Mary McEvoy to star in UHG theatre show

Thu, May 26, 2011

MARY MCEVOY will star in Fruitcake, a theatre show by Alice Barry, which will be performed in the restaurant at University Hospital Galway this Saturday at 4.30pm.

Geraldine Folan painting workshops

Thu, May 26, 2011

ARTIST GERALDINE Folan will host two painting workshops, suitable for both beginners and those with more experience.

Galway Theatre Festival calls for new scripts

Thu, May 26, 2011

THE GALWAY Theatre Festival is seeking new scripts for possible inclusiono in this year’s festival which runs from October 25 to 31.

Auditions for young ballet students

Thu, May 26, 2011

IRISH BALLERINA Monica Loughman is creating a junior branch of the Irish Youth Russian Ballet Company.

Seeing and Dreaming

Thu, May 26, 2011

PUPPETRY, THEATRE, and visual art will combine in the show Seeing and Dreaming, which is performed at the Galway Arts Centre this Saturday at 3pm and 8pm.

Black Lips journey to the Arabia Mountain

Thu, May 26, 2011

BLACK LIPS are known for their hell-raising, confrontational, punk and garage-rock, but on new album Arabia Mountain they are doing something a little different.

Cherish The Ladies’ Michelle Burke to play The Crane

Thu, May 26, 2011

MICHELLE BURKE, formerly of Irish-American trad band Cherish The Ladies, is touring Ireland next month to promote her debut solo album Pulling Threads.

The Cork born, Edinburgh based singer will play The Crane Bar, Sea Road, on Thursday June 2 at 9pm. On the night she will be joined by James Ross (piano) and Anna Massie (guitar), with special guest Alan Kelly (accordion).

Bipolar Empire @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, May 26, 2011

BIPOLAR EMPIRE’S debut album Feel That You Own It came out late last month and has enjoyed a warm response from the critics; now they are taking it on the road.

Kelvin Busher to launch debut album in Kelly’s

Thu, May 26, 2011

A HOST of local and national talent can be found on Vintage, the debut album from Kelvin Busher, which will be launched with a gig in Kelly’s on Thursday June 2 at 9pm.

Kelvin Busher was born and raised in Wexford and grew up listening to Slim Whitman, Elvis, and later on discovering Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Johnny Cash, all of which has gone into shaping his own music.

Kenneth Webb at The Kenny Gallery

Thu, May 26, 2011

THE GREAT Kenneth Webb returns to The Kenny Gallery for his latest exhibition, Portach, which will be officially opened this Saturday at 2pm.

Have your say in the Artistic Atlas of Galway

Thu, May 26, 2011

HAVE YOU ever written a poem about Galway? A short story set here? Painted a picture inspired by or taken a photo of the county’s landscape?

If the answer to all or any of these questions is ‘Yes’ then you should consider submitting them for possible inclusion in the Artistic Atlas of Galway.

Trad music concerts in St Nicholas’

Thu, May 26, 2011

ST NICHOLAS’ Collegiate Church will be the venue for a series of traditional music concerts which start on Monday and run to early September.

New work from Christopher Banahan

Thu, May 26, 2011

KINVARA ARTIST Christopher Banahan will open his studio to the public for the June Bank Holiday weekend.

Denise Hogan art workshops

Thu, May 26, 2011

THIS SATURDAY at 3pm will see the opening of the Annual Students’ Summer Exhibition at Denise Hogan’s Art Essence gallery in Liosbán.

Ceramics exhibition in An Spidéal

Thu, May 26, 2011

AN EXHIBITION of contemporary ceramics, featuring work by 10 different artists, opens this Sunday at 2.30pm in Sliding Rock Contemporary Ceramics, Ceardlann, An Spidéal.

All woman comedy night @ the Róisín Dubh

Thu, May 26, 2011

NEXT WEDNESDAY at the Róisín Dubh will be something of a ladies’ night as the bill for the evening will feature four female comedians.

Get ready for the whacky world of The Pajama Men

Thu, May 26, 2011

WHEN ON stage, The Pajama Men create “a cartoon of the mind – a shape-shifting world in which anything seems not just possible, but imminent”.

A folk night @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, May 26, 2011

THREE FOLK-influenced, acoustic acts - Fia Rua, Sweeney Lee, and Harry Bird and the Rubber Wellies, will play upstairs in the Róisín Dubh on Thursday June 2 at 8.30pm.

Garvey’s comedy open mic night

Thu, May 26, 2011

GET UP, Stand up, the weekly stand up comedy open mic night at Garvey’s Hotel and Bar, Eyre Square, takes place tonight from 10pm.

Every week there is a lively crowd and a load of up and coming comedians performing. All comedians are welcome. Each comedian is allowed seven to eight minutes for his/her set.