The Easter Rising and Europe

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

DESPITE THE general perception that the massive advances in technology threaten the future of the printed book, the parallel growth in the number of new publications would suggest the contrary.

New book published on The Quiet Man

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

THE QUIET Man, starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara remains one of the best loved films of all time, and is now the subject of a new book, edited by two Galway based academics.

Galway Arts Festival - 2009 line up

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

GLAM ROCK legends the New York Dolls and a major dance show by the brilliant Michael Clark, inspired by the Glam era of David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Lou Reed, are just two of the many exciting shows, concerts, events, readings, and exhibitions lined up for this year’s Galway Arts Festival, which runs from July 13 to 26.

Jimmy McCarthy at the Town Hall Theatre

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

CORK SONGWRITER Jimmy McCarthy has written some of the most popular contemporary Irish songs, with Christy Moore, Mary Black, Maura O’Connell, Tommy Fleming, and Mary Coughlan all enjoying chart success with McCarthy compositions including ‘Ride On’, ‘No Frontiers’, ‘Mystic Lipstick’, and ‘Ancient Rain’.

Galway Sessions 2009 takes place next month

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

THE GALWAY Sessions, the city’s folk, trad, and roots music festival, featuring singers and musicians from Ireland and abroad, takes place from June 15 to 21, mostly in The Crane Bar on Sea Road.

Eclipsed to give view of life inside the Magdalene laundries at Town Hall

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

ATHENRY’S ECLIPSE Theatre Company come to the Town Hall next week with their debut production which, appropriately enough, is a staging of Patricia Burke Brogan’s powerful play about the Magdalene laundries, Eclipsed.

Don Baker @ Town Hall

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

Irish blues master Don Baker (pictured) and his band play the Town Hall Theatre on Friday June 12 at 8pm. Apart from his harmonica playing, Don is also an accomplished guitar player and songwriter. Tickets are available from the Town Hall on 091 - 569777.

Steve Earle @ Town Hall

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

Steve Earle will play two nights in the Town Hall Theatre on Monday November 9 and Tuesday 10. Tickets are on sale now from the Town Hall on 091 - 569777.

Looking for the perfect hat

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

GALWAY’S THEATRE company for children, Cups and Crowns, will celebrate its fifth birthday by staging Stitch In Time, a story for those aged seven to 11, in the Town Hall Studio.

Do you want to take part in Peter Pan?

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

ANYONE WHO would like to be involved in the upcoming musical production of Peter Pan can enrol in Days Hotel, Dublin Road, Mervue, on Saturday.

Young people aged between four and six can enrol from 11am to 12 noon; seven to 12-year-olds from 12 noon to 1pm, and 13 to 18 years old from 1pm to 2pm. Adult parts are also available. For more information contact Cherie on 087 - 2659129.

Win signed Julie Feeney albums

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

ATHENRY BORN singer Julie Feeney will sign copies of her new album pages in HMV Galway on Saturday at 11.30pm.

The Galway Advertiser has five signed copies of the album to give away and to be in with a chance to win just answer the following question: What was the title of Julie’s debut album?

Reggae legend Horace Andy @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

HORACE ANDY is best known for his work with Massive Attack in the 1990s, but to reggae fans he is an icon, gifted with one of the most distinctive voices in reggae music.

Latin and trad bands to play Coyotes

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

FANS OF Latin American music and Irish trad have plenty to look forward to with the gigs that are taking place in Coyotes Late Bar.

Planet of sound

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

The Low Anthem
- Oh My God, Charlie Darwin

Lisa Hannigan @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

Singer-songwriter Lisa Hannigan (pictured) will play the Róisín Dubh on Thursday July 9 at 8pm and Friday 10 at 8pm. Tickets are €23/21 and available from the Róisín Dubh and Zhivago.

The Commander to release new EP

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

WHAT IF We All Said No, the new EP from Galway’s The Commander will be available on iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, EMusic, and Napster from Saturday.

The EP will feature five slices of deep techy house music and no doubt The Commander will be playing some of those tracks (and plenty more) at the EP launch party in The Cellar Bar, also on Saturday. Remixes are on the way from Audiofeen and Keith Disconaut, and Purple Edge Records look set to do the DJ digital distribution.

Experience the spirit of flamenco at the Black Box

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

FLAMENCO, THE vibrant, passionate music and dance style, a fusion of the Islamic, Jewish, and Spanish cultures of Andalucia, will take over the Black Box Theatre on Friday June 12.

Galway Baroque Singers in Leisureland

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

ON THURSDAY June 11 at 8pm, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and the Galway Baroque Singers will perform their annual concert in Leisureland.

The programme consists of Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man - A Mass for Peace, which was commissioned by the Royal Armouries Museum for the millennium. As this year is the 250th anniversary of Haydn’s death, the programme will also include his ‘Te Deum’ and Mass in Time of War.

American writers to read in Galway

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

WRITERS PARTAKING in NUI, Galway’s American Conference for Irish Studies, will do two special readings for Over The Edge in Sheridan’s Wine Bar.

Writers visiting Galway for the ACIS conference at NUIG will be reading alongside local poets at Sheridan’s on Wednesday June 10 and Friday 12. Both readings will start at 9pm.