Keith Plunkett to play Monroe’s
Thu, Feb 23, 2017
AHEAD OF the release of his new single '100 Cracks', singer-songwriter Keith Plunkett is touring Ireland and tonight he stops off in Galway to play Monroe’s BackStage Bar.
Read more ...Saturday classical music concerts for families
Thu, Feb 23, 2017
Galway children and their families can enjoy a mix of classical, contemporary, and Irish traditional music at the upcoming 3 Saturdays: 3 Kinds of Music spring/summer concert series at the Galway City Museum.
Read more ...Miriam Donohue - Galway launch for debut album
Thu, Feb 16, 2017
MIRIAM DONOHUE, the Galway born, Dublin based, singer-songwriter will play a hometown gig in Galway this weekend, for the official launch of her critically acclaimed debut album, Paperscapes.
Read more ...Na Cruithne - debut album launch in Galway
Thu, Feb 16, 2017
NA CRUITHNE, the folk-metal sextet, who fuse groove and black metal with the traditional musics of Ireland, Scotland, and Brittany, launch their debut album, Gairm an Fhiantais, with a concert next week.
Read more ...An evening of Beethoven's music
Thu, Feb 16, 2017
THE MUSIC of Beethoven will be heard in re-named Emily Anderson Concert Hall at the Aula Maxima, NUI Galway, when the Ficino Ensemble perform the next Music For Galway concert.
Read more ...The Three Tenors to play Town Hall Theatre
Thu, Feb 16, 2017
THE THREE Tenors, whose concerts have been called "fabulous, high-calibre...soulful" by the Sunday Independent, and a "knockout’’ by the New York Times, return to Galway this month.
Read more ...Padraig Stevens - 70th birthday concert
Thu, Feb 16, 2017
LEGENDARY TUAM songwriter Padraig Stevens will play a rare Galway concert next week, at The King's Head, accompanied by Leo Moran of The Saw Doctors.
Read more ...Cafolla and Engel @ HALO
Thu, Feb 16, 2017
CAFOLLA AND Engel, the live saxophone and DJ duo, eturn to Galway to play the HALO nightclub this Saturday from 11pm.
Read more ...The Redneck Manifesto - 11 essential tracks
Essential Playlist Tue, Feb 14, 2017
POST-ROCK, indie-rock, jazz, metal, hardcore, and avant-garde all fuse brilliantly in the music of The Redneck Manifesto, arguably Ireland's greatest post-rock band. With the band touring this month, and rumours of new material on the way, we present a 'Best Of' the Dublin quintet's work to date:
Read more ...The return of The Redneck Manifesto
Thu, Feb 09, 2017
FIRST CAME the announcement of live dates, then the appearance of their albums on streaming services, and now there is speculation The Redneck Manifesto are recording, and will be releasing, new music.
Read more ...Athenry Youth Orchestra to perform in Dublin
Thu, Feb 09, 2017
THE ATHENRY Youth Orchestra has been chosen as one of only eight such orchestras from across Ireland, to perform at the 22nd Festival of Youth Orchestras in the National Concert Hall in Dublin.
Read more ...A FEAST of prog-rock bands
Thu, Feb 09, 2017
VASA, "ONE of the most exciting, dynamic instrumental bands in the UK," according to The Independent, who play "riffs the size of King Kong's scrotal baskets", are coming to Galway this weekend.
Read more ...Two classical concerts of Brahms and Bach
Thu, Feb 09, 2017
A SUNDAY afternoon with Brahms, and a lunchtime show, also involving Brahms, along with Bach and others, await classical music lovers, with two Music For Galway shows taking place over the coming days.
Read more ...Roesy - two Galway shows
Thu, Feb 09, 2017
ROESY, THE Australian based Irish singer-songwriter is bringing his The Very Round Robin tour across Ireland, playing shows where he will be joined by Kilá's Rónán Ó Snodaigh and Ye Vagabonds.
Read more ...A Back To Basics singer-songwriter night
Thu, Feb 09, 2017
IRISH SINGER-songwriters Greg Clifford, Ian N Brennan, and Barry Jay Hughes are bringing their Back To Basics 'three-act showcase' tour around Ireland this month, covering 16 venues in three weeks.
Read more ...The Rat Pack Live - at Seven
Thu, Feb 09, 2017
THE ERA, the music, the men - the Rat Pack of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop, have become a byword for cool and male sartorial style.
Read more ...Purple Rain - A Celebration of Prince
Thu, Feb 09, 2017
THE FIRST anniversary of the death of Prince - the soul, funk, rock, r'n'b genius and visionary - is drawing close, and a show is coming to Galway intends to celebrate the man, his life, and his music, in some style.
Read more ...Killer Joe's Jazz Club returns to Monroe's
Thu, Feb 09, 2017
THE GALWAY Jazz Quartet is back with a new line-up for the Killer Joe's Jazz Club sessions, which return to the Side Bar at Monroe’s Tavern on Sunday February 12 at 8pm.
Read more ...Galway Advertiser's Best New Songs #1
Essential Playlist Wed, Feb 08, 2017
SEVEN WEEKS into the New Year and already there has been some great music released by Future Islands, The Flaming Lips, Tinariwen, Father John Misty, and others.
Read more ...Chris Haze releases new EP - We Are One
Fri, Feb 03, 2017
GALWAY SINGER-songwriter Chris Haze's EP, We Are One, is about to be released. The five track EP will feature the singles 'Let Us Be Heroes' and 'I'll Run', along with three new songs.
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