Garvey’s comedy open mic night

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

GET UP, Stand up, the weekly stand up comedy open mic night at Garvey’s Hotel and Bar, Eyre Square, takes place tonight from 10pm.

Bluegrass weekend in Kilcolgan

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

A BLUEGRASS weekend will take place in Kilcolgan tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday and all are welcome to go along and enjoy the music.

The Nitty Gritty - vintage music for today’s people

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

THE NITTY Gritty, the DJ night of northern soul, funk, 50s rock’n’roll, rockabilly, swing, ska and R&B, and jump blues, has returned and hits Monroe’s Backstage Bar on Friday October 14 at 11pm.

The night is run by Galway DJs Dave Barry and Kit Kola. The glamourous Kit has been playing rockabilly, swing, and jump blues in Galway for a number of years while vinyl obsessive Dave DJs northern soul, 1960s ska and reggae both locally and around the country.

21 Outs to kick off The Underground Sound

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

GALWAY GRUNGE/classic rock trio 21 Outs will headline the first The Underground Sound at The Cellar, a new music night at the Eglinton Street venue, each Wednesday.

John Spillane - ‘no Cork mad stuff’ on new album and live shows

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

JOHN SPILLANE has a new album out, A Rock To Cling To on EMI, and he is coming to Galway to play the Róisín Dubh on Sunday October 9 at 8.30pm.

French chanteuse to sing @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

FRENCH CHANTEUSE Caroline Moreau and Lunfardia, led by Argentinean guitarist Ariel Hernández, play Monroe’s Live, tomorrow at 9pm.

Art exhibitions in the city

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

EXHIBITIONS, RANGING from traditional landscapes to experimental installations, can be seen in galleries throughout Galway city this month.

Music For Galway concerts return

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

THE RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet and ConTempo’s Andreea Banciu and Adrian Mantu join forces for a concert in the Aula Maxima, NUI, Galway on Tuesday at 8pm.

Entitled Strings Alive! this is the opening concert of Music for Galway’s 31st International Concert Series. The programme features Mozart’s String Quartet in C major, ‘dissonance’ K 465, Shostakovich’s String Quartet No 8, in C minor, Op 110, and Brahms’ String Sextet No 1, Op 18.

New poetry collection from Amit Mediratta

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

POET AND VISUAL artist Amit Mediratta will launch his new collection of poetry, Ecstatic Flights/Manhattan Nights in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop tomorrow at 6pm.

For the last number of years, Amit has been best known as a visual artist, having exhibited widely in Galway and around Ireland. His paintings can be seen at The Kenny Gallery.

The Kanyu Tree - brothers in harmony

Thu, Sep 29, 2011

IT HAS been a long time since a Galway band has made a major impression outside of its hometown - close to 20 years in fact, back in the heady days of the early 1990s.

B for Baby at Town Hall

Thu, Sep 29, 2011

MRS C wants a baby, not a Christmas tree. B wants a real hairdresser’s scissors and a wife. D wants a snow globe and “a big head of dirty auld curls”. All of them want their own place in the world, and if they can’t find it, they will create one of their own.

Peggy Seeger @ The Crane

Thu, Sep 29, 2011

THE LEGENDARY folk singer Peggy Seeger plays The Crane Bar, Sea Road, on Friday October 14 at 9pm.

Peggy is considered one of America’s finest singers of traditional songs and she is best known for her musical collaborations with her late partner Ewan MacColl.

Fawlty Towers - now opening in Galway

Thu, Sep 29, 2011

FAWLTY TOWERS is not your average hotel. It is known that one guest had cream poured over his head simply for being mistaken for a hotel inspector while the dead body or another resident was dumped in a laundry basket.

Globe’s heart-pumping fusion of music, dance, and percussion

Thu, Sep 29, 2011

AMONG THE highlights of the upcoming Baboró children’s festival is the pulsating music and dance production Globe which has been put together by bodhrán-virtuoso Robbie Harris and Dave McFarlane.

Competition winners

Thu, Sep 29, 2011

THE WINNERS of copies of John le Carré’s classic novel Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy are: Anne Marie Loughnane, Athenry; Catherine Mohan, Caherlistrane; Dennis Connolly, Rahoon; Will O’Connor, Knocknacarra; and Francis J Dempsey, Tuam.

Citóg @ The Cellar

Thu, Sep 29, 2011

THREE INDIETRONIC bands - Milan Jay, Toy Soldier, and The Great Balloon Race - play Citóg at The Cellar on Eglinton Street tomorrow at 10pm.

Roisín Dubh Comedy

Thu, Sep 29, 2011

TANYALEE DAVIS may only be three feet, six inches high, but she will show Galway why she is known as “the little lady with a lot of BIG laughs” next week.

TanyaLee Davis plays the Róisín Dubh next Wednesday at 8.30pm. The Canadian comic has been the recipient of the 2003 Norman G Brooks Comedy Contest award and has been described by The Scotsman as “a punch-packing stand-up”.

Jeffrey Lewis - new album and Kelly’s show

Thu, Sep 29, 2011

JEFFREY LEWIS - singer, songwriter, comic book illustrator, and spoken word artist - in short, indie rock’s renaissance man, returns to Galway to play Kelly’s, Bridge Street, this Sunday at 8.30pm.