The sound garden

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

YOU KNOW that super catchy song from the Discover Northern Ireland ads, ‘Long May You Reign?’ Well it’s part of a pretty nice collection of songs by John, Shelly and The Creatures.

We Hate DJs @ Massimo

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

WE HATE DJs return to Massimo tomorrow from 10pm until late, with the 515 Tripod resident DJ Michael Kelly as the special guest.

We Hate DJs will performing a new set with full live drums, percussion, funky guitar riffs, and DJ XL-R8 delivering a tight mix of tech/house/breaks and leftfield style beats with the odd remixed classic thrown in for good measure.

The Ralphs play Cuba

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

Tuam indie-rockers The Ralphs (pictured) play Cuba*Live tomorrow at 11pm. The band have featured in the IMRO Showcase Tour and were nominated for the 2010 ‘most promising’ Meteor Award. Expect a debut EP later this year. Support is from 21 Outs and Wokajo. Admission is €5.

The Salad Circus play Gigantic in Kelly’s

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

Galway band The Salad Circus play Gigantic in Kelly’s, Bridge Street, on Saturday at 9pm. Admission is €5.

Andy White will play The Crane Bar

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

Belfast singer-songwriter Andy White (pictured) will play The Crane Bar, Sea Road, this Saturday at 9pm. He is currently promoting his latest album Songwriter. For more information and tickets contact The Crane on 091 - 587419 or see www.thecranebar.com

AVERAGE Arts Initiative holds first Galway exhibition

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

TO LET is the title of a new exhibition from the AVERAGE Arts Initiative which opens on Thursday March 4 at 7pm in 39 Atlantic House, Prospect Hill.

Galway Arts Centre events

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

AN ARTIST’S talk, a ‘make your own instrument’ event, and the last week of an exhibition are all happening today in the Galway Arts Centre on Dominick Street.

Lunchtime theatre @ Kelly’s

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

LUNCHTIME THEATRE is making a return to Galway with the launch of Kelly’s Lunchtime Theatre in the Bridge Street venue on Thursday March 4 at 1pm.

New venue for Story Night

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

GALWAY’S STORY Night is moving from The Spirit Centre, Nuns Island, to the bigger venue of Blue Teapot Theatre Company on Munster Avenue.

Story Night was conceived by local storyteller, Clare Muireann Murphy, to provide a place for people to tell tales or enjoy a good sceál. The nights have proven very popular and so a move to larger premises was needed. “Blue Teapot’s newly renovated theatre space is ideal as a new venue,” says Clare. “It has twice the amount of space and we have received a very warm welcome from the Teapots.”

Proust Questionnaire

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Beach house and pool, Lotto winning permitting.

Award winning Danish film Applause, to be screened by the Galway Film Society

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

The award winning Danish film Applause (2009) will be screened by the Galway Film Society, in association with Dublin International Film Festival & Access Cinema, in the Town Hall Theatre on Sunday at 8.15pm. It follows an actress making her stage comeback after battling addiction and her ongoing battle to regain the trust of her ex-husband and her son. Tickets are available from the Town Hall on 091 - 569777.

Have a laugh when Tedfest comes to town

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

TEDFEST, THE annual celebration of all things Fr Ted, takes place each year on the Aran Islands, but this year some of the fun will also be happening in Galway city.

Jarlath Regan @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

JARLATH REGAN, one of the most popular and successful new Irish comedians plays Comedy Comedy upstairs in the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 8pm.

A Cuban night out at the movies

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

THE BUENA Vista Social Club will be screened in the Eye Cinema on Monday at 7pm for the Access Music Project’s fund-raising Night at the Movies event.

The Buena Vista Social Club charts a group of legendary Cuban musicians, whose talents had been virtually forgotten by a world happy to impose punishing sanctions on Castro’s Cuba.

The Irishman who saved comedy and returned home the all-conquering hero

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

LONG BEFORE David O’Doherty ever took to the stage he was a devoted student of comedy arts. He would regularly go to see his brother Mark perform at The Comedy Cellar in Dublin and watched the international explosion of Irish comedy in the late 1990s.

Unlocking the Codes

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

IRISH INDIE electronic quartet Codes have been making waves on the domestic music scene ever since they first got together three years ago.

Ken Bruen to read at Over The Edge

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

THE INTERNATIONALLY acclaimed and award winning Galway crime writer Ken Bruen will be reading from his work at the next Over The Edge: Open Reading.

KATS’ Hedda Gabler

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

IT’S SPRING time, and that means the KATS - the Knocknacarra Amateur Theatre Society - are on the prowl again! To start off a new decade, the award-winning drama group are taking something old (125 years old, in fact) and modernising it.

The Head of Red O’Brien

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

THEATRE, MUSIC, art installation, and storytelling will combine in a new production of Mark O’Halloran’s The Head of Red O’Brien, which will be staged in Galway next month.

Renaissance music and dance concert for children

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

SEODA, GALWAY Early Music’s ensemble, are promising Galway children a ‘Ye olde Merry time’, with a concert featuring Renaissance dances, historical instruments, and 15th and 16th century costumes.

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