Steve Mason to play Róisín Dubh
Wed, Mar 16, 2011
HE WAS an essential part of King Biscuit Time and before that The Beta Band, but he is now a solo artist about to release a new single and undertake a headline British-Irish tour.
Edinburgh’s Steve Mason plays the Róisín Dubh on Sunday April 17 at 9pm and his new single, ‘All Come Down’ will be released through Double Six on Monday April 25.
Read more ...Fight Like Apes return to Strange Brew
Wed, Mar 16, 2011
FIGHT LIKE Apes are back on the road and as part of their upcoming Irish tour, they play Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh on Thursday April 14 at 9pm.
Read more ...Emmet Scanlan’s charity concert for Haiti
Wed, Mar 16, 2011
EMMET SCANLAN & What the Good Thought will play a charity gig in the Druid Theatre this Sunday at 7pm with the proceeds going to the Haven Partnership, which is building homes in Haiti.
Read more ...The Crane to celebrate tenth birthday
Wed, Mar 16, 2011
MICK CREHAN has been at the helm of The Crane Bar on Sea Road for a decade and to celebrate this milestone, the venue will host a party running from Thursday to Sunday.
Read more ...Track Dogs @ Monroe’s Live
Wed, Mar 16, 2011
TRACK DOGS, formerly known as the Garrett Wall Band, are coming to Galway to play Monroe’s Live on Thursday March 24.
Read more ...The Shoos @ Monroe’s Live
Wed, Mar 16, 2011
DUBLIN BAND The Shoos, who release their debut album Rescue Room next month, play Monroe’s Live on Saturday at 10.30pm.
Read more ...Proust Questionnaire
Wed, Mar 16, 2011
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
‘The gang’ (family) enjoying my shepherd’s pie, that’s perfect happiness.
Canadian Theatre Company to make Irish debut in Galway
Wed, Mar 16, 2011
A CANADIAN Theatre Company is getting ready to make its Irish debut with a production of Enda Walsh’s Bedbound in Galway next month.
MacKenzieRo, the Irish Repertory Theatre Company of Canada, will stage Bedbound at the Druid Lane Theatre from March 30 to April 2 at 8pm.
Read more ...Musical medics to hit the right note with debut performance
Wed, Mar 16, 2011
MUSIC AND medicine have come together at NUI, Galway to form a unique partnership that is a nationwide first for any university.
Read more ...Oil and Water - it’s a family affair
Wed, Mar 16, 2011
OIL AND Water, an exhibition of new paintings by sister and brother Mary and James F Horan is currently on show in University Hospital Galway.
Born in Galway, James and Mary have both exhibited extensively and have artwork in many collections throughout the world.
Read more ...Enjoy a Celtic celebration tonight
Wed, Mar 16, 2011
AS PART of the St Patrick’s Day celebrations this year, Club Árus na nGael, 45 Dominick Street, is hosting a Celtic night tonight from 9pm.
Read more ...North Beach Poetry Nights
Wed, Mar 16, 2011
THE NEXT North Beach Poetry Nights’ Slam takes place on Monday in The Crane Bar at 9pm, and the guest poet will be Dave Rock.
Read more ...Gulliver travels to the Town Hall
Wed, Mar 16, 2011
BRAY-BASED theatre company Wonderland Productions comes to the Town Hall Theatre next week with its acclaimed staging of Jonathan Swift’s classic of adventure and satire, Gulliver’s Travels,
Read more ...As If I Am Not There @ The Eye
Wed, Mar 16, 2011
THE AWARD winning film As If I Am Not There will be screened at the Eye Cinema and its director Juanita Wilson will attend one of the screenings.
Read more ...Miquel Barcelo mask workshop
Wed, Mar 16, 2011
MIQUEL BARCELO of The Gombeens will host a mask workshop in the Blue Teapot Theatre, Munster Avenue, on Saturday March 26 and Sunday 27 from 10am to 5pm.
This workshop is designed for actors to take them out of their comfort zone through constant theatrical provocations.
Read more ...Opera live at The Eye
Wed, Mar 16, 2011
THE OPERA Lucia Di Lammermoor will be broadcast live from the Metropolitan Theatre in New York directly to the Eye Cinema this Saturday.
Read more ...Show Me The Funny
Wed, Mar 16, 2011
THE THIRD heat of the Show Me The Funny competition takes place on Monday at The Kings Head.
Read more ...All hail the O Emperor
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
O EMPEROR are on the crest of a wave. In less than two years they have become one of the highest profile alternative acts in the county, and one of the most acclaimed.
Read more ...Dani Gill – injecting new energy into Cúirt
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
NEXT MONTH sees the 26th Cúirt International Literature Festival when writers and booklovers from far and wide will converge on Galway from April 12 to 17 , to enjoy this justly fêted celebration of the written word.
Read more ...Paul Murray - Skippy Dies author for Cúirt
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
“THE 661 glorious pages of Skippy Dies,” said The Guardian’s Patrick Ness, “is one of the most enjoyable, funny and moving reads of this young new year.”
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