Rocky Horror Picture Show interactive Pride fundraiser

Thu, Jun 23, 2016

"IT'S JUST a jump to the left/and then a step to the right/put you hands on your hips/and bring your knees in tight/but it's the pelvic thrust/that really drives you insa-ie-ayee-ayee-yay-ane...let's do the timewarp again!"

Colours Fringe Festival 2016

Thu, Jun 23, 2016

THE COLOURS Fringe Festival runs from Monday June 27 to Saturday July 2. The festival is in its seventh year and will host events on the NUI Galway campus and in the city centre.

Galway Fringe Festival 2016

Thu, Jun 16, 2016

MORE THAN 100 events, across theatre, music, comedy, and visual arts, as well as a new cinema strand, make up the fifth Galway Fringe Festival, which runs from Saturday July 9 to Monday 25.

Galway 2020's Our Place at Merlin Woods

Thu, Jun 16, 2016

OUR PLACE at Merlin Woods, a theatre, music, performance, and visual art spectacle, takes place this Saturday and Sunday, from 2pm to 5pm, and features a variety of works by Galway and Scottish artists.

Take part in a re-enactment of historic Oireachtas 1913 photograph

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

A total of 163 people are needed to take part in the re-enactment of the famous photograph taken on the steps of the Town Hall during the Gaelic League Oireachtas of 1913.

Galway International Arts Festival 2016

Mon, May 23, 2016

Theatre and dance
A new Enda Walsh play premiering at the GIAF has become something of an annual theatre highlight in the city, and 2016 will be no different with the world premiere of Arlington [a love story]. However this will be a play with a difference, incorporating dance as well as drama.

The Galway Sessions 2016 - Remembering Eamonn Ceannt

Thu, May 19, 2016

EAMONN CEANNT - Galwayman, traditional musician, Republican leader, signatory of the 1916 Proclamation - will be commemorated and celebrated as part of The Galway Sessions 2016 festival.

Above The Fold conference on Saturday

Thu, May 19, 2016

ABOVE THE Fold, a pilot project conference on creativity and the arts in Galway, takes place this Saturday in The Mick Lally Theatre, Druid Lane, from 11am to 6pm, featuring speakers from art and design backgrounds.

Charity quiz for Console to be held in Monroe's

Tue, Apr 19, 2016

THE THIRD Annual Charity Table Quiz, Raffle and Auction in aid of Console, takes place in Monroe's Live this Friday [April 22] from 7pm, with chances to win vouchers and bid on a signed Connacht Rugby jersey.

Entertainment for the whole family at City Limits Oranmore

Tue, Apr 12, 2016

City Limits Oranmore provides the ultimate in family entertainment as an emporium of indoor adventure for all ages. From the physically and mentally demanding challenges in their Zero Limits to their fully themed Jungle Drum Restaurant which can be hired for special occassions and can accommodate up to 140 people.

NUIG launches 16th Múscailt Festival programme

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

'SEAS AN Fód/Stand Your Ground' is the defiant theme of this year's Múscailt, NUI Galway's annual arts festival, which brings a host of visual arts, music, performance, song, talks, and workshop to the campus in March. All events are free and open to the public.

A Brazilian carnival @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Feb 18, 2016

THE SOUNDS, tastes, music, food, and dances of Brazil take over Monroe’s Live this Sunday when the Dominick Street venue hosts its Brazilian Carnival party.

Steven Sharpe to host the Valentine's Dirty Circus

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

LOVE EVERYBODY...Harder!! is the double entendre laden subtitle for the upcoming show from The Dirty Circus in the Róisín Dubh this Saturday from 9pm, where naughtiness and glamour will reign supreme.

New Inn gets ready for 38th Mummer Festival

Thu, Dec 17, 2015

Plans are in place for the hosting of the annual New Inn Mummers Festival event in the local Leisure Centre on January 2 and 3. This will be the 38th annual staging of this unique festival of music, song, dance and storytelling that attracts competitors and patrons from all over the country.

4FM eighties Christmas party @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Nov 19, 2015

4FM WILL start the Christmas celebrations early in Galway when the station's leading DJs will be spinning the decks at the eighties Christmas party in Monroe's Live on Friday November 27.

Britain’s Got Talent comes to Galway

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

BRITAIN'S GOT Talent, will again be extending its search beyond Britain by seeking Irish hopefuls to take part in this year's contest and TV show.

Welcome to the Zombie Beauty Salon

Thu, Oct 15, 2015

THE FIRST Zombie Beauty Salon to open in Galway will take place this month as part of a series of Halloweeen events and classes, including costume making and pumpkin carving, taking place at the Galway Arts Centre.

Event review: CarnEvil

Events Review Thu, Oct 15, 2015

GALWAY GETS its first taste of a scare attraction this Halloween season with CarnEvil, running throughout October in the old printing works behind the Connacht Tribune on Market Street.

Italian opera's impact on the world

Thu, Oct 15, 2015

NEXT WEEK is not simply next week, it is Settimana Della Lingua Italiana Nel Mondo, the Week of the Italian Language in the World, and as part of a worldwide celebration of Italian, NUI Galway will host a talk linking opera with Italian history.

Home-grown thrills and terrors in CarnEvil

Tue, Oct 13, 2015

HALLOWEEN FAST approaches, that time of year when ghouls, ghosts and goblins, witches and warlocks, fiends and fright-mongers, of all shapes and sizes emerge to fill mere mortals with dread and horror...and Galway is not immune from their baleful presence.

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