Galway’s over-30s club night returns

Thu, Jul 17, 2025

Galway’s very own Club 30 returns to Monroe’s Live on Saturday, July 26, from 6pm to 10pm, for an evening of non-stop dancing and throwback anthems from the Eighties, Nineties and Noughties.

Arts Festival down the West End

Thu, Jul 10, 2025

The first week of the programme opens on Monday, July 14, at 8:30pm with Session Americana accompanied by Eleanor Buckland. With nine records and a residency in Cambridge, Massachusetts, their vibrant, rootsy sound brings together American country, jazz, and rock.

Irish psychological thriller to premier at Fleadh

Thu, Jul 10, 2025

I Hope We Can Still Be Friends is the innocent-sounding title for a new, revenge thriller filmed around Galway to be premiered tonight, Thursday, July 10.

The return of Cry Before Dawn

Thu, Jul 10, 2025

Bringing together guitar-driven rock with the influence of trad, incorporating instruments such as the Uilleann pipes and whistles, the Wexford band is continuing its traditional sound with the latest single, Open Water.

FILM REVIEW: The Shrouds

Films Reviews Thu, Jul 10, 2025

A deeply personal, thought-provoking film about grief and memory with a discomfiting sci-fi invention at its centre.

All families are mad

Thu, Jul 10, 2025

In the aftermath of their father’s death, four estranged siblings are called back to their childhood home to decide the future of the family estate.

NOTIFY all: delicate melodies at Monroe’s

Thu, Jul 10, 2025

Known for their combination of traditional Irish music with elements of jazz, post-rock and cinematic sounds, NOTIFY features six of Ireland’s accomplished musicians.

Stormy debut from band with Galway roots

Thu, Jul 10, 2025

‘Existing Condition’ from Petrel, is a tense, brooding meditation on fractured identity, and the strange calm found in chaos. It is on general release tomorrow, Friday July 11.

Theatrical but not theatre, dramatic but not drama, GIAF presents ‘Sabotage’

Thu, Jul 10, 2025

Changing preconceptions, the contemporary circus will open tomorrow, Friday, July 11, and run until July 27. Audiences at this Galway International Arts Festival event can enjoy the theatrics of trapeze, dance, juggling, and acrobatics, but all wrapped up and presented in a very different way than traditional circus.

A double-bill of devastatingly beautiful theatrics

Thu, Jul 10, 2025

T5 and Sea Wall are modern plays with traditional, old-fashioned theatrics and storytelling. Stripped down to the bare essentials, they become just a story with an actor and the audience, driven by both the language and plot line from Belfast-born playwright Simon Stephens. The double bill runs at Nun’s Island Theatre from Saturday, July 12 to July 26.

Manc duo celebrates Galway roots

Thu, Jul 10, 2025

A new Manchester band with Galway roots has dropped its debut EP Heaven Here, combining musical traditions from the West of Ireland with Northwest England’s rock n’ roll.

Summer magic at the Town Hall Theatre

Thu, Jul 03, 2025

The Town Hall Theatre has just launched an exciting programme of events for July - September 2025 that will entertain and enthral!

Skeff amps up live music all week

Thu, Jul 03, 2025

The Eyre Square venue, which operates a late bar licence seven nights a week, announced a new live schedule this week tailored for locals and tourists.

Loved one’s loss inspires new song

Thu, Jul 03, 2025

The County Galway-based songwriter’s delicate folk ballad, ‘Feathers on the Ground’ explores the themes of love and loss. Moving yet uplifting, this song may resonate with anyone who has experienced bereavement.

MOVIE REVIEW: F1

Films Reviews Thu, Jul 03, 2025

After the resounding success of Top Gun: Maverick (2022), director Joseph Kosinski endeavours to replicate that potent formula with F1.

The Frank and Walters bring acoustic set to Galway

Thu, Jul 03, 2025

Known for their catalogue of music spanning more than three decades, this is a glimpse into their music, stripped down to its acoustic bones.

Sabine Higgins to unveil Shock’s Druid snaps

Thu, Jul 03, 2025

An exhibition of just 50 of his thousands of photos will be launched in The Kenny Gallery during the Galway International Arts Festival to document the fiftieth anniversary of another stalwart of modern Galway city: the Druid Theatre Company.

MARS: taking opera where no opera has gone before

Thu, Jul 03, 2025

Speaking to the Galway Advertiser, Tom Creed promises that Galway has never before seen what he and composer Jennifer Walshe have cooked up for the Galway International Arts Festival.

Slieve Aughty on screen at Galway Film Fleadh

Thu, Jul 03, 2025

The world premiere of Marina Levitina’s latest documentary, on the people and beauty of the Graney Valley in East Clare, will be screened next Wednesday, July 9, as part of the 37th Galway Film Fleadh.

Top US choir at St Nick’s

Thu, Jul 03, 2025

Described by composer Eric Whitacre as “the gold standard of American university choirs,” these choristers hail from California State University at Long Beach.

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