Reggae this weekend

Thu, May 15, 2014

Two of Ireland’s leading reggae singers Lariman (pictured) and Cian Finn will play the next Rootical Sound System gig at The Victoria Hotel, this Saturday. Cian’s debut album, This Applies, due out in the summer, was produced by Prince Fatty. Lariman of Dublin’s Dub Investigation, will play some new material on the night. Doors are 10pm. Admission is €6 before midnight and €8 after.

Public interview with Jimmy McGovern

Thu, May 15, 2014

JIMMY MCGOVERN, the screenwriter for Cracker, Hillsborough, and The Lakes, is coming to Galway to take part in a public interview about his life and work.

New exhibition from Laura Vecchi Forde

Thu, May 15, 2014

FOR MORE than 30 years Laura Vecchi Forde taught Italian at NUI Galway, but for longer than that she has been an artist.

Paul James Kearney exhibition

Thu, May 15, 2014

PAUL JAMES Kearney, a final year student in GMIT, is currently hosting a solo exhibition in the Renzo Café on Eyre Street.

A bluegrass night in Galway

Thu, May 15, 2014

THE BLUEGRASS sounds of the Southern states of America will be heard loud and proud in Galway, tomorrow, with a gig by Gone To Grass.

A night for Billy Mulholland

Thu, May 15, 2014

GALWAY MUSICIAN Billy Mulholland will be honoured with a night of ‘ song and craic’ in Monroe’s Live on Thursday May 22 from 8.30pm.

Watch Galway short film Don’t You Know Who I Am?

Wed, May 14, 2014

RICK ROSSI needs to get away. It is a bad time and his future is uncertain. He was living the rock’n’roll high-life, until it all came crashing to a tragic halt when Pete, his friend and band member, died.

Galway African Film Festival

Tue, May 13, 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.

Midlake to play Róisín Dubh in June

Tue, May 13, 2014

ALTHOUGH THEY began as jazz students, Midlake eventually pioneered a kind of 1970s styled, west-coast Americana, which paved the way for Fleet Foxes and Bon Iver.

Pleased to see the folk queen

Thu, May 08, 2014

SHE USED to think folk music was “old and boring”, but a little persistence and some tough advice from an American duo she once roadied for, set Maddy Prior on her way to becoming one of Britain’s greatest post-war folk singers.

The Radioactive Grandma @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, May 08, 2014

THE RADIOACTIVE Grandma, the Cavan trio have been described as “Brit pop crossed with guitar driven new wave”, by Music Review Unsigned.

Scottish composer to lead young Galwegians in concert

Thu, May 08, 2014

THE ACCLAIMED Scottish pianist and composer James Ross and students from the Galway Music Education Partnership will be in concert this Saturday from 7pm.

The Deans - new single and Róisín Dubh show

Thu, May 08, 2014

THE DEANS, the roots-rock trio, are set to release their award winning song, ‘Lonely Like Me’, as a single with a show in the Róisín Dubh.

JOLT: Volition – a theatrical selection box

Thu, May 08, 2014

ON SATURDAY May 17 at the Town Hall Theatre, eight short new theatre pieces will be presented by eight individual artists, as part of the theatre development project, Volition.

Don Wycherley to start in After Sarah Miles

Thu, May 08, 2014

DON WYCHERLEY, one of Ireland’s foremost actors, will take to the stage in After Sarah Miles, which comes to Galway from Monday May 19 to Thursday 22.

Jimmy Magee - different class

Thu, May 08, 2014

IRELAND’S FOREMOST sports broadcaster, ‘the memory man’, and is coming to the Town Hall Theatre to share a lifetime of sporting memories.

An audience with Jimmy Magee, on Tuesday May 13 at 8pm, will see the great man recall World Cup tales, World title fights, the Olympic s, and virtually every major sporting event over the last 50 years. Hear how he christened Pelé, had a near punch up with Nigel Benn, and who he rates as the greatest sportsman. Afterwards Jimmy will take questions from the audience.

Get ready to be magnetised

Thu, May 08, 2014

MAGNETIC, A dance show from John Scott which is constructed like a movement symphony, is coming to the Town Hall Theatre.

Gypsy jazz and bellydance

Thu, May 08, 2014

AN ORCHESTRA playing Eastern European folk and a bellydance group will share the stage at Kelly’s Bar tonight from 9pm.

Heathers @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, May 08, 2014

THEYPLAYED the prestigious South by Southwest Festival in Texas for the first time in March; they also toured Malaysia this year, and now they are coming home.

GMIT students exhibition

Thu, May 08, 2014

CERAMICS AND sculptures by GMIT students go on display in Traces Remain, an exhibition at the Fairgreen Building, from tomorrow.

The exhibition features new work by 27 students from the GMIT‘s Centre for Creative Arts and Media, studying for a BA art and design.

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