Sons Of Gingerbread @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

SONS OF Gingerbread are not a band easy to pigeonhole, with a sound that encompasses funk, jazz, rockabilly, folk, reggae, ska, prog, and soul.

John Grant to return to Róisín Dubh

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

JOHN GRANT, the marvellous American singer-songwriter behind the acclaimed albums Queen Of Denmark and Pale Green Ghosts, is coming back to Galway.

Music For Galway launches new season

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

PREMIERES OF new music, Handel’s Messiah, and the revolutionary sounds of Debussy, Schoenberg, and Stravinsky all form part of Music For Galway’s 33rd concert programme series.

Over The Edge reading

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

WRITERS JOHN Foulcher, Rachel Coventry, and Padhraic Harris will read at the Over The Edge: Open Reading in Galway City Library on Thursday September 26 at 6.30pm.

Resonance @ The Shed

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

ARTSPACE STUDIOS will open Resonance, a collaborative exhibition, featuring visual artists, graduates, academics, writers, and community groups, as part of Culture Night.

Galway writer launches new book

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

WHEN A long-lost aunt bequeaths a mysterious golden cross to Amanda Morrison, a strange series of events ensues, taking her back to Mediaeval Ireland and the downfall of the Spanish Armada.

Culture Night in Clarinbridge

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

THE CLARINBRIDGE Parish Hall will host a range of events as part of Culture Night which takes place tomorrow.

RedBird’s Culture Night

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

THE GALWAY Arts Centre’s RedBird Youth Collective is hosting an event for Culture Night which takes place in the city tomorrow.

Culture night literary event

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

WEST OF Ireland writers Maureen Gallagher and Mary Ellen Fean will read their work as part of Culture Night in Galway city tomorrow.

The reading, organised by the Western Writers’ Centre, takes place at the Café Express, Shop Street, at 7pm.

Galway Theatre Festival announces programme

Thu, Sep 12, 2013

A LARGE crowd turned out for the launch of the programme for the Galway Theatre Festival 2013 at Massimo last Friday evening.

Baboró 2013 programme unveiled

Thu, Sep 12, 2013

THE PROGRAMME of the 17th Baboró International Arts Festival for children and families, which takes place from October 14 to 20, was unveiled at a reception on Monday morning at Il Vicolo café on Augustine Street.

The return of The Would Be’s

Thu, Sep 12, 2013

IN THE very early 1990s, Ireland enjoyed a creative explosion in indie rock, producing bands like Toasted Heretic, Engine Alley, and The Would Be’s.

Glen Hansard plays Galway in October

Thu, Sep 12, 2013

GLEN HANSARD is coming back to Galway to play the Town Hall Theatre as part of his October Solo Tour.

Johnny Cash tribute show

Thu, Sep 12, 2013

JOHNNY CASH’S legendary shows at Folsom and San Quentin prisons, will be recreated by eight Irish musicians in a new tribute show to The Man In Black.

Get Rhythm: A Tribute to Johnny Cash takes place in the Town Hall Theatre on Saturday September 14 at 8pm. The band will replicate the classic Cash, Tennessee Three, Carter Family, and Carl Perkins line-ups, with Paul McCann as Johnny Cash and Louise O’Reilly as June Carter Cash.

Michael English to headline Town Hall concert

Thu, Sep 12, 2013

ONE OF Ireland’s most popular singers, Michael English, will head the bill at a show in the Town Hall Theatre on Tuesday September 24.

Get a look through The Savage Eye

Thu, Sep 12, 2013

THE STARS of hit Irish comedy show The Savage Eye - David McSavage, John Colleary, Pat McDonnell, and Dermot McMorrow - are coming to Galway.

Galway Actors Workshop classes

Thu, Sep 12, 2013

THE GALWAY Actors Workshop will host a new series of classes, starting on the week of September 23, and running for 12 weeks, in the Anno Santo Hotel, Salthill.

Drama classes at GTI

Thu, Sep 12, 2013

THE GALWAY Institute of Technology and drama facilitator and actor Aoife Heery will hold an Introduction to Drama courses at Fr Griffen Road.

See a Populaire film

Thu, Sep 12, 2013

THE FRENCH romantic-comedy Populaire will open the Galway Film Society’s autumn/winter season 2013.

Rush competition winners

Thu, Sep 12, 2013

THE WINNERS to tickets for the screening of the new film Rush in The Eye this week were:

Maria Elena Mannion, Oranmore; Howard McCarthy, Gort; Yvonne Gibbs, Salthill; Paul McDermott, Athenry; Jessica Forde, Galway; Trevor Clohessy, Rosscahill; Piotr Szuber, Loughrea; Gavin Penrose, Knocknacarra; Joe Toner, Salthill; Sasha Lukyanova, Galway; Colin Nolan, Oranmore; Paulene Kelly, Salthill; Shane Riddell, Renmore; Anne Thornton, Mervue; Maura Ford, Galway; Cathal Duffy, Ballyglunin; Darren Creaven, Belclare; Mary McDermott, Galway; Jeanne Stapleton, Oranmore; Carmel Kelly, Oranmore; Claire Kane, Galway; Amanda McDonagh, An Cheathrú Rua; and David Connolly, Moycullen.

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