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One of Ireland’s most beloved folk groups, The Kilkennys, will roll into town next week to hurl folk music at the audience of the mainstage in Monroe’s on Saturday, September 13, at 9pm.

Irish folk band CEOL is on an international tour, with a stop at Monroe’s Live on Saturday, May 17, at 9pm, as its Galway leg.

Hailing from Donegal, the high-energy Byrne Brothers will bring their vibrant brand of folk and trad music to Monroe’s.

Traditional Irish folk and balladeers The Kilkennys, will perform at Monroe’s Live on Saturday, April 12, with doors opening at 10pm.

Galway’s beloved indie folk-rock sensation, The Amazing Apples, return to Monroe’s for a foot-stomping performance with special significance on Saturday, December 21.

Two foot-stompin’ bands will headline at Monroe's Live this weekend with the finest of folk-rock and traditional Irish music from The Kilkennys and The Amazing Apples.

Following in the footsteps of folk legends such as The Dubliners and The Clancy Brothers, The Kilkennys are coming to Monroe’s Live on Friday, August 23rd for a late night foot-stomping set.

One of Galway’s favourite indie folk-rock bands are back in town, planning to drop a set at Monroe’s Live on Saturday, August 24.

In the wake of releasing their first single of the classic song ‘Oró Sé do Bheatha ‘Bhaile’, Mullingar band Some One’s Sons are on the rise, charting a new course through traditional Irish folk music. Now, they are on tour, bringing their fresh twist on Irish anthems to Monroe’s Live on Saturday, May 27 at 8pm.

Prior to 1961, public performance of Irish traditional music in Galway took place primarily in the form of céilís in large dancehalls — namely in the Hangar, the Commercial and the Astaire. These were enormously popular — remember the hundreds of bicycles parked outside the Hangar on a Sunday night — but they began to go out of fashion in the sixties and were regarded as old fashioned and backward.