Junior Film Fleadh storytelling competition seeks entries

Thu, Sep 12, 2013

YOUNG GALWEGIANS with ideas for feature films, short films, TV series, documentaries, web series, video games, animation, or combined media projects, are being sought.

Fab sounds from The Mersey Beatles

Thu, Sep 12, 2013

“THERE ARE a lot of Beatles tribute bands from all over the world and I’ve seen them all, but The Mersey Beatles are the best I’ve heard.”

Three free gigs from The Cabin Collective

Thu, Sep 12, 2013

THE CABIN Collective, featuring The Saw Doctor’s Leo Moran, The Waterboy’s Anthony Thistlethwaite, and singer-songwriter Noelie McDonnell, will play three free gigs.

Epoch descends on Factory

Thu, Sep 12, 2013

THE EPOCH clubnight returns to Factory, Abbeygate Street, this Saturday with DJs Colin Finnegan, Enda, and Lynam.

Expect house, techno, and electro. Doors are at 11pm. Admission is €5 before midnight. For more information see facebook.com/epoch.galway

The Hive @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Sep 12, 2013

110TH STREET DJs Cyril Briscoe and Cian Ó Cíobháin will host their Hive clubnight tomorrow in the Róisín Dubh from 11.30pm.

The duo will embrace the spirit of disco in its widest, most liberating context, with house, Italo, techno, electro-pop, eighties gems, and more in the mix. Admission is €5. See www.facebook.com/110thst

War Iron to lead Cellar metal night

Thu, Sep 12, 2013

BELFAST METAL band War Iron, who formed out of stoner sludge doom band The Naut, play The Cellar underground tomorrow at 9pm.

Mark Geary @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Sep 12, 2013

MARK GEARY plays the upstairs bar of the Róisín Dubh tomorrow at 8.30pm as part of his current Irish tour.

The tour comes as a break from work on Geary’s fifth album, which he is currently recording. Fans can look forward to hearing some new songs as well as numbers from Mark’s previous releases, 33 1/3 Grand Street, Ghosts, Opium, and Songs about love, songs about leaving.

Wheatus @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Sep 12, 2013

WHEATUS, THE band responsible for ‘Teenage Dirtbag’, one of the biggest hits of the noughties, are coming to Galway.

Debut short story collection from Aileen Armstrong

Thu, Sep 12, 2013

END OF DAYS, the debut short story collection from the Galway based, Sligo born, writer Aileen Armstrong, will be launched next week.

Go Overland and beyond

Thu, Sep 12, 2013

WAYS OF seeing, memory, image, and interactions between the seer and the seen is examined in two exhibitions at the 126 Gallery, Flood Street.

Canadian choir to sing in County Galway

Thu, Sep 12, 2013

NEWFOUNDLAND HAS been described by historian Tim Pat Coogan as “the most Irish place in the world outside of Ireland”.

Culture Night open mic

Thu, Sep 12, 2013

GALWEGIANS WHO have written stories or poems, and who would like to read them before an audience, have an opportunity to do so on Culture Night.

Creative writing classes

Thu, Sep 12, 2013

CREATIVE WRITING classes for beginner and intermediate levels take place in the Galway Technical Institute this month.

Auditions for Renmore Panto

Thu, Sep 12, 2013

AUDITIONS FOR Renmore’s 35th annual pantomime Robin Hood and The Babes in The Wood take place next week.

Be illuminated for Culture Night

Thu, Sep 12, 2013

CULTURE NIGHT on Friday September 20 will see the opening of the public art project Illuminate at 6pm at the Nun’s Island Theatre.

When we weren’t all in it together

Thu, Sep 12, 2013

THE AVERAGE commentator on an Irish internet political discussion forum holds two opinions. First: that, unlike the French or the Greeks, the Irish will never stand up and say no.

The ‘overnight success’

Thu, Sep 12, 2013

EVER SINCE the selection of his book The Spinning Heart on the Booker Long List, Donal Ryan has been hailed as Ireland’s ‘new overnight success’, ensuring the continuity of the long established, glorious, and precious literary tradition of which this country is justly proud.

Adventures in the world of cinema

Thu, Sep 05, 2013

THE FIRST film to be made inside Saudi Arabia; the Snow White tale reimagined as a girl and a troupe of bullfighters in Spain; and popular French actress Audrey Tautou as a proto-feminist - are just some of the delights in store for film fans at the Galway Film Society autumn/winter season screenings.

New production of Eden from Decadent Theatre Company

Thu, Sep 05, 2013

EUGENE O’BRIEN’S award-winning play Eden is about to get a major new production from Decadent Theatre Company and will open at the Town Hall Theatre before embarking on a national tour.

The Magic Numbers @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Sep 05, 2013

THE MAGIC Numbers embark on their first Acoustic Tour across Britain and Ireland this month, which includes a show at the Róisín Dubh.

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