Rebecca Storm at the Town Hall
Thu, Nov 29, 2012
REBECCA STORM, one of the most popular leading ladies in musical theatre over the past 30 years, makes a welcome visit to Galway to play the Town Hall Theatre on Friday December 7.
Read more ...Take a trip down Havana way
Thu, Nov 29, 2012
CUBA’S CAPITAL city, as seen through the eyes of seven different directors, is the subject of the film 7 Days In Havana.
Read more ...Peter Pan sa Taibhdhearc
Thu, Nov 29, 2012
GALWAY CHILDREN can get ready to fly to Never Never Land in the company of Peter Pan, the boy who never wants to grow up.
Read more ...Unhinged Comedy Club @ The Cellar
Thu, Nov 29, 2012
THE UNHINGED Comedy Club at The Cellar Bar takes place tonight from 9pm with sets from FJ Murray, Donal Vaughan, Aodh Rua, and Kat Horan.
Read more ...Canadian comic for the Róisín Dubh
Thu, Nov 29, 2012
CANADIAN COMIC Glenn Wool is known for tackling the big issues with a preacher’s zeal but a gangsters love of the punchline.
Read more ...Martha Wainwright to play Róisín Dubh
Thu, Nov 29, 2012
MARTHA WAINWRIGHT, the Canadian-American singer-songwriter, daughter of Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle, and sister of Rufus, is coming to Galway.
Read more ...Go on the road with Máirtin O’Connor
Thu, Nov 29, 2012
THE GREAT Máirtin O’Connor, along with singer-guitarist Seamie O’Dowd, and Tradiohead will play a charity concert in Monroe’s Live next week.
Read more ...Jack Beats @ The Electric Garden
Thu, Nov 29, 2012
JACK BEATS, the duo of ex-Scratch Pervert, Plus-One, and ‘mixologist’ Ben Geffen/Beni G play The Electric Garden on Thursday December 13.
Read more ...Texan singer for Monroe’s Live
Thu, Nov 29, 2012
TEXAN SINGER-songwriter Keegan McInroe, whose music fuses country, blues, gospel, and rock’n’roll, plays Monroe’s Live this Sunday at 11pm.
Read more ...Keane Brothers’ Christmas concerts
Thu, Nov 29, 2012
THE KEANE Brothers - Sean, Matt, Pat, and Noel - will be appearing in the Claregalway Hotel, for their annual Christmas/New Year concerts.
The shows take place on Friday January 4 and Saturday 5 2013 at 9pm. Also appearing will be Orlaith Keane, who has just released her solo album The Home Place. Special rates are being offered by the hotel for overnight stays, dinner, and concerts.
Read more ...John Behan to exhibit at Kenny’s
Thu, Nov 29, 2012
ON THE Tide Of History, a new exhibition of bronze sculptures, drawings, and paintings by John Behan, opens at The Kenny Gallery tomorrow at 6pm.
Read more ...Wayword Tuesdays’ book launch
Thu, Nov 29, 2012
THE ROLLING Stones sang about ‘Ruby Tuesday’; Primal Scream had ‘Gentle Tuesday’, but Galway has Wayword Tuesdays, a new book by the Tuesday Knights.
Read more ...‘And They Flew…’ art exhibition
Thu, Nov 29, 2012
‘AND THEY Flew...’, the annual exhibition by the students of the award winning Galway artist Denise Hogan, opens this Saturday at 7.30pm in the Renzo Café, Eyre Street.
Read more ...Poetry - in print and audio
Thu, Nov 29, 2012
THE LAUNCH of two different poetry collections - one in book form, the other in CD form - will be launched in the Galway City Museum’s Kitchen Café this Saturday at 7pm.
Read more ...Kavanagh and Christmas
Thu, Nov 29, 2012
PATRICK KAVANAGH’s poem ‘A Christmas Childhood’ will serve as the inspiration for a show in Árus na nGael this Saturday at 7pm.
Read more ...Handel’s Messiah at St Nicholas’s Collegiate Church
Thu, Nov 22, 2012
ONE OF the highpoints of Galway’s musical calendar and festive season is coming up shortly when Music For Galway, the Irish Baroque Orchestra, and the Resurgam choir join forces for a presentation of Handel’s Messiah at St Nicholas’s Collegiate Church, on Saturday December 8.
Read more ...Zechs Marquise to bring on da funk
Thu, Nov 22, 2012
IF SLY Stone and Isaac Hayes had ever teamed up with Yes and King Crimson, the end result might have been something along the lines of Zechs Marquise.
Read more ...Comedy and music at Busker Brownes
Thu, Nov 22, 2012
BUSKER BRTOWNE’S on Cross Street will host another night of stand-up comedy at it’s new comedy club along with music gigs ranging from rock to jazz.
Read more ...New book on George Moore to be launched
Thu, Nov 22, 2012
GEORGE MOORE, the Irish novelist and man of letters, and an influence on Virginia Woolf and James Joyce, is the subject of a new book of essays.
Read more ...Celebrate the life and work of Liam O’Flaherty
Thu, Nov 22, 2012
LIAM O’FLAHERTY was one of Ireland’s greatest short story writers and a meeting takes place next week to look at how to celebrate and honour the writer and the man.
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