The Frank & Walters take Trains, Boats And Planes to the Róisín Dubh
Thu, Dec 13, 2012
CORK’S LONG-running indie legends The Frank & Walters play their classic debut album, Trains, Boats And Planes, in its entirety, in the Róisín Dubh on Friday December 21 at 9pm.
Read more ...Vito De Luca @ The Electric Garden
Thu, Dec 13, 2012
WITH HIS mix of French House and Balearic Beat, Vito De Luca has established himself as party-starting DJ and a star remix teams of the nu-disco scene.
Read more ...The Atlantic Pirates @ An Taibhdhearc
Thu, Dec 13, 2012
THE ATLANTIC Pirates, one of Galway’s finest folk bands, take to the stage of An Taibhdhearc this weekend.
Read more ...Jemson Green @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Dec 13, 2012
JEMSON GREEN will bring their hard-hitting rock sound to Monroe’s Live tonight from 10pm.
Read more ...Anthony Parasole @ Factory
Thu, Dec 13, 2012
NEW YORK DJ Anthony Parasole makes his Irish debut at The Factory tomorrow night at 11pm.
Read more ...Rusted Rail Christmas Party
Thu, Dec 13, 2012
THE INDEPENDENT Galway record label Rusted Rail will host its annual Christmas Party upstairs in the Róisín Dubh on Friday December 21 from 8pm.
Read more ...A comic look at Irish history
Thu, Dec 13, 2012
1916 AND All That is a new book by Galwegian Ciara Boylan, which takes a comic look at Irish history.
Read more ...New Year creative writing classes at GTI
Thu, Dec 13, 2012
GALWEGIANS LOOKING to try their hand at creative writing, but who want guidance and advice on how to do so, should check out classes at the GTI.
Read more ...On-line creative writing course
Thu, Dec 13, 2012
THE WESTERN Writers’ Centre is offering an on-line, eight-part creative writing course for prose and poetry.
Read more ...A family Christmas concert
Thu, Dec 13, 2012
FAVOURITE CHRISTMAS songs and cartoon show theme tunes will be performed at a family Christmas concert this Sunday.
Read more ...Three shows from The Brennan Sisters
Thu, Dec 13, 2012
CONNEMARA TRAD/folk singers The Brennan Sisters will perform three concerts this weekend - in Tourmakeady, Moycullen, and Galway city.
Read more ...DJ Dave Barry to get Uptight
Thu, Dec 13, 2012
TOMORROW NIGHT Massimo on Sea Road will reverberate to some of the finest black music of all time.
Galway DJ Dave Barry brings another of his Uptight nights to the venue from 10pm to 2pm. Expect to hear classic funk, sweet soul, and some boogaloo.
Read more ...Opera and ballet @ The Eye
Thu, Dec 13, 2012
VERDI’S AIDA and the Bolshoi’s production of The Nutcracker will be screened live from The Met in New York to The Eye Cinema, Wellpark, this month.
Aida will be broadcast this Saturday at 6pm. Set in ancient Egyptian, it stars Liudmyla Monastyrska as the enslaved Ethiopian princess; Roberto Alagna as Radamès; and Olga Borodina as Amneris.
Read more ...Jarlath Regan @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Dec 13, 2012
JARLATH REGAN, described as “Dylan Moran on valium” by Three Weeks, plays the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday December 19 at 8.30pm.
Read more ...Comedy show @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Dec 13, 2012
COMEDIAN DAVE Young has been called “flat-out hilarious” by the Irish Independent, while America Today says he is “thrilling to watch”.
Read more ...Klub Orange to host charity fundraiser
Thu, Dec 13, 2012
TOMORROW NIGHT sees the launch of a new dance club, Klub Orange, in the Townhouse Bar on Spanish Parade.
Read more ...ConTempo’s Christmas concert
Thu, Dec 13, 2012
THE CONTEMPO Quartet will host a Christmas Concert this evening at 8pm in The Mechanics Institute, Middle Street.
Read more ...NUIG students to launch anthology
Thu, Dec 13, 2012
ABANDONED DARLINGS, a collection of writings from students of NUI Galway’s MA in Writing 2011-2012, will be launched on Wednesday December 19.
The anthology features poetry, fiction, and non-fiction set in harsh Russian winters, the Irish midlands, the Atlantic, and the Americas.
Read more ...Java Writers launch new collection
Thu, Dec 13, 2012
THE JAVA Writers group, who meet every Tuesday’s in Java’s café on Abbeygate Street, will launch an anthology of their poetry and prose tomorrow.
Infusions - an Anthology by Java Writers will be launched by the poet and short story writer Susan Millar DuMars in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop at 6.30pm.
Read more ...Jack L - the eternal songs of the 27 Club
Thu, Dec 06, 2012
JIMI HENDRIX died after choking on his own vomit; Brian Jones drowned on a summer’s day in 1969; Jim Morrison died of heart failure in Paris; Kurt Cobain put a gun in his mouth and said farewell to life. All were young men - only 27 years of age.
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