'We as women artists assert our rights...'

Tue, May 29, 2018

FOLLOWING THE emphatic victory of the Yes side in last weekend's referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment, a new exhibition will explore female corporeality, autonomy, strength, and vulnerability.

Javi Frias plays Mitch Presents @ The Garden, Electric - June 2nd!

Tue, May 29, 2018

Javi Frias is one of the most respected DJ and producer in the underground disco scene. He began to buy and play records at the end of the nineties in Madrid, his hometown, and since then he has not stopped traveling with his bag through many venues all around his country and Europe, being part festivals like Baltic Soul Weekender in Germany, Contre-Temps in France, Electrosplash, Heineken Jazzaldia, Imagina Funk or Veranos de la Villa in Spain, and usually performing in clubs and events in cities like Barcelona, Paris, Hamburg, Bilbao, Antwerp, Palma de Mallorca, Milan, Granada or Basel.

'Songs are a wonderful way to deliver intimate emotions'

Thu, May 24, 2018

STEEPED IN the culture of his native Middle East, Israeli lutenist Ziv Braha is also a man very much at home with English Renaissance music. He is about to make his Galway debut, playing the Galway Early Music Festival this weekend, but his journey to classical and early music began in a most unexpected way.

Two world premieres, two new plays, from Druid

Thu, May 24, 2018

THE MICK Lally Theatre on Druid Lane will be a hub for new work during the Galway International Arts Festival, presenting new plays, featuring leading actors, in several daily performances over 17 days.

If it's Tuesday it must be the Comedy KARLnival

Thu, May 24, 2018

KARL SPAIN returns to the Róisín Dubh next week to MC another instalment of his popular Comedy KARLnival nights at the Dominick Street venue, hosting the very best in Irish comedic talent.

Julian Gough and connections, connections

Literature Reviews Thu, May 24, 2018

THE PHYSICAL presence and classy design of Julian Gough’s new novel, Connect, really does debunk the classic cliché of 'You can’t judge a book by its cover'.

The Shacks - psychedelic dream-pop gems

Thu, May 24, 2018

THERE ARE times when The Shacks' music sounds like some long forgotten, but thankfully now resurrected, psychedelic pop gems from the mid-1960s, except its modern, made by two people aged under 22.

Exploring the lives of 'the forgotten Irish'

Thu, May 24, 2018

THE LIVES of Irish emigrants to Britain in the 1950s and 1960s will be explored in the new exhibition by Bernard Canavan, which opens tomorrow in the Kenny Gallery in the Liosbán Industrial Estate.

Great craic quiz for a good cause

Thu, May 24, 2018

THE FLAMBOYANT singer-songwriter Steven Sharpe and one of Ireland's finest young comedians, Steve Bennett, join forces for a fundraising quiz to help local man Brendan Doran undergo stem cell therapy.

The Small Glories - roots music for Monroe's

Thu, May 24, 2018

THE SMALL Glories are a musical union between Canadian folk/roots artists Cara Luft and JD Edwards, a union Greil Marcus said, "finds the darkening chord change the best bluegrass—from the Stanley Brothers to Be Good Tanyas—has always hidden in the sweet slide of the rhythm".

A Yeats play in Yeats' Tower

Thu, May 24, 2018

CÚ CHULAINN is on his deathbed, a hero laid low after a long and senseless fight with the sea. Three women are around him: his wife, Emer; his mistress, Eithne Inguba; and Fand, an evil creature of the Sidhe. His fate is in their hands.

Cinema review: DeadPool 2

Films Reviews Thu, May 24, 2018

DEADPOOL IS mourning the loss of the love of his life and, despite several attempts at suicide, due to his healing mutant power he cannot seem to be reunited in the afterlife with her.

Frankie Gavin in 'fiddle heaven' with new group The Provenance

Thu, May 24, 2018

FRANKIE GAVIN, Gradam Ceoil’s 2018 Traditional Musician Of The Year, and long-time stalwart of De Danann, has launched a brand new, high-octane fiddle group, The Provenance, who play the Town Hall Theatre on Saturday June 3 in a gala birthday celebration for Tigh Choilí.

Shout! The 60s Mod Musical

Thu, May 24, 2018

DON THAT badge infested parka jacker, or that geometric patterned Mary Quant dress, get on your Vespa and head down to the Town Hall Theatre for Shout! The 60s Mod Musical.

Galway Street Club - Irish tour, Róisín's gig

Thu, May 24, 2018

FOLLOWING THE release of their debut album and subsequent busking-tour of Germany, Galway Street Club have returned to Irish shores for a four-date nationwide tour, taking in Limerick, Cork, Dublin, and of course, Galway.

Bell X1 man brings solo venture to Galway

Thu, May 24, 2018

DAVE GERAGHTY is best known as a a founder member of Bell X1, but in recent years he has been exploring a solo direction under the moniker Join Me In The Pines.

The Songs Of Joni Mitchell

Thu, May 24, 2018

JONI MITCHELL, one of the most formidable songwriting talents of the last 50 years, with a catalogue of music to rival Dylan and Cohen, will be celebrated at a show in the Town Hall Theatre.

Live music at The Skeff this summer

Thu, May 24, 2018

THE SKEFF late bar, Eyre Square, hosts live music acts and DJs, to suit locals and visitors alike, from Sundays to Friday nights with 'party fever' taking over on Saturday nights.

Monroe's stage at Sea Sessions festival

Thu, May 24, 2018

DELORENTOS AND The Blizzards will headline the new Monroe's stage at the Sea Sessions festival in June, and before that the Dominick Street venue will host a pre-festival warm up party with Galway band The Clandestinos.

Intimate solo gig from Gary O'Dea

Thu, May 24, 2018

GARY O'DEA, a singer songwriter based near Birmingham, is coming to Ireland to play a series of intimate, acoustic gigs, including a show in Galway, the start point of the tour.

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