Lunchtime sax with the Chatham quartet

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

CLASSICAL, JAZZ, rock, and music from the films The Little Mermaid and Frozen will be heard in the Galway City Library during the Chatham Saxophone Quartet's free concert there on Tuesday August 4 at 1.10pm.

Mollusk - Niall Murphy's other band to headline Citóg

Wed, Jul 29, 2015

NIALL MURPHY is best known as the leader, vocalist, and songwriter of the great Tuam indie-punk band Oh Boland, but he is hitting such a purple patch these days he needs a second band to explore a different side to his creativity.

Rising Irish folk/roots bands @ Monroe's Live

Tue, Jul 28, 2015

FOLK BANDS Old Hannah and The Mariannes, both of whom draw on Irish folk, roots, and Americana, pla a double headline show at Monroe’s Live on Thursday August 6 at 9pm.

Declan Sinnott to play Monroe's Live in August

Mon, Jul 27, 2015

DECLAN SINNOTT is best known as Christy Moore's side-kick, accompanying the great man at his concerts, as well as being a founding member of Moving Hearts, but he is also a superb singer-songwriter and guitarist in his own right.

John Grant to headline Big Top as Sinéad O'Connor pulls out

Thu, Jul 23, 2015

JOHN GRANT will now headline the Galway International Arts Festival Big Top concert in the Fisheries Field this evening after Sinéad O'Connor was forced to pull out due to illness.

Album review: Tame Impala

Music Reviews Thu, Jul 23, 2015

WITH SONG titles like 'Yes I'm Changing', 'Love Paranoia', and 'New Person, Same Old Mistakes', you know you are in for a break-up album, but the theme is appropriate as a change in the life of Kevin Parker - who is Tame Impala, no matter how many other people are on stage - reflects a change in his music.

Teho Teardo and his Music For Man Ray

Thu, Jul 23, 2015

TEHO TEARDO may be less of a household name in Ireland than some of his fellow performers at this year's Galway International Arts Festival, but you are more aware of his music than you think.

Trad's finest to gather for a concert @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Jul 23, 2015

LIZ AND Yvonne Kane and Johnny Óg Connolly will be among the Galway trad titans who will be gathering in Monroe's Live for a traditional music concert this Sunday from 4pm.

The Priests and other concerts at Galway Cathedral

Thu, Jul 23, 2015

THE PLATINUM selling classical vocal trio The Priests, featuring three Roman Catholic clergymen from Antrim, will be a highlight of the many concerts taking place in Galway Cathedral throughout the summer.

August Silent Disco Street Party

Thu, Jul 23, 2015

BEAT ON the street! Bop ‘till you drop! Sing ‘til you’re hoarse to the ripest musical fromage imaginable! It can only be the Silent Disco Street Party which returns on Sunday August 2 from 8pm.

Big World Blue - electro/folk @ Monroe's

Thu, Jul 23, 2015

MARTYN BARKER is the drummer with Shreikback, and he has also performed with Billy Bragg, Robert Plant, Marianne Faithful, and Goldfrapp, but he comes to Galway in a different guise next week.

Karma Parking @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Jul 23, 2015

KARMA PARKING play reggae, rock, and funk, and sometimes a fusion of all three, all with the aim of getting people dancing, as is the plan when they take to the stage of Monroe's Live on Thursday July 30.

Seán and Dolores Keane in concert

Thu, Jul 23, 2015

SEÁN AND Dolores Keane, two of the most distinctive voices in Irish folk, will sing together on stage at the Salthill Hotel on Sunday July 26 at 8pm.

Bluegrass weekend in Kilcolgan

Thu, Jul 23, 2015

WORLD RENOWNED bluegrass player Martin Goss and Stuttgart's Mr Big Band, will be among those playing the bluegrass weekender in Kilcolgan tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday.

My Fellow Sponges - unplugged and intimate

Mon, Jul 20, 2015

MY FELLOW Sponges, the Galway folk-prog/indie band will play a stripped down and intimate acoustic show in The Ruby Room at The King's Head, this Saturday, July 25, at 5pm.

Arts festival techno nights @ Electric

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

DUTCH DJ legend I-F, leading German producer Tensnake, and David Kitt's New Jackon DJ persona are the highlights of an impressive roster of techno and house talent playing Electric during the Galway International Arts Festival.

Mick Flannery - two nights @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

AS WITH so many others, it started with Nirvana. In 1993, the young Mick Flannery heard Kurt Cobain's haunting, semi-acoustic rendition of David Bowie's 'The Man Who Sold The World'. His relationship to music was never the same again.

Colm Mac Con Iomaire - solo show from Frames man

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

A MAINSTAY of The Frames, founder member of Kíla, a solo artist of note, comfortable with indie-rock, folk, and trad, and an outstanding fiddle player, Colm Mac Con Iomaire is a major presence in Irish music.

Dark Arts metal fest @ The Cellar

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

THE DARKER, heavier side of music, the beautiful black beast unleashed originally by Black Sabbath in 1970, will be heard, performed, and celebrated at the Dark Arts Fest in The Cellar this Saturday.

Vincent Cross to play the Galway Fringe Festival

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

BORN IN Dublin, raised in Australia, and now based in New York, singer-songwriter Vincent Cross never goes anywhere without his vintage Martin guitar, and he is coming to Galway next week to play the Galway Fringe Festival.

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