Rural Savage to launch debut album at Róisín Dubh
Thu, Feb 16, 2012
I FELL In The Bog And Saw God, the dramatically titled debut album by Donegal/Galway trio Rural Savage will be launched with a show at the Róisín Dubh on Saturday.
Read more ...Rhino rampage at the Town Hall
Thu, Feb 16, 2012
SLIGO’S BLUE Raincoat Theatre Company make a welcome visit to the Town Hall Theatre this month with its acclaimed staging of Eugene Ionesco’s absurdist classic, Rhinoceros.
Read more ...Alan Bennett’s Habeas Corpus
Thu, Feb 16, 2012
ALAN BENNETT’S 1973 comedy, Habeas Corpus, will be performed by the Cortoon Lavally Drama Group in the Nuns Island Theatre tomorrow and Saturday.
Read more ...Galway Theatre Festival seeks submissions
Thu, Feb 16, 2012
THE GALWAY Theatre Festival is inviting submissions from visual artists for the 2012 festival image/poster.
Read more ...Nanci Griffith returns to the Town Hall
Thu, Feb 16, 2012
NANCI GRIFFITH one of the best loved country singers in the world, who also enjoys a devoted fan-base in Ireland, plays the Town Hall Theatre on Friday March 2.
The Texan has recorded 19 albums, since her debut release There’s A Light Beyond These Woods in 1978 and she has also won Grammy awards for her music, most notably for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 1994 for Other Voices, Other Rooms, which was produced by singer-songwriter and sometime Galway resident Jim Rooney.
Read more ...Wingnut Records Fundraiser gig
Thu, Feb 16, 2012
A FUNDRAISING gig for the Wingnut Records record store in Bell Book and Candle takes place tomorrow at 9.30pm in the upstairs bar of the Róisín Dubh.
Read more ...Keywest @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Feb 16, 2012
KEYWEST, THE Dublin pop-rock quintet, who have often played Galway both in city venues and busking on the streets, are heading west again.
Read more ...Mister Ebby release debut album
Thu, Feb 16, 2012
PIANIST AND composer Eamon Brett, who goes under the stage-name of Miser Ebby, has released his debut album Wires.
The album features 12 pieces of music, all written by Eamon Brett. Eamon sings and plays piano, glockenspiel, melodica, and ‘piano percussion noises’ on Wires. Also on the album are vocalist Méadhbh Sullivan; Karl Hand (drums), Aongus MacAmhlaigh (cello), George Guilfoyle (bass), Nellie Murphy (voice), along with backing vocals from Kevin, Laura, Caoimhe, and Éanna Brett and Ed Moran.
Read more ...Síomha Brock to launch debut EP with King’s Head gig
Thu, Feb 16, 2012
SÍOMHA BROCK is best known for being a singer with The Black Magic Big Band and covers band The Araby, but she also sings and writes her own original songs.
Read more ...Citóg @ The Cellar
Thu, Feb 16, 2012
A DIVERSE line-up of acts will take to the stage at Citóg in The Cellar Bar tomorrow ranging from singer-songwriters to Soviet sci-fi and horror sounds.
Singer-songwriter Jenny Liston plays beautiful love songs with a keen observational eye and natural wit. She will be accompanied by Miceal O’Conner of No Banjo. Galway’s My Fellow Sponges are an inventive band led by Donal McConnon and Anna Mullarkey.
Read more ...Tedfest shenanigans @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Feb 16, 2012
TEDFEST, THE annual celebration of all things Fr Ted and comedic returns to the Róisín Dubh next week with the Tedfest Toilet Duck Awards 2012 and The Stars Of Fr Ted night.
Read more ...Cuba Libre to play final gig
Thu, Feb 16, 2012
AFTER EIGHT years, Galway based Latin and salsa band Cuba Libre are calling it a day and will play their final gig in KRCMA Slavic House, Salthill, tomorrow.
Read more ...Hear the genius of Mozart in concert
Thu, Feb 16, 2012
THE MUSIC of Mozart will be performed in Galway next weekend, across two concerts and a film screening, celebrating the genius of the man Albert Einstein called “the greatest composer of all”.
Entitled The Genius Of Mozart, the concerts will take place in the Aula Maxima of NUI Galway and feature Norwegian violinist Marianna Thorsen and two Britons - pianist Viv McLean and cellist Alice Neary, who plays an Alessandro Gagliano cello of 1710.
Read more ...Norman Villa Gallery exhibition
Thu, Feb 16, 2012
THE ITALIAN born, Galway based artist Laura Vecchi Forde will host an exhibition of her paintings at the Norman Villa Gallery, Salthill.
Read more ...Novelist Chris Binchy to go Over The Edge
Thu, Feb 16, 2012
THE NOVELIST Chris Binchy will be among the featured readers at the Over The Edge: Open Reading in the Galway City Library on Thursday February 23 at 6.30pm.
Read more ...126 exhibition explores identity and belonging
Thu, Feb 16, 2012
IN MEMORY Of Pomegranates, a new exhibition which explores issues of identity, human nature, and belonging, is currently on show at the 126 gallery on Queen Street.
Read more ...Charity open mic night @ Monroe’s
Thu, Feb 16, 2012
A CHARITY open mic night to raise funds for the children's ‘Terremoto’ soccer club in Montevideo, Uruguay, takes place this Saturday in Monroe’s Live.
The event is being organised between Galway students and the Galway Voice Studio. Some 20 singers will be performing on the night and there will be a raffle with lots of prizes.
Read more ...Support Galway entry for RTÉ Storyland competition
Thu, Feb 16, 2012
GALWAY HAS a chance to support its own local comedy and acting talent by getting behind a new show airing through RTÉ’s Storyland competition.
Read more ...Toddler Time @ Galway Omniplex
Thu, Feb 16, 2012
TODDLER TIME is a new monthly event which will take place at the Galway Omniplex and is aimed at children who have not yet started school.
Read more ...‘Second Look’ screenings @ Eye Cinema
Thu, Feb 16, 2012
THE ‘SECOND Look’ screenings from the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival will be screened in The Eye Cinema next week.
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