The Three Tenors reschedule Galway concert
Thu, Dec 09, 2021
THE THREE Tenors concert at St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, due to have taken place this Saturday, has now been moved to Saturday March 5.
Read more ...Little Cinema Galway Christmas Special
Thu, Dec 09, 2021
THE LITTLE Cinema Galway is back with a Christmas Special on Monday December 20 at 9pm in the Róisín Dubh.
Read more ...Three exhibitions open today at Galway Arts Centre
Wed, Dec 08, 2021
TODAY SEES the launch of three solo exhibitions at the Galway Arts Centre: Black Milk by Japanese artist, Miho Ohtsubo; and two shows by Irish artists - Lúthchleasa by Mícheál Ó Catháin and Currency Exchange by Kevin Gaynor.
Read more ...‘There is a gentle and subtle power to her voice’
Wed, Dec 08, 2021
SHE WAS called the “Queen of Irish Song” by Séamus Ennis; she was recorded by Alan Lomax and is admired by Christy Moore; and her versions of Gaelic song have been covered by Clannad and Iarla Ó Lionáird.
Read more ...Tiger King cast members to appear in Galway
Wed, Dec 08, 2021
SAFF, JOHN Reinke, Josh Dial, and Barbara Fisher, from Tiger King, the Netflix documentary and phenomenon, will be in Galway for a live show in 2022.
Read more ...Phil Nichol - the comedy jacuzzi
Tue, Dec 07, 2021
A PHIL Nichol show is like “spending an hour in a comedy jacuzzi”, so said The Scotsman of the Canadian comic who plays Galway in the New Year.
Read more ...Galway Youth Theatre to stage Animal Farm
Tue, Dec 07, 2021
A REBELLION has taken place at Manor Farm. The animals have overthrown their human masters and assumed control.
Read more ...Dirty Circus returns with Christmas party in Róisín Dubh
Mon, Dec 06, 2021
FOR MANY, it has been another tough year, so it makes sense to end it on a high and titilliating note, with a show of seasonal sauce from The Dirty Circus.
Read more ...A Spanish view on the west of Ireland
Mon, Dec 06, 2021
SPANISH ARTIST Elena Moreno explores the rugged landscapes of the West of Ireland, where she has lived for close to a decade, through her atmospheric paintings.
Read more ...Gavin James - two shows in Salthill in 2022
Mon, Dec 06, 2021
AHEAD OF the release of his forthcoming third album, Gavin James will play Leisureland, Salthill, on Friday April 15 and Saturday 16 at 7.30pm.
Read more ...Met Opera and André Rieu at Eye Cinema
Thu, Dec 02, 2021
A WEEKEND of event cinema screenings awaits at The Eye as The Met Opera Live returns alongside André Rieu’s traditional Christmas special show.
Read more ...Album review: Can
Music Reviews Thu, Dec 02, 2021
BY 1975, Can still had gas in the tank, but their best years were already appearing in the rear view mirror. Proof of both can be found in this live set from that year.
Read more ...Eddi Reader to play Town Hall in 2022
Thu, Dec 02, 2021
FROM EARLY days doing backing vocals for Gang Of Four, to hit singles with Fairground Attraction, to her present position as one of Scotland’s most esteemed folk singers, Eddi Reader can look back with satisfaction at her 40 year career.
Read more ...Fibín to mark centenary of the Treaty with outdoor performance
Thu, Dec 02, 2021
ON DECEMBER 6 1921, the Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed in London by Irish republicans and members of the British Government.
Read more ...New anthology of children’s stories by working class writers
Thu, Dec 02, 2021
LAND OF The Ever Young is a new anthology of writing for children by working class authors - the final volume in a trilogy of working people’s writing from contemporary Ireland.
Read more ...The Earth Dies Screaming
Thu, Dec 02, 2021
THE EARTH Dies Screaming, the new exhibition from Galway artist, Austin Ivers, opens tomorrow, Friday December 3, at the 126 Artist-Run Gallery & Studios.
Read more ...New poetry collection from Denis Mockler
Thu, Dec 02, 2021
THE POET and singer-songwriter, Denis Mockler, will launch his latest collection of poetry live on Facebook this Saturday, December 4, at 6.30pm.
Read more ...Ultan Conlon - new single is a sugar rush of a song
Thu, Dec 02, 2021
ULTAN CONLON has revealed a whole new side to his songwriting with his new single, ‘Penny Sweets’, a catchy, yet muscular, pop-rocker.
Read more ...Gol - a show about the mná caointe
Thu, Dec 02, 2021
AN IRISH community and its culture are under siege. Ancient traditions and customs are dying out. The public act of keening is disappearing, and edicts for new ways of doing things are being handed down.
Read more ...New Year online creative writing classes
Thu, Dec 02, 2021
WITH 2021 winding to a close and 2022 on the horizon, many will be looking ahead to what they can finally get around to doing in the New Year.
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