Beardyman @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

BEARDYMAN – DJ, producer, and entertainer – brings his Eat Sleep Shave Repeat Irish Tour to Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh on Thursday April 3.

Cornerboy @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

COMBINING APPALACHIAN folk, sea shanties, arena rock choruses, vocal harmonies, and an indie sensibility, Wexford’s Cornerboy epitomise nu-folk.

The ‘indietronic’ Mineral

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

“THE MINERAL album is really beautiful... it reminds of Screamadelica.” So said Alan McGee whose Creation label released the Primal Scream classic in 1991.

Nicole Maguire @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

AHEAD OF the release of her debut album next week, Cork singer-songwriter Nicole Maguire plays upstairs in the Róisín Dubh tomorrow night.

Get inside the mind of Lara Croft

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

RHIANNA PRATCHETT, the video game scriptwriter for Bioshock, the Overlord series, and the recently rebooted Lara Croft, is coming to Cúirt 2014.

Rhianna, who is also the daughter of esteemed fantasy author Terry Pratchett, will take part in the Cúirt International Festival of Literature’s youth strand, the Cúirt Labs, on Saturday April 12, where she will give a workshop on story telling in video games.

John O’Conor in concert

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

THE GREAT Irish pianist John O’Conor will perform John Field’s Three Nocturnes in the Aula Maxima, NUI Galway, on Friday March 28 at 8pm.

Sing with The Ad-Hoc Choir

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

GALWEGIANS INTERESTED in singing are being encouraged to check out The Ad-Hoc Choir’s month of song.

Union University Singers in concert

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

THE UNION University Singers, the acclaimed choir from Jackson, Tennessee, will give two performances in Galway on Saturday March 29.

Acoustic blues gig

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

HARD DRIVING acoustic blues band One Horse Pony will make their Galway debut when they play Kelly's Bridge Street, tomorrow night.

The Dead Heavys @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

“THE DEAD Heavys deal a psychedelic-tinged guitar-pop that could easily grab a whole stadium full of post-Oasis fans as well as the charts.”

Re-live Oasis @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

COME AUGUST, Oasis’s Definitely Maybe will be 20 years old, yet despite reaching this milestone, songs like ‘Slide Away’ and ‘Live Forever’ still sound timeless.

Gamper and Dadoni @ Electric

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

GERMAN HOUSE duo Gamper and Dadoni, who have won attention for their catchy, laid back, mixes, are coming to Electric tonight.

Funk, Soul and Reggae at Massimo

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

GALWAY DJ Dave Barry’s monthly vinyl excursion into funk, northern soul, boogaloo, r’n’b, Jamaican ska, and more, returns to Massimo tomorrow night. The emphisis is on the dancefloor but there are plenty of snugs for a quiet pint not to mention the smoking room.

‘It is the characters who really take over’

Thu, Mar 13, 2014

ONE OF the most keenly anticipated readings at next month’s Cúirt International Festival of Literature is sure be that of Tipperary born author Donal Ryan.

Ryan’s two novels, The Spinning Heart and The Thing About December, have been showered with praise and awards, establishing him as one of the most impressive new voices in Irish fiction. His sudden literary fame has not altered his life except, ironically, in impeding his writing time, as he tells me over a lunchtime conversation.

‘I’m not looking for soundbites in Greek tragedy’

Thu, Mar 13, 2014

MONDAY MORNING at 10am, a Greek tragedy and a full house, this was the unlikely combination NUI Galway achieved for its inaugural Theatre Season with a fine production of Sophocles’ Electra.

Andrew Maxwell’s Banana Kingdom

Thu, Mar 13, 2014

ANDREW MAXWELL, one of Ireland’s leading comedians and a double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, comes to the Róisín Dubh this Saturday.

Seacht Scéal with Diarmuid de Faoite

Thu, Mar 13, 2014

DIARMUID DE Faoite, the acclaimed actor and storyteller, will be in An Taibhdhearc with his show Seacht Scéal/Seven Sagas.

Diarmuid, who was nominated for Best Actor at the 2012 IFTAs, will tell stories based around the legends of the Tuath Dé Danann this Saturday from 1pm to 2pm. This will be an interactive show as Gaeilge, with some English.