Junior Galway Film Fleadh is on the way
Thu, Oct 21, 2010
YOUNG GALWEGIANS who love everything to do with film can look forward to the Junior Galway Film Fleadh in the Town Hall Theatre from November 3 to 6.
Read more ...Crannóg to launch milestone edition
Thu, Oct 21, 2010
THE 25TH edition of Crannóg, the Galway literary magazine, will be launched in The Crane Bar, Sea Road, tomorrow at 6.30pm.
Read more ...Bipolar Empire to play two shows in Galway
Thu, Oct 21, 2010
BIPOLAR EMPIRE will play two shows in Galway - Monroe’s Live this Saturday at 10pm and Giggity at the Róisín Dubh on Monday November 1 at 9pm.
Read more ...Vladimir Jablokov’s classical twist
Thu, Oct 21, 2010
VLADIMIR JABLOKOV is a violin virtuoso, from a classical music family in Slovakia, who enjoys putting contemporary spin on the classics, be they by Bowie or Bach.
Read more ...The Magic Numbers @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Oct 21, 2010
The Magic Numbers (pictured) will play the Róisín Dubh on Saturday December 4. Tickets are on sale from the Róisín Dubh and Zhivago.
Read more ...Calefax Reed Quintet to perform in St Nicholas’
Thu, Oct 21, 2010
THE GALWAY Music Residency is hosting its annual Autumn School on Thursday October 28 and Friday 29 and the guests of honour will be Holland’s Calefax Reed Quintet.
Read more ...North Beach Poetry Nights
Thu, Oct 21, 2010
WELSH POET Martin Daws will recite his poetry at the next North Beach Poetry Night on Monday at 9pm in The Crane Bar.
Read more ...Piping concert at The Crane
Thu, Oct 21, 2010
SOME OF Ireland’s leading uilleann pipers are coming to The Crane Bar, Sea Road, to play a fundraising concert this Saturday at 6.30pm.
Read more ...Irish dancing night for Haiti
Thu, Oct 21, 2010
THE VERY best of Galway’s Irish music and dance talent comes out in force on Saturday to support The Haven Partnerships Haiti ‘Build It Week’.
From 8pm to 10.30pm, Monroe’s Live will play host to Music at the Crossroads, Celtic Rhythm, The Hession School of Dancing, Dance of Desire, Emma Brady, and will include Connacht, All Ireland, and World champion musicians and dancers.
Read more ...Greg Dulli - ‘Musically I’m omnivorous. I love it.’
Thu, Oct 14, 2010
FOR CLOSE on 25 years Greg Dulli has been at the forefront of the Alternative American music scene, first as leader of The Afghan Whigs, then the Twilight Singers, and more recently as one half of The Gutter Twins with Mark Lanegan.
Read more ...Greg Dulli - ‘Musically I’m omnivorous. I love it.’
Thu, Oct 14, 2010
FOR CLOSE on 25 years Greg Dulli has been at the forefront of the Alternative American music scene, first as leader of The Afghan Whigs, then the Twilight Singers, and more recently as one half of The Gutter Twins with Mark Lanegan.
Read more ...Tom Loves A Lord - Moore’s melodies revisited
Thu, Oct 14, 2010
THOMAS MOORE is a man torn. He is celebrated in Britain and on the continent for his songs and lyrics about his native Ireland. Yet his country is a colony of the fast growing British empire.
Read more ...Brendon Burns - talkin’ ‘bout God, sex, and the universe
Thu, Oct 14, 2010
THE IF.Comedy Award winning comedian Brendon Burns is brining his new show ‘Y’know Love n God n Metaphysics n Shit’ to this year’s Galway Comedy Festival.
Brendon will be performing the show on Friday October 22 in the Radisson Live Lounge, alongside Andrew Maxwell, Dead Cat Bounce, and Eric Lalor, and in the Town Hall theatre on Saturday 23, alongside Rich Hall and Jason Byrne.
Read more ...Dear Frankie at Town Hall
Thu, Oct 14, 2010
FRANKIE BYRNE’S radio programme may have finished up nearly 30 years ago, but it is part of the soundtrack to Irish lives in that era.
Read more ...Who Needs Enemies? at Town Hall
Thu, Oct 14, 2010
AMONG THE attractions at next week’s Bulmers Galway Comedy Festival is the comic play Who Needs Enemies? by Galway author Conor Montague.
Read more ...Two life stories told in Seeing And Dreaming
Thu, Oct 14, 2010
PUPPETRY, live action, and memory are used to tell the story of two lives in Seeing And Dreaming, part of the upcoming Galway Theatre Festival.
Read more ...Galway Theatre Festival half price seat sale
Thu, Oct 14, 2010
THE GALWAY Theatre Festival is launching a Seat Sale on Monday October 18, when, for six days only, a limited number of tickets will be on sale for only €4.99.
Tickets will be available from the Galway Arts Centre from 10am to 5.30pm from October 18 to 23 and must be purchased in person at the front desk. Tickets are limited to two per show per person but patrons may purchase tickets for multiple shows.
Read more ...The Disconauts in full effect @ Kelly’s
Thu, Oct 14, 2010
THE FULL Disconauts line is back with DJs Padraic and Keith, set to be joined by percussionist Mark Logan, trumpeter Ben Edwards, saxman Steve Hamilton, and bass tromboneist Mike Kearsey.
Read more ...Supermodel Twins @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Oct 14, 2010
SUPERMODEL TWINS are purveyors of three-minute pop songs that combine intelligent lyrics about love, lust, and loneliness with infectious melodies.
Read more ...Scullion to play Moycullen
Thu, Oct 14, 2010
SCULLION, FEATURING the great Irish songwriter Sonny Condell, will play The Forge, Moycullen, on Friday October 22 at 8.30pm.
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