Hawk to swoop down on Strange Brew
Thu, Feb 27, 2014
HAWK, THE band led by Galway born singer-songwriter Julie Hawk, have been sending critics into paroxysms of praise filled purple prose.
Read more ...Metal EP launch at The Cellar
Thu, Feb 27, 2014
NO MAN’S Land, the Limerick doom metal band, will launch their EP The Last Monolith in The Cellar underground tomorrow at 9pm.
Read more ...County music at Monroe’s Live
Thu, Feb 27, 2014
MAX T BARNES, the country and western singer-songwriter and writer of numerous hit singles, will play Monroe’s Live tomorrow at 9pm.
Read more ...Coyote Factor quarter final
Thu, Feb 27, 2014
THE LAST quarter final of Coyote Factor competition take place in The Stock Exchange Bar, Shop Street, this weekend.
Eight contestants will battle it out to make it through to the semi finals and this is one of a number of events at the venue.
Read more ...A cinema-disco for kids
Thu, Feb 27, 2014
GALWAY CHILDREN can experience all the fun of a disco at the Kidisco - Dance Party For Kids in Leisureland, Salthill, this Sunday from 1.30pm.
Read more ...Have a laugh for PREDA
Thu, Feb 27, 2014
MAEVE HIGGINS and Gearoid Farrelly will be taking to the stage of the Róisín Dubh this Saturday for Fun For Freedom, a night of stand-up comedy to raise funds for PREDA.
Read more ...World cinema screenings
Thu, Feb 27, 2014
A JAPANESE film and a Turkish film will both be screened by the Galway Film Society over the coming week.
Read more ...Tommy Tiernan’s lunchtime improv
Thu, Feb 27, 2014
TOMMY TIERNAN will take Galwegians on a 40 minute journey through whatever comes into his head, with the return of his improv show Open Mouth.
Read more ...Classical and opera @ The Eye
Thu, Feb 27, 2014
A RUSSIAN epic from New York’s Metropolitan Opera and a Berlin production of Bach’s St John Passion will be broadcast live via satellite to The Eye Cinema.
Read more ...Exploring the Magnetic North
Thu, Feb 27, 2014
THE ARCTIC, migration, memory, and changing environments will come together in a new exhibition by Galway artist Selma Makela, which opens tomorrow.
Read more ...We All Know Someone concert for Galway Hospice
Thu, Feb 27, 2014
THE AMAZING APPLES, Don Stiffe, and the Mulkerrin Brothers are among the acts taking to the stage for a major fundraising concert for the Galway Hospice.
Read more ...Japanese and Irish poetry reading
Thu, Feb 27, 2014
AN EVENING of Japanese and Irish poetry, with Hisa Kagawa and Nicki Griffin, takes place in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop tomorrow at 8pm.
Read more ...Entertaining Mr Sloane
Thu, Feb 20, 2014
“YOU’RE A constant source of amazement, boy, a never ending tale of infamy. I’d hardly credit it. A kid of your age. Joy-riding in an expensive car, a woman pregnant. My word, you’re unforgivable.”
A whiff of danger surrounds a young wide-boy called Sloane, and it appals and fascinates successful businessman, Ed, who returns home to find him lounging in the house he shares with his sister Kath and their father Kemp.
Read more ...Anne McCabe says ‘Fáilte isteach’ to An Taibhdhearc
Thu, Feb 20, 2014
A NEW era at An Taibhdhearc was formally unveiled at a reception on Monday, ushering in new artistic director, Anne McCabe, and disclosing details of this year's programme.
Read more ...Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill to play Town Hall
Thu, Feb 20, 2014
THE GREAT Irish fiddle virtuoso Martin Hayes and American master guitarist Dennis Cahill are coming to Galway next week.
Read more ...A play to leave you Breathless?
Thu, Feb 20, 2014
“IT IS impossible not to be moved by these stories of savagery inflicted on ordinary women”, said The Mail On Sunday about Breathless, described by The Herald as “an engrossing piece of work that features a resilient cast and a unique premise”.
Read more ...Silent returns to Galway
Thu, Feb 20, 2014
SILENT, THE acclaimed play written and performed by Pat Kinevane, dealing with the issue of homelessness, is coming back to Galway.
Read more ...Thereisbear! present Terminus
Thu, Feb 20, 2014
THEREISBEAR! Theatre Company are coming to the Town Hall studio with their staging of Mark O’Rowe’s gripping play, Terminus.
The play follows three souls over the course of a single night in Dublin as their lives collide and intertwine in a gritty, dark, dangerous, and unsettling comedy-drama.
Read more ...The Harry Potter experience
Thu, Feb 20, 2014
HARRY POTTER fans - affectionately known as ‘Pott Heads’ - across County Galway will be flocking to the Town Hall Theatre for Potted Potter - The Unauthorised Harry Experience.
Read more ...What a mother will do for her son
Thu, Feb 20, 2014
A BUCHAREST matriarch is out to grease more palms than she can shake in order to buy her son’s way out of a hit-and-run conviction.
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