Three men walk into a comedy festival...

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

AN IRISH comedy legend, a British-Iranian superstar, and an ex-pat American as controversial as he is acclaimed, walk onto the stage of a comedy festival...this is not the start of a joke.

Hudson Taylor get set to play the Black Box

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

HUDSON TAYLOR, the Irish folk-pop/Americana duo of brothers Harry and Alfie Hudson-Taylor, are on a nation-wide tour that includes Galway's Black Box Theatre on Thursday October 10 at 7.30pm.

All aspects of Galway life

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

ALL ASPECTS of Galway life, from the city streets to visitors to homeless people to buskers, make up the images of Focus On Galway, the new exhibition of paintings from artist Bernard Dooley.

Album review: Kacy & Clayton

Music Reviews Thu, Oct 03, 2019

THE SASKATCHEWAN cousins 2018 album, The Siren's Song, was steeped in late 1960s British folk-rock, with clear nods to Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, and Anne Briggs.

Music For Galway unveils spectacular 2020 programme

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

MUSIC FOR Galway has announced its ambitious and expansive 39th Season, unfurling its music programme for Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture, and its Bookends autumn concert series.

The Goldfinch - big star cast cannot rescue bad adaptation

Films Reviews Thu, Oct 03, 2019

THIS IS the second film released in the last few months named after a painting. The first was The Souvenir, a beautiful low budget movie about a film student in 1980s London. This is the opposite - big budget (which unfortunately looks set to make an epic box office loss), all star cast, and based on a Pulitzer Prize winning novel.

Edwin Sammon headlines Comedy KARLnival

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

EDWIN SAMMON is best known for his role as Fr Gabriel in the award winning Bridget and Eamon, now in its fourth season, and as the co-presenter of RTÉ's Republic Of Telly.

A green Galway Jazz Festival with rainbow appeal

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

THE 2019 Galway Jazz Festival takes place this week, and will be officially opened this evening at 6pm in the Kitchen Café of the Galway City Museum by Connemara environmentalist and educator Leo Hallissey.

Wet Paint - new play by The Young Offenders' Shane Casey

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

WET PAINT, written by and starring Shane Casey, best known for his role as Billy Murphy in the feature film and TV series, The Young Offenders, is coming to the Town Hall Theatre.

Book it! - new children’s book festival for Galway

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

Book it!, Galway's new book festival for children is taking place this month, and will feature readings and events with Alan Durant, Catherine Doyle, Patricia Forde, Eric Kaeil, Patrick Ryan and Michael Smith.

Galway and Donegal through a doctor's lens

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

THE PHOTOGRAPHY of Dr Michael Sugrue, featuring iconic Galway scenes and the Donegal landscape, are currently on display in the arts corridor of University Hospital Galway.

Fancy footwork as Baboró stages world premiere of new dance show

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

BABORÓ INTERNATIONAL Arts Festival for Children is just a few weeks away and among the highlights is the world premiere of Francis Footwork from CoisCéim Dance Theatre, which delighted audiences in 2015 with the award-winning The Wolf and Peter.

All Tvvins play major Galway concert this weekend

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

AFTER DELIVERING a fine performance supporting Two Door Cinema Club at the arts festival Big Top this summer, All Tvvins return to Galway this weekend to play the Black Box Theatre.in October, and ahead of that show, release their new single.

Young actors sought for An Taibhdhearc panto

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

YOUNG ACTORS aged eight to 14 are being encouraged to audition for An Taibhdhearc’s 2019 Christmas production, An Dara Réalt, by Doireann Langford.

The man behind the Ó Conaire statue

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

THE SCULPTOR Albert G Power is best known as the creator of the Pádraic Ó Conaire statue, once an integral part of Eyre Square, but now on display in the Galway City Museum.

Galway Youth Theatre open day

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

YOUNG PEOPLE aged from 15 to 23 and interested in theatre are invited to the Galway Youth Theatre open day on Sunday October 6, in the Galway Arts Centre, Dominick Street, from 12 noon to 2pm.

Charity concert to remember Seán Henry

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

SOME OF the greatest names in Irish traditional music - Frankie Gavin, Cherish the Ladies, Seán and Matt Keane, Mary Bergin, John Faulkner - will perform at a concert in memory of Portumna publican Seán Henry.

Conference exploring the life of James Hack Tuke

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

JAMES HAKE Tuke, who initiated an assisted emigration scheme, known as the ‘Tuke Fund’, that supported nearly 10,000 people leaving the western seaboard for a better life in America and Canada, will be remembered in Galway at a special two-day event.

Amazing Apples to release new single

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

AFTER A long hiatus, the Amazing Apples, one of Galway's most popular bands, are back with a new single, 'Mr Mustard', which will be released tomorrow on Spotify, iTunes, and Google Play.

Spitting Nails - German punk/metal for Galway

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

HAMBURG BAND Spitting Nails play a ferocious mix of metal and punk in the style of Naplam Death, Tragedy, and Extreme Noise Terror, and they are coming to Galway this weekend.

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