The 30 Minute Film Festival
Thu, Jun 28, 2012
THE 30 Minute Film Festival run by Galway Film Centre, Galway Film Fleadh, and Solid Media, is calling on filmmakers and film enthusiasts to take part.
The festival is seeking one minute HD films, which can be uploaded onto Youtube. Thirty such films will be selected by a panel of judges and screened on July 15 as part of the Galway Film Fleadh.
Read more ...Win tickets to André Rieu @ Galway Omniplex
Thu, Jun 28, 2012
ANDRÉ RIEU’S Maastricht concert will be broadcast live via satellite to Galway Omniplex this Saturday at 7pm.
Read more ...NUI Galway to host major cinema summer school
Thu, Jun 28, 2012
NUI GALWAY’S Huston School of Film and Digital Media will host the Cinema, Human Rights and Advocacy summer school from July 6 to 13.
The summer school’s programme was originally launched in 2006 in Venice in co-operation with the Venice International Film Festival. In 2010, supported by the Galway University Foundation, the school moved to NUIG’s Huston School and the Irish Centre for Human Rights, in co-operation with Galway Film Fleadh.
Read more ...The devil has all the best music
Thu, Jun 21, 2012
PULL UP a chair and wet your whistle for an evening of anarchic theatre, live music, and strange goings-on inspired by Scotland’s rich tradition of border ballads.
Read more ...Kevin Brophy’s Berlin Crossing
Thu, Jun 21, 2012
TODAY, THURSDAY June 21, sees the publication of the trade paperback edition of Galway writer Kevin Brophy’s much-praised novel of love and espionage, The Berlin Crossing.
Read more ...GMIT students to exhibit in London
Thu, Jun 21, 2012
GMIT TEXTILES students have been invited to exhibit their work at one of Europe’s most prestigious shows, New Designers, which takes place in London, from June 27 to 30.
Read more ...A trip to the sweet shop with Fregoli
Thu, Jun 21, 2012
Galway’s Fregoli Theatre Company presents Maria Tivnan’s debut play, The Sweet Shop, in the Town Hall Theatre Studio, from Wednesday June 27 to Friday 29 at 8.30pm.
Read more ...Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering
Thu, Jun 21, 2012
A FEAST of readings and the launch of a new poetry collection is on the menu for the June Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering at Galway City Library on Thursday June 28 at 6.30pm.
Reading will be Wexford-born poet Eamonn Wall, who teaches at the University of Missouri-St Louis. His poetry has been included in anthologies in Ireland and the USA. His most recent collection is Sailing Lake Mareotis.
Read more ...‘What’s your line?’ asks Galway Theatre Festival
Thu, Jun 21, 2012
“TO BE or not to be, that is the question.”; “We are all born mad. Some remain so.”; “To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.”
Read more ...Celebrate the walk of life
Thu, Jun 21, 2012
SIÚL, A new choreographic show by Galway dancer Bernadette Divilly, will be staged in the Town Hall Theatre on Saturday July 7 at 8pm.
Read more ...An afternoon of Patrick Kavanagh
Thu, Jun 21, 2012
THE LEGACY of the great Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh will be celebrated through poetry, talks, readings, films, stories, and music during next weekend’s Galway Kavanagh Day.
Galway Kavanagh Day takes place in the Galway Rowing Club, Woodquay, on Sunday July 1.
Read more ...The Nitty Gritty @ Massimo
Thu, Jun 21, 2012
The Nitty Gritty is back this Friday night at Massimos brining you the best in Soul, Funk, Ska, Rockabilly and Swing with Djs Dave Barry and Kit Kola from 11pm. Like the Nitty Gritty page on Facebook.
Read more ...Get Up, Stand Up @ Garvey’s
Thu, Jun 21, 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.
Read more ...John Colleary comedy gig
Thu, Jun 21, 2012
JOHN COLLEARY from RTÉ 2’s The Savage Eye is coming to Galway to perform a stand-up set at Garvey’s Hotel and Bar, Eyre Square.
Read more ...Dusty Banjos to play Cleggan
Thu, Jun 21, 2012
GALWAY CITY trad group Dusty Banjos returns to Cleggan in Connemara this weekend for its fourth annual Traditional Music Weekend.
Read more ...House- worx DJs @ The Cellar
Thu, Jun 21, 2012
THE HOUSEWORX DJ Team will celebrate their third birthday this Saturday at 10.30pm with a major bash downstairs in The Cellar Bar.
Read more ...Fling @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Jun 21, 2012
FLING, THE energetic Irish quintet who fuse trad, bluegrass, blues, and rock play Monroe’s Live on Thursday July 5 at 11.30pm.
Read more ...La belle musique de Nouvelle Vague
Thu, Jun 21, 2012
IN FRENCH, ‘nouvelle vague’ refers to daring, iconoclastic, films made in the 1950s and 1960s by Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut. In English, ‘new wave’ was music by bands like Blondie and Joy Division.
Read more ...Swords to play Citóg
Thu, Jun 21, 2012
DUBLIN ELECTRO-pop trio Swords, whose music The Irish Times described as “neatly clipped electro-pop tunes and smart elegant hooks”, are coming to Galway.
Read more ...Canadian songwriter for Róisín Dubh
Thu, Jun 21, 2012
ROSE COUSINS, the Canadian singer-songwriter will play the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday June 27 at 9pm, where she will perform songs from her new album.
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