Sharon Shannon to launch NUIG's Arts in Action festival with online concert
Thu, Feb 04, 2021
SHARON SHANNON, one of Ireland's finest and most popular traditional musicians, will open NUI Galway’s 2021 Arts in Action programme with a free online concert.
Read more ...New music and artwork to celebrate life and work of Eilís Dillon
Thu, Jan 07, 2021
Eilís Dillon, the Galway born novelist, and one of Ireland's most versatile writers, will be honoured with a new piece of music, and a new artwork, both commissioned by Galway Public Libraries.
Read more ...The Goldberg Variations to usher in 2021
Thu, Dec 17, 2020
"I DON'T know much about classic music," Sandy Bates, Woody Allen's character in Stardust Memories noted. "For years I thought the Goldberg Variations were something Mr and Mrs Goldberg tried on their wedding night."
Read more ...Baboró unveils plans for 2021 festival
Thu, Dec 17, 2020
This year is not yet over, and 2021 is likely to remain a time of uncertainty, but with all things arts and culture, "the show must go on", and the Baboró International Arts Festival for Children has already unveiled plans for its next festival.
Read more ...Galway Pride plans series of online events for December
Thu, Nov 26, 2020
As the days darken towards the end of an unprecedented and difficult year, a bit of joy and colour will be brought to Galway when Galway's LGBT+ community hosts Winter Pride.
Read more ...Science of Dancing, Circus and Microbes on Festival Opening Day
Fri, Nov 06, 2020
Galway Science and Technology Festival will hold a special opening event on Sunday 8th November on their YouTube Channel. Fun and innovative events for all the family include ‘The Science of Dance’ where you can learn to dance to improve your brain health. Learn how to juggle in ‘Science of the Circus’ with James Soper.
Read more ...Science on Screen Film Festival for Galway opens this week!
Tue, Nov 03, 2020
A new film festival – Science on Screen Film Festival Ireland – runs from this Thursday November 5 to Sunday November 8. The festival, hosted by CÚRAM, the SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices based at NUI Galway and Galway Film Centre, will show the best of science films – shorts and features - from around the world and will include a world premiere, a European premiere and lots of Irish premieres.
Read more ...Livefeed returns with online performance
Thu, Oct 29, 2020
On November 7, Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture youth music project, Livefeed, will host a live online event featuring young musicians and songwriters from Galway city and county. The event will be livestreamed via the Livefeed Facebook, YouTube and Twitch accounts at 7pm and available to watch after the event on YouTube. The event will also feature as part of the TRIBES Youth Arts Festival programme.
Read more ...Enjoy Macnas At Home - A Bram Stoker Festival commission!
Tue, Oct 27, 2020
In a year when a parade isn’t possible, Macnas has partnered once again with Bram Stoker Festival for a unique celebration to bring the magic of Macnas right into your home this Halloween.
Read more ...The Law Is A White Dog - TULCA 2020
Thu, Oct 08, 2020
A REFUSAL to be restricted by categorisation; the invention of new languages and forms of expression; and developing affinities with others is at the heart of TULCA 2020.
Read more ...Ceiliúradh Eilís Dillon - celebrating a prolific Galway writer
Thu, Oct 08, 2020
Eilís Dillon, one of Galway’s most prolific and versatile writers, who published some 50 titles, for children and adults, between 1948 and 1992, will be celebrated and remembered in a series of virtual events this year.
Read more ...Galway Cartoon Festival 2020
Thu, Oct 01, 2020
AN EXHIBITION featuring more than 100 cartoons, taking in every aspect and angle of the Covid-19 pandemic, will be the centrepiece of the 2020 Galway Cartoon Festival.
Read more ...Baboró 2020 starts on Monday
Thu, Oct 01, 2020
Monday October 5 marks the start of the Baboró International Arts Festival For Children, two weeks of creative, theatrical, musical and artistic events for children to share with families, friends, and classmates.
Read more ...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.
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