Keywest @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jul 19, 2012

KEYWEST ARE coming back to Galway to play Monroe’s Live on Saturday July 28 at 9pm as part of the Galway Arts Festival.

Edinburgh previews @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 19, 2012

THE COMEDIANS Steve Bennett and Christiane O’Mahony, Trevor Browne, and Eleanor Tiernan will be previewing their upcoming Edinburgh shows at the Róisín Dubh.

The Fall @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 12, 2012

THE FALL, the legendary Mancunian post-punk band, led by Mark E Smith, one of the most original lyricists in British music, play the Róisín Dubh on Friday July 20 at 8pm.

Celtic Flames nights @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jul 12, 2012

CELTIC FLAMES, a 20 piece Galway group, play traditional Irish music, song and dance every Wednesday this month at Monroe’s Live.

Celtic Flames’ dancers perform a dynamic range of Irish dance including light, heavy, set, sean-nós and twig dancing. Their singers perform modern and traditional classics and ballads.

The Deans @ Monroe’s

Thu, Jul 12, 2012

ATHENRY ROOTS-ROCKERS The Deans return from their recent European tour, to play Monroe’s Backstage Bar on Friday July 20 at 9pm.

Derek Warfield @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jul 05, 2012

DEREK WARFIELD & The Young Wolfe Tones play Monroe’s Live on Sunday July 8 at 9.30pm.

Having performed more than 180 concerts across six different countries in 2010 plus a nomination as Ireland’s best folk group, Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones are known for their quality musical presentation of Irish rebel songs and traditional music.

Dublin City Ramblers @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jun 28, 2012

THE DUBLIN City Ramblers, led by Sean McGuinness, play Monroe’s Live on Thursday July 5 at 10pm.

Edinburgh comedy preview @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jun 28, 2012

IRISH COMEDIANS Barry Mack and Kieran Lawless will perform previews of their upcoming Edinburgh festival shows in the Róisín Dubh.

Barry Mack’s Take My Knife, Please! is a series of surreal, autobiographical, tales of being paid to leave the Irish stock exchange; being held up at gun point by the IRA; his love for white chocolate; and an exploding Volkswagen Beetle.

Indie pop night @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jun 28, 2012

DUBLIN INDIE-pop quartet We Are Losers and Britain’s Runaround Kids are touring Ireland, in advance of their split 12” EP to be released on July 9.

Fling @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jun 21, 2012

FLING, THE energetic Irish quintet who fuse trad, bluegrass, blues, and rock play Monroe’s Live on Thursday July 5 at 11.30pm.

Elly O’Keeffe @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jun 14, 2012

COUNTY CORK singer-songwriter Elly O’Keeffe will play Monroe’s Live tomorrow at 9.30pm.

Ray Davis @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jun 14, 2012

The great Ray Davis, lead singer and songwriter of The Kinks, who has penned such classic songs as ‘Waterloo Sunset’, ‘Dedicated Follower Of Fashion’, ‘Lola’, and ‘See My Friends’, plays the Róisín Dubh on Friday June 22 at 8pm. Tickets available online at www.roisindubh.net, from the Ticket Desk at OMG, Shop Street (formerly Zhivago), and The Róisín Dubh.

Chris Martin @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jun 07, 2012

CHRIS MARTIN - no, not the guy from Coldplay - but the award winning comedian, is coming to Galway to play upstairs in the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday at 8.30pm.

The Galway Sessions @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, May 31, 2012

THE GALWAY Sessions festival, a celebration of the folk and traditional musics of Ireland, Scotland, and America, will hold its festival club at Monroe’s The Backstage Bar.

Tom Rhodes @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, May 31, 2012

IN A stand up career spanning 25 years, Tom Rhodes has been on HBO, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and filmed two half hour specials for Comedy Central.

Latin American night @ Monroe’s

Thu, May 24, 2012

FANS OF Latin American music will have much to look forward to with the Pachanga Party at Monroe’s tomorrow night.

Communion: Galway @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, May 24, 2012

THE SECOND Communion: Galway night, featuring new and emerging talent, takes place in the Róisín Dubh tomorrow from 8.30pm.

Late Night Gimp Fight @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, May 24, 2012

SAUCY HUMOUR, off-the-wall sketches, hilarious songs, and a lot of ‘naughty but nice’ humour is on the cards from Late Night Gimp Fight.

Underground Sound mini-festival @ Monroe’s

Thu, May 24, 2012

THE UNDERGROUND Sound, the night for up and coming, alternative, and unsigned bands in Monroe’s, will hold a mini-festival next week.

The Original Rudeboys @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, May 17, 2012

THE ORIGINAL Rudeboys, the Dublin acoustic-hip hop band, are coming to Galway and will play the Róisín Dubh on Saturday May 26 at 9pm.

The Original Rudeboys - Sean ‘Neddy’ Arkins (vocals), Robert Burch (guitar/vocals) and Sean Walshy Walsh (ukulele) - first came to attention via a series of YouTube clips which propelled them to cult status among young Irish music fans.

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