Craig Davidson - bare knuckle tales of a Canadian writer

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

BARE KNUCKLE boxing and dog fighting in small Canadian cities; the activities are cruel, often barbaric, but the people taking part in them have their reasons, however misguided, however tragic. It’s just not black and white.

Foil, Arms & Hog - the dynamic trio

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

THEY SURVIVED freezing temperatures in America, killer snails ‘down under’, tropical gangsters, and ‘too cool for school’ Californians. Intact and unbowed, they now take on Ireland.

Daithí launches new single ‘Have To Go’

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

ELECTRO WONDERKIND Daithí officially launches his new single ‘Have To Go’ with a gig in the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 11.30pm.

La Casa De Bernarda Alba

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

IN A small Spanish village, domineering matriarch Bernarda Alba imposes an eight-year period of mourning upon her family after the death of her second husband.

Donal O’Kelly back with Little Thing, Big Thing

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

IN NIGERIA, a frightened child puts an old roll of film into the hands of Dublin-bound teacher Sister Martha. In Dublin, Larry, with a wounded backside, has to get out of the city to rob a convent.

Men falling and flying

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

DANCE, ACROBATICS, and physical theatre will combine in The Falling Song, performed by the Junk Ensemble in the Town Hall Theatre on Monday April 7 at 8pm.

Bolshoi ballet live @ The Eye

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

THE BOLSHOI Ballet’s staging of Marco Spada, or The Bandit’s Daughter, will be broadcast live from Moscow to The Eye Cinema, Wellpark.

Doom metal night @ The Cellar

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

BELFAST DOOM metallers Nomadic Rituals have been called “sonic terrorists”, “mystical tribesmen”, and “the heaviest band in the world”.

Galway music fans will have a chance to hear for themselves when the trio - Craig Carson (bass/vocals/synth), Peter Hunter (guitar), and Mark Smyth (drums) - play The Cellar tomorrow from 9pm.

Chart-topper Route 94 @ Electric

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

CHART-TOPPING DJ Route 94 will be in Galway tonight playing the Electric Garden and Theatre from 11pm.

Shuffle! tomorrow night @ Roisin Dubh

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

Vinyl junky Dave Barry is back again for the March installment of Shuffle! This night is gaining momentum and proving to be one of Galway’s more popular nights.

Punk night @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

A PUNK night will be held upstairs in the Róisín Dubh this Sunday from 8pm.

Gnarwolves; a pop punk group from Brighton, will headline. Support is from The Winter Passing; an indie-punk band from Tipperary; Old Bean, and Dream State.

Transatlantic soul with Niall McCabe

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

THERE IS a peculiarly kid of Irish soul music, one which infuses r’n’b, jazz, rock, and folk, and whose original master, if not creator, is arguably Van Morrison.

The 4 of Us announce Monroe’s show

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

THE 4 of Us, who were recently voted No 7 in TV3’s Top 10 Irish Bands of All Time poll, play Monroe’s Live in June.

Ceara Conway’s Making Visible

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

CEARA CONWAY’S Making Visible project, combining art, music, and politics, is coming to the 126 Gallery, Flood Street, this weekend.

Galway Simon fundraising variety concert

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

MORE THAN 20 performers, from comedians to guitar soloists, will take to the stage of The Quays for the LiveMicsWorld variety show on April 10 at 8pm.

Japanese Film Festival returns to Galway

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

THE GREAT Passage, Japan’s official submission to the Oscars’ Best Foreign Language Film category, will receive its Irish premiere at The Japanese Film Festival.

A weekend of dancing days

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

A MUSICAL about capitalism, site-specific performances, and a symposium will form the Galway Dance Days festival which takes place tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday.

CPNHGN @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

DESPITE THE Scandinavian moniker, CPNHGN hail from Kildare, and take their musical influences from New York’s Sonic Youth and Manchester’s Joy Division.

The band’s musical style, as heard on their debut album, Inhale Exhale, features rumbling bass-lines, angular guitar riffs, and soaring, melodic, choruses.

A court summons to listen to music

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

COURT ROOMS are not associated with musical concerts - unless there was a fall-out between artist and promoter - but they are places of performance and controversy.

Julie Feeney to judge Choirfactor 2014

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

JULIE FEENEY, the award winning, Athenry-born, vocalist and composer, will be among the judges at Galway’s Choirfactor competition.

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