Rusted Rail Christmas Party

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

THE INDEPENDENT Galway record label Rusted Rail will host its annual Christmas Party upstairs in the Róisín Dubh on Friday December 21 from 8pm.

A comic look at Irish history

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

1916 AND All That is a new book by Galwegian Ciara Boylan, which takes a comic look at Irish history.

Ciara, who is a graduate of NUI Galway and has worked in the National Library of Ireland, was inspired by WC Sellar and RJ Yeatman’s famous 1930 satirical history 1066 And All That, to create an equivalent book for Ireland.

New Year creative writing classes at GTI

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

GALWEGIANS LOOKING to try their hand at creative writing, but who want guidance and advice on how to do so, should check out classes at the GTI.

On-line creative writing course

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

THE WESTERN Writers’ Centre is offering an on-line, eight-part creative writing course for prose and poetry.

A family Christmas concert

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

FAVOURITE CHRISTMAS songs and cartoon show theme tunes will be performed at a family Christmas concert this Sunday.

The St Patrick’s Brass band perform at the annual Adventures in Music Christmas concert in St Patrick’s Band Hall, next to the train station, at 2pm.

Three shows from The Brennan Sisters

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

CONNEMARA TRAD/folk singers The Brennan Sisters will perform three concerts this weekend - in Tourmakeady, Moycullen, and Galway city.

DJ Dave Barry to get Uptight

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

TOMORROW NIGHT Massimo on Sea Road will reverberate to some of the finest black music of all time.

Opera and ballet @ The Eye

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

VERDI’S AIDA and the Bolshoi’s production of The Nutcracker will be screened live from The Met in New York to The Eye Cinema, Wellpark, this month.

Jarlath Regan @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

JARLATH REGAN, described as “Dylan Moran on valium” by Three Weeks, plays the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday December 19 at 8.30pm.

Comedy show @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

COMEDIAN DAVE Young has been called “flat-out hilarious” by the Irish Independent, while America Today says he is “thrilling to watch”.

Now Dave is coming to Monroe’s Live this evening at 7.30pm where he will perform his show BOLD, where he will discuss sex, marriage, the afterlife, and 100 years of Irish Culture in 100 minutes. He has appeared on The Late Late Show and produced four live DVDs and two albums.

Klub Orange to host charity fundraiser

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

TOMORROW NIGHT sees the launch of a new dance club, Klub Orange, in the Townhouse Bar on Spanish Parade.

The club opens its doors at 10pm and to mark its opening night there will be three DJs, visuals, food, and 20 per cent of profits on the night will be donated to the Galway Rape Crisis Centre. There will be spot prizes. The club will also have a chill room.

ConTempo’s Christmas concert

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

THE CONTEMPO Quartet will host a Christmas Concert this evening at 8pm in The Mechanics Institute, Middle Street.

NUIG students to launch anthology

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

ABANDONED DARLINGS, a collection of writings from students of NUI Galway’s MA in Writing 2011-2012, will be launched on Wednesday December 19.

Java Writers launch new collection

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

THE JAVA Writers group, who meet every Tuesday’s in Java’s café on Abbeygate Street, will launch an anthology of their poetry and prose tomorrow.

Jack L - the eternal songs of the 27 Club

Thu, Dec 06, 2012

JIMI HENDRIX died after choking on his own vomit; Brian Jones drowned on a summer’s day in 1969; Jim Morrison died of heart failure in Paris; Kurt Cobain put a gun in his mouth and said farewell to life. All were young men - only 27 years of age.

Mad dogs and Irishmen

Thu, Dec 06, 2012

TOMMY TIERNAN will join Dylan Moran, Joanna Lumley, Omid Djalili, and Caroline Quentin in this year’s run of Sky 1’s excellent short comedy-drama series Little Crackers.

Martin Dyar to launch debut poetry collection

Thu, Dec 06, 2012

MARTIN DYAR, the award winning poet, playwright, actor, singer, and songwriter, launches his debut poetry collection in Galway this weekend.

Who’s The Man? at the Town Hall

Thu, Dec 06, 2012

NOT TO be missed at the Town Hall next week is Who’s The Man?, a one-man musical drama, written and performed by Steven Sharpe, about growing up gay in Ireland.

Experience A Viennese Christmas

Thu, Dec 06, 2012

SEÁN COSTELLO, the popular and award-winning tenor, is bringing his Viennese Christmas concert back to the Town Hall Theatre this weekend.

Fregoli’s Home run

Thu, Dec 06, 2012

FREGOLI THEATRE Company graces the Town Hall Theatre stage next week with the play Home, described by Irish Theatre Magazine as “vibrant and heart-wrenching”.

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