Free gigs in the Latin Quarter

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

FOUR NIGHTS of free gigs take place in Galway city’s Latin Quarter, from tonight until Sunday, for the Guinness Live music festival.

John Smith to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

ENGLISH GUITARIST and singer-songwriter John Smith returns to Galway to play the Róisín Dubh as part of his current Irish tour.

John plays this Sunday at 8pm, with support from Len Hansen. He will perform music from his most recent album Great Lakes, described as “brilliant” by MOJO and “spellbinding” by Time Out, as well as from his previous releases.

Track Dogs @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

AN IRISHMAN, an Englishman, and two Americans, all based in Madrid, make up the band Track Dogs, who play Monroe’s Live this Saturday at 9pm.

The Ikonics @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

THE IKONICS mix a smattering of The Smiths and U2, with 80s pop, and have, in Dean Murphy, a charismatic front man.

See Pat Shortt’s I Am The Band

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

DIXIE WALSH rose to fame with such classic songs as ‘ The Jumbo Breakfast Roll’ and ‘Where Did My Money Go’, and his story is chronicled in I Am The Band.

Hidden rhythms at the Galway Jazz Festival

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

THERE ARE times when people cannot be blamed for wondering if the plethora of annual Galway festivals is really of any lasting benefit to the city. Outside of the arts festival, Cúirt, the races, and the film fleadh, do any of them bring anything more tangible to Galway than a good time?

Over The Edge at the Autumn Gathering

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

THE OVER The Edge: Open Readings will be stepping outside its usual venue of the Galway City Library to take part in this year’s Lady Gregory Autumn Gathering in Gort.

TULCA to journey to Golden Mountain

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

THE TULCA Festival of Visual Art returns from November 8 to 24 with an array of sculpture, video, paint, photography, and performance art, under the theme ‘Golden Mountain’.

Perm State Ballet of Russia returns to Galway

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

THE TCHAIKOVSKY Perm State Ballet of Russia, one of the world’s most prestigious ballet companies, is making a welcome return to Galway in November.

Love/Hate team to come to Galway TV seminar

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

Actors, writers, and directors of RTÉ’s acclaimed crime drama Love/Hate come to Galway next month for a major seminar on television.

Are There More Of You?

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

THE ESTEEMED English actress Alison Skilbeck is bringing her widely-acclaimed one-woman show, Are There More of You? to the Town Hall Theatre for two nights only next week.

What are you going to in the Galway Comedy Festival?

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

“THE MOST wasted of all days is one without laughter,” said the poet e e cummings, so don’t let the October Bank Holiday Weekend go to waste, as there are seven days of laughter to be had at the Bulmers Galway Comedy Festival.

Five chances to see Phill Jupitus at the comedy festival

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

By Kernan Andrews
PHILL JUPITUS is talking over Galway for the October Bank Holiday weekend as there will be no fewer than five chances to see him during the Bulmer’s Galway Comedy Festival.

PHILL JUPITUS is talking over Galway for the October Bank Holiday weekend as there will be no fewer than five chances to see him during the Bulmer’s Galway Comedy Festival.

Tig Cóilí presents Cherish The Ladies at the Town Hall

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

IT IS simply impossible to imagine an audience that wouldn’t enjoy what they do,” said The Boston Globe about Cherish The Ladies who play Galway next week.

Comedy festival stand-up showdown

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

A COMEDIAN stands on stage, alone with a microphone. There are a hundred or so strangers in the room and the comic has two minutes to make them laugh. Can s/he do it?

Disco don makes Galway debut

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

GREG WILSON, the legendary disco don and edit master, will make his Galway debut when he plays the Róisín Dubh tomorrow from 11pm.

Ultan Conlon to launch new album

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

ULTAN CONLON, the acclaimed Loughrea singer-songwriter, is about to launch his new album, and begin an Irish tour, starting in the Róisín Dubh next week.

John Smith to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

ENGLISH GUITARIST and singer-songwriter John Smith returns to Galway to play the Róisín Dubh as part of his current Irish tour.

Free gigs in the Latin Quarter

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

FOUR NIGHTS of free gigs take place in Galway city’s Latin Quarter, from tonight until Sunday, for the Guinness Live music festival.

Track Dogs @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

AN IRISHMAN, an Englishman, and two Americans, all based in Madrid, make up the band Track Dogs, who play Monroe’s Live this Saturday at 9pm.

Their positive, uplifting, music, mixes pop, folk, reggae, and flamenco, and eschews traditional instrumentation, opting for a cajón instead of drums and a trumpet in place of lead guitar. Their eponymous 2012 album was described as having “a touch of class” and being “well worth investigating” by The Sunday Business Post.

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