Oi Polloi - Scott’s Gaelic anarchist punk

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

PUNK ROCK and hard left politics go hand in hand - look at Crass, Conflict, or The Clash - but Punk’s lingua franca has long been English, yet one band begs to differ.

Brew up with Mr Scruff @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

MR SCRUFF, the British DJ, producer, cartoonist, and tea connoisseur, will play Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh.

Scroobius Pip solo show @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

RAPPER AND spoken word artist Scroobius Pip will be performing in the Róisín Dubh on Tuesday March 13 at 8pm.

Two chances to see Tieranniesaur

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

TIERANNIESAUR, ONE of the most exciting new Irish indie bands, will play two shows at the Róisín Dubh this weekend.

Guitar wizard Johnny Gallagher @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

JOHNNY GALLAGHER, the Irish guitarist regarded as one of the finest players of the instrument either here or in Britain, is coming to Galway.

Celebrate the music of Monsieur Debussy

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

MARCH 2012 marks the 94th anniversary of the death of Claude Debussy, the fin de siècle French composer who has inspired classical, avant-garde, and jazz musicians.

Exhibition of international print artists

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

A PRINT exhibition to coincide with St Patrick’s Day and to highlight Ireland’s cultural links with America, Australia, and New Zealand, opens tomorrow.

Made in Ballinasloe exhibition

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

THE BALLINASLOE artist collective Group 8 launch their third annual exhibition of art and writing, Made in Ballinasloe, this Saturday at 7pm in The Regency Room in Hayden’s Hotel.

Video game inspired exhibition opens today

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

GAME ON/Re-Newing Media Art, a screening programme of film and video works using imagery and media of video games, desktop interfaces, and online software, opens this in Galway evening.

A Scots/Irish concert from Maeve Cairney

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

THE KINVARA based soprano, Maeve Cairney, will perform a special concert of Irish and Scottish music this Sunday in Áras na nGael, Dominick Street.

See Le Corsaire live from the Bolshoi

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

THE BOLSHOI Ballet’s production of Le Corsaire will be broadcast live via satellite to The Eye Cinema this Sunday at 3pm.

Family gospel choir concert on Sunday

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

THE GOSPEL Wedding Group will perform the next Adventures In Music concert in the St Patrick’s Brassband Hall this Sunday.

Canadian comic for the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

ONE OF Canada’s most outspoken and hilarious comedians Dana Alexander, the Maple Leaf nation’s only black female comic, plays the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday at 8.30pm.

Galway Film Centre/RTÉ Short Film Awards

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

THE GALWAY Film Centre, in association with RTÉ, will be granting two awards of €9,500 each as part of its 2012 Short Film Awards.

Applicants are invited to request an application form from [email protected] and to submit their short script by 12 noon on Friday March 30. The best scripts will be short-listed for interview and two winners will be awarded the prize money as well as the use of equipment and facilities from Galway Film Centre, and a commitment from RTÉ to screen the finished film.

New eBook from Dick Byrne

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

A NEW book from the Galway author, playwright, and personality Dick Byrne, My Love Is On The Wind, is now available from Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing store.

Get Up, Stand Up @ Garvey’s

Thu, Mar 08, 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.

Attend Sunday Service @ Massimos for great good and music

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

Grab the Sunday papers, bring the family in for brunch, have a coffee, meet some mates for the cure, get the world famous full Irish breakfast or have some of the wide selection of sarnies and lunches from the amazing 'Eat' chefs all to the soundtrack of smooth Soul, chilled Jazz, cool Rocksteady, funk and anything groovy and easy like a Sunday should be - all served up on lovely vinyl.... Every Sunday - Massimos 1-3ish

The Renaissance of the Delorentos

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

IT IS probably Friedrich Nietzsche’s most famous quote: “What does not kill me makes me stronger,” and it holds true for Delorentos who have came through a gruelling couple of years to re-assert themselves in 2012 as a great indie-rock band delivering their finest album to date.

“I don’t know what will happen in the future, but right now this band and this music feels like the most exciting thing in the world,” Delorentos’ vocalist/guitarist Kieran McGuinness tells me during our Tuesday morning interview and what a far cry it is from just three years ago when the band were on the verge of imploding.

A Tale Of Two Cities – from Broadway to Galway

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

2012 IS the bicentenary of Charles Dickens’s birth and the Galway Musical Society is marking the occasion with the Irish premiere of the irresistible, award-winning Broadway musical of his classic novel A Tale of Two Cities.

Grand Pocket Orchestra @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

IRISH ART-pop eccentrics Grand Pocket Orchestra will undertake something of a ‘mini-residency’ in the Róisín Dubh this month when they play two nights at Strange Brew.

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