The Pale are coming to The Quays

Thu, Nov 13, 2008

DUBLIN’S LONG serving duo The Pale play The Quays on Friday November 21 at 8.30pm as part of the series of gigs to raise funds for Cancer Care West.

Alabama 3 to play Loughrea

Thu, Nov 13, 2008

ALABAMA 3 will return to Co Galway in December to play a special concert in aid of Ability West, a Galway based charity, which provides services for people with disabilities.

B & The Honeyboys to bring the blues to The Cellar

Thu, Nov 13, 2008

GALWEGIANS LOOKING for a night of blues, funk, and rhythm‘n’blues are in for a treat when B & The Honeyboys play The Cellar Bar this Sunday.

Do you have the Coyote Factor?

Thu, Nov 13, 2008

CAN YOU sing? Have you ambitions to perform on-stage? If so than get down to Coyotes Late Bar & Club, Forster Street, for its nationwide singing contest The Coyote Factor.

The Coyote Factor is a singing contest open to anyone 18 and over. The contest will be held every Thursday from 9pm to 12 midnight, but the fun will continue until 2am at the late bar. Open auditions will be held today from 6pm to 9pm.

Proust Questionnaire

Thu, Nov 13, 2008

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
An open bottle and a roaring fire.

An open bottle and a roaring fire.

Mexican guitarist to play Coole Park

Thu, Nov 13, 2008

THE MEXICAN guitarist Rosa María Robinson will play music by Dowland, Sor, Villa Lobos, Tedesco and Ponc, in Coole Park this Saturday at 8pm.

A night of passion and music

Thu, Nov 13, 2008

A NIGHT of passion is to be unleashed in Leisureland on Tuesday at 8pm with a concert from the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Vladimir Altschuler, and violinist Elizabeth Cooney.

Poet John Goodby goes Over The Edge

Thu, Nov 13, 2008

LEADING POET John Goodby will read from his work at The November Over The Edge: Open Reading in the Galway City Library, on Thursday November 20 at 6.30pm.

John Goodby lectures at the University of Swansea. His poetry has been described by Sean O’Brien as “bold and sensuous...it reads like a chowder of names laced with methedrine...at once lush and abrasive.”

An old story without a new flair

Thu, Nov 13, 2008

The Tierneys are a tight-knit multi-generational police family, who live for and love their jobs with the New York Police Department. Wait. Sounds familiar doesn’t it? Oh, it will.

A reindeer’s dream to fly to Santa

Thu, Nov 13, 2008

NIKO & The Way To The Stars, an award winning new CGI animated film, will be shown in the Town Hall Theatre on Saturday at 12 noon as part of the Junior Galway Film Fleadh.

Meet Des Bishop @ HMV

Thu, Nov 13, 2008

DES BISHOP is about to release two new DVDs and he will be in HMV Galway on Sunday at 4pm to sign copies his new releases and meet the fans.

Relishing ravioli and Raftery

Thu, Nov 13, 2008

Accomplished broadcaster and producer John Quinn reveals that one month on, he is still recovering from the artistic delights of the successful Clarinbridge Arts Festival and pleads that funding for such events are not cut in the post-Budget gloom.

Russian Chamber Orchestra at Town Hall

Thu, Nov 13, 2008

THE MUSIC of Vivaldi, Bach, and Tchaikovsky will be heard in the Town Hall Theatre, when The Russian Chamber Orchestra make their Galway debut on Wednesday at 8pm.

Take Marx, take hope, take Paul Heaton

Thu, Nov 06, 2008

FOR THE last 25 years, the songs of Paul Heaton - whether in The Housemartins or The Beautiful South - have become the soundtrack to many people’s lives.

Preston Reed’s adventures on the guitar

Thu, Nov 06, 2008

ONTO the stage strides an enormously tall man. With his beard and long, long, sandy coloured hair, you’d swear Thor had just entered. In front of him are five guitars. What’s he’s about to do with them is like nothing you have ever seen before.

Tulca festival to be opened tomorrow

Thu, Nov 06, 2008

TULCA, GALWAY’S visual arts festival, will be officially launched tomorrow at No 1 Merchants Road, the former Instore/McDonagh building.

Junior Film Fleadh to preview Galway produced animated film

Thu, Nov 06, 2008

NIKO & The Way To The Stars an award winning new CGI animated film, will receive a special preview screening as part of the Junior Galway Film Fleadh - ahead of its nationwide release on November 28.

Bríd Ní Neachtain - putting her stamp on Juno

Thu, Nov 06, 2008

SEAN O’CASEY’S timeless classic Juno and the Paycock arrives at the Town Hall next week in a much-praised new production featuring Galway actress Bríd Ní Neachtain in the title role of Juno.

A native of Rosmuc, Ní Neachtain’s theatrical career began at the Abbey where she enrolled as a trainee assistant stage manager before graduating to become part of the acting company.

Galway Jazz Festival returns this month

Thu, Nov 06, 2008

JAZZ MUSICIANS from Holland, Japan, the USA, and Scandinavia, will be converging on this city for the Galway Jazz Festival 2008 which runs from Thursday November 20 to Sunday 23.

Which is the best? NUIG or GMIT

Thu, Nov 06, 2008

OVER THE next four months NUI, Galway and GMIT will battle it out in a series of contests for Head2Head 08/09, with the aim of winning the coveted title of Galway’s Best College!

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