A night for Kathleen Neylan

Thu, May 22, 2014

A CLASSIC Rock and blues night takes place in Monroe’s Live tomorrow at 8pm to remember the late Kathleen Neylan and raise funds to support her daughter.

In February, Ms Neylan died when a fire broke out at her home in Knocknacarra. She is survived by her 16-year-old daughter, an only child who is now orphaned.

The Galway Sessions festival returns in June

Thu, May 22, 2014

COMPOSERS AND songwriters will be at the heart of The Galway Sessions 2014 festival, which runs from June 16 to 22 and features, among others, Mairtín O’Connor and Charlie Lennon.

Kawaii, ne? - Isn’t it cute?

Thu, May 22, 2014

‘KAWAII, NE?’ is Japanese for ‘Isn’t it cute?’ and the title of a new exhibition inspired by Japanese popular culture.

Over The Edge reading

Thu, May 22, 2014

AN IRISHWOMAN, an Italian, and a Canadian will read at Over The Edge in the Galway City Library on Thursday May 29 at 6.30pm.

GMIT hosts art graduate exhibition

Thu, May 22, 2014

GMIT will be hosting its graduate art show in the Cluain Mhuire Centre for Creative Arts and Media, from Saturday May 31 until Saturday June 7.

The exhibition will feature works ranging from sculptures, paintings, prints, ceramics, and textiles, by the 60 full-time honours students in the college’s Art and Design programme, as well as work by the course’s 15 part-time students.

Listen to new EP by metal band Astralnaut

Mon, May 19, 2014

ARMAGH STONER-metal band Astralnaut launch their new EP, the wonderfully entitled Thieves, Beggars and Swine, in Galway's The Cellar Bar this Saturday at 9pm.

Album review: windings/Land Lovers

Music Reviews Thu, May 15, 2014

THE SPLIT release has a long tradition within independent and alternative music, going back to at least the early 1980s. This particular incarnation of the format, released through Out On A Limb Records and the Popical Island lable finds Limerick’s windings sharing space with Dublin’s Land Lovers.

Jim Rooney’s ‘long run’ through music

Thu, May 15, 2014

ONE EVENING in 1951, in the Massachusetts town of Dedham, a young Irish-American teenager happened to tune in to the local radio station as a country band called The Confederate Mountaineers were playing.

Don Wycherley on After Sarah Miles

Thu, May 15, 2014

THE MICK LALLY (Druid) Theatre is to host the acclaimed new play, After Sarah Miles, written and directed by Michael Hilliard Mulcahy and performed by Don Wycherley, of Bachelor’s Walk fame.

Pharrell Williams approved singer for Monroe’s

Thu, May 15, 2014

PHARRELL WILLIAMS is a huge fan of Michelle Chamuel. “She’s just so different,” he declared. “I’ve never seen anything like her before.”

A weekend of African film

Thu, May 15, 2014

FROM EGYPT to Morocco, from Nigeria to Burkina Faso, the best new African movies will be on screen at he seventh Galway African Film Festival.

Mag Mell - a wild night of wild theatre

Thu, May 15, 2014

WHAT HAPPENS when comedian Jon Kenny, puppeteer Des Dillon, and virtuoso musicians Benny McCarthy and Conal Ó Gráda are let into the same room? Mag Mell.

Another win for Clare Quinn

Thu, May 15, 2014

RENMORE TEEN Clare Quinn has followed her recent All Ireland National Schools Talent Search win by scooping another victory.

Nuclear soundpainting dance

Thu, May 15, 2014

JAPANESE BUTHO dance and the phenomenon of soundpainting combine in XP1 Nuclear Power, the debut show from the Galway Soundpainting Orchestra.

XP1 Nuclear Power takes place in the Town Hall Theatre studio on Monday May 19 at 8.30pm and in the Nuns Island Theatre on Friday June 20 at 8.30pm.

High Society on the big screen

Thu, May 15, 2014

HIGH SOCIETY, the classic 1956 musical rom-com starring three legends - Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, and Frank Sinatra - is to receive a big screen showing.

Filmmaking workshops for young people

Thu, May 15, 2014

SPECIAL EFFECTS artists, screenwriters, and directors will be in Galway city this month to give beginner workshops in film for young people.

BadBadNotGood - hop-hop/jazz freak out

Thu, May 15, 2014

A JAZZ trio, but not as we know it, one which takes in =hip-hop and reimagines both that and jazz into new sounding forms - this is BadBadNotGood.

Virtuoso guitarist Jon Gomm for Róisín Dubh

Thu, May 15, 2014

STEPHEN FRY has hailed him a “genius”; David Crosby calls him “wonderful”; while Acoustic Magazine said he is a “gifted and inspirational guitar player”.

The Original Rudeboys @ Monroe’s

Thu, May 15, 2014

THE ORIGINAL Rudeboys, armed with a new set of songs from their new album, are coming back to Galway.

Funk, reggae and soul @ Massimo tomorrow night

Thu, May 15, 2014

GALWAY DJ Dave Barry’s monthly vinyl excursion into funk, northern soul, boogaloo, r’n’b, Jamaican ska, and more, returns to Massimo tomorrow night. The emphisis is on the dancefloor but there are plenty of snugs for a quiet pint not to mention the smoking room.

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