Easter weekend @ Halo

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

HALO HAS two party nights planned for the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, starting on Saturday with Cafolla and Engel unleashing their energetic live saxophone and house music ensemble.

Old-time/bluegrass with the Locust Honey String Band

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

THE LOCUST Honey String Band, the North Carolina-formed, Nashville-based old-time/bluegrass trio, who embody "American roots music at its best” according to The Irish Post, are coming to Galway.

The Woodburning Savages - ‘bloodlust rock’n’roll’

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

"THE WOODBURNING Savages mix snarling, bloodlust rock'n'roll, archetypes with gloriously incongruous and wildly inventive melodic ideas." So said BBC Radio Ulster's Stephen McCauley about the band that's coming to Galway.

Classical music to mark Good Friday

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

LACRIMOSA, A concert of classical music and song to mark Good Friday, will be heard when the Collegium Chamber Choir, tenor Eoin Hynes, and organist David Leigh perform in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, on Friday March 25 at 5pm.

Kormac’s audio-visual show at Róisín Dubh

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

KORMAC, THE bandleader, producer, and DJ normally at the helm of Kormac’s Big Band is stepping out into more minial territory territory, by leading a three-piece band, and bringing his new audio-visual show on tour across Ireland.

Niall Connolly at Róisín Dubh

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

NIALL CONNOLLY is "a folk icon…Among the most vibrant, poignant, and authentic indie folk artists in New York City", leading folk magazine No Depression has said of the man who is coming to Galway this month.

Singer-songwriters in concert at The Cellar

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

TWO SINGER-songwriters, one Canadian and one Irish, both of whom have worked with Steve Earle, will be in The Cellar Bar to play a free gig on Wednesday March 23.

Red Hot Chili Peppers tribute at Monroe’s Live

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

THE RED Hot Copy Peppers, the tribute band to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, will deliver a two hour show of classic songs in Monroe's Live on Friday April 15 at 9pm.

St Patrick’s Day at Electric

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

ELECTRIC WILL host a variety of DJ, house, and electro events, starting tonight from 11pm with Colm K, Get Down Edits, Disconauts, and Bap To the Future.

Last chance to see Giant Sand @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

IT HAS been at least a decade since Giant Sand, the alt.rock/Americana band led by Howe Gelb, have played Galway, but 2016 sees them return, as part of a co-headline tour with Jason Lytle.

Album review: Lucius

Music Reviews Thu, Mar 10, 2016

COMING FROM nowhere in 2014, Lucius delivered, for my money, the best album that year in Wildewoman, which revelled in exuberant indie-pop contrasted with country tinged ballads.

Hermitage Green to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

ALMOST SIX years after a spontaneous jam session between some rugby playing friends, Hermitage Green have become one of Ireland's most popular bands, who can also boast a loyal following across the globe.

Pender Street Steppers to DJ @ Electric

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

THE PENDER Street Steppers, a duo of DJs whose music ranges from pop-rock to jazz-funk, ambient to house, tight electro to smooth soul, will kickstart the new Shivers clubnight at Electric.

Until April - new single and Seven show

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

UNTIL APRIL, the Dublin/Galway indie-electro trio, launch their debut single ‘Wanna be Yours’, when they play The Loft at Seven, Bridge Street, tomorrow at 9pm.

Trad gig for teens @ Fóroige Youth Cafe

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

TRAD MUSICIANS Kelly and Colm Gannon, Pádraic Dubhghaill, and Cliodhna Flannery, headline the next Show Up and Show Off gig for teenagers at the Fóroige Youth Cafe, The Fairgreen, this Saturday.

Headford's Tav Jam Band @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

THE TAV Jam Band, a collective featuring the talents of Tuam singer-songwriter Noelie McDonnell, will play Monroe's Live tomorrow at 11pm.

Legacy - live trad in The Cellar

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

IRISH TRAD band Legacy have "deep insight into the social and musical tastes of Ireland's ballad lovers" and their choice of material is “both thoughtful and entertaining”.

Clarity and Raindance @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

CLARITY and Raindance will play Monroe's Live next weekend while Puzzle, Oddity, JERK, and The Lakers will play shows at weekends in April.

Sea Pinks - Belfast indie-rock trio for Róisín Dubh

Wed, Mar 09, 2016

THE INTERPRETATION of music, and how it impacts on people is highly subjective. Belfast's Sea Pinks are a case in point. Clashmusic.com calls them "akin to The Go-Betweens if they were born in a slightly colder climate".

Songs and Chopin for lunch

Wed, Mar 09, 2016

THE SOPRANO Rachel Croash and pianist Nadene Fiorentini will perform songs by Dvorak, Poulenc, and a solo piece for piano by Chopin, at a lunchtime concert in the Hotel Mayrick on Thursday March 10 at 1pm.

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