Lost Chord to play Electric Picnic
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
THIS YEAR’S Electric Picnic boasts an impressive and mouth-watering line up of acts such as Roxy Music, The National, and LCD Soundsystem, and now Galway band Lost Chord have joined the list.
Lost Chord have just been included on the Picnic line-up and will play the festival which takes place in Stradbally, Co Laois, from September 3 to 5.
Read more ...David Gray for Arthur’s Day
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
DAVID GRAY is coming to Galway next month for Arthur’s Day in what will be the singer-songwriter’s third live performance in the city in the past five years.
Read more ...Celebrate American music in Galway
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
AMERICAN FOLK, traditional, and country music is a convergence of the folk and trad styles that the Irish, Scots, English, and German emigrants brought with them to the New World.
The Irish contribution to American folk has been enormous with Irish music giving rise to the American trad genre of bluegrass and the musical connections between the two countries is to be celebrated in Galway next month.
Read more ...Clifden Arts Festival programme unveiled
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
THE LINE-UP for the 33rd Clifden Community Arts Festival, which runs from September 16 to 26, was unveiled on Monday evening at a reception in Galway’s Courtyard Marriott Hotel.
Read more ...Theatrical hat trick for Druid and Enda Walsh
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
DRUID AND playwright Enda Walsh won the Edinburgh Fringe First Award for Penelope, which is currently running at the Traverse Theatre in the Scottish capital.
Read more ...Power Performance Academy enrolling for new term
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
THE POWER Performance Academy begins again in September and is open to those aged from four to 18 who are interested in drama, dance, singing, and performance.
Read more ...Theatre auditions
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
ANAM THEATRE is holding auditions for its production of Patrick Marber’s Closer which will be performed in late October/early November.
Read more ...RnaG to celebrate Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh next month
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh, possibly Ireland’s greatest sports commentator, will be the subject of a special interview on Raidió na Gaeltachta, to be broadcast next month.
Read more ...The Saw Doctors play Tuam this weekend
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
ON THEIR second album they were All The Way From Tuam, and now The Saw Doctors, used to playing concerts across the world, are coming home.
Read more ...Seán Kangataran releases debut album
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
GALWAY BASED indie-acoustic singer-songwriter Seán Kangataran has just released his self-titled debut album.
Read more ...Campbell’s Tavern to celebrate major birthday
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
CAMPBELL’S TAVERN in Cloughanover, Headford celebrates its 10th birthday this weekend with a host of gigs, games, and events.
The celebrations kick off tomorrow with tag rugby at the Headford Pitch at 7pm; the card game 25 in the front bar of Campbell’s at 9.30pm; and games of dominoes, spot, Pontoon, Jenga, pool, and darts in the venue’s Green Room at 10pm.
Read more ...DJ Shadow is coming to Galway
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
DJ Shadow (pictured), a key figure in developing the experimental instrumental hip-hop style associated with the London-based Mo' Wax label, and a former member of UNKLE, will play a ‘Róisín Dubh presents...’ show at the Live Lounge at the Radisson Blu Hotel on Saturday October 2 at 8pm. Tickets are €35/33 and are available from the Róisín Dubh and Zhivago.
Read more ...Mirakil Whip @ Citóg
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
MIRAKIL WHIP, the guitar-electronica duo of Annmarie Deacy and Aaron Coyne are to play their first live show in more than a year.
Read more ...Trad at St Nicholas’
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
ST NICHOLAS’ Collegiate Church will host concerts of Irish traditional music tomorrow and on Monday.
Read more ...New exhibition to explore ideas of ‘home’
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
“AN ENGLISHMAN’S home is his castle,” goes the old saying, but as The Temptations pointed out, “Papa was a rolling stone, wherever he laid his hat was his home.”
Read more ...ConTempo on tour in September
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
THE CONTEMPO Quartet will embark on its first mini-tour in Ireland next month with performances in Dublin, Belfast, and Galway.
Read more ...Connemara painting workshop
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
WOULD YOU like to learn how to paint? Do you already paint but feel you need to progress your skills? If so, a two day course next month is for you.
Galway artist Denise Hogan will hold a two day painting and drawing workshop in a restored stone cottage in Rosmuc, Connemara, on Saturday September 11 and 12 from 10am to 5.30pm.
Read more ...Have a bounce on the Poulnabrone Bouncy Dolmen
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
Dolmens are ancient portal stone burial sites found throughout Ireland, Britain, and Brittany and are places of archaeological and spiritual importance - but are they really places to have fun?
Read more ...Rock and dancing @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
FUAIM CHONAMARA continues its run at Monroe’s Live for just two more nights - tonight and Thursday September 2 at 8pm.
Read more ...John Faulkner in concert
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
SINGER-SONGWRITER John Faulkner continues his exploration of traditional song in the Galway City Museum this Saturday at 3pm.
The concert will see John perform new songs written in the traditional style, interspersed with stories, background, and history of the chosen songs.
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