House- worx DJs @ The Cellar

Thu, Jun 21, 2012

THE HOUSEWORX DJ Team will celebrate their third birthday this Saturday at 10.30pm with a major bash downstairs in The Cellar Bar.

Houseworx have had an amazing year, having performed at Life Festival and gained radio play both here and in Britain. On the night Houseworx will be joined by DJs Mitod, Tatumba, Qugas, and Raid D.

Fling @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jun 21, 2012

FLING, THE energetic Irish quintet who fuse trad, bluegrass, blues, and rock play Monroe’s Live on Thursday July 5 at 11.30pm.

La belle musique de Nouvelle Vague

Thu, Jun 21, 2012

IN FRENCH, ‘nouvelle vague’ refers to daring, iconoclastic, films made in the 1950s and 1960s by Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut. In English, ‘new wave’ was music by bands like Blondie and Joy Division.

Swords to play Citóg

Thu, Jun 21, 2012

DUBLIN ELECTRO-pop trio Swords, whose music The Irish Times described as “neatly clipped electro-pop tunes and smart elegant hooks”, are coming to Galway.

Canadian songwriter for Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jun 21, 2012

ROSE COUSINS, the Canadian singer-songwriter will play the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday June 27 at 9pm, where she will perform songs from her new album.

An upbeat fusion at Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jun 21, 2012

THEIR SINGER is from France, their drummer is from Zimbabwe, and their music spans reggae, rock, and funk. They are Karma Parking.

Karma Parking, the Cork based fusion band, described by The Irish Mirror as “a real treat for the senses”, play Monroe’s Live tomorrow at 11pm. Their music is predominantly lively, imbued with optimism, inspiring audiences to enjoy themselves and get up and dance.

Galway Fringe Festival programme launch

Thu, Jun 21, 2012

THE 2012 Galway Fringe Festival programme launch takes place tomorrow at 6pm in Kelly’s Bar, Bridge Street. The festival runs from July 12 to 30.

Galway poet to host poetry workshops

Thu, Jun 21, 2012

GALWAY POET Stephen Murray, author of the acclaimed debut collection House Of Bees, will host weekend poetry workshop in Burrin, Kinvara.

Galway Baroque Singers charity concert

Thu, Jun 21, 2012

THE GALWAY Baroque Singers will sing in St Mary’s Church, The Claddagh, on Thursday June 28 for a fundraising concert in aid of the Irish Hospice Foundation.

Wagner’s Ring Cycle @ The Eye

Thu, Jun 21, 2012

WAGNER’S EPIC Ring Cycle will be broadcast to The Eye Cinema, live via satellite, from The Metropolitan Opera, New York, during the first week of July.

The Bolshoi - at The Eye

Thu, Jun 21, 2012

THIS SUNDAY at 4pm, The Eye Cinema in Wellpark will screen the Bolshoi Ballet’s production of the great romantic Russian ballet, Raymonda, live via satellite from Moscow.

Set during the Crusades, this swashbuckling romantic ballet features an exotic and sumptuous score by Alexander Glazunov. It tells the story of Raymonda, a beautiful noblewoman who is engaged to marry the knight Jean de Brienne.

Live gigs @ Halo

Thu, Jun 21, 2012

HALO’S NEW upstairs venue will host two gigs over two nights this weekend with Big September tonight and Hot Fuss tomorrow.

Westlife live via satellite @ The Eye

Thu, Jun 21, 2012

THE EYE Cinema in Wellpark will be screening Westlife’s final concert, live via satellite, from Croke Park, this Saturday at 8.30pm.

Alejandro Escovedo to play Kelly’s

Thu, Jun 21, 2012

TEXAN SINGER-songwriter Alejandro Escovedo & The Sensitive Boys play upstairs at Kelly’s, Bridge Street, on Friday June 29 at 8pm.

Noeline Kavanagh; looking to ‘entice, excite and ignite’ with the Macnas parade

Thu, Jun 14, 2012

AS THE Galway Arts Festival fast approaches, it is all systems go at Macnas as the company gears up for this year’s parade, entitled This Thunderous Heart, which will take to the city streets on Sunday July 22.

Shortcut To Hallelujah returns to Town Hall

Thu, Jun 14, 2012

FRESH FROM a triumphant visit to Listowel Writer’s Week, Truman Town Theatre’s Shortcut To Hallelujah makes a welcome return to the Town Hall Theatre for a five night run.

Savages, trumpets, and unisex bands

Thu, Jun 14, 2012

THE BLISTERING Ulster punk of Rural Savage, the post-punk energy of Trumpets Of Jericho, and the alternative rock of Fred and Bob are coming to Citóg.

Exploring Issues with Florence Films

Thu, Jun 14, 2012

GALWAY-BASED production company Florence Films have just completed an hour-long pilot episode of their new TV series Issues which dramatises the meetings between a psychotherapist and his clients.

Frasier star John Mahoney returns to Galway

Thu, Jun 14, 2012

THE GREAT American actor John Mahoney, best known for his role as Marty Crane in the classic comedy Frasier, is coming to Galway for next month’s arts festival.

Heartwarming tale from Branar

Thu, Jun 14, 2012

BRANAR, TÉATAR DO PHÁISTÍ’s mission is to create a “simple elegant form of theatre for young people”, which it delivers in its latest production Croi a Mhuscailt - Awakening a Heart.

Simple, sweet, and short - this story of few words is told through two puppets - an elderly women, who has lost her husband, and her granddaughter. Both cope in their own way - the granny through packing her husband’s belongings and with it their memories into suitcases; the granddaughter by wanting to keep his memory alive through those same belongings. It is the child’s innocence that finally rewakens her granny.

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