Local writers chosen for national mentoring scheme
Thu, Jun 19, 2025
Barry Neenan, Bern Butler and Kate McHugh were chosen after a national call-out attracted 345 applicants.
Read more ...Druid’s new sponsor is an old friend
Thu, Jun 19, 2025
First established in 1975, Druid will celebrate its half century in July with a sold-out double bill of Synge and Shakespeare in Galway, followed by a transfer of its Macbeth production to Dublin, and a staging of Beckett’s Endgame in New York.
Read more ...Smooth Salthill singer is new voice in Irish jazz
Thu, Jun 19, 2025
Hailing from Salthill in Galway city, Emily Jane Cooke is a genre-blending composer.
Read more ...A sparkling line up at this year’s Big Top
Thu, Jun 12, 2025
Each year Galway International Arts Festival and Róisín Dubh join forces to bring to Galway some of the most exciting music acts to play at the iconic Heineken Big Top.
Read more ...Cullivan campaigns against ‘yacht rock’
Thu, Jun 12, 2025
He aims to bring together top-class local musicians to a piano-driven set celebrating the greatest songs of the Seventies and Eighties.
Read more ...Lakeland inspires artists
Thu, Jun 12, 2025
The UachtarARTS Community Group will launch its latest exhibition Lough Corrib, Our Legacy – Ár gCroí, tomorrow, Friday, June 13, at 7:00pm in the Courthouse Gallery, Oughterard.
Read more ...Basque residency for city busker
Thu, Jun 12, 2025
Rocío Grau is well-known as a busker in Galway, regularly playing classical music on her keyboard on the city’s streets.
Read more ...REVIEW: 'Before' by Pat Kinevane/Fishamble
Theatre Reviews Thu, Jun 12, 2025
Town Hall Theatre, June 10.
Humanity amid Burren wildlife
Thu, Jun 12, 2025
An exhibition of her latest works will be unveiled at Galway city’s Town Hall Theatre tomorrow, Friday, June 13, at 5pm.
Read more ...The Beat in Galway
Thu, Jun 12, 2025
With chart topping hits such as ‘Mirror In The Bathroom’, ‘Too Nice Too Talk To’, ‘Hands Off She’s Mine’ and ‘Stand Down Margaret’, the band stood apart from their 2 Tone contemporaries in England.
Read more ...BIIRD swoops in for Arts Festival
Thu, Jun 12, 2025
This exciting ensemble of female musicians, singers and lilters brings a contemporary edge to traditional Irish music in a collaboration designed to challenge and expand perceptions of traditional music.
Read more ...‘Outside the City’ released online
Thu, Jun 12, 2025
The Tuam artist’s summer 2024 release, ‘Over Galway Town’ was a massive online hit, surpassing 3.7 million streams, including 2.5 million on Spotify.
Read more ...Trad maestros drum up Fleadh Town
Thu, Jun 12, 2025
The album, a moveable feast of Irish culture, will be launched in Galway next week, at Monroe’s Live on Friday, June 20, at 7:30pm.
Read more ...Wolfe Tones’ Warfield at The Quays
Thu, Jun 12, 2025
He is currently touring Ireland and Britain with his band, The Young Wolfe Tones.
Read more ...Dungeons & Dragons on Dominick St
Thu, Jun 12, 2025
Organisers say games start at 7pm, with places limited to 12 players across two tables. Both tables will be running self-contained, one-shot D&D adventures.
Read more ...Free gigs at Galway Folk Festival
Thu, Jun 05, 2025
The five-day Galway Folk Festival continues until Sunday, June 8, and this year’s celebration of folk, roots and acoustic music includes a rich programme of free events across the city.
Read more ...Full fury of Metallica with Whiplash
Thu, Jun 05, 2025
The thunderous sounds of Metallica will ring out at Monroe’s Live as Whiplash, Ireland’s leading Metallica tribute band, take to the stage on Saturday, June 21.
Read more ...‘Dimensions’ art show in Tuam
Thu, Jun 05, 2025
Dimensions, is the latest exhibition from GRETB’s QQI Level 5 Art and Digital Media programme.
Read more ...Film Fleadh to re-open Pálás in July
Thu, Jun 05, 2025
The Galway Film Fleadh has struck an agreement with Galway City Council to manage the recently shuttered Pálás for the duration of the festival.
Read more ...Arts graduate show at ATU
Thu, Jun 05, 2025
ATU’s annual Graduate Exhibition featuring the work of 95 emerging artists, animators, filmmakers and designers will open to the public this Saturday, June 7, in ATU’s School of Design and Creative Arts on Wellpark Road.
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