4FM eighties Christmas party @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Nov 19, 2015

4FM WILL start the Christmas celebrations early in Galway when the station's leading DJs will be spinning the decks at the eighties Christmas party in Monroe's Live on Friday November 27.

The Geddes - new single and Monroe's Live show

Thu, Nov 19, 2015

THE GEDDES play Dominick Street's Monroe’s Live venue at 10pm on Thursday November 26 and the following day, release their third single ‘Warrior’.

Detroit Swindle @ Electric

Thu, Nov 19, 2015

DUTCH DEEP House masters Detroit Swindle, responsible for dance floor staples like ‘The Wrap Around’, ‘The Break Up' and 'Figure of Speech', play Electric on Thursday November 26 at 11pm.

Russian music with the Jablokov brothers

Thu, Nov 19, 2015

MUSIC BY Russian composers, and music associated with that country will be performed by the much admired Jablokov brothers at a concert in An Taibhdhearc this Saturday at 8pm.

Ireland's 'unknown' guitar legend to play Monroe’s

Thu, Nov 19, 2015

GERRY QUIGLEY has earned the reputation of being Ireland's "unknown" guitar legend, but his upcoming show at Monroe's Live will leave audiences in no doubt about his prowess on the instrument.

Access Music Project students' concert

Thu, Nov 19, 2015

STUDENTS FROM the Access Music Project courses will take to the stage of The Crane Bar, performing songs in a variety of genres, styles, and on a variety of instruments, on Wednesday November 25.

Galway 'supergroup' Cranky Face to launch debut EP

Wed, Nov 18, 2015

IF THERE is such a thing as a Galway 'Supergroup', Cranky Face just might be it, being made up of guitarist Fuz Reilly (Boyfights), vocalist/guitarist Simon Noble (Spats Colombo, Mugger Dave), drummer Mosey Byrne (Rural Savage), and bassist/Citóg co-organiser Hob Junker.

Des Bishop's Grey Matters tour is Galway bound

Wed, Nov 18, 2015

DES BISHOP is staring middle-age in the face, so does he go into denial or get hit hard by a serious dose of the male menopause and a mid-life crisis? No, as a great comedian, he sees in it instead the potential for comedy.

King Kong Company unleash the beast @ Róisín Dubh

Wed, Nov 18, 2015

AHEAD OF the release of their new album, produced by Mercury Music Prize nominee Tim Holmes of Death In Vegas, Waterford band King Kong Company, are on an Irish tour, which takes in Galway this week.

Richard Hawley to play Black Box Theatre in February

Tue, Nov 17, 2015

RICHARD HAWLEY, one of Britain's finest contemporary songwriters, has announced a major Galway show for the New Year, as part of his forthcoming British and Irish tour in support of his latest album Hollow Meadows.

Galway writer Alan McMonagle lands two-book deal with Picador

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

THE HIGHLY regarded Galway writer Alan McMonagle has just hit literary ‘paydirt’ as Picador has snapped up the rights to his debut novel, Ithaca, as well as its follow-up.

TULCA 2015’s inspirational flood of art and activism

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

TOMORROW EVENING, at the former Connacht Printworks in Market Street, sees the opening of the 2015 TULCA Festival of Visual Arts, which ushers out the city’s year-long programme of cultural jamborees in high style. As well as exhibitions, TULCA also hosts talks, debates, film screenings, and numerous events primed to trigger debate and spark palaver.

Get dancing to Fujiya & Miyagi

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

FUJIYA & MIYAGI are neither a duo, nor are they Japanese. They are however an English trio whose fusion of funk, electro, Krautrock, indie, dance, and rock combines to thrilling, room shaking, effect.

Father Ted star headlines Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

JOE ROONEY, who has achieved near legendary status for his roles in Father Ted, Killinascully, Spooky Stakeout, RiRa, and BBC's Roy, plays the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh this Friday, November 13.

See Andrew Lloyd Webber's Whistle Down The Wind

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

A GROUP of children in rural Louisiana, with little to do and not much to look forward to, befriend a criminal on the run, known only as 'The Man', but who the children come to think is Jesus Christ returned to earth.

An old samurai gets a second chance

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

JAPANESE FILM Uzumasa Limelight, is based around the experiences of the talented extras who featured in chanbara, the Japanese sword-fighting films and TV dramas.

A sporting collection of poetry

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

PACKIE BONNER'S famous save at Italia 90, and the enjoyment of playing Gaelic football, have inspired some of the poems in Evidence of Freewheeling, the debut collection from Trevor Conway.

Aimee Banks - Young Galway soprano aims for Eurovision glory

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

This year, for the first time, Ireland will be competing in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Sofia on Saturday November 21. Representing Ireland is Aimee Banks, a 13-year old from Moycullen, who will be singing ‘Réalta na Mara’/‘Star of the Sea’, a song which she co-wrote and composed.

Public lecture on when pirates ruled the seas

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

The pirates of the late 1600s, early 1700s, conjures images of bloodthirsty bandits and violent criminals, but in some respects their outlook and ethos was an early form of the most ruthless kind of capitalism.

Shakespeare and opera at IMC Cinema

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

SHAKESPEARE'S THE Winters Tale, starring Dame Judi Dench, will be screened live from London to the IMC Cinema Galway, on Thursday November 26 at 7.15pm.

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