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After the war, there was a bit of a building boom of dance halls around the country. Radio had introduced popular music to the general public and more and more people wanted to move to the music, so dance bands began to form. Some of those in Galway were Des Fretwells’ Band, Maxie Dooley’s Musicmakers, The Bill Keaveney Orchestra, and Gerry Cahill’s Dance Band. They played the popular music of the day, were mostly seated on stage and reading the music from stands in front of them. Then along came Bill Haley and rock and roll and everything changed. The showbands had arrived. Music stands were forgotten, musicians played standing up and literally began to move with the times.

DRUID THEATRE'S artist development programme, FUEL, now in its sixth year, announced on Tuesday the recipients of the 2019/2020 bursary. The selected artists are Annie Keegan, Claire Mullane, Johanne Webb, and Barry Cullen.

THE NATURE Of Things, the new exhibition from the Dutch artist Noor Poppers, will be opened this evening at The Courthouse, Kinvara, at 6.30pm by the actor, musician, and writer Little John Nee.

MUSIC BY SWEDISH and Irish composers will be the stuff of the ConTempo Quartet's upcoming concerts in Galway city throughout the first week of December.

FOLLOWING THE release of his new single, 'Hero', and in advance of his debut album, Dublin singer-songwriter A.Smyth plays upstairs bar of the Róisín Dubh next week.

AHEAD OF their Black Box concert in December, The Whileaways release a yuletide themed single, 'All The Lights On (Must Be Christmas)' tomorrow, Friday November 29.

"ART HEALS, that's why I pursue it. It gives joys, insights, and reliefs from the many madnesses that come and go.” So said Irish singer-songwriter David Keenan, who plays the Róisín Dubh in December.

THE HENRY Girls have played Galway many times, but this weekend sees the Donegal folk/trad trio of sisters make their debut in Kinvara with a gig in the village community centre.

KNOCKNACARRA AMATEUR Theatre Society will host its fourth supper theatre event in the Galway Bay Hotel, Salthill, on Wednesday December 4 and Thursday 5.

AARON HURLEY of Phantom Dog Beneath The Moon, and Aaron Coyle of Yawning Chasm, are joining forces for a gig in the upstairs bar of the Róisín Dubh on Monday December 2 at 8.30pm.