Christy Moore to open new series of Pearse Stadium concerts

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

FOR THE first time in more than a decade, Pearse Stadium will host a series of major concerts, starting with the legendary Christy Moore on August 26.

3 Kinds of Music digital Pop-up weekender

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

3 KINDS Of Music, the Galway Music Residency’s multi-genre concert series returns with an online weekender of classical, jazz, folk and trad.

GIAF seeks volunteers for 2021 festival

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

Volunteer applications are now open for Galway International Arts Festival, which this year runs from August 28 to September 18.

‘Ditch Drinking’ - Galway Street Club man releases new single

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

FOLLOWING HIS debut single ‘Radio Caroline’, Galway indiepop artist, James Dillon - better known as one of the lead singers in Galway Street Club - returns with new single, ‘Ditch Drinking’.

Film review: Stillwater

Films Reviews Wed, Aug 11, 2021

ON THE surface, Stillwater is one of those ‘ripped from the headlines’ films. Extremely loosely (and controversially) based on the Amanda Knox saga it has already met with a lot of criticism - including from Knox herself.

Declan O’Rourke, Cathy Davey, and Andy Irvine to play The Grand Auld Stretch

Wed, Aug 11, 2021

DECLAN O’ROURKE, Cathy Davey, Toucan, and Andy Irvine have been added to The Grand Auld Stretch’s already jam-packed bill of events taking place at Nimmo’s Pier.

Free outdoor concerts in Galway in August and September

Wed, Aug 11, 2021

CEOL AN tSamhraidh, a series of live music events taking place across County Galway, begins this weekend, with shows in Ballyglunin and Corr na Móna for audiences of 200 people.

A lifelong love affair with colour

Tue, Aug 10, 2021

A 68-year relationship between an artist and a gallery is rare, but that is how long the painter Kenneth Webb and Kenny’s have been working together.

Declan O'Rourke to play Nimmo’s Pier next week

Tue, Aug 10, 2021

“HE WRITES the sort of classic songs people don’t write anymore, songs that sound like they’ve been around forever. Listen to 'Galileo', possibly the greatest song written in the last 30 years.”

Pride, sauce, and sass - The Dirty Circus is back

Mon, Aug 09, 2021

THIS WEEK is Galway Community Pride and there is no better way to celebrate than with the welcome return of The Dirty Circus burlesque and cabaret night.

'Getting to Know...' Caroline Seoighe

Thu, Aug 05, 2021

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
The little things in life. Lots of laughs, sunsets, sea and no deadlines. Oh and tea, chocolate, and Netflix is just bliss.

Little Cinema 48 hour challenge

Thu, Aug 05, 2021

The Little Cinema & Galway City of Film 48 Hour Challenge is celebrating its fifth iteration this year on the weekend of August 26-29.

New single released

Thu, Aug 05, 2021

Chris Haze has released his new single entitled 'WDGAF'.

Galway’s Baboró festival reflects on its 25 year history

Thu, Aug 05, 2021

A QUARTER century ago, Baboró, Ireland’s International Arts Festival for Children was founded, to fly the flag for brilliant child-focused arts experiences.

‘After the Movie’ - Partland releases new single

Music Reviews Wed, Aug 04, 2021

‘AFTER THE Movie’, the new single from Galway singer-songwriter Partland, is released today, Wednesday August 4, and is accompanied by a wonderful animated video.

'Getting to Know...' - Robert Hilton

Thu, Jul 29, 2021

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Real happiness only exists by contrast to other experiences.

Exhibition depicts south Galway landscapes of the mind

Thu, Jul 29, 2021

OF LAND, Sea, and Mind, a new exhibition of oil paintings by Patrick Kenneally, and inspired by the mind’s adaptation to the lockdown restrictions, and our absence from the landscape as a result, opens this weekend in Kinvara.

Album review: LUMP

Music Reviews Thu, Jul 29, 2021

THE SECOND album from LUMP - singer-songwriter Laura Marling, and Mike Lindsay of folktronica band Tunng - is, as Marling says, about “desires running wild”.

The Playboy of the Western World - The Musical comes to Coole Park in August

Thu, Jul 29, 2021

KATE O’TOOLE, daughter of the legendary actor Peter O’Toole, will be coming to Galway in August to narrate a special live performance of The Playboy of the Western World - The Musical.

Galway Pride Week 2021 to be launched outside the Pálás

Thu, Jul 29, 2021

Galway Community Pride will mark its 32nd year this month with a series of online, outdoor, and in person events to celebrate the LGBT+ community in the city and county.

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