Get Up, Stand Up @ Garvey’s

Thu, May 31, 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.

Lecture on James Joyce’s Galway

Thu, May 31, 2012

WHILE JAMES Joyce will be forever associated with Dublin, Galway played a role in his life and writings through his wife Nora Barnacle.

A reading at Charlie Byrne’s

Thu, May 31, 2012

THE POET and critic Kevin Higgins and the novelist Esther Murbach will be reading in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop tomorrow at 6pm.

Submissions sought for new exhibition

Thu, May 31, 2012

SUBMISSIONS ARE being sought for the Outside: Insight 2012, the fifth annual arts event presented by Brigit’s Garden and the Galway Arts Centre.

Galway choirs to perform memorial concert

Thu, May 31, 2012

Three of Galway’s leading community choirs will perform a tribute concert on Saturday June 9 in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church for Monica Narciandi Junco.

Ultan Conlon @ Citóg

Thu, May 31, 2012

THE LOUGHREA singer-songwriter Ultan Conlon will play Citóg at The Cellar Bar tomorrow night.

Ham Sandwich to play Halo

Thu, May 31, 2012

HALO IS best known as a nightclub but tomorrow night it will launch Upstairs @ Halo, a new venture featuring live music gigs on a Thursday and Friday night.

Tom Rhodes @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, May 31, 2012

IN A stand up career spanning 25 years, Tom Rhodes has been on HBO, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and filmed two half hour specials for Comedy Central.

Little Cinema club @ Kelly’s Bar

Thu, May 31, 2012

THE LITTLE Cinema club, a monthly short film showcase for local filmmakers to show their work on a big screen, takes place next Tuesday at 9pm at Kelly’s Bar.

A wide variety of high quality films is shown each month, from documentaries to comedies, music videos to horrors, and everything in between. Entry is €3 on the door with submitters getting free entry.

Mumford & Sons: Gentlemen on tour

Thu, May 24, 2012

MUMFORD & SONS could be classed as idealists. They have a strong belief in the ideas of community and locality. It’s an idea that comes through in the band’s name, but also in their approach to the current tour - the Gentlemen of the Road Stopover.

Mary O’Malley’s journey to the sea

Thu, May 24, 2012

IN 2007 Mary O’Malley made a voyage on the Irish marine research ship the Celtic Explorer. It took her out into the Atlantic and returned her to a country made strange.

John Sinclair and Howard Marks - Radical Rogues on the Road

Thu, May 24, 2012

ONE IS the former manager of the MC5 and a man about whom John Lennon wrote a song. The other is former international drug trafficker who has appeared on record sleeves by The Super Furry Animals.

The Galway Sessions 2012

Thu, May 24, 2012

THE GALWAY Sessions festival, a celebration of the music of Ireland, Scotland, and America, and the historical, cultural, and ethnic links between the three nations, returns next month.

A guide to DruidMurphy – starting this weekend

Thu, May 24, 2012

THIS FRIDAY, Druid’s biggest project yet begins at the Town Hall Theatre with a performance of Tom Murphy’s Conversations On A Homecoming.

Galway to host Ireland’s largest quilt festival

Thu, May 24, 2012

The largest group of quilts to be assembled in Ireland will be on display on the campus of NUI Galway next month as part of a major exhibition.

Foróige competition seeks Galway bands

Thu, May 24, 2012

FORÓIGE’S GALWAY City Youth Cafe is hosting a national music competition with heats taking place every Saturday from now until the end of June.

Colm O’Regan comedy gig

Thu, May 24, 2012

COLM O’REGAN will headline a night of comedy at The Cellar Bar, Eglinton Street, this Tuesday at 8.30pm in aid of the Global Schoolroom charity.

Latin American night @ Monroe’s

Thu, May 24, 2012

FANS OF Latin American music will have much to look forward to with the Pachanga Party at Monroe’s tomorrow night.

Elsa McTaggart to play Kinvara

Thu, May 24, 2012

THE SCOTTISH singer-songwriter Elsa McTaggart plays Johnston’s Hall, Kinvara, this Saturday at 8.30pm.

Elsa will play original compositions in a traditional style - jigs, reels, hornpipes, airs, etc, on the fiddle and whistle. Songs may be unaccompanied or feature guitar or fiddle, ranging in style from folk to contemporary/ blues/jazz/swing.

Mike Scott to launch autobiography

Thu, May 24, 2012

MIKE SCOTT, the Scottish singer-songwriter and leader of The Waterboys will launch his autobiography in the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday June 13 at 8.30pm.

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