The Late, Late, Late Toy Show: Bringing Christmas Cheer UHG Children’s Ward

Thu, Dec 13, 2018

Get into the Christmas Spirit this Saturday, 15th December, at DNA Nightclub’s Late, Late, Late Toy Show.

The Academic to play Galway International Arts Festival

Wed, Dec 12, 2018

IRISH ROCK band The Academic, best known for hit singles like ‘Different’, ‘Mixtape 2003’, ‘Bear Claws’, and ‘Why Can't We Be Friends?’, play the Galway International Arts Festival next summer.

Entertainment Around The Clock

Mon, Dec 10, 2018

It’s entertainment around the clock this New Years Eve at The Skeff Late bar, Galway.

The 'tangible magic of Christmas', Whileaways-style

Thu, Dec 06, 2018

AFTER A sold-out nationwide tour, The Whileaways play their final gig of 2018 in Galway city, with the high-flying trio set to transform The Black Box, bringing the warmth and intimacy of their unique live show to one of Galway's biggest venues.

Galway Advertiser Musicians of the Year 2018

Thu, Dec 06, 2018

THE LAST 12 months have seen Galway musicians produce some outstanding work, but three in particular stood apart from the rest.

A lot wrong, and a lot right with Creed II

Films Reviews Thu, Dec 06, 2018

AFTER HIS defeat in Rocky 4, Ivan Drago was ostracised by Russia and abandoned by his allies, including his wife. He comes out from the wilderness with his son, Viktor, a young boxer who is so comically large he looks like he has been CGI’d.

Spiderman's dad for the Comedy KARLnival

Thu, Dec 06, 2018

DOMINIC HOLLAND has been called "the UK’s master of observational comedy" by The Sunday Times and "a top notch stand-up who everyone should see" by The Daily Telegraph.

The Best Music and Albums of 2018

Essential Playlist Thu, Dec 06, 2018

THIS YEAR has seen the emergence of an array of very exciting new indie-rock artists, with female performers - as has been a very noticeable trend in recent years - arguably producing the best music of the last 12 months.

Galway Advertiser editor to read at Over The Edge

Thu, Dec 06, 2018

DECLAN VARLEY, the editor of the Galway Advertiser, will read from his new novel, The Confession of Peadar Gibbons, at the final Over The Edge: Open Reading of 2018.

Dirty Circus's 'Legendary Christmas Party'

Thu, Dec 06, 2018

SAUCE, SLEAZE, and all things 'naughty but nice', and with a hefty dose of body positivity and celebrating diversity, Galway's much loved burlesque and cabaret night, The Dirty Circus, is hosting its 'Legendary Christmas Party'.

Pálás to screen Netflix film Roma

Thu, Dec 06, 2018

ROMA - THE new film by the Oscar winning director Alfonso Cuarón, will be screened at the Pálás from Friday December 14 to Thursday 20.

Laoise unleashed at the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Dec 06, 2018

ONE OF the brightest rising stars in Irish pop music today is Galway woman Laoise and she hits the Róisín Dubh on Friday December 14, for what promises to be a triumphant homecoming gig.

Fontaines DC - new single, Róisín Dubh show

Thu, Dec 06, 2018

"WE ARE in the midst of a dominant age of streaming music and instantaneous playlists. Perhaps because of this, physical copies of music continue to hold their virtue in the market."

Paraic Breathnach - The Macnas Was On Me

Thu, Dec 06, 2018

FOLLOWING ITS successful premiere at the Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway in October, Paraic Breathnach is bringing his new show, The Macnas Was On Me, to the Nuns Island Theatre, for one night only.

Little Green Cars @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Dec 06, 2018

WHEN LITTLE Green Cars play the Róisín Dubh tomorrow night [Friday December 7], they are likely to play songs from their forthcoming third album, which by all accounts is close to being ready for release.

Croi8 take The Musical Steps

Thu, Dec 06, 2018

THE MUSICAL Steps is the title of a show and performance which will be given by Galway folk-rock/prog-rock band Croí8 when they play the Town Hall Theatre studio next week.

The Three Tenors at Salthill Church

Thu, Dec 06, 2018

THE MUCH loved Three Tenors are coming to Christ The King Church, Salthill, to perform their annual Galway Christmas concert, which will also raise funds for St Vincent de Paul.

Oh What A Night - the songs of Frankie Valli

Thu, Dec 06, 2018

FRANKIE VALLI is 84-years-old and shows no signs of slowing down or giving up the music, and the music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons is to be performed and celebrated in Galway.

Was Britain, not Germany, responsible for the start of WWI?

Thu, Dec 06, 2018

"THE FIRST World War, it came and it went, the reasons for fighting I never did get," sang Bob Dylan on 'With God On Our Side', and unlike WWI, the Great War's causes are complex and not straightforward.

Galway Advertiser's Best Songs of 2018

Essential Playlist Tue, Dec 04, 2018

WHAT WERE your favourite songs of 2018? It was a pretty good year for music, so there is plenty to choose from, and a trend noticable over the last four to five years has continued, with the most interesting and exciting music unquestionably being produced by female artists.

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