Life's hurdles prompt trio's pared back album

Thu, Sep 24, 2026

The Whileaways will release their fifth studio album When You Are Falling this Friday, September 25, and begin a nationwide tour at the Town Hall Theatre next Tuesday, September 29.

Review: RESIDENT EVIL

Thu, Sep 24, 2026

Resident Evil is a gnarly, tongue-in-cheek video game adaptation with an endearing lead performance at its core.

Film Society shifts screenings from Pálás to Eye

Thu, Sep 24, 2026

In moving to The EYE Cinema, GFS intends to retain the intimate, community-focused atmosphere that has been central to the society for more than 60 years. Screenings will take place in the cinema’s smaller screens, with GFS continuing to manage its own ticket sales and welcome audiences to each screening.

Stage set for winter season at Town Hall Theatre

Thu, Sep 17, 2026

Three months of theatre, music, comedy, dance, and special events will be held at the Town Hall Theatre overt the coming autumn-winter season.

Country star tours new act to Conamara

Thu, Sep 17, 2026

Fresh from being crowned Female Entertainer of the Year, and previously voted Female Vocalist of the Year at the Irish Country Music Awards, Claudia Buckley is bringing her brand-new production to Clifden Arts Festival on Friday, September 25.

Success in The Shed

Thu, Sep 17, 2026

Close to seventy people found their way down a country road in Derrykeel for the opening of Three Palettes, the first exhibition at The Shed.

Auditions and excitement for Renmore pantomime

Thu, Sep 17, 2026

Renmore Pantomime Society’s 46th annual production will be Goldilocks and The Three Bears for an online generation.

For the Love of Gort

Thu, Sep 17, 2026

Creatives from Gort Arts will host their third annual member exhibition, opening this Saturday, September 19, in the Michael Kennedy Pottery Studio.

Autumn edition of Crannóg magazine

Thu, Sep 17, 2026

Galway’s international literary magazine, Crannóg, will launch its 65th issue next Friday, September 25 in the The Crane Bar on Sea Road, at 6.30pm.

'Tons' of culture across county on Friday

Thu, Sep 17, 2026

Culture Night is not just for latte sippers in town with notions, but also celebrates modern, rural Ireland - this year most noticeably in Ballinasloe with a unique rumble of machinery beating the background rhythms to agricultural life.

New art space interrogates landscape

Thu, Sep 17, 2026

Taking place at the newly opened Satellite Projects & Studios on Fr Griffin Place, folús will add to Galway’s growing visual arts scene, bringing together a diverse group of artists and writers for an exhibition centred on the histories, mythologies and possible futures embedded in landscape.

Writers’ group releases new collection and memoir

Thu, Sep 17, 2026

The community writing group’s 2027 Write-on Anthology and The Boy in the Bed by Frank Fahy, will be launched at the Clybaun Hotel on Friday, September 18, at 3pm.

Trio aim to colour the air with chamber music

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

Three celebrated, international musicians with Irish roots will combine their talents for an afternoon of colourful, virtuosic chamber music at St Joseph’s Church on Presentation Road, next Sunday, September 20, at 3pm.

Launch party for 2026 Comedy Festival

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

After months of careful curation, talent scouting and cajoling, organisers of the Galway Comedy Festival are going for a well-earned pint and a chuckle tomorrow, Friday, September 11, in Mary Mullen’s Bar, at 6.30pm, to show off their 2026 line-up to a select few, before its publication next week.

Late night at the museum

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

The thirtieth anniversary showing of a seminal TV documentary, live music and explaining a unique flag display will all form part of this month’s evening entertainments at Galway City Museum on Thursday, September 24.

Choir seeks singers to tackle Dvořák

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

Galway Choral Association (GCA) is a mixed-voice community choir, with openings for men and women who would like to join it to perform a beautiful, four-part piece of choral music.

Porcelain expresses fragility of loss for Tuam survivors

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

The sacred site of Knockma Hill overlooks the plains of Tuam where St Mary's Mother and Baby Home operated from 1925 to 1961, and its survivors have sited their experiences on it through the ancient art of shaping clay.

Have your caricature cartooned on Culture Night

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

The Galway Cartoon Festival is hosting a special cartoon and painting event at the Town Hall Theatre, for Culture Night, on Friday, September 18.

Dutch mutiny in Tuam

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

Young artists from Galway and The Netherlands are to perform at the Mall Theatre in Tuam for Culture Night on Friday, September 18.

EU presidency offers chance to exhibit Galway's arts

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

A Special Made in Galway showcase will be the city and county’s contribution to Cultúr 2026, the official cultural programme of Ireland’s current Presidency of the European Union.

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