Fox E and the Good Hands @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Dec 19, 2013

FOX E and The Good Hands are vivacious vulpine Eimear Fox and her swinging six-piece band, and they play Monroe’s Live this Friday at 10pm.

Charity concert for the Philippines

Thu, Dec 19, 2013

A CHARITY concert to raise funds to help rebuild lives and communities devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, takes place tonight.

Exhibition of youth and children’s art

Thu, Dec 19, 2013

EIDETIC IMAGERY, an exhibition of art by Galway teens and children, is currently running at The Shed, Centre Pier, Galway City Harbour.

Proust Questionnaire

Thu, Dec 19, 2013

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Sitting at home in front of the fire with my girlfriend Hannah.

New charity book for Barnardos

Thu, Dec 19, 2013

IF I Were a Child Again, a new book compiled by Caroline Finnerty, and featuring Galway writer Miranda Manning, has just been published.

Solstice night @ The Cellar

Thu, Dec 19, 2013

THE WINTER Solstice will be marked in The Cellar Bar, Eglinton Street, with a DJ driven party in aid of Galway Hospice Foundation.

Ranting and raving about Neil Delamere’s Smartbomb

Thu, Dec 12, 2013

WHETHER IT be on RTE’s The Panel or The Republic of Telly, Irish audiences are well acquainted with the name Neil Delamere.

Over the years Delamere has become a regular feature at comedy festivals across Ireland, the UK, and beyond too, appearing at the Kilkenny Cat Laughs Festival, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Montreal’s Just For Laughs, and of course our own Bulmers Galway Comedy Festival.

‘I always loved Renmore panto’ - Jenni Flaherty on being Maid Marian

Thu, Dec 12, 2013

AS THE Christmas season swings into gear folk look forward to the annual highlight of the Renmore Pantomime. This year’s offering is Robin Hood & Babes in the Wood and the leading role of Maid Marian is taken by singer/performer Jenni Flaherty.

Triple treat of comedy excellence

Thu, Dec 12, 2013

COMEDIANS MARK Thomas, Sean Hughes, and Jason Byrne are confirmed to play the Róisín Dubh and ‘Róisín Dubh presents...’ shows in 2014.

Twas The Night Before Christmas

Thu, Dec 12, 2013

IN a small village in 1940s Ireland, before most homes had electricity, there is an air of expectation. Santa Claus is on his way and it is almost Christmas Day.

All rise for The High Kings

Thu, Dec 12, 2013

THE HIGH Kings, whose members grew up in households soaked in Irish trad, return to Galway to play the Town Hall Theatre on Friday December 20 at 8pm.

Christmas with Frank Naughton

Thu, Dec 12, 2013

THE GREAT Galway tenor Frank Naughton takes to the Town Hall Theatre stage on Thursday December 19 at 8pm for his annual Christmas concert.

A political panto as Gaeilge

Thu, Dec 12, 2013

IT IS a cruel world and chieftain Enda Lofta makes people’s lives a misery, but all is about to change, with a hell of a lot of laughs along the way.

A Gaelic Blazing Saddles?

Thu, Dec 12, 2013

TEXAS, THE 1800s. A young man from the east has come to the Wild West in search of adventure and ‘something a bit different’.

Falstaff - live from New York

Thu, Dec 12, 2013

VERDI’S FALSTAFF will be broadcast to The Eye Cinema, Wellpark, live via satellite from the Metropolitan Opera in New York this Saturday at 6pm.

Stay golden with ASIWYFA

Thu, Dec 12, 2013

AND SO I Watch You From Afar, the ground-breaking Antrim post-rock quartet will curate two nights of music at the Róisín Dubh.

Fred to play last Galway show

Thu, Dec 12, 2013

AFTER 15 years, four albums, critical acclaim, and awards and nominations, Cork indie-pop band Fred are calling it a day.

Rap and alien pop

Thu, Dec 12, 2013

NANU NANU, the ‘alien pop’ duo, and US West Coast rapper Steve Liriks, take to the stage of Monroe’s Live tomorrow from 10pm.

Declan O’Rourke @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Dec 12, 2013

PAUL WELLER declared Declan O’Rourke’s ‘Galileo’ as the one song he wished he had written, while Chris Rea, John Prine, and Paul Brady have sung O’Rourke’s praises.

Exhibitions - from Berlin to Galway

Thu, Dec 12, 2013

IRISH ARTISTS living in Berlin, a host of major names in the Irish art world, and numerous emerging young talent are exhibiting across Galway city.

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