A literary gem in the arts festival crown

Thu, Jul 07, 2011

NO MORE than the Galway Races and the Galway Oyster Festival, not to mention Cúirt and the Galway Film Fleadh, the Galway Arts Festival has become a major event in the Irish festival calendar.

Rockabilly - the second American revolution

Thu, Jul 07, 2011

ELVIS PRESLEY and his friends Scotty Moore and Bill Black were in Sun Studios in July 1954 recording some tracks. During some down time they started “goofing around” with a tune called ‘That’s All Right (Mama)’.

They played fast and loose with this black blues number, speeding it up and injecting it with a good dollop of white country. They knew the end result was something different but it was producer Sam Phillips who recognised that they had created something revolutionary - rock’n’roll was born.

Request Programme’s ‘wordless sauce’

Thu, Jun 30, 2011

CORK’S MUCH-feted Corcadorca Theatre Company celebrates its 20th anniversary this year and mark the occasion with a national tour of Franz Xaver Kroetz’s remarkable one-woman play Request Programme, featuring Eileen Walsh, which promises to be one of the must-see events at this year’s Galway Arts Festival.

Filmvorführung - German movies at the Fleadh

Thu, Jun 30, 2011

FRANCE’S LUMIÈRE brothers may have gone down in history as the pioneers of cinema when they stunned Parisenne audiences by screening their films in 1895.

Fleadh to show first American films made in Ireland

Thu, Jun 30, 2011

IN 1910 New York’s Kalem Film Company made history by sending its leading filmmakers - director Sidney Olcott and screenwriter/actress Gene Gauntier - to County Kerry.

Two shows from Galway Youth Theatre

Thu, Jun 30, 2011

GALWAY YOUTH Theatre will stage Brian Friel’s play Loves: Winners and Losers and Dennis Kelly’s Love and Money in the Nuns Island Theatre this July.

Hear the Songs of Ireland at the Town Hall

Thu, Jun 30, 2011

SONGS OF Ireland, a concert of music and song of the nation, will take place in the Town Hall Theatre this Saturday at 8pm.

A theatrical game for Galway

Thu, Jun 30, 2011

GALWEGIANS ARE being asked to solve a series of mysterious clues both on-line and on the city streets in order to help unite two young lovers.

Austra - when new wave and classical collide

Thu, Jun 30, 2011

“I DON’T think it’s possible for me to write in a major key. I don’t know why. It doesn’t seem to factor in my brain.” So says Katie Stelmanis, lead singer and songwriter of Toronto’s Austra.

Ari Hest to play Campbell’s

Thu, Jun 30, 2011

ARI HEST, whom The Boston Globe describes as “a prolific songwriter and a captivating live performer”, plays Campbell’s Tavern, Cloughanover, this Saturday at 9pm.

Pugwash @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jun 30, 2011

PUGWASH, the great Dublin power-pop band, centred around singer-songwriter Thomas Walsh, play Monroe’s Live tonight at 9.30pm.

Bacchus to launch debut album

Thu, Jun 30, 2011

GALWAY HARDCORE/crust punk band Bacchus will launch their debut album with a show in Sally Longs Bar tonight.

Leo O’Kelly - new album and Galway show

Thu, Jun 30, 2011

LEO O’KELLY, solo artist and one half of legendary folk-rock duo Tír Na nÓg (with Sonny Condell), plays Kelly’s on Wednesday July 6 at 9pm as part of the Colours Fringe Festival.

Much to enjoy at the Colours Fringe Festival

Thu, Jun 30, 2011

GALWAY IN July is home to two of the biggest festivals in the country - the Galway Film Fleadh and the Galway Arts Festival - but there is a third festival also worth checking out.

American children’s choir to sing in Galway

Thu, Jun 30, 2011

THE KALAMAZOO Children’s Chorus touring choir are coming to Galway to perform in St Augustine’s Church, Middle Street, tomorrow at 8pm.

Danny O’Mahony gig and album launch @ The Crane

Thu, Jun 30, 2011

CO KERRY accordionist Danny O’Mahony will launch his debut album In Retrospect at The Crane Bar, Sea Road, this Saturday at 7pm.

Henry Rollins @ Black Box

Thu, Jun 30, 2011

Henry Rollins - writer, raconteur, comedian, and former lead singer with Black Flag - is coming to Galway to perform at a ‘Kelly’s presents...’ show in the Black Box Theatre on Wednesday August 24. Tickets are €17.50 in advance from the Town Hall on 091 - 569777 or www.tht.ie

Be among the first to see Cars 2

Thu, Jun 30, 2011

GALWAY CHILDREN can look forward to being among the first in Ireland to see Cars 2 which is among the Disney films being shown at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh.

Phill Jupitus @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jun 30, 2011

PHILL JUPITUS made his name as a stand up comic, however in recent years he has become better known for his TV and radio work, but now he is returning to stand-up.

Win tickets to Transformers: Dark of the Moon @ Omniplex

Thu, Jun 30, 2011

A MYSTERIOUS event from Earth’s past erupts into the present day and threatens to bring a war to Earth so big that the Transformers alone may not be able to save us.

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