Cornerboy @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Mar 20, 2014
COMBINING APPALACHIAN folk, sea shanties, arena rock choruses, vocal harmonies, and an indie sensibility, Wexford’s Cornerboy epitomise nu-folk.
Read more ...The ‘indietronic’ Mineral
Thu, Mar 20, 2014
“THE MINERAL album is really beautiful... it reminds of Screamadelica.” So said Alan McGee whose Creation label released the Primal Scream classic in 1991.
Read more ...Nicole Maguire @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Mar 20, 2014
AHEAD OF the release of her debut album next week, Cork singer-songwriter Nicole Maguire plays upstairs in the Róisín Dubh tomorrow night.
Read more ...Get inside the mind of Lara Croft
Thu, Mar 20, 2014
RHIANNA PRATCHETT, the video game scriptwriter for Bioshock, the Overlord series, and the recently rebooted Lara Croft, is coming to Cúirt 2014.
Read more ...John O’Conor in concert
Thu, Mar 20, 2014
THE GREAT Irish pianist John O’Conor will perform John Field’s Three Nocturnes in the Aula Maxima, NUI Galway, on Friday March 28 at 8pm.
Read more ...Sing with The Ad-Hoc Choir
Thu, Mar 20, 2014
GALWEGIANS INTERESTED in singing are being encouraged to check out The Ad-Hoc Choir’s month of song.
The event will see participnts sing harmonies, learn about their voice, and enjoy singing with other people over four Fridays from March 21 to April 11 from 7.30pm to 9pm in Áras Na nGael, Dominick Street.
Read more ...Union University Singers in concert
Thu, Mar 20, 2014
THE UNION University Singers, the acclaimed choir from Jackson, Tennessee, will give two performances in Galway on Saturday March 29.
Read more ...Acoustic blues gig
Thu, Mar 20, 2014
HARD DRIVING acoustic blues band One Horse Pony will make their Galway debut when they play Kelly's Bridge Street, tomorrow night.
Read more ...The Dead Heavys @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Mar 20, 2014
“THE DEAD Heavys deal a psychedelic-tinged guitar-pop that could easily grab a whole stadium full of post-Oasis fans as well as the charts.”
Read more ...Re-live Oasis @ Monroe's Live
Thu, Mar 20, 2014
COME AUGUST, Oasis’s Definitely Maybe will be 20 years old, yet despite reaching this milestone, songs like ‘Slide Away’ and ‘Live Forever’ still sound timeless.
Read more ...Gamper and Dadoni @ Electric
Thu, Mar 20, 2014
GERMAN HOUSE duo Gamper and Dadoni, who have won attention for their catchy, laid back, mixes, are coming to Electric tonight.
The Hamburg duo play the venue’s Bedlam night from 11pm. The duo formed in 2013 and found their passion in melodic house tunes after some experimental tracks they did together. Their remix of Dolly Parton’s ‘Jolene’ on Soundcloud saw things take off for them and they now have more than 40,000 followers on Facebook. Admission is €5.
Read more ...Funk, Soul and Reggae at Massimo
Thu, Mar 20, 2014
GALWAY DJ Dave Barry’s monthly vinyl excursion into funk, northern soul, boogaloo, r’n’b, Jamaican ska, and more, returns to Massimo tomorrow night. The emphisis is on the dancefloor but there are plenty of snugs for a quiet pint not to mention the smoking room.
Read more ...‘It is the characters who really take over’
Thu, Mar 13, 2014
ONE OF the most keenly anticipated readings at next month’s Cúirt International Festival of Literature is sure be that of Tipperary born author Donal Ryan.
Read more ...‘I’m not looking for soundbites in Greek tragedy’
Thu, Mar 13, 2014
MONDAY MORNING at 10am, a Greek tragedy and a full house, this was the unlikely combination NUI Galway achieved for its inaugural Theatre Season with a fine production of Sophocles’ Electra.
Read more ...Andrew Maxwell’s Banana Kingdom
Thu, Mar 13, 2014
ANDREW MAXWELL, one of Ireland’s leading comedians and a double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, comes to the Róisín Dubh this Saturday.
Read more ...Seacht Scéal with Diarmuid de Faoite
Thu, Mar 13, 2014
DIARMUID DE Faoite, the acclaimed actor and storyteller, will be in An Taibhdhearc with his show Seacht Scéal/Seven Sagas.
Read more ...Dub reggae with Jonah Dan
Thu, Mar 13, 2014
JONAH DAN, a mainstay of the British dub scene since the early nineties, plays the first Rootical Sound System show of 2014.
Read more ...Memory, dance, and mothers
Thu, Mar 13, 2014
SWIMMING WITH My Mother and Missing, two new shows by choreographer David Bolger, are being brought to Galway by CoisCéim Dance Theatre.
The two shows, billed as Duets, take place in the Town Hall Theatre on Tuesday April 1 at 8pm.
Read more ...Irish-American hoe-down @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Mar 13, 2014
ST PATRICK’S Eve and St Patrick’s Day will be celebrated musically at Monroe’s Live with two gigs from Minnesota’s The Hounds of Finn.
Read more ...The Hive’s birthday celebration
Thu, Mar 13, 2014
THE HIVE clubnight celebrates one year of throwing parties in the Róisín Dubh when DJs Cian Ó Cíobháin and Cyril Briscoe hit the decks tomorrow from 11.30pm.
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