Win Pilgrim Hill on DVD
Thu, May 16, 2013
PILGRIM HILL, the new Irish film directed by Gerard Barrett, winner of the Rising Star awards at this year’s IFTA, will be released on DVD in On Demand this week.
Read more ...Blue Teapot fundraising table quiz
Thu, May 16, 2013
BLUE TEAPOT Theatre Company will hold its Ultimate Table Quiz in Lohan’s Bar, Salthill, on Friday May 24 at 8pm.
Tables are €40 for a team of four and can be pre-bought through 091 - 520977, as well as being available on the night.
Read more ...Todd Terje - Inspector Norse reporting for duty
Thu, May 16, 2013
TODD TERJE, the Norwegian cosmic-disco maestro DJ and producer, plays Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh on Thursday May 23 at 9pm.
Read more ...The Bahh Band - a world of sound
Thu, May 16, 2013
HAVING JUST returned from a successful tour of India, Galway world music fusion group The Bahh Band, play Druid Theatre this weekend.
The Bahh Band play Druid Theatre this Saturday as part of the Galway Dance Days festival which takes place today, tomorrow, and Saturday. The show starts at 8pm and will also feature a performance from the Irish dance artists Fitzgerald & Stapleton.
Read more ...Hells Bells - AC/DC tribute
Thu, May 16, 2013
STEP ONTO the Highway to Hell as ‘There’s Gonna Be Some Rockin’’ of a ‘High Voltage’ variety when Hells Bells take to the stage.
Read more ...Bangers & Lash @ The Cellar
Thu, May 16, 2013
NORWICH DJ Dr..Um will kick start the Bangers & Lash clubnight summer gig series in The Cellar Bar on Eglinton Street.
Read more ...Leading Armies @ Monroe’s
Thu, May 16, 2013
FUSING REGGAE, soul, rock, funk, and hip hop, Limerick sextet Leading Armies’ play with skilled musicianship, layered harmonies, and a youthful exuberance.
Read more ...Boyfights @ Strange Brew
Thu, May 16, 2013
BOYFIGHTS, A new Galway male/female vocals and guitar duo, play Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh.
The duo will be supporting Enemies. They have just recorded an EP with So Cow leader Brian Kelly. The EP will be out in the next fortnight.
Read more ...Danny Dowling’s Brand Spanking New
Thu, May 16, 2013
BRAND SPANKING New, the comedy night in the Róisín Dubh celebrating new and rising Irish comedy returns with RTE New Comedy Award acts.
Read more ...A green tribute to Pink Floyd
Thu, May 16, 2013
EPIC MUSICAL explorations of inner and outer space, the human psyche, and the outer limits of rock - Pink Floyd excelled in this like few others.
Read more ...Gatsby, glamour, and The Eye
Thu, May 16, 2013
TODAY SEES the launch of Baz Luhrmann’s much anticipated film adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby.
Read more ...Retracing Antonin Artaud in Galway
Thu, May 16, 2013
ANTONIN ARTAUD, the French playwright and theatre director visited Galway city and the Aran Islands in 1937 and an event is taking place to mark his visit.
Read more ...Galway Dance Days 2013
Thu, May 16, 2013
GALWAY DANCE Days 2013 takes place today, tomorrow, and Saturday, and will see dancers, artists, and academics joining forces for a variety of events.
Read more ...Thomas Ryan - painting Irish history
Thu, May 16, 2013
THOMAS RYAN, the Irish artist renowned for his depictions of historical and religious episodes, is the subject of a new exhibition at NUI Galway.
Read more ...GTI End of Year Exhibition 2013
Thu, May 16, 2013
SOME 150 students at the Galway Technical Institute will display their creativity at the 2013 GTI End of Year Exhibition.
Read more ...Singing Nina Simone
Thu, May 16, 2013
JAZZ SINGER, civil rights activist, songwriter, black music icon, Nina Simone is one of the all time greats of post war music.
Read more ...Upbeat Generation @ HALO
Thu, May 16, 2013
GET DOWN and get with it for a night of floor filling funk, soul, r’n’b, and Motown with Upbeat Generation upstairs at HALO tomorrow night.
This five-piece, featuring vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, and drums, features experienced musicians from across the world playing classic songs by Prince, Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, Chic, Stevie Wonder, Jamiroquai, and Sister Sledge.
Read more ...The Riptide Movement - steppin’ out and steppin’ up
Thu, May 09, 2013
“THE BLUES had a baby and they called it rock’n’roll,” Muddy Waters declared on his 1977 album Hard Again, and from Van Morrison to Rory Gallagher to Thin Lizzy, the Irish have always had time for the blues.
Read more ...The Whileaways
Thu, May 09, 2013
THREE INDIVIDUALS who were also three songwriters, three singers, and three obsessive fans of the folk music of the United States, all were on their own paths until eventually they came to point of intersection and a new direction was born.
Read more ...Gaelic poetry and song in Aughnanure Castle
Thu, May 09, 2013
IN THE 16th century surrounds of Aughnanure Castle, just outside Oughterard, a concert of bardic poetry and mediaeval Irish harp music will be performed.
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