Future Islands - countdown to Black Box concert

Thu, Jun 08, 2017

FUTURE ISLANDS, the indie-electro, synth-pop trio, whose music is one part melancholic, one part euphoric; led by the impassioned vocals and endearingly dodgy 'dad dancing' of Samuel T Herring, are coming to Galway.

An atypical heavy trio for FEAST

Thu, Jun 08, 2017

HAILING FROM Ostia, near the 'Eternal City' of Rome, Zu are an atypical trio of drums, electric bass, baritone saxophone, and electronics. It may be the strangest gig FEAST has yet organised, but all the more reason to go see it.

Two concerts from The Whileaways

Thu, Jun 08, 2017

THE WHILEAWAYS, the acclaimed Galway folk/Americana trio will play two Galway shows at two different festivals - this month they play Headford's Hedfest, and next month is the Galway International Arts Festival.

Pontchartrain to deliver the beats @ Electric

Thu, Jun 08, 2017

IT IS a lake in southern Louisiana, which has given its name to a celebrated American folk song, but Pontchartrain is also the moniker of a DJ whose endless love affair with classic music, as well as his taste, vision, and dedication, set him apart from the rest.

Amelia Curran to play Monroe’s

Thu, Jun 08, 2017

AMELIA CURRAN, the Juno Award winning singer, songwriter, activist, and mental health advocate, makes a return visit to Galway, to play Monroe's Backstage Bar on Saturday June 24 at 7pm.

Bruce Springsteen tribute @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Jun 08, 2017

IF YOU missed Bruce Springsteen on his last visit to Ireland, or were there and want a taste of the New Jersey legend's magic again, then check out the tribute act to The Boss coming to Galway.

A Galway Bloomsday concert for Nora Barnacle

Thu, Jun 08, 2017

BLOOMSDAY 2017 will be marked in Galway with the Nora at Nuns Island concert, featuring songs, operatic arias, and ballads, and celebrating the life of James Joyce's Galway wife, Nora Barnacle.

Free fun for little ones at Roscommon Arts Centre

Thu, Jun 08, 2017

As part of the Bookworms Children’s Literary Festival, Roscommon Arts Centre is hosting a free family show on Saturday, June 10, called ‘The Return of Spring’.

Every year, as part of the festival, the centre offers a small amount of funding to professional theatre makers to create new work for the Bookworms audience through their ‘First Editions’ commission. This year’s recipient is Thomas Johnston.

Traditional Irish music from Boithrin at Tack Room

Thu, Jun 08, 2017

Head on down for a fantastic night in one of Athlone’s most welcoming local watering holes this weekend for live music and a great atmosphere.

Athlone poet wins Listowel Writers Week poetry award

Thu, Jun 08, 2017

Athlone poet Jackie Gorman has won the 2017 Listowel Writers Week Single Poem Award.

The Snug has you covered this weekend

Thu, Jun 08, 2017

Looking for a comfy setting with lots of live entertainment and friendly banter? Then The Snug is the ideal venue for you this weekend.

It all kicks off on Thursday, June 8, with live music from the ever-popular Adrian Hyney from 9.30pm.

Album review: Saint Etienne

Music Reviews Thu, Jun 01, 2017

THESE last few weeks I've reviewed new albums by Slowdive, The Charlatans, and The Jesus and Mary Chain, while RIDE's comeback, Weather Diaries, awaits a listen. It all leads me to ask: What year is this?

Damien Dempsey plays Black Box next week

Thu, Jun 01, 2017

DAMIEN DEMPSEY, deservedly described by The Guardian as "one of Ireland’s great singer-songwriters" and by The Daily Express as "one astonishingly gifted individual", returns to Galway next week.

Hothouse Flowers - Monroe's Live date for July

Thu, Jun 01, 2017

"ROCK'N'ROLL is not about safety or politeness, it is not about perfection. It is expression and it is spirit." So say the Hothouse Flowers who are coming to next month's Galway International Arts Festival.

Breathe in a Pink Floyd experience

Thu, Jun 01, 2017

PINK FLOYD, the visionary English rock adventurers whose explorations of rock, jazz, folk, prog, psychedelia, and avant garde have inspired Radiohead, Aphex Twin, The Orb, and much of the Krautrock scene, will be celebrated in Galway.

NYC's John Morales to DJ @ Electric

Thu, Jun 01, 2017

NEW YORK DJ John Morales, who played at the Big Apple's legendary and notorious Studio 54 nightclub, will be spinning the decks at Electric this Bank Holiday Weekend, at Get Down Edits clubnight birthday bash.

Icelandic choir to sing in St Nicholas'

Thu, Jun 01, 2017

ICELANDIC CHORAL music will be heard within St Nicholas' Collegiate Church when the Selkórinn choir perform a tea-time concert in the city centre church next week.

Dessie O'Halloran and a trad concert in Salthill

Thu, Jun 01, 2017

SOME OF the finest traditional musicians and singers from the west of Ireland, including the great Inishbofin singer Dessie O'Halloran, join forces for the upcoming Bofin to Burren concert.

June Bank Holiday Weekend@ HALO

Thu, Jun 01, 2017

MIKE SKINNER, Cafolla and Engel, and a host of leading Galway DJs - it's going to be one hell of a weekend for some seriously good music and many hours of dancing at HALO this Bank Holiday Weekend.

Worries Outernational bring the reggae this weekend

Thu, Jun 01, 2017

WORRIES OUTERNATIONAL, one of the leading soundsystems pushing reggae and dancehall music in Ireland, hit Galway this weekend when they take over the Commercial Boatclub in Woodquay.

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