Norman Villa Cúirt exhibition

Thu, Apr 25, 2013

LIES AND More Lies, the new exhibition by Philip Lindey, best known for his Galway Arts Festival posters of 2002 - 2004, is currently running as part of Cúirt.

Alan McMonagle’s Psychotic Episodes

Thu, Apr 25, 2013

ALAN MCMONAGLE, the Sligo born, Galway based, short story writer, will launch his new book Psychotic Episodes, as part of the Cúirt festival.

The stories feature a troubled boy who convinces himself he can fly; an elderly women who turns into a man; two adolescents’ unusual list of ideal women; and a childless couple given their nephew for the day.

Far From Literature We Were Reared

Thu, Apr 25, 2013

A NIGHT of short stories, music and song, spoken word, and literary craic will make up Far From Literature We Were Reared in the Róisín Dubh this Sunday at 8pm.

A score of Galway Stories from Doire Press

Thu, Apr 18, 2013

NEXT WEEK, with Galway hosting authors from all over the world as part of Cúirt, the city itself and its own writers are showcased in a fine new anthology from Doire Press, entitled Galway Stories, to be launched during the festival.

Laurent Binet - Heydrich, history, and me

Thu, Apr 18, 2013

AT ITS heart, HHhH, the debut work of French journalist Laurent Binet, is about Reinhard Heydrich – head of the Gestapo and criminal police in the Third Reich, deputy leader of the SS, and Protector of Bohemia and Moravia, administering the Nazi occupation of what is now the Czech Republic – and Operation Anthropoid, the British backed plot to assassinate him.

Wille and the Bandits @ Monroe’s

Thu, Apr 18, 2013

BRITISH ROOTS-rock band Wille and The Bandits have been hailed as “the new Seasick Steve,” by The Kaiser Chiefs and one of the UK’s “best live acts” by The Daily Telegraph.

The Cabin Collective play debut show for Cúirt

Thu, Apr 18, 2013

THE CABIN Collective, featuring The Saw Doctors’ Leo Moran and singer-songwriter Noelie McDonnell, play their debut gig at this month’s Cúirt festival.

Mephisto bring Grenades to Inis Oírr

Thu, Apr 18, 2013

NUALA KELLY is a nine-year-old living with her mother, brother, and grandfather in conflict torn Northern Ireland in 1979.

She loves Thin Lizzy and The Undertones, just like her big brother, Oran, whom she worships. She would do anything for him, but what she does one day for her brother no-one could ever have imagined and 10 years later she sits in a prison cell, looking back on her life.

Music making from tree to note

Thu, Apr 18, 2013

WHAT GOES into the making of an instrument? What are the processes, skills, materials, and equipment necessary to make a violin, a flute, or a guitar?

These are the questions which lie at the heart of an acclaimed new documentary, The Music Makers, which will be shown in An Taibhdhearc this Saturday at 8pm.

Niall Connolly returns

Thu, Apr 18, 2013

SINGER-SONGWRITER Niall Connolly makes a welcome return to Galway city to play a show promoting his new album Sound.

Vinnie’s TV @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Apr 18, 2013

LED BY New Jersey singer-songwriter Wade Lynch, Vinnie’s TV play folk/roots rock inspired by Gram Parsons, Bob Dylan, and Nick Drake.

Innovative new drama from THEATREclub

Thu, Apr 18, 2013

“SO THEATRE is a safe, middle-class thing, and young people think it's boring? THEATREclub beg to disagree. They’re taking conventional notions of theatre and shoving them back in our faces.

Digital Chaos @ The Cellar

Thu, Apr 18, 2013

DIGITAL CHAOS returns to the Cellar Underground this Saturday for another night of techno grooves.

North Beach Poetry Nights

Thu, Apr 18, 2013

CORKONIAN BILLY Ramsell will be performing his poetry at the next North Beach Poetry Nights this Monday in The Crane Bar, Sea Road, at 6.30pm.

Pete Mullineaux’s acting classes

Thu, Apr 18, 2013

THE ACTOR, poet, and singer-songwriter Pete Mullineaux will host his popular acting classes for adults at Galway Arts Centre.

The classes start on Wednesday May 8 from 7pm to 8.30pm and run every Wednesday for six weeks, covering improvisation, projection, voice technique, etc. Beginners are welcome.

Birds Of Chicago - US folk duo to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 18, 2013

“TAKE SOME melodies, arrange them in interesting ways (soul, folk, country, doo wop, samba, gospel) and the crowning glory – put two of the best voices in popular music over the top.”

Galway Arts Centre’s GAC(h) Duine music festival

Thu, Apr 18, 2013

GAC(h) DUINE, the Galway Arts Centre’s first music festival, runs from this evening until Saturday at the centre on 47 Dominick Street.

Low Mountain @ Monroe’s

Thu, Apr 18, 2013

A STRIPPED down, nowhere-to-hide acoustic set with a strong emphasis on vocals and subtle instrumentation is the approiach of LOWmountain.

LOWmountain - Alan Tobin, Niall O’Driscoll, and Deirdre Archbold - play Monroe’s Backstage Bar on Friday April 26 at 11pm.

Kevin McAleer @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 18, 2013

SINCE HIS appearances on Nighthawks in the early 1990s, Kevin McAleer has enjoyed the status of a founding father of modern Irish stand-up and a a much loved comic.

Noise rock night @ The Cellar

Thu, Apr 18, 2013

ABRASIVE NOISE-ROCK, alternative rock, and punk will be the order of the night at a show in the Cellar Underground this Sunday at 8pm.

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