Pete Mullineaux, and Susan Lindsay will be among the writers reading at an event in the Westside Library.

Nora Barnacle’s Galway years

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

NORA BARNACLE, famous as the liberated woman who stole James Joyce’s heart and who stood by him during numerous controversies, is the subject of a new play.

A family concert with The Specks

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

“IF YOUR little ones love fantastic, magical songs...then The Speks are the boys for you!” according to Newstalk’s Tom Dunne.

June Rodgers’ merry month

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

COMEDIAN JUNE Rodgers is bringing her In The Merry Month of June tour to the Town Hall Theatre on Thursday June 12 at 8pm.

Two gigs from Emmet Scanlan

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

EMMET SCANLAN, the London based singer-songwriter, is coming back to his native Galway to play two shows in the county.

The Church Sundays @ Coyote’s

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

THE CHURCH Sundays in Coyotes Late Bar is a new event for parties and groups in Galway for a wild weekend, and feeling in the mood for ‘Round Two’.

The Church Sundays starts this Sunday and runs from 12 noon to 3pm, in Coyote’s, The Stock Exchange, Shop Street. There will be live music, entertainment, drink promotions, and a free cloakroom.

Baile an Salsa @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

BAILE AN Salsa, the exciting Irish trad/Latin music fusion band, return to Galway to play Monroe’s Live this Saturday at 9pm.

Rory Gallagher/Joni Mitchell tribute gigs

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

TRIBUTE ACTS to Rory Gallagher and Joni Mitchell will take to the stage of Monroe’s Live tomorrow from 8.30pm.

New clubnight @ Factory

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

A NEW clubnight starts in Factory, Abbeygate Street, tomorrow. Given it is a collaboration between Bap to the Future and 110th Street, it promises to be exciting.

Hold The Line will feature DJs spinning disco, Italo, synthpop, and eighties music. The nights will also be streamed live from the club at mixlr.com/hold-the-line/, and requests are welcome.

Jammin’ in The Cellar

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

GALWAY MUSICIANS and singers seeking to jam with others, forge alliances, collaborate, and explore ideas should check outma new night in The Cellar.

Funk, Soul & Reggae at Massimo

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

Vinyl junkie Dave Barry will be spinning funk, soul, reggae, jump blues, latin boogaloo, disco and more tomorrow night in Massimo all on vinyl. Admission is free. Dave will be returning to Massimo on Sunday for his weekly vinyl chill out session ‘Sunday Service’ from 1 to 3pm while the award winning EAT restaurant supply the food.

Rainy but Funky soundsystem at Arus na nGael

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

DJ Ben will be breaking out the funky beats tomorrow night for the first Arus yard party of the summer. Weather will not be an issue as Will Softly and Slick Normal will be laying down the soundtrack indoors. Free before 10pm €4 after.

The Wood Burning Savages @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

“JUST HAD my head blown off by the awesome Wood Burning Savages. Recordings to date don't even begin to convey their live firepower.”

Get drawing with the Urban Sketchers

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

SKETCHING GROUPS are an increasingly popular way for amateur artists and people interested in drawing to meet and explore their shared love of paper, pen, and line.

Music To Ease The Pain

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

MUSIC TO Ease The Pain is the title of a fundraising gig which will be held in Padraig’s Place, New Dock Road, at 9pm this Saturday.

The night will feature The Bluebirds; You, Me, & Clementine; Peter Kelehan; and Grounds For Invasion, and will raise funds for Chronic Pain Ireland and The Journey in Chronic Pain Project. All are welcome.

Artists in school scheme

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

THE GALWAY County Council Arts Office is seeking submissions of applications for its Artist in School Scheme.

The scheme is open to all primary schools in the county council area and artists of any discipline may apply.

The National - six essential songs playlist

Essential Playlist Tue, Jun 03, 2014

THE NATIONAL, who play the Galway International Arts Festival Big Top on Wednesday July 16, are one of the few groups, if not the only group, of whom it can truly be said, ‘I prefer the later stuff’.

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