Celebrate July Fourth @ The Crane

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

SUNDAY IS the “Fourth of July”, US independence day, and to celebrate The Crane Bar on Sea Road will host a weekend of American styled music.

Tonight at 9pm there will be a gig by Christy Moore sidekick Declan Sinnott and his band Small Town Talk. Tomorrow there will be Joe Fury & The Hayride at 9.30pm

Rusted Rail gig night

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

MUSIC FOR Dead Birds will headline the next Citóg gig in The Cellar Bar, Eglinton Street, tomorrow at 9pm.

Voiceover workshops in Galway

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

THE FRENCH born, Galway based actor, voiceover artist, and film producer Dominique Monot is hosting a two day intensive voice over workshop next month.

Writers’ gathering at Sheridan’s

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

THE POETS Dave Lordan, Elaine Feeney, and Drucilla Wall will read at Sheridan’s Wine Bar, 14-16 Church Yard Street, on Friday July 9 at 8pm.

Galway Cathedral Recitals

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

THE GALWAY Cathedral Recitals 2010 Summer Concerts programme starts next week and will feature Susan Landale, Malcolm Proud, and the Chamber Philharmonia Cologne.

The recitals will be held on Thursdays at 8pm for six weeks, starting on July 8 with a performance by Prof Susan Landale, the Scottish-born Paris based performer and teacher. She will perform music by Bach, Mendelssohn, and Liszt.

Kenny’s and Born to host major sculpture exhibition

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

“PAINTING AND sculpture are very archaic forms. It’s the only thing left in our industrial society where an individual alone can make something with not just his own hands, but brains, imagination, heart maybe.”

Proust Questionnaire

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
In the cinema, the moment the lights go down and the film is about to begin. It’s a moment of pure hope and happiness.

The Ralphs and silent disco @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

Tuam rockers The Ralphs (pictured) will play the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 9pm followed by a silent disco at 11.30pm which will see Graham Dolan go head-to-head against Gugai. Admission to the gig is free. Admission to the disco is €5 plus a free pint of Bavaria.

Enemies and The Cast Of Cheers @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

THE IRISH post-rock band Enemies will be performing tracks from their new album We’ve Been Talking when they play Strange Brew in the Róisín Dubh tonight at 9pm.

Brand new night at the Cellar

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

Kit Kola and Dave Barry present a brand new night downstairs at the Cellar, Eglington street. This pair are very experienced behind the decks and promise to have the house rockin’ for the night playing all the best of rhythm & blues rockabilly, original ska, swing, jump blues, 50's rock n roll and 60's soul.

Dress to impress! Doors at 11pm sharp! Get there early!

Driving Miss Davey

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

CATHY DAVEY was born into a prominent musical and artistic family as her mother is a sculptor and her father is the Celtic/classical composer Shaun Davey.

Have you a song to sing?

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

ARE YOU in a band or do you play solo? Can you sing? Play guitar? Entertain? Want a free gig and a free beer?

If the answer is ‘Yes’ to any or all of the above, then get yourself along to Muso, a new twist on the Open Mic concept, at The Cellar Bar, every Sunday from 8pm. Go along, put your name down, and show The Cellar and the audience what you can do.

Christy Moore winners

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

THE WINNERS of tickets to see Christy Moore play Leisureland, Salthill, on Friday July 16 are Darren Creaven, Belclare, and Laura Daly, Roscahill.

Celtic songs @ Monroe’s

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

CELTIC FC fans refer to the team as The Bhoys and that nickname, with a little help from Celtic legend Billy McNeill, inspired the name of a Glasgow band who sing songs about the club.

Desperately seeking Warhols

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

ANDY WARHOL one said: “In future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.” Now the Galway Arts Festival is offering you the chance to have your “15 minutes”.

Fame the Musical at Castlebar

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

FAME - THE Musical, Ireland’s musical theatre talent show, which went on air on RTÉ 1 in April, is now touring the nation and is coming west in September.

Galway Theatre Festival seeks new play scripts

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

THE GALWAY Theatre Festival is seeking new play scripts for this year’s Rehearsed Reading Series. The festival takes place from October 25 to 31.

Scripts will be accepted from Irish or Ireland-based writers only and must be written in either Irish or English. Plays must not have had a previous production or be scheduled for production and must not exceed one hour in length.

Celebrate Chopin’s birthday with a concert of his music

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

THE 200th anniversary of the birth of the great Franco-Polish composer Frederick Chopin will be celebrated by a concert of his music in the Town Hall Theatre this Saturday at 8pm.

Reading of Bertolt Brecht play at Kelly’s

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

THE CAUCASIAN Chalk Circle, Bertolt Brecht’s play about a peasant girl who steals a baby but becomes a better mother than its natural parents, is to be read in Kelly’s.

Galway Youth Theatre’s artsfest double bill

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

GALWAY YOUTH Theatre has consistently impressed at the Galway Arts Festival over the past number of years, so there should be plenty of interest in its two productions for this year - Polly Stenham’s Tusk Tusk and Mark Ravenhill’s Citizenship.

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