Eclipsed and the world of the Magdalen Laundry
Thu, Aug 15, 2013
GALWAY THEATREGOERS are in for a treat next week with a new staging of Patricia Burke Brogan’s Eclipsed from Mephisto Theatre Company.
Read more ...Three concerts from The Whileaways
Thu, Aug 15, 2013
AUGUST IS proving to be a busy month for County Galway folk/Americana-trio The Whileaways who play three shows over the coming days.
The Whileaways - Gradá vocalist Nicola Joyce, solo singer-songwriter Noriana Kennedy, and solo singer-songwriter and The Cabin Collective member Noelie McDonnell - play support to Americana musician Tim O’Brien in Campbell’s Tavern, Cloughanover tomorrow; The Crane Bar, Sea Road, this Sunday (for tickets contact The Crane on 091 - 587419 or www.thecranebar.com); and on Monday, they play Whelan’s in Dublin.
Read more ...Galway Arts Centre Prom
Thu, Aug 15, 2013
ARE YOU going to the prom? That is not just a question American schoolgoers can ask, but Galwegians can as well.
Read more ...Lights and wonderful music at Claregalway Castle
Thu, Aug 15, 2013
There was an air of abandonment and fun in Claregalway last Saturday evening as the International Summer Music School and Festival came to a glorious end.
Read more ...Moonfish to bring Star Of The Sea to the stage
Thu, Aug 15, 2013
GALWAY THEATRE company Moonfish will perform its stage adaptation of Joseph O’Connor’s acclaimed novel Star Of The Sea at An Taibhdhearc in July 2014.
Read more ...Steven Sharpe to play Róisín Dubh
Thu, Aug 15, 2013
comedian, performer, and singer-songwriter will be upstairs at the Róisín Dubh on Thursday August 22 at 9pm.
Steven performed and toured his first show All Men Are Bast*rds throughout Connacht and Munster in 2010 and 2011. Last year, he debuted his one-man musical Who’s The Man? to sell out audiences in the Town Hall Theatre Studio and released the live EP of the same title.
Read more ...Bell X1 announce Galway show
Thu, Aug 15, 2013
BELL X1 have announced they will play Seapoint Ballroom, Salthill, on Saturday December 7 as part of their Chop Chop Tour of Ireland.
Read more ...The Year of the Moving Statues
Thu, Aug 15, 2013
THE BIZARRE phenomenon of the ‘moving statues’, which swept through 1980s Ireland will be examined in a new comic play by Kinvara playwright Gerry Connelly.
Read more ...Athenry Musical Society AGM
Thu, Aug 15, 2013
THE ATHENRY Musical Society will hold its AGM and information evening about the society next week.
Read more ...Murder On The Menu
Thu, Aug 15, 2013
MURDER ON The Menu, the successful murder mystery dinner theatre show which featured in the Galway Fringe Festival, returns this month.
Read more ...New website to showcase work of Galway artists
Thu, Aug 15, 2013
A NEW website, dedicated to promoting the work of artists in Galway is online and is encouraging Galwegians to send it works to display.
Read more ...Moth & Butterfly storytelling event
Thu, Aug 15, 2013
THE MOTH & Butterfly storytelling and improvisation event returns to The Townhouse Bar, Spanish Parade, on Wednesday August 21 at 8pm.
Read more ...Core Theatre College actors’ workshops
Thu, Aug 15, 2013
is taking bookings for its autumn workshops in the Blue Teapot Theatre on Munster Avenue.
Read more ...Blues music @ The Quays
Thu, Aug 15, 2013
THE AUSSIE Blues Band, or Finn as they are also known, play The Quays Music Hall this Sunday from 7pm.
Read more ...The Curragh Sons @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Aug 15, 2013
THE CURRAGH SONS are no strangers to Galway audiences as they have played Kinvara’s Cuckoo Fleadh and Cruinniu na mBad festivals over the years.
Read more ...Kory Quinn - the true sound of American folk
Thu, Aug 15, 2013
PORTLAND, OREGON, singer-songwriter Kory Quinn plays “train-hoppin’, foot-stompin’, hobo-blues,” according to that city’s Eight-Ball Studios’ Rob Stroup.
Read more ...The Lofires @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Aug 15, 2013
THE LOFIRES are Dublin songwriters, Niall Toner Jr and Jonny Rowen and they come with a pedigree and years of experience.
Read more ...Metal night @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Aug 15, 2013
FRENCH BAND Dead Like Me headline a night of chaotic metal, gloom rock, and punk upstairs in Róisín Dubh tonight from 9pm.
Read more ...The Tom Portman Trio
Thu, Aug 15, 2013
FRESH FROM his return from Poland’s Suwalki Blues Festival and the launch of his new solo album Float Your Blues Away, gifted guitarist Tom Portman is back in Galway.
Read more ...Sean Keane announces second concert
Thu, Aug 15, 2013
SEAN KEANE and Citizen Keane have announced a second concert in the village marquee on Sunday August 25 as part of the Caherlistrane/Kilcoona Gathering.
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