Grand Stretch at Monroe’s next spring

Thu, Aug 14, 2025

The tribal rhythms of Dora Gola’s world music, combined with her powerful performance style, will be on show at Monroe’s Live, on Saturday, April 13, at 7pm, for an evening of electronic mastery.

MOVIE REVIEW: 'Weapons'

Films Reviews Thu, Aug 14, 2025

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The horror genre has felt slightly stale recently, and there has been an infatuation with trauma as its thematic engine. Much in the way that The Naked Gun felt like a breath of fresh air for the comedy genre, Weapons accomplishes the same feat for horror.

Joni Mitchell celebration

Thu, Aug 14, 2025

The seven-piece band, fronted by vocalist, Hattie Whitehead, was originally set-up as a once-off project to play Mitchell songs from her 1980 live album Shadows and Light.

Triple dance bill at Black Box

Thu, Aug 14, 2025

The performance, titled Triple Bill, will bring together three distinctive works by leading names in Irish contemporary dance: Hylak, Fearghus Ó Conchúir and Mufutau Yusuf.

San Clair on stage this week

Thu, Aug 14, 2025

Singer-songwriter David San Clair will brings his fusion of folk, rock, traditional music, jazz and bluegrass to Galway this weekend.

Late show for Amazing Apples

Thu, Aug 14, 2025

The Amazing Apples will bring their high-energy performance to the stage as they deliver a rousing set of Irish, Americana, dance, and heavy rock anthems.

Roll up! Roll up! to the Racecourse

Thu, Aug 14, 2025

Circus Gerbola will be setting up in Galway this week for its 25th summer on the trot, but this year at a new location.

TD to tour Old Rahoon

Thu, Aug 14, 2025

The tour leaves the Rahoon Road end of Miller’s Lane at 11am.

Baroque choral premier at Clifden Arts Festival

Thu, Aug 14, 2025

This special performance takes place on Sunday, September 21, at 5.00pm, in St Joseph’s Church, Clifden.

Review: A Glorious Summer Salon Evening at Claregalway Castle

Thu, Aug 07, 2025

It is not often that the music of centuries past finds itself echoing so naturally within walls of the same vintage. But such was the magic of last Sunday evening at Claregalway Castle, where a full house gathered for the Summer Salon Concert—an experience that delighted both ear and spirit in equal measure. In this majestic medieval setting, the age of the stone matched the age of the sound, and history sang anew.

Ultimate school reunion at Monroe’s

Thu, Aug 07, 2025

Step back in time and relive the magic of the Eighties at Monroe’s Live on Saturday, August 9, at 10pm, for the Ultimate School Reunion Night with DJ Flako.

Local talent at Monroe’s

Thu, Aug 07, 2025

Three emerging local acts will take to the stage at Monroe’s Live on Saturday, August 23, as part of A New Noise, a night dedicated to the best of original music and rising talent.

FILM REVIEW: The Naked Gun

Thu, Aug 07, 2025

With the The Naked Gun, Liam Neeson nosedives into comedy and, more specifically, slapstick, spoof comedy; a subgenre that has been largely forgotten or just lazily executed since the heyday of Airplane (1980) and the original Naked Gun series starring Leslie Nielsen.

Tina Turner tribute at Monroe’s

Thu, Aug 07, 2025

Proud Mary and her City Limits band will pay homage to one of music’s most iconic artists, Tina Turner, at Monroe’s Live on Friday, August 29, with doors open from 8pm.

Tuam shams at Picnic

Thu, Aug 07, 2025

In their song 'Joyce Country Céilí Band', the Saw Doctors proclaim they will play any "house, pub or parish hall", but they can perform at massive festivals too, as County Galway's most famous rockers have been added to the Electric Picnic line-up.

Galway creatives win €2.2m Arts Council grants

Thu, Aug 07, 2025

Twenty-eight artists and arts organisations in Galway are set to receive a total of €2,285,491 in funding from the 2026 Arts Grant Funding Scheme facilitated by The Arts Council.

Galway artist earns Michael Jackson co-credit

Thu, Aug 07, 2025

A Galway-born music producer has become the first Irish artist to secure a co-publishing credit with the late Michael Jackson.

Hallowe’en parade plans revealed by Macnas

Thu, Aug 07, 2025

As summer swoons through its August swansong, Macnas has revealed plans for its Hallowe’en spectacle, An Treun – The Summoning of the Lost.

Make hay while the stories shine

Thu, Aug 07, 2025

Acclaimed storytelling and improvisation collective Moth & Butterfly's upcoming event on Monday, August 18, will transform Rouge Restaurant, on Dominick Street, into a haven for spoken word and spontaneous theatre, all gathered under the theme 'Making Hay'.

Vernon God Little for GIAF

Thu, Jul 31, 2025

Running the full length of the Galway Arts Festival 2025 was the loud production full of country hits and accent misses, Vernon God Little. Brought to the Nun's Island stage by Galway Arts Centre's Galway Youth Theatre, the play was an adaptation of DBC Pierre's Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name.

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