Leading Irish DJ John O’Callaghan @ GPO
Thu, Oct 14, 2010
IRISH SUPERSTAR DJ and music producer John O’Callaghan will be spinning the decks at Planetlove in the GPO, Eglinton Street, on Sunday October 24.
Read more ...An world of illustration at Baboró
Thu, Oct 14, 2010
MISCHIEVOUS DINOSAURS, friendly bears, and curious snails are all to be found in Reminders Of Then, a wonderful and charming new exhibition from Galway artist Morgan O’Brien.
Read more ...Galway Arts Centre Poetry Slam returns
Thu, Oct 14, 2010
THE GALWAY Arts Centre Poetry Slam returns on Tuesday at 7pm, with MC Pete Mullineaux, at the centre on 47 Dominick Street.
Read more ...Hungarian poet to read in Gort
Thu, Oct 14, 2010
GEORGE SZIRTES, the Hungarian born, British based, poet, will read in the Gort Library, Gort, on Wednesday at 8pm.
Read more ...Kevin Barry to go fiction slamming
Thu, Oct 14, 2010
YOU’VE HEARD of poetry slams where people stand up and recite and perform poetry, but guess what, fiction writers can do it too.
Read more ...Chrysalis Dance to unveil new show in Town Hall
Thu, Oct 14, 2010
3 PIECE Suite, a new show from Chrysalis Dance, featuring a triple bill of world premieres - Turn Out The Stars, The Other Way, and Connect For - will be performed in Galway this month.
3 Piece Suite will be performed on Monday October 25 at 8pm in the Town Hall Theatre. It is choreographed by Judith Sibley, Tanya McCrory, and Leighton Morrison. It features music by Jesse Ronneau, Charles Aznavour, and Gabriel Yared and dancers from Ireland, Britain, Italy, and Norway.
Read more ...Life As We Know It
Thu, Oct 14, 2010
With a tired sigh I thought ‘oh no, not another Katherine Heigl rom-com’ but to my surprise, I really enjoyed this movie which not only had plenty of hilarious comedy scenes but also included some poignant moments where the question of true friendship, and love, is explored.
Read more ...Late Night Gimp Fight
Thu, Oct 14, 2010
THE FIRST time you see the gimp being led out of his room in Pulp Fiction is a rather, ‘unforgaettable’ cinema experience, and you are likely to have another such experience quite soon.
Read more ...City West Side Story - the Musical
Thu, Oct 14, 2010
THE SPECTACULAR rise and traumatic fall of the Celtic Tiger is chronicled in a new comedy musical which will be performed as part of this year’s Galway Comedy Festival.
Read more ...Afrikan Simba @ Cuba*Live
Thu, Oct 14, 2010
AFRIKAN SIMBA, the award winning Nigerian born, London based reggae MC, will play the next Rootical session at Cuba*Live tomorrow at 10pm.
Read more ...Jimeoin - the world through antipodean eyes
Thu, Oct 07, 2010
FOR MORE than two decades Irish actor and comedian Jimeoin has been a household name in Australia but on Thursday October 21 he returns to Ireland to play The Galway Comedy Festival.
Read more ...The Dubliners to play Galway in aid of An Taibhdhearc
Thu, Oct 07, 2010
THE DUBLINERS were formed in 1962 by Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly, Ciaran Bourke, and Barney McKenna and initially were known as The Ronnie Drew Ballad Group.
Read more ...Enjoy a double date with Rich Hall
Thu, Oct 07, 2010
AN AMBASSADOR may spoil you with Ferrero Rocher but the Galway Comedy Festival is spoiling us with two shows from the legendary Rich Hall.
Read more ...Hit play Little Gem for Town Hall
Thu, Oct 07, 2010
AFTER SELL-out seasons in New York, London, and Paris and a sold-out seven week run at Ireland’s National Theatre and a run at the Olympia, Gúna Nua and Civic Theatre bring the smash-hit bittersweet comedy Little Gem to the Town Hall Theatre on Monday October 18 and Tuesday 19.
Read more ...Galway Theatre Festival announces new script readings shortlist
Thu, Oct 07, 2010
FOLLOWING SUBMISSIONS from all corners of the country, the Galway Theatre Festival reading panel has just announced its shortlist for Stage Write, the festival’s rehearsed reading series.
Read more ...Echoa - an 'awe-inspiring' children's dance show
Thu, Oct 07, 2010
AN ELECTRIFYING performance of exhilarating dance and percussion awaits Galway children when the acclaimed show Echoa comes to town.
Read more ...Kri Kra Kro to bring children on amazing journeys
Thu, Oct 07, 2010
TWO FRIENDS go on a fantastic journey, through an unknown space, which starts to fill with images and sounds. This is Kri Kra Kro.
Read more ...New punk/new wave DJ night
Thu, Oct 07, 2010
LOST CHORD guitarist Eoin Reilly and local DJ Byron Yates will start a new weekly punk and new wave DJ night.
It takes place upstairs in the Róisín Dubh, starting this Tuesday. If you want to hear some of the best songs from the 1977 to 1982 era, get yourself along to their sets every Tuesday.
Read more ...Keep a Valentine’s date with Mogwai
Thu, Oct 07, 2010
THERE IS a date you have to keep on Valentines Day 2011, a special rendezvous that you cannot afford too miss - it’s in Galway and it’s with Mogwai.
Read more ...O Emperor @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Oct 07, 2010
O EMPEROR have created much excitement since their emergence onto the live scene over the past 12 months, and this month should see them step up to the next level.
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