Little Cinema Festival on this weekend

Thu, Sep 25, 2014

THE SHORT film will be celebrated in Galway at a new festival which takes place this weekend - the first Little Cinema Festival.

Eight cello extravaganza

Thu, Sep 25, 2014

AN EIGHT-cello extravaganza, featuring eight musicians playing music by eight different composers, takes place in An Taibhdhearc on Tuesday September 30 at 8pm.

GFS to screen Iranian film The Past

Thu, Sep 25, 2014

IRANIAN DIRECTOR, Asghar Farhadi, follows the Oscar-winning drama A Separation with another study of modern family life in The Past.

Auditions for Renmore Panto

Thu, Sep 25, 2014

AUDITIONS ARE taking place for Renmore’s 36th annual pantomime, which this year will be the all-time favourite Cinderella.

Guinness Amplify gigs @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Sep 25, 2014

FOLK-ROCK/indie-folk bands Kicking Bird and Cornerboy play Monroe’s Live as part of the Guinness Amplify weekender.

Schumann and Brahms - live on screen

Thu, Sep 25, 2014

THE MUSIC of Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms will be heard in The Eye Cinema, Wellpark, tomorrow at 6.30pm. The music will be performed by The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, and broadcast via satellite to Galway. For more information and booking see www.eyecinema.ie or call 091 - 780078.

Celebrate the songs of Dolly Parton

Thu, Sep 25, 2014

DOLLY PARTON, a genius songwriter, a magnificent singer, large than life personality, and country music legend, will be celebrated in Galway next week.

Alice clubnight goes monthly

Thu, Sep 25, 2014

THE ALICE clubnight has been running in various Galway venues for the past two years and hosted international guest DJs like Hunee, Loud-E, and Medlar.

Leading Armies @ The Cellar

Thu, Sep 25, 2014

FUNK-ROCK sextet Leading Armies, who top off their sound with reggae tinged vocals, and six part harmonies, are in The Cellar Bar tonight.

Coyote Factor returns in October

Thu, Sep 25, 2014

THE COYOTE Factor singing competition returns this October with a €10,000 prize fund, EP recording package, digital album release, music video, and more up for grabs.

A previous Coyote Factor entrant Jay Boland, who went on to be a Voice of Ireland semi-finalist, has gone on to perform with Bressie, Union J, Tinchy Stryder, and Fresh Re.

Trad for Trocaire

Thu, Sep 25, 2014

A TRADITIONAL Irish music session takes place this Saturday at 12 noon in Tigh Coili, as part of the nationwide Trad for Trocaire event.

Guinness Amplify @ The Stock Exchange

Thu, Sep 25, 2014

GUINNESS AMPLIFY gigs will be taking place in The Stock Exchange bar from today through to Sunday.

Even better than the real thing?

Thu, Sep 25, 2014

U2’S PUBLICITY stunt for their new album Songs Of Innocence has met with, at best, a mixed reaction, but Galway fans will be delighted a leading tribute band to the quartet will play Monroe’s Live.

A Saw Doctor and a Waterboy - live in Clifden

Wed, Sep 24, 2014

THE SAW Doctors’ Leo Moran and Anthony Thistlethwaite - who is also a member of The Waterboys - will perform at a lunchtime event in The Alcock and Brown Hotel this Saturday, as part of the Clifden Arts Festival.

A live music hooley for Pieta House

Wed, Sep 24, 2014

THE HARDCORE Priests Of Yemen, Mikey and the Scallywags, and a host of musicians will be live across three stages and two venues playing everything from Irish trad to world music, in a fundraising concert for Pieta House.

Tommy Tiernan Comedy Carnival tickets selling fast

Tue, Sep 23, 2014

TICKETS ARE selling fast for Tommy Tiernan’s new show, Out Of The Whirlwind, which he is performing at next month’s Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway.

Eddi Reader to play Moycullen

Tue, Sep 23, 2014

EDDI READER, one of Scotland’s great folk-rock singers returns to Galway to play The Forge in Moycullen, in the company of The Alan Kelly Gang on Saturday October 4 at 9pm.

Mark Lanegan to play Galway in January

Mon, Sep 22, 2014

MARK LANEGAN, the American singer-songwriter, former Screaming Trees vocalist, and collaborator with The Afghan Whigs' Greg Dulli and former Belle and Sebastian vocalist Isobel Campbell, returns to Galway in January.

‘Moving to Nashville from Mobile was overwhelming’

Thu, Sep 18, 2014

BETH NIELSEN Chapman, one of Nashville’s foremost singer-songwriters, comes to the Black Box Theatre next week for what promises to be a memorable gig. An accomplished recording artist in her own right, Chapman has also penned numerous hits for Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris, Bette Midler, Elton John, Neil Diamond, Waylon Jennings, Faith Hill, and Willie Nelson.