Leading international photographer to speak in Headford

Thu, Sep 28, 2017

Internationally renowned photographer, Michal Dzikowski, better known as Michal Clearskies Ahead, whose work has been published by National Geographic and The Guardian, will be the guest speaker at the Headford Camera Club's upcoming open night.

William Orpen and The Great War

Thu, Sep 28, 2017

IN 1917, the Irish artist William Orpen was appointed an official war artist and sent to the Western Front with a strict brief from the British War Office as to who and what he was to paint.

Calling all Galway pubs, you are invited to take part in Galway’s first PUBLICAN’S PINT RACE!

Wed, Sep 27, 2017

WHAT IS INVOLVED?
1. Your pub fund raises for Western Alzheimers (we have a list of fundraising ideas if you need inspiration!).

Art classes with Jennifer Cunningham

Thu, Sep 21, 2017

FOLLOWING THE success of her All That Surrounds Us solo show in the Royal Hibernian Academy, Galway artist Jennifer Cunningham is taking bookings for her Autumn term classes and one day workshops.

TEDx returns to Town Hall

Thu, Sep 14, 2017

TEDxGALWAY, a local gathering where live TED-like talks, returns to the Town Hall Theatre next week. The event’s aim is to be a shining light for all that is noteworthy, challenging, and thought-provoking in Galway.

Bi Visibility Week events in Galway

Thu, Sep 14, 2017

Bisexuality is one of the least understood or publicly recognised forms of sexual orientation, one which often faces prejudice from within minority and majority sexualities, leading to the phenomenon of 'bi-erasure'.

Let's dance to the music for Galway

Wed, Sep 06, 2017

DAVID BOWIE declared "Put on your red shoes and dance the blues". Sly Stone exhorted us to simply "dance to the music", while Men Without Hats warned, "'cause if friends don't dance, well if they don't dance, well, they're no friends of mine". The message is clear - dance and music are inextricably linked.

The Galway MP who got thrown in the river

Tue, Sep 05, 2017

IN MAY 1922, a bronze memorial statue to Lord Dunkellin, which had stood in Eyre Square for almost 50 years, was pulled from its pedestal and dumped into the River Corrib. It disappeared overnight and has never resurfaced.

The Mayor of the Claddagh talk

Thu, Aug 31, 2017

The Claddagh fishing village was a unique settlement which developed outside the walls of medieval Galway which traditionally elected its own mayor, or king.

Ten years of shorelines in Portumna

Thu, Aug 31, 2017

Portumna celebrates the 10th Shorelines Arts Festival from September 14 to 17 with an exciting programme of events.

Galway's West End set to host brand new Bilingual City Market..

Mon, Aug 21, 2017

The Grand Opening of Tiny Traders Village - a brand new regular Saturday market event will take place this Saturday 26th of August from 11 am - 6 pm on the grounds of Aras na nGael on Dominick St.

Galway radio drama set to national broadcast

Thu, Aug 17, 2017

A LOCALLY made radio drama - recorded in the Flirt FM Studios in NUI Galway, and on location around Galway city - is set for a national broadcast when it is aired on Newstalk 106-108fm this weekend and next.

Dance workshops with Pride

Thu, Aug 03, 2017

GALWAY DANCE Project, with Galway Community Pride and Electric Garden and Theatre, present a special Vogue workshop with dancer Russell Brown, on Friday August 11 in the Abbeygate Street venue.

Are you ready Galway's Pride festival?

Thu, Jul 27, 2017

THERE IS less than a fortnight to go to the Galway Community Pride Festival, and yet in some ways, Pride has already started, with a host of pre-festival events taking place over the next week.

'Art has no borders but it does have edges' – GIAF launch

Thu, Jul 20, 2017

The 40th Galway International Arts Festival got off to a flying start on Monday at the Black Box Theatre with the world premiere of Woyzeck In Winter, Conall Morrison’s daring fusion of Büchner and Schubert.

Silence, storytelling, and Stano

Thu, Jul 20, 2017

THE GROUNDBREAKING Irish composer Stano, brings his latest work, 'In Between Silence’, described by New York reviewer Rosie Vaughn as “a masterclass in storytelling”, to the Galway International Arts Festival.

What you might see on the streets

Wed, Jul 12, 2017

FOR ALL the shows taking place in theatres, venues, bars, and even the Big Top, if no events and happenings are taking place on the streets of the city during the arts festival, then it just isn't the arts festival.

Mayor recalls his one movie roll at film fleadh launch

Thu, Jun 29, 2017

IN HIS first official engagement as Mayor of Galway, Pearce Flannery told the launch of the 29th Galway Film Fleadh, how, as a boy in Ballinasloe, he and his friends were thrilled to be cast as extras in the 1971 movie, Flight Of The Doves.

Get your man-bun ready, it's time for 'cool' irregular bingo again!

Thu, Jun 29, 2017

BINGO IS something associated with elderly ladies, not craft beer loving young men who listen to bands that don't even exist yet. Yet, there are hipsters who would love a chance to play the game.

Pride Bingo - back by demand

Thu, Jun 29, 2017

FOLLOWING THE success of the Bingo night in Nova to raise funds for the 2017 Galway Community Pride festival, two further evenings of “number calling” are being organised for July 5 and 19.

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