Big Whiskey @ HALO

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

BIG WHISKEY will bring their funky bass lines and fiery vocals to the HALO stage tonight followed by Deuces Wild tomorrow.

Sligo trio Big Whiskey are Sean McCarthy on lead guitar and vocals, Duane Gallagher on bass, and Eddie Delaney on drums. Deuces Wild are regarded as one of the country’s top live performing groups. The quartet performs popular music from the past three decades together with present chart toppers.

Planet of sound

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

BLUR IS a band I’ve long had a difficult relationship with - from loving their early psychedelic indie pop, then despising their Britpop era, to regaining admiration for the quartet’s late 1990s triumphs.

Strange Brew Summer Shindig

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

THE STRANGE Brew Summer Shindig returns to the Róisín Dubh on Thursday August 2 with a stellar line-up of some of the best indie acts in Ireland.

Fringe Festival Grande Finale @ Monroe’s

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

A HOST OF some of the best local bands will take to the stage of Monroe’s Live for the Galway Fringe Festival Grande Finale concert this Sunday at 9pm.

Citóg @ The Cellar

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

THE LAST Citóg to take place on a Friday night will be held tomorrow when The Souterrain, The West Nile Ramblers, Appian Way, and July Hawk take to the stage.

Ben Reel @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

COUNTY ARMAGH singer-songwriter Ben Reel plays Monroe’s Live tonight at 9pm.

Sam Amidon @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

THERE WILL be songs - some sacred, some secular; there will be storytelling, and maybe some field recordings and cartoon videos to watch while you listen.

Kormac band leader of Kormac’s Big Band

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Either on-stage with the band or at home, cooking and listening to Newstalk’s Off The Ball.

Either on-stage with the band or at home, cooking and listening to Newstalk’s Off The Ball.

Mary Coughlan to play Inishbofin

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

THE GREAT jazz-blues singer Mary Coughlan, will be among the performers taking part in the Inishbofin Concerts series which takes place in the island’s Dolphin Hotel on Tuesdays.

Galway Fringe art exhibition

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

ART OF Galway, the main art exhibition at the Galway Fringe Festival, featuring numerous local artists, is on show in the Dominican Hall in The Claddagh.

The exhibition features Human Collage by Ali Raza, exploring in the dark side in an expressionist style; The Insomniac is a cinematic narrative by Enda Burke; Symbiosis series of photos by Lara Luxardi; Tara Breathnach’s Saothair on Iarthar, inspired by the west of Ireland; Deirdre Deegan’s prints examining the process of decay, entitled What’s left Behind; Joanna Kasinska will exhibit conceptual ceramics; and An Spidéal’s Ruth Cadden will display landscape, figurative, and mythological paintings and drawings.

Theatre and music on Inis Oírr

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

SINGER-SONGWRITER Juliet Turner and Geraldine Aron’s comic play My Brilliant Divorce can both be seen on Inis Oírr this weekend.

Kate Hodmon exhibition

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

PLACE, THE new exhibition by Galway artist Kate Hodmon opens at Padraig’s Restaurant & bar on Dock Road on Monday.

Trad lunchtimes at Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

IF YOU love Irish trad and fancy hearing some music during your lunch break then head down to Monroe’s for the Galway Arts Festival Trad Lunchtimes.

Stiúideo na Coiríbe exhibition

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

PARTICIPANTS IN the Stiúideo na Coiríbe art school with artist Jim Kavanagh, will host an exhibition of their work at The Oslo Bar, Salthill, this evening at 6.30pm.

John Daly to go Deeper @ The Cellar

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

JOHN DALY, the DJ and founder of Feel Music and One Track Records, will be spinning the decks at Deeper in The Cellar Bar this Saturday.

Irish speaking writers/ film-makers sought

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

WRITERS AND film-makers working as Gaeilge are being sought to take part in the new Scéal 2 scheme.

Give Danny Dowling a spanking

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

ESTABLISHED AND up and coming comedians will take to the stage of the Róisín Dubh in August for the venue’s Brand Spanking New nights.

Pervish - the bawdy side of Irish music

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

LIMERICK FOLK-band Pervish, who delight in the tradition of bawdy, lewd, and suggestive Irish folk songs play Galway this weekend.

Over The Edge New Writer competition

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

THE DEADLINE is approaching for the 2012 Over The Edge New Writer of The Year competition, with the closing date for entries Wednesday August 8.

The competition is open to poets and fiction writers. The best fiction entry and poetry entry will each win €300. One of these will then be chosen as the overall winner and receive an additional €400, giving the overall winner €700 and the title Over The Edge New Writer of The Year 2012.

Lunchtime laughs @ The Laughter Loft

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

GERRY MALLON’S Laughter Loft in The Ruby Room of The King’s Head continues throughout the remaining days of the Galway Arts Festival.

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