Theatre and music on Inis Oírr

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

SINGER-SONGWRITER Juliet Turner and Geraldine Aron’s comic play My Brilliant Divorce can both be seen on Inis Oírr this weekend.

Kate Hodmon exhibition

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

PLACE, THE new exhibition by Galway artist Kate Hodmon opens at Padraig’s Restaurant & bar on Dock Road on Monday.

Trad lunchtimes at Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

IF YOU love Irish trad and fancy hearing some music during your lunch break then head down to Monroe’s for the Galway Arts Festival Trad Lunchtimes.

Stiúideo na Coiríbe exhibition

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

PARTICIPANTS IN the Stiúideo na Coiríbe art school with artist Jim Kavanagh, will host an exhibition of their work at The Oslo Bar, Salthill, this evening at 6.30pm.

John Daly to go Deeper @ The Cellar

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

JOHN DALY, the DJ and founder of Feel Music and One Track Records, will be spinning the decks at Deeper in The Cellar Bar this Saturday.

Irish speaking writers/ film-makers sought

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

WRITERS AND film-makers working as Gaeilge are being sought to take part in the new Scéal 2 scheme.

Give Danny Dowling a spanking

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

ESTABLISHED AND up and coming comedians will take to the stage of the Róisín Dubh in August for the venue’s Brand Spanking New nights.

Pervish - the bawdy side of Irish music

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

LIMERICK FOLK-band Pervish, who delight in the tradition of bawdy, lewd, and suggestive Irish folk songs play Galway this weekend.

Over The Edge New Writer competition

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

THE DEADLINE is approaching for the 2012 Over The Edge New Writer of The Year competition, with the closing date for entries Wednesday August 8.

The competition is open to poets and fiction writers. The best fiction entry and poetry entry will each win €300. One of these will then be chosen as the overall winner and receive an additional €400, giving the overall winner €700 and the title Over The Edge New Writer of The Year 2012.

Lunchtime laughs @ The Laughter Loft

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

GERRY MALLON’S Laughter Loft in The Ruby Room of The King’s Head continues throughout the remaining days of the Galway Arts Festival.

Get Up, Stand Up @ Garvey’s

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

GET UP, Stand up, the weekly stand up comedy open mic night at Garvey’s Hotel and Bar, Eyre Square, takes place tonight from 9.30pm.

‘Oh I do like to be beside the seaside’

Thu, Jul 19, 2012

ALL-YEAR-round swimming is a passion for Galwegians, but there are even more who never set foot in the sea, even on the hottest days - a fact made all the stranger given Galway is a coastal city.

‘How’s it going everybody?’

Thu, Jul 19, 2012

HIS FIRST time in Galway was in 1962 as a teen folk singing ‘wannabe’. A decade later he was back as part of Irish trad’s first ‘supergroup’. Ten years later he was a controversial supporter of the Hunger Strikers. And tomorrow he headlines the Galway Arts Festival Big Top.

Readings at Galway Fringe

Thu, Jul 19, 2012

GALWAY-BASED writers Nuala Ní Chonchúir and Fred Johnston will be in The Bridge Mills this weekend, reading from their work as part of the Galway Fringe Festival.

Novelist, poet, critic, and songwriter Fred Johnston will read tomorrow at 3pm. He will be joined by Mary Dempsey, who will also read, and there will be music is by guitarist Paul Mulligan. Fred’s most recent book is the short story collection, Dancing In The Asylum (Parthian).

Theatre reviews: Galway Arts Festival

Thu, Jul 19, 2012

JULIAN GOUGH’S The Great Goat Bubble first saw the light of day as an article for The Financial Times in 2003.

When you find yourself in New York

Thu, Jul 19, 2012

JACK AND Tommy are on their annual St Patrick’s Week jaunt in New York and planning to hit the bars of The Big Apple with a vengeance.

Trad music @ The Cellar

Thu, Jul 19, 2012

FIDDLER BRENDA Diviney and guitarist Pat Coyne will give a concert of Irish traditional music at The Cellar this Sunday at 9.30pm.

Ben Reel @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jul 19, 2012

COUNTY ARMAGH singer-songwriter Ben Reel plays Monroe’s Live tonight at 9pm.

Mr Whippy Soundsystem's summer market block party

Thu, Jul 19, 2012

Mr Whippy Soundsystem's Summer Market Block Party returns to the Galway market on Sunday 22nd July 2012, from mid-day to sun-set, sunshine funtime on the original pop-up outdoor dancefloor! Ever since Project 06, Mr Whippy Soundsystem's annual free afternoon at St Nicholas's market on a Sunday in July has become a much-loved regular 'fringe' event during Galway's festival season. Joining the soundsystem on the day will be Dave Barry (The Nitty Gritty - Massimos Bar), Ben O’Faoláin (Club Áras na nGael) and Dr Herringbone Dread. Followed by a late night after-party at Massimo's (also free!).

Gretchen Peters to play Kelly’s

Thu, Jul 19, 2012

GRETCHEN PETERS, the Nashville based singer-songwriter plays Kelly’s, Bridge Street, on Monday July 23 at 8pm as part of the Galway Arts Festival.

On the night she will perform songs from her most recent album, Hello Cruel World, (“An affecting, beautifully measured, grown-up affair,” said Q) as well as songs from across her 25 year career.

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