Get All Shook Up in Athenry

Thu, Feb 11, 2010

ALL SHOOK UP, a “camp, romantic farce”, featuring the music of Elvis Presley, will be performed by the Athenry Musical Society in the Presentation College, Athenry, from Wednesday February 17 to Saturday 20.

Brendan Bowyer and Mike Denver at Town Hall

Thu, Feb 11, 2010

THE LEGENDARY Brendan Bowyer and country’n’Irish singer Mike Denver join forces for a special concert in the Town Hall Theatre on Saturday February 20 at 8pm.

Brigid Power Ryce to launch debut EP with Róisín Dubh gig

Thu, Feb 11, 2010

THE INDIE film screenwriter Mary Case is well known for her phrase “No pressure, no diamonds.” It’s true. Sometimes you need a bit of pressure or stress to force you into action. One woman who can testify to this is Brigid Power Ryce .

High voltage hoe-down with Hayseed Dixie

Thu, Feb 11, 2010

GET READY for a barn stormin’, hell raisin’, high falutin’ hoe down when Hayseed Dixie bring their adrenaline fuelled bluegrass take on classic rock to Strange Brew in the Róisín Dubh.

Hayseed Dixie - John ‘Barley Scotch’ Wheeler (vocals/guitar/fiddle), Rev Don Wayne Reno (banjo/vocals), Deacon Dale Reno (mandolin/guitar/vocals), and Jake ‘Bakesnake’ Byers (bass/vocals) - play Strange Brew on Thursday February 18 at 8pm.

‘Exceptional’ Congolese guitarist to play Galway

Thu, Feb 11, 2010

CONGOLESE MUSICIAN Niwel Tsumbu and his band Song Of The Nations are coming to Galway to play two dates - Friday February 19 in the Róisín Dubh and Aras Eanna Arts Centre, Inis Oírr, Aran Islands, on Saturday 20.

Port O’Brien and Richard Hawley gigs

Thu, Feb 11, 2010

THE BRILLIANT American indie-rock band Port O’Brien make a welcome return to Galway to play the Róisín Dubh on Saturday April 10.

2010 Over The Edge New Writer of The Year competition

Thu, Feb 11, 2010

THE 2010 Over The Edge New Writer of The Year competition is seeking entries from poets and fiction writers and this year’s judge is James Martyn of The Talking Stick Writing Workshop.

North Beach Poetry Nights

Thu, Feb 11, 2010

BRENDAN MURPHY, the 2007 All-Ireland Slam Champion will perform his poetry at the North Beach Poetry Nights in The Crane Bar, Sea Road, on Monday at 9pm.

French poet to read in Charlie Byrne’s

Thu, Feb 11, 2010

THE FRENCH poet Colette Wittorski will be reading in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, Middle Street, on Thursday February 18 at 6pm.

On the day Ms Wittorski will read from Northern Lights, a dual-language collection of her work, published by Lapwing Poetry, and translated by the Galway based critic, poet, and author by Fred Johnston.

Proust Questionnaire - Catherine Ní Ghuairim, RTÉ Nuacht

Thu, Feb 11, 2010

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A bottle of Pinot Grigio and a double episode of Family Guy.

‘Ballet is like a sport, you’re an athlete first and then you become an artist’

Thu, Feb 04, 2010

IRELAND’S LEADING ballerina, Monica Loughman, brings her Irish Youth Russian Ballet Company to Galway on Thursday February 18 at 8pm with its production of La Sylphide.

‘I don’t feel truly normal’

Thu, Feb 04, 2010

IT’S NOT every musician who can say she has a friend and mentor in Tom Waits, or that she baby-sat for his children, but the American born, Manchester based singer, guitarist, and songwriter Jesca Hoop certainly can.

Rich Hall to play The Laughter Lounge in March

Thu, Feb 04, 2010

THE GROUCHY, deadpan, comic genius Rich Hall, the Edinburgh fringe favourite and Perrier Award winner, is back on the road and will be coming back to Galway next month.

‘Let us go then, you and I…’

Thu, Feb 04, 2010

INSPIRED BY TS Eliot’s The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock, Waterdonkey Theatre’s new show, Love Song, receives its premiere at the Town Hall next week, running from February 10 to 13.

The wizard gets funky

Thu, Feb 04, 2010

THE WIZ, a funk-soul retelling of The Wizard Of Oz, will be staged by the Galway University Musical Society as part of this year’s NUI, Galway Múscailt arts festival.

Queen of ‘folkabilly’ Nanci Griffith returns to Galway

Thu, Feb 04, 2010

FOR MANY years Nanci Griffith has straddled the fine line between folk and country with a unique style of playing and singing she has christened ‘folkabilly’

Her confessional songwriting style and lilting vocal delivery has won over audiences on both side of the Atlantic and she has worked with Emmylou Harris, John Prine, Mary Black and The Chieftains.

See Gogol’s The Government Inspector at Druid

Thu, Feb 04, 2010

KHLESTAKOV IS a lowly civil servant from Saint Petersburg. He could do with some money so imagine his luck when, in a small provincial town, he is mistaken for a high-ranking government inspector.