Daithí, Mmoths, Toby Kaar
Thu, Jul 21, 2016
DAITHÍ, MMOTHS, and Toby Kaar, three of the most creative and exciting talents in Irish electronica, will gather in the Róisín Dubh, for what could be one of the highlights of the Galway International Arts Festival.
Read more ...Project West - new trad band concert in aid of Samaritans
Thu, Jul 21, 2016
PROJECT WEST, a group of traditional Irish musicians, who recently took the US by storm on a 100-date tour, kick off their first official Irish tour with a charity concert in Galway.
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Leading DJs to spin the decks @ Electric's 4th Birthday
Thu, Jul 21, 2016
WARP RECORDS veteran Nightmares On Wax, Detroit legend DJ Stingray 313, and Sleazy McQueen will be spinning the decks at Electric's fourth birthday celebrations which take place this Saturday from 11pm.
Read more ...Irish and New York music at the Fringe
Thu, Jul 21, 2016
A GERMAN, a Galwegian, and two New Yorkers will gather together to play Irish and American traditional music at a gig which is part of the Galway Fringe Festival 2016.
Read more ...Toploader to play Monroe's Live
Thu, Jul 21, 2016
"DANCING IN the moonlight, everybody's feeling warm and bright, it's such a fine and natural sight..." Back in 1999 there was no getting away from Toploader's cover of the King Harvest song, which went on to eclipse the original.
Read more ...Paddy Casey to play Galway in Race Week
Thu, Jul 21, 2016
PADDY CASEY'S musical journey began with him busking on the streets of Galway, and this city is a place to which he returns regularly, with his next show here taking place during Race Week.
Read more ...DJ Tamo Sumo @ Electric tonight
Thu, Jul 21, 2016
DEEP, SOULFUL house and techno cuts, with heavy Detroit, Chicago, and African influences will be heard tonight at Electric when DJ Tamo Sumo hits the decks.
Read more ...ConTempo concert in Oughterard tomorrow
Thu, Jul 21, 2016
An evening with the RTE ConTempo String Quartet will be held in Oughterard’s Kilcummin Church tomorrow (Friday) at 7.30pm. Described as the ‘The ABBA of classical music’, the ConTempo Quartet is currently RTE’s quartet in residence.
Read more ...Suede - five days until they play Galway
Tue, Jul 19, 2016
THE OLD and the new, the classic and recent, the audio and the visual, the cinematic and the musical, all will come together when Suede play the Galway International Arts Festival Big Top this weekend.
Read more ...Dan Deacon and his 'teeming crackpot electronica'
Thu, Jul 14, 2016
DAN DEACON is "a self-confessed pop weirdo who sits at the edge of pop and experimentation," according to The Guardian, who makes "teeming crackpot electronica" says The Times, and he plays Galway next week.
Read more ...The Souljazz Orchestra - 'eruptive improvisations' and hope
Thu, Jul 14, 2016
SOUL, JAZZ, Afro, Latin, and Caribbean styles, biting social commentary and a core message of hope, will come together in the music of French-Canadian collective The Souljazz Orchestra.
Read more ...GIAF 16 gigs @ Electric
Thu, Jul 14, 2016
KEITH MCIVOR and Jonnie Wilkes, the DJs behind Glasgow clubnight Optimo will be among those spinning the decks at the Galway International Arts Festival shows taking place in Electric.
Read more ...Metallers Ainriail - album launch and Cellar gig
Thu, Jul 14, 2016
SLUDGE DOOM metal duo Ainriail launch their debut full length album, My Heart Is A Knot of Blood, in The Cellar this Saturday at 8.30pm.
Read more ...Italian organist to play Galway cathedral
Thu, Jul 14, 2016
A NEW work by the Italian composer Claudio Perugini, will be performed by the Italian organist Antonio Caporaso at the next Galway Cathedral Recitals concert, this evening at 8pm.
Read more ...Electric Six's Dick Valentine @ Monroe's Live
Thu, Jul 14, 2016
DICK VALENTINE, leader of Detroit band Electric Six, best known for the singles ‘High Voltage’ and ‘Gay Bar’, is coming back to Galway to play Monroe’s Live on Monday August 8 at 9pm.
Read more ...The Lucia Comnes Band to play Monroe’s
Thu, Jul 14, 2016
THE LUCIA Comnes Band, a four-piece folk powerhouse fusing rock, blues, Irish trad, and bluegrass, led by a singer with a "singular voice", according to the San Francisco Chronicle, are coming to Galway.
Read more ...Bagatelle - last chance to see
Thu, Jul 14, 2016
BAGATELLE ARE drawing the curtain on their 35 year career with an Irish tour that takes in Galway, and this upcoming show will be the last chance Galway fans have to see the band.
Read more ...Matty Rea @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Jul 14, 2016
AUSTRALIAN SINGER-SONGWRITER Matty Rea, a rising star in his own country, is coming to Monroe's Backstage Bar on Friday July 29 at 8pm as part of his upcoming British and Irish tour.
Read more ...King Kong Company - blowing bulbs and destroying dance-floors
Wed, Jul 13, 2016
GALWAY HAS been picking up some monkey shaped blips on its music radar recently, blips that are growing ever stronger, especially as the mighty and outrageous King Kong Company play the Róisín Dubh tomorrow night.
Read more ...Kristin Hersh announces solo show for Róisín Dubh
Tue, Jul 12, 2016
KRISTIN HERSH, the singer-songwriter, author, leader of Throwing Muses and 50FOOTWAVE, and an icon of American indie and alternative rock, will play Galway later this year.
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