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Piper Tara Howley tours to Galway

Chef, restaurateur, author, playwright, founder and businessman JP McMahon has been announced as the Galway Chamber of Commerce President’s Award nominee in association with PwC. The award is presented to someone who has had an exceptional impact on Galway City, the region and their sector.

After attracting huge crowds at this summer’s Electric Picnic, Traditional Irish music band The Wolfe Tones have announced a show in Galway Airport as part of the Galway Summer Sessions on Friday, August 23, 2024.

1930s New York was a town of shebeens, jazz, sex and... Ulysses. It was the era of Prohibition and James Joyce's novel - like liquor - was much in demand, but could only be bought under the counter. Until, that was, a feisty young publisher sailed to Paris to buy the rights from Joyce, hired the best free speech lawyer in the land, and took a case to liberate Ulysses from American censorship.

Every now and again, something crops up on the rich cultural scene Galway is home to, and it makes you think: wow. Generation Fleadh, which runs for four days from Monday, 13 November, definitely wows.

It would be easy to assume that aesthetic medicine is a very modern concept, but its history goes back further than you might think. Why did Cleopatra reputedly bathe in soured donkey milk? Perhaps she knew about the benefits of lactic acid (contained in sour milk) which is now used as a chemical peel to gently remove surface skin cells and reveal smoother, blemish free skin underneath.

A date for your autumn season social diary as a six piece orchestral ensemble will grace the Tuar Ard Arts Centre stage in Moate on October 21, the sextet uniting to entertain the auditorium with The Ennio Morricone Experience.

Music for Galway’s International Concert Season performance of Rachmaninov has been rescheduled to next week.