The art of storytelling in Ballymoe
Thu, Jun 13, 2013
THE SEANCHAÍ Brendan Nolan will tell tales in Eileen’s Pub, Ballymoe, north Galway on Friday June 28 at 8pm.
Brendan’s stories come from across Ireland, Britain, Spain, and Belgium, and his storytelling session is part of a series of cultural events being held in the town.
Read more ...Seán Tyrrell’s Message Of Peace
Thu, Jun 13, 2013
JOHN BOYLE O’Reilly was one of the most fascinating individuals to emerge from 19th century Ireland, and he is the subject of a show by the great Seán Tyrrell.
Read more ...Daithí - the ‘Chameleon Life’ of an electro wunderkind
Thu, Jun 06, 2013
HE HAS been called “the baby faced DJ” and a “hair flicking bundle of energy” but never overlook that Daithí is a young man passionate about music, its creation, and in bending, twisting, and shaping sounds into exciting slabs of electro fused indie-pop.
Read more ...Bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk!
Thu, Jun 06, 2013
FEAR NOT gentle reader! We have not taken leave of their senses. Nor have we been passing round the mescaline.
The above torrent of vowels and consonants is one of the 100 letter ‘thunderclap’ from Joyce’s Finnegans Wake. It also happens to be the title of a new exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Miceál Noone at the Norman Villa Gallery in Salthill.
Read more ...Nanu Nanu - debut album and Galway show
Thu, Jun 06, 2013
NANU NANU, the Irish electro-pop duo, will play Factory in The Electric Garden tomorrow from 10.30pm as part of a nationwide tour promoting their debut album Unit One.
Read more ...I Heart Alice Heart I - ‘Beautiful, human, moving and very, very funny’
Thu, Jun 06, 2013
ONE OF the most acclaimed Irish shows of recent years makes a welcome visit to the Town Hall from Thursday June 13 to Saturday 15 at 8pm.
Read more ...New director for Galway Theatre Festival
Thu, Jun 06, 2013
GALWEGIAN AND NUI Galway graduate Kate Costello has been appointed as the new director of the Galway Theatre Festival.
Read more ...The songs of Edith Piaf
Thu, Jun 06, 2013
THIS YEAR marks the 50th anniversary of the death of one of the greatest singers of the 20th century - Edith Piaf - and her music is to be celebrated in the Town Hall Theatre.
Read more ...Colours Fringe Festival launch
Thu, Jun 06, 2013
THE LAUNCH of the fourth Colours Fringe Festival takes place upstairs in the Townhouse this Saturday at 7pm.
Read more ...Between the Lines @ Monroe's Live
Thu, Jun 06, 2013
GALWAY ALTERNATIVE metal band, Between the Lines, formerly known as Black Tooth, play Monroe’s Live tomorrow at 10pm.
Read more ...Baile an Salsa - a Latin-Celtic fusion
Thu, Jun 06, 2013
IRISH TRAD and alsa join forces in the exciting musical fusion of Galway band Baile an Salsa who play The Crane Bar on Friday June 14 at 9pm.
Baile an Salsa perform original material, in Irish, Spanish, and English, with traditional Irish tunes, with lead singer, Andres Martorell, originally from Uruguay, bringing in melodies from salsa, rumba, flamenco, and sean nós.
Read more ...Galway Sessions gigs @ The Crane
Thu, Jun 06, 2013
IRISH MUSIC has travelled around the world, influencing American and Canadian folk and popping up throughout the European continent.
Read more ...Bluegrass bands @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Jun 06, 2013
BLUEGRASS MUSIC will be heard this Sunday in Monroe’s Live when The Paperboys and The Blind Dead McJones Band take to the stage.
Read more ...DJ John Heckle @ Factory
Thu, Jun 06, 2013
LIVERPOOL’S JOHN Heckle is coming to Epoch at The Factory this Saturday to perform a House and techno DJ set.
On the night, Heckle will be selecting records while knockING out rhythms on a TR-707 drum machine. Support is from Colin Finnegan. Admission is €5 before midnight and €8 after. Doors open at 10.30pm. See facebook.com/epoch.galway
Read more ...Walking on Cars @ Monroe’s
Thu, Jun 06, 2013
WALKING ON Cars bring their anthemic indie pop to Monroe’s Backstage Bar tonight from 10pm.
Read more ...Galway band releases new single
Thu, Jun 06, 2013
GALWAY BASED band Earthship have this week released their debut single ‘Anyway’, through their own White Elephant Recordings, on iTunes and Amazon.
Earthship’s sound, influenced by Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Weather Report, and Return To Forever, mixes funk-inflected dance grooves, fiery improvisation, and pop hooks. They have played the Cork Jazz Festival, Electric Picnic, and Body & Soul.
Read more ...Cara Luft @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Jun 06, 2013
AWARD WINNING Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist Cara Luft will play upstairs in the Róisín Dubh this Saturday from 9pm.
Read more ...Paul Foot returns to the Róisín Dubh
Thu, Jun 06, 2013
PAUL FOOT has a distinctive hairstyle located somewhere between the mod look and the mid-1970s. He also boasts a comedic style that is “inspired, surreal and incomprehensibly funny,” according to Chortle.co.uk.
Paul Foot makes a welcome to return to the Róisín Dubh tomorrow from 8pm. He is the winner of the Best Of The Fest award at this year’s Sydney Comedy Festival and won the Best International Act at the Perth Comedy Festival.
Read more ...Uptight! is back @ Massimos
Thu, Jun 06, 2013
This Friday night see the return of the most soulful night in town. Uptight @ Massimos Galway. Joining DJ Dave Barry this month is Andy Rhattigan who runs the Smoove Groove soul club in Dublin. Expect to hear an eclectic mix of funk, soul, disco, boogaloo, Jamaican ska, dancefloor jazz to name a few of the genres.
Read more ...Tommy Tiernan’s World Tour of the Islands
Thu, Jun 06, 2013
IRELAND IS not just an island, it is an island surrounded by many other tiny islands within its territory and Tommy Tiernan is about to undertake a tour of them.
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