When the vicar met the folk-rocker

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

A FEMALE Church of Ireland vicar and a folk-rocker from Arkansas will be reading at the March Over The Edge in the Galway City Library on Thursday March 26 at 6.30pm.

Want to sing at the Karaoke World Championships?

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

GALWEGIANS WHO think they could strut their stuff at a Karaoke world championship should take note of a competition in Coyotes.

Coyotes, Karaoke Ireland, Paddy Power Bingo.Com, and 2FM are offering contestants the chance to represent Galway in the Paddy Power Bingo.Com Karaoke Championships in Dublin.

Get ready for a big multicultural sing

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

‘MULTICULTURAL’ HAS been turned into a dirty word by those of a right wing persuasion who would have us believe it represents a threat to or the ‘ghettoisation’ of society.

It’s time to reclaim the word and re-focus its meaning to instead signify the rich diversity of arts, music, and expression that exists in the world and the benefits of sharing and mutually exploring such diversity.

Padraig Rushe - a change is gonna come

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

THE DUBLIN Gospel Choir had modest beginnings as a local school choir almost 12 years ago but since then they have gone on to share the stage with James Brown, Rod Stewart, and The Chieftains.

CoisCéim bring hit dance show Boxes to Town Hall

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

OUTSTANDING DUBLIN dance company CoisCéim make a welcome return to the Town Hall next week with a new version of their 2000 hit show Boxes.

Tommy Tiernan to make Guinness Book of Records attempt in Galway

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

TOMMY TIERNAN will attempt to enter the Guinness Book of Records with his new show Testamental which he will perform in Galway during the Easter Weekend.

The best of Irish to be seen and heard at Cúirt

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

JOSEPH O’CONNOR, Colm Toibín, and singer-songwriter John Spillane will all be appearing at this year’s Cúirt International Festival of Literature, which takes place from April 21 to 26.

Marina Carr’s Woman and Scarecrow at the Town Hall

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

“Why didn’t I have more sex when I could have?”

Concert by USA and Galway bands

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

THE FOOTHILL High School Concert Band from the USA and Galway’s St Patrick’s Brass Band will play The Black Box Theatre this Sunday at 8pm.

Speed dating in Coyotes

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

A CHARITY speed dating event will take place in Coyotes, Forster Street, tomorrow at 7pm and it is open to all singles over 18 years of age.

St Patrick’s Festival @ GPO

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

THE GPO will celebrate St Patrick’s week early and in style, DJ Arveene and the brilliant Japanese Popstars being just two of the acts playing the Eglinton Street venue over the next few days.

Nathan Fake @ Lowerstate

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

NATHAN FAKE, one of the few artists cutting edge European techno connoisseurs really care about, plays Lowerstate at The Cellar, Eglinton Street, on St Patrick’s Night at 10pm.

All systems go for Disconnect4

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

DISCONNECT 4, the brilliant Galway synth-rock band, are on, to quote one of their own songs ‘the rise’, and they will play the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 9pm.

Want to score a soundtrack?

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

THE PRODUCERS of Blood, Sweat, and Wars will hold a nationwide competition to find a new act to feature on the film soundtrack.

One Shot Soundtrack is a battle of the bands style competition to determine who will feature on Blood Sweat and Wars, a new feature film being shot in Galway. Acts will be judged by a panel including Vinnie Kilduff who has worked with U2.

Ulick O’Connor and Siobhán Armstrong for the Forge at Gort festival

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

THE WRITER Ulick O’Connor and the internationally-acclaimed harpist Siobhán Armstrong will headline the second Forge at Gort literature festival, on March 27 and 28.

Kíla - soundtracking the timeless places

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

BONO GETS a lot of slagging about a lot of things, but sometimes he is right, like when he described Kíla as creating music that comes from “a timeless place”.

Poetry My Arse

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

POETRY MY Arse, an eclectic mix of poetry and satirical song, designed to touch on raw nerves, slaughter sacred cows, and make you laugh, is coming to Galway.

Irish classical music for St Patrick’s Day

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

COIRMCHEOIL PHÁDRAIG, the traditional St Patrick’s Day concert of Irish music and song, takes place in the St Patrick’s Band Hall, Fairgreen, on March 17 at 8pm.

The concert will feature the acclaimed Irish composer and pianist Tom Cullivan, singer Michael Hannon, The Oirbsen Chamber Trio - Joanne Carter (flute), Michael Dooley (bassoon), John Roe (piano), and Pat Jones (horn).

St Patrick’s night céilí

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

THE ST Patrick’s Night Céilí/Fest Noz will take place in the Black Box Theatre on Tuesday at 9pm.

There will be Breton, Scottish, and Irish music and dance, featuring visiting pipe bands, dance groups from Brittany, and Breton-I rish band Neke Tom Tom. Breton crepes will also be available on the night.

Cinema Review - The International

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

It’s an absolute sin to find yourself bored during a thriller/action movie especially if it had all the right ingredients but was just blended the wrong way. Apart from a few fairly decent shoot-em-up scenes The International was a long-haul dizzy trip to nowhere.

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