The Academic return to the Big Top next summer

Mon, Dec 09, 2019

FOR THE second year running, The Academic will headline the Galway International Arts Festival's Heineken Big Top in the Fisheries Field, with a concert on Friday July 24.

Album review: The Flaming Lips

Music Reviews Thu, Dec 05, 2019

THE LIVE album is very much a 1970s creature. In a time when your favourite band was unlikely to come to your town, it allowed you the vicarious thrill of 'almost being there' once the needle hit the vinyl.

Daithi - full live show at Electric

Thu, Dec 05, 2019

DAITHÍ IS set to cap off another year of triumphant artistic evolution, which saw the release of his superb second album, L.O.S.S., with a show at Electric next week.

Talos plays Róisín Dubh this month

Thu, Dec 05, 2019

TALOS - aka Corkonian Eoin French - can look back on the past 12 months with pride as they have seen him grow as a musician, while his popular and critical standing have reached new heights.

Hear the harmony driven sound of The Raines

Thu, Dec 05, 2019

THEY ARE long standing members of Galway's folk music scene, but it is only recently, after a get together on Inis Óirr, that Yvonne Tiernan, Ruth Dillon, and Juliana Erkkonen have joined forces as The Raines.

Hermitage Green to play Black Box

Thu, Dec 05, 2019

AS 2019 draws to a close, and ahead of their new album, due to be released in 2020, Hermitage Green return to Galway to play the Black Box Theatre on Saturday December 14 at 7.30pm.

Galway Baroque Singers in concert

Thu, Dec 05, 2019

THE GALWAY Baroque Singers will present Let There Be Light, a concert of Christmas and classical music on Friday December 13 at 8pm in St Joseph’s Church, Presentation Road.

Christmas crooning at the Town Hall

Thu, Dec 05, 2019

CHRISTMAS CROONERS, a night of festive favourites and Christmas hits, made famous by Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, and Frank Sinatra, will be heard at the Town Hall Theatre.

Sinéad O’Connor to play Big Top at GIAF 2020

Tue, Dec 03, 2019

SINÉAD O'CONNOR will round off the final weekend of the Galway International Arts Festival when she headlines the Big Top in the Fisheries Field on Sunday July 26 2020.

The Stunning to play GIAF Big Top in 2020

Mon, Dec 02, 2019

THE STUNNING, one of Galway's most legendary bands, will play the Heineken Big Top on Sunday July 19 as part of the 2020 Galway International Arts Festival.

Galway to host third national Soundsystem Gathering Weekender

Mon, Dec 02, 2019

THE THIRD annual Irish Soundsystem Gathering Weekender takes place in the Commercial Boatclub, Woodquay, and will see the venue transformed into a pressure cooker of reggae, dub, dubstep, and drum'n'bass.

Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott - Salthill show for 2020

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

THEIR 2014 and 2017 concerts were among the most magical shows in the Galway in recent years, and in 2020 Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott will begin their Irish tour in Leisureland, Salthill.

Celebrating the quiet man of sixties British pop

Music Reviews Thu, Nov 28, 2019

WHILE THE name Ivor Raymonde may not be familiar, the songs he wrote, produced, or provided orchestral arrangements for, are among the finest of British sixties pop.

Christy Moore - in Galway in August

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

FOLLOWING THE release of his latest album, Magic Nights, the great Christy Moore has announced his return to Galway next year, with a concert in Leisureland, Salthill, on Friday August 14.

Wild Youth - back in Galway for headline show

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

THIS SUMMER, they supported The Academic in the Big Top during the Galway International Arts Festival. As the year draws to a close, they return to Galway, this time as headliners.

Handel’s Messiah in Galway Cathedral

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

HANDEL'S MESSIAH will forever have a place in the hearts and minds of Irish classical music enthusiasts as the work was premiered in Ireland, being performed as a charity fundraiser in Fishamble Street Hall, Dublin, in April 1742.

David Keenan to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

"ART HEALS, that's why I pursue it. It gives joys, insights, and reliefs from the many madnesses that come and go.” So said Irish singer-songwriter David Keenan, who plays the Róisín Dubh in December.

Experimental music from two artists named Aaron

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

AARON HURLEY of Phantom Dog Beneath The Moon, and Aaron Coyle of Yawning Chasm, are joining forces for a gig in the upstairs bar of the Róisín Dubh on Monday December 2 at 8.30pm.

The Henry Girls in Kinvara

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

THE HENRY Girls have played Galway many times, but this weekend sees the Donegal folk/trad trio of sisters make their debut in Kinvara with a gig in the village community centre.

Marc Roberts celebrates the music of John Denver

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

HE WOULD never have cut it as Henry John Deutschendorf jr, but as John Denver, he charmed the world with now undisputed classics like 'Take Me Home, Country Roads', 'Annie's Song', 'Rocky Mountain High', and 'Thank God I'm a Country Boy'.

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