Druid Debuts Reading for Galway Arts Festival

Thu, Jul 25, 2013

BE INFANTS In Evil, a new play by Brian Martin, will receive a rehearsed reading tomorrow at 2pm at the Druid Lane Theatre.

The event is part of Druid’s Debut Readings for the Galway Arts Festival ‘First Thought’ series of events.

Fringe Festival art exhibitions

Thu, Jul 25, 2013

THE GALWAY Fringe Festival continues up to Sunday so there is still time to see any of its 16 art exhibitions throughout the city.

Electric to celebrate first birthday

Thu, Jul 25, 2013

THE ELECTRIC Garden turns a year old this Saturday and the Abbeygate Street venue will hold a birthday bash to celebrate.

Galway Cathedral Recitals

Thu, Jul 25, 2013

GALWAY CATHEDRAL will be treated to a concert of organ duets by Hamburg husband and wife team Uwe and Judith Bestert this evening at 8pm.

TULCA - new appointments and submissions sought

Thu, Jul 25, 2013

THE TULCA Festival of Visual Art has made two new appointments and is seeking submissions for its 2013 festival which runs from November 8 to 24.

Two exhibitions, one location

Thu, Jul 25, 2013

TWO EXHIBITIONS, Kathleen Furey’s On Paper and Levi Hanes’ The Night Scene Series, are currently running at UHG’s Arts Corridor in the hospital foyer.

Kitchen Table to take over The Shed

Thu, Jul 25, 2013

THE GALWAY based Kitchen Table Artist Collective will take up residence in The Shed gallery space in the harbour, from next week.

The collective are the artists Judith Bernhardt, Helen Caird, Anne Harkin-Petersen, Jean MacSorley, Cormac O’Neill, Terri Mitchell, and Eithne Ryan, and they will be exhibiting new work, in a wide range of media, responding to the word ‘shed’.

Get intimate with Matt Cardle

Thu, Jul 25, 2013

MATT CARDLE, the 2010 X-Factor winner, will play an intimate acoustic concert in Monroe’s Live this Sunday at 8pm.

Sibling folk singers @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jul 25, 2013

THE PRISTINE, three-part harmonies, and delicate roots-folk melodies of Donegal’s The Henry Girls will be heard in Monroe’s Live tonight at 10pm.

Win tickets to Blur @ HALO

Thu, Jul 25, 2013

GALWAY BLUR fans take note, HALO is holding a raffle this Saturday for tickets to see Blur live at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin on Thursday August 1.

Detroit and Dutch DJs @ Factory

Thu, Jul 25, 2013

LEADING DETROIT house DJ Marcellus Pittman and Amsterdam disco don Loud-E will be spinning the decks at Factory in The Electric Garden this weekend.

Hardcore Priests of Yemen to launch debut album

Thu, Jul 25, 2013

THE GALWAY funk, ska, reggae, and trad sevenpiece The Hardcore Priests of Yemen will launch their new album in Galway this weekend.

Shuffle with DJ Dave Barry

Thu, Jul 25, 2013

DAVE BARRY, one of Galway’s leading northern soul and ska DJ returns to the Róisín Dubh tomorrow for his SHUFFLE DJ night. With Imelda May in the Big Top earlier this promises to be a packed one. The policy at Shuffle is good time music aimed at the feet from a range of genres with a lot of soul being a prerequisite.

Tale of a Tiger from Malawito Galway

Thu, Jul 18, 2013

WHILE THE Galway Arts Festival may be taking most of the headlines these days, the Galway Fringe Festival is also doing itself proud with a programme bursting at the seams with music, exhibitions, theatre, and much more besides.

Among the featured theatre shows is one all the way from Malawi, via China, Italy, and Germany; the Dario Fo play The Tale Of A Tiger which runs at the Townhouse Bar for 10 performances next week, from 1pm to 2pm, commencing Sunday July 21.

Julie Feeney - a little Bird told me

Thu, Jul 18, 2013

OSCAR WILDE’S bittersweet story of love, loyalty, charity, and selflessness, The Happy Prince, has served as an inspiration to many musicians over the decades.

Frankie Gavin & De Dannan - Galway Arts Festival concert

Thu, Jul 18, 2013

FRANKIE GAVIN & De Dannan will play one of the major concerts at this year’s Galway Arts Festival when they take to the stage of the Radisson Live Lounge tonight at 8pm.

New show from ThereisBear! Theatre

Thu, Jul 18, 2013

BALLYKILLDOWNA, A play by the award-winning Galway poet Shaun Leonard, is being staged by ThereisBear! Theatre as part of the Galway Fringe Festival.

Trad gig with Lonndubh

Thu, Jul 18, 2013

GALWAY TRAD music band Lonndubh - Irish for blackbird - play The Crane Bar tomorrow at 9.30pm as part of the Galway Fringe Festival.

The Dirty Circus cabaret

Thu, Jul 18, 2013

A NIGHT of decadent glamour and the era of the Berlin cabarets and burlesque will be recreated at The Dirty Circus in Kelly’s, Bridge Street, on Friday July 26.

Kylemore Abbey Summer Festival

Thu, Jul 18, 2013

FROM IRISH folk songs and Latin Vespers, the Kylemore Abbey Summer Festival, promises a feast of music throughout the summer in Connemara.

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