The sound of silver - Flirt FM to mark 25 years on air
Thu, Sep 24, 2020
On Monday September 28, at 12 noon, it will be exactly 25 years since Flirt FM, the award winning campus, community and alternative radio station, located at NUI Galway, went live on air.
Read more ...Gilgamesh is coming...
Thu, Sep 24, 2020
A BEARDED man with wild, unkempt hair, pulling a cart behind him, was spotted on the streets of Galway this week, the same man whose face adorns a mural that appeared on the corner of Bridge Street and Dominick Street.
Read more ...Covid pandemic forces cancellation of 2020 Vodafone Comedy Carnival
Thu, Sep 24, 2020
THE VODAFONE Comedy Carnival Galway, one of the major events of the Galway, and indeed Irish festival calendar, has had to be cancelled this year due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Read more ...Galway musicians to host A Cup Of Music in aid of Galway Hospice
Tue, Sep 22, 2020
LEO MORAN of The Saw Doctors, singer-songwriter Marc Roberts, along with Tom Joyce and Carmel and Enda Dempsey will present a special show to raise funds for Galway Hospice.
Read more ...Culture Night 2020 - what are you going to?
Thu, Sep 17, 2020
Culture Night, Ireland's annual night of free arts, entertainments, and cultural events, to encourage the public to embrace, enjoy, and develop more interest in music, theatre, literature, dance, and the visual arts, returns tomorrow, Friday September 18.
Read more ...Galway 'Virtual' Fringe Festival 2020
Thu, Sep 17, 2020
THE GALWAY Fringe Festival - normally an event on the streets, stages, and venues of the city - is moving online this year to provide "a creative digital space for new and emerging artists to get on a virtual stage and share their talents despite pandemic woes".
Read more ...Óró… - cultural connections and performances in Connemara
Thu, Sep 17, 2020
LIAM Ó MAONLAÍ and Diarmuid de Faoite, along with Scottish singer Josie Duncan, and Cornish poet Taran Spalding-Jenkin, will be among the artists taking part in Óró..., which premieres in Connemara this month.
Read more ...Baboró 2020 - Galway’s children’s festival launches today
Thu, Sep 10, 2020
Today marks the launch of the 24th annual Baboró International Arts Festival for Children, with young Galway audiences set to enjoy two weeks of music, theatre, dance, art, and a wild ride of fun for the imagination.
Read more ...Jennifer Cunningham designs GIAF 2020 Autumn Programme poster
Thu, Sep 10, 2020
THE AWARD winning Galway artist Jennifer Cunningham has created a commemorative poster artwork for the Galway International Arts Festival’s Autumn Edition programme.
Read more ...Resilience and community - Clifden Arts Festival starts next week
Thu, Sep 10, 2020
Despite the devastating impact of last week's floods, the 43rd Clifden Arts Festival will go ahead, with a spirit of resilience and sense of community ensuring the continuation of Ireland’s longest running community arts festival.
Read more ...THE BIG THINK AT GALWAY SUMMER GARDEN: THE ULTIMATE LAST CHANCE SUMMER FESTIVAL
Wed, Sep 09, 2020
Just as you thought the last chance of a proper festival had gone for this year, along comes The Big Think - a festival of talks and ideas - to fill you with inspiration, insight, hope and joy. Galway Summer Garden provides the perfect festival vibe for this Indian summer of enlightenment and laughs. The central outdoor stage is encircled by a panopticon of beautifully-appointed bell tents (each with its own dedicated loo!), from which you can ‘contactlessly’ order your food and drinks delivered to the door.
Read more ...GIAF 2020 Autumn Edition - it's on!
Thu, Sep 03, 2020
COVID-19 may have rendered Galway's summer festival season inert, but the city and its festivals are too resilient to be kept down forever, so for the first time in its 43 year history, the arts festival moves to the autumn.
Read more ...Breandán Ó hEithir and the 'gentle' Black and Tans
Thu, Aug 27, 2020
THE ANNUAL Féile na bhFlaitheartach, which usually takes place on Inis Mór each August, has been re-imagined in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, and will be an online event this year.
Read more ...Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture launches reimagined programme
Thu, Aug 13, 2020
From next month until March 2021, more than 350 artists from Galway, and across Ireland, will take part in a seven month, reimagined, Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture programme.
Read more ...Galway Fringe Festival 2020 - a physical and virtual festival
Thu, Aug 13, 2020
THE GALWAY Fringe Festival will come in two forms this year - a physical form featuring art exhibitions throughout this month, and a virtual form with online shows in September.
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