Kidisco @ Leisureland

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

KIDISCO, A fun show to inspire children to express themselves through movement and dance, is coming back to Leisureland.

The disco takes place on Sunday from 2pm and is suitable for children aged between three and 12. Music will be provided by DJ Will Softly who is happy for those coming to the disco to send song requests through the Kidisco Facebook page.

EDFT @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

EDTF, WHO have been described as playing “no-nonsense feel-good rock” by Musician.ie, play Monroe’s Live on Thursday May 1 at 10pm.

The Dirty Circus’ A Big Dirty Party

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

THE DIRTY Circus is going to throw ‘A Big Dirty Party!!’ of cabaret, burlesque, song, and sauce, in Kelly’s, Bridge Street, this Saturday from 9pm.

AD/BC - the really early music

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

ROMAN, CELTIC, and Ancient Greek music will be the ‘Archaeolomusicological Adventure’ at the 19th Galway Early Music Festival.

Songs For Amy gets cinema release

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

SONGS FOR Amy, the independent Irish film about a musician desperately trying to win back the love of his life, is to be screened in the IMC Galway.

126 Gallery fundraiser

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

A FUNDRAISER for the 126 Gallery will take place tomorrow, with an event at 8pm in the gallery, and at 9.30pm in Club DeBurgos.

In the gallery there will be a preview of the exhibition Representations by Tom O’Dea, while artists Russell Hart and Ian McInerney (Art Bastard) will be in Club DeBurgos with visuals by filmmaker, editor and one half of Modcot productions, Seamus Connolly.

Drawing and painting workshop

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

GALWAY ARTIST Paul James Kearney will host a class on the fundamentals of contemporary drawing and painting at Cregal Art, Monivea Road.

The Song of Wandering Aengus

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

WB YEATS’ The Song of Wandering Aengus has been published as a picturebook for children, illustrated by Italian artist Marina Marcolin.

Clarinbridge Banjo Gathering

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

CROSSING THE Bridge - The Clarinbridge Banjo Gathering, takes place in the south Galway village tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday.

Rofi James @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

ROFI JAMES, the 2013 iRocks band competition winners, launch their debut EP with a gig at Monroe’s Live tomorrow at 9pm.

The Last Friday Club

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

THE LAST Friday Club, a new clubnight at Monroe’s Live, is aimed at anyone who was around for the hits from the seventies to the nineties first time around.

Kurt Cobain anniversary

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

TO MARK the 20th anniversary this month of Kurt Cobain’s tragic death, a tribute night will take place in the Róisín Dubh on Monday.

110th Street comes to Factory

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

THE FIRST 110th Street of the year rolls into Factory on Abbeygate Street, this Saturday from 11pm.

DJs Cyril Briscoe & Cian Ó Cíobháin will be spinning disco, house, techno, bass, and all manner of hybrids.

‘We have so much fun with this show’

Thu, Apr 17, 2014

WHETHER YOU are an avid fan of Harry Potter or simply of inspired comic lunacy, the smash hit show Potted Potter, which is coming to the Town Hall Theatre, is guaranteed to provide a wonderful and uproarious night out.

Triple-bill of new plays from Fregoli

Thu, Apr 17, 2014

A WOMAN who talks to the walls, a girl who must face the sea, and a young man who collects footprints. These are the characters we encounter in a trio of new monologues presented by Fregoli Theatre Company.

Imelda May - the rockabilly queen returns

Thu, Apr 17, 2014

IMELDA MAY returns to Galway this summer and for the second year in a row, headlines a concert at the Galway Arts Festival Big Top.

Launch of newly discovered Liam O’Flaherty satiric essay

Thu, Apr 17, 2014

LIAM O’FLAHERTY is celebrated as the author of such short stories as His First Flight, but there is another, often neglected side, to the Aran Islands writer.