Upbeat Generation @ HALO

Thu, May 16, 2013

GET DOWN and get with it for a night of floor filling funk, soul, r’n’b, and Motown with Upbeat Generation upstairs at HALO tomorrow night.

This five-piece, featuring vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, and drums, features experienced musicians from across the world playing classic songs by Prince, Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, Chic, Stevie Wonder, Jamiroquai, and Sister Sledge.

The Riptide Movement - steppin’ out and steppin’ up

Thu, May 09, 2013

“THE BLUES had a baby and they called it rock’n’roll,” Muddy Waters declared on his 1977 album Hard Again, and from Van Morrison to Rory Gallagher to Thin Lizzy, the Irish have always had time for the blues.

The Whileaways

Thu, May 09, 2013

THREE INDIVIDUALS who were also three songwriters, three singers, and three obsessive fans of the folk music of the United States, all were on their own paths until eventually they came to point of intersection and a new direction was born.

Gaelic poetry and song in Aughnanure Castle

Thu, May 09, 2013

IN THE 16th century surrounds of Aughnanure Castle, just outside Oughterard, a concert of bardic poetry and mediaeval Irish harp music will be performed.

The Woolgatherer

Thu, May 09, 2013

WILLIAM MASTROSIMONE’S award-winning comedy-drama The Woolgatherer hits the Town Hall Theatre next week in an acclaimed Irish premiere staging from Orion Productions in association with Blue Moon Theatre Company.

Donal O’Kelly at the double

Thu, May 09, 2013

WRITER/PERFORMER Donal O’Kelly comes to the Town Hall Theatre next week with a double bill of plays, Bat the Father, Rabbit the Son, on Monday May 13 and Ailliliú Fionnuala on Tuesday 14.

Lend Me a Tenor ask KATS

Thu, May 09, 2013

LEND ME A Tenor, the award winning Broadway and West End hit by Ken Ludwig, is to be staged in Galway by the Knocknacarra Amateur Theatre Society.

Film making workshops for young people

Thu, May 09, 2013

YOUNG PEOPLE who want to act in a film, write a script, direct a movie, or capture the scene behind the lens should avail of film making workshops in the county this summer.

Galway Music Residency master sessions

Thu, May 09, 2013

THE CONTEMPO String Quartet will host the Galway Music Residency master sessions, which will be held in St Mary’s College, St Mary’s Road.

Classical and ballet @ The Eye

Thu, May 09, 2013

THE BOLSHOI Ballet’s Romeo & Juliet and The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra performing Berlioz and Mendelssohn are to be screened at The Eye Cinema.

Sunday Service @ Massimo

Thu, May 09, 2013

Every Sunday afternoon in the comfortable surrounds of Massimos bar, Williams street Galway enjoy the soulful sounds by vinyl DJ Dave Barry and guests and award winning food from the EAT kitchens.

John Murry

Thu, May 09, 2013

HE WAS born in Tupelo, Mississippi, the birthplace of Elvis Presley. His grandfather was none other than the great American writer William Faulkner.

Daft Funk - robot rock @ Kelly’s

Thu, May 09, 2013

WITH THE release of Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories imminent and causing understandable excitement among music fans, there is a way to whet the appetite while you wait.

Enemies take a step up with new album

Thu, May 09, 2013

TOMORROW SEES the release of Embark, Embrace, the new album by Wicklow post-rock quartet Enemies, who play Galway next week.

Scott Ferguson to celebrate Epoch’s first birthday

Thu, May 09, 2013

THE EPOCH nights at Factory will celebrate their first 12 months of running parties this Saturday with a set from leading Detroit DJ Scott Ferguson.

Ferguson joins the dots between house, techno, disco, hip-hop, and soul, and has released recordings on Moodymann’s Mahogani Music as well as his own label, Ferrsipark.

Flirt FM Sessions @ Monroe’s

Thu, May 09, 2013

NUI GALWAY student radio station Flirt FM, will hold its Flirt FM Sessions concert/recording in Monroe’s Backstage Bar this evening at 10pm.

Tokyo Rosenthal @ Monroe's Live

Thu, May 09, 2013

ROOTS, COUNTRY, and blues singer-songwriter Tokyo Rosenthal plays a solo acoustic show at Monroe’s Backstage Bar this Sunday at 10.30pm.

American music in St Nicholas’

Thu, May 09, 2013

AMERICAN TRADITIONAL and choral music will join forces for a concert in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church on Wednesday May 15 at 8pm.

Soul music comedy film for Bealtaine

Thu, May 09, 2013

THE SAPPHIRES, starring Irish actor Chris O’Dowd, and telling the tale of a mother and three aunts who form a soul quartet, will be screened in the Town Hall Theatre.