From Vienna to Loughrea: The Kandinsky Quartet’s dazzling Irish debut
Thu, Aug 21, 2025
Mount Carmel in Loughrea will play host to a very special evening of music on Wednesday, 27 August, as the Kandinsky Quartet continues its debut concert tour of Ireland. This performance in the uniquely intimate setting of Mount Carmel marks an exciting moment in the ensemble’s first tour of the country, following their participation at the Esker Festival 2025.
Read more ...Materialists: A shallow, unromantic perspective on love and relationships
Thu, Aug 21, 2025
In July 2023, I was lucky enough to nab a ticket for the Irish premiere of Past Lives during the Galway Film Fleadh.
Read more ...Reunited Big Country return
Thu, Aug 14, 2025
Scottish rock band Big Country will make their highly-anticipated return to Galway on Saturday, August 30, as part of their 2025 international Eastworld tour, with doors open at Monroe's Live at 7.30pm.
Read more ...Appalachian and Celtic fusion
Thu, Aug 14, 2025
Australian avant-folk musician Jessie Monk will perform at Monroe’s Live on Friday, August 22, at 9:30pm, when audiences can listen to her combine Celtic and Appalachian folk traditions with experimental elements.
Read more ...New collection from spiritual poet
Thu, Aug 14, 2025
Denis Mockler will launch his fifth collection of self-published poetry at Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop on Middle Street next Thursday, August 28, at 6pm.
Read more ...Grand Stretch at Monroe’s next spring
Thu, Aug 14, 2025
The tribal rhythms of Dora Gola’s world music, combined with her powerful performance style, will be on show at Monroe’s Live, on Saturday, April 13, at 7pm, for an evening of electronic mastery.
Read more ...MOVIE REVIEW: 'Weapons'
Films Reviews Thu, Aug 14, 2025
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The horror genre has felt slightly stale recently, and there has been an infatuation with trauma as its thematic engine. Much in the way that The Naked Gun felt like a breath of fresh air for the comedy genre, Weapons accomplishes the same feat for horror.
Joni Mitchell celebration
Thu, Aug 14, 2025
The seven-piece band, fronted by vocalist, Hattie Whitehead, was originally set-up as a once-off project to play Mitchell songs from her 1980 live album Shadows and Light.
Read more ...Triple dance bill at Black Box
Thu, Aug 14, 2025
The performance, titled Triple Bill, will bring together three distinctive works by leading names in Irish contemporary dance: Hylak, Fearghus Ó Conchúir and Mufutau Yusuf.
Read more ...San Clair on stage this week
Thu, Aug 14, 2025
Singer-songwriter David San Clair will brings his fusion of folk, rock, traditional music, jazz and bluegrass to Galway this weekend.
Read more ...Late show for Amazing Apples
Thu, Aug 14, 2025
The Amazing Apples will bring their high-energy performance to the stage as they deliver a rousing set of Irish, Americana, dance, and heavy rock anthems.
Read more ...Roll up! Roll up! to the Racecourse
Thu, Aug 14, 2025
Circus Gerbola will be setting up in Galway this week for its 25th summer on the trot, but this year at a new location.
Read more ...TD to tour Old Rahoon
Thu, Aug 14, 2025
The tour leaves the Rahoon Road end of Miller’s Lane at 11am.
Read more ...Baroque choral premier at Clifden Arts Festival
Thu, Aug 14, 2025
This special performance takes place on Sunday, September 21, at 5.00pm, in St Joseph’s Church, Clifden.
Read more ...Review: A Glorious Summer Salon Evening at Claregalway Castle
Thu, Aug 07, 2025
It is not often that the music of centuries past finds itself echoing so naturally within walls of the same vintage. But such was the magic of last Sunday evening at Claregalway Castle, where a full house gathered for the Summer Salon Concert—an experience that delighted both ear and spirit in equal measure. In this majestic medieval setting, the age of the stone matched the age of the sound, and history sang anew.
Read more ...Ultimate school reunion at Monroe’s
Thu, Aug 07, 2025
Step back in time and relive the magic of the Eighties at Monroe’s Live on Saturday, August 9, at 10pm, for the Ultimate School Reunion Night with DJ Flako.
Read more ...Local talent at Monroe’s
Thu, Aug 07, 2025
Three emerging local acts will take to the stage at Monroe’s Live on Saturday, August 23, as part of A New Noise, a night dedicated to the best of original music and rising talent.
Read more ...FILM REVIEW: The Naked Gun
Thu, Aug 07, 2025
With the The Naked Gun, Liam Neeson nosedives into comedy and, more specifically, slapstick, spoof comedy; a subgenre that has been largely forgotten or just lazily executed since the heyday of Airplane (1980) and the original Naked Gun series starring Leslie Nielsen.
Read more ...Tina Turner tribute at Monroe’s
Thu, Aug 07, 2025
Proud Mary and her City Limits band will pay homage to one of music’s most iconic artists, Tina Turner, at Monroe’s Live on Friday, August 29, with doors open from 8pm.
Read more ...Tuam shams at Picnic
Thu, Aug 07, 2025
In their song 'Joyce Country Céilí Band', the Saw Doctors proclaim they will play any "house, pub or parish hall", but they can perform at massive festivals too, as County Galway's most famous rockers have been added to the Electric Picnic line-up.
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