GalwayIndependent.com Entertaiment Feed http://www.galwayindependent.com Fri, 16 May 2008 17:46:33 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.galwayindependent.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.galwayindependent.com GalwayIndependent.com Entertaiment Feed http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5884&Itemid=89 This year's Galway Early Music Festival is a feast for ye-old senses with a programme full of the sounds, sights, smells and tastes of the medieval, renaissance and baroque eras. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5885&Itemid=89 This week: Smart People Charlie Bartlett Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull Wed, 14 May 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5886&Itemid=89 The talented and highly acclaimed Beat maestro Jon Kennedy is coming to play Galway this Saturday 17 May. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5887&Itemid=89 Bodytonic, the Irish based collective of DJs, producers, designers and promoters all out to enjoy themselves with great music and people, come to Bar 903 this Friday. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5888&Itemid=89 This week, one of Galway's most promising and talented DJs, Adrohan tells Setlist his Top 10 spins of the week. He is resident for Requiem, which is every two weeks in the Púcán – the next one is on Saturday 24 May. Adrohan also plays for 9events and Heat. For more information on the radical and interesting sounds of Adrohan, check out Adrohandj.bebo.com (http://Adrohandj.bebo.com). Wed, 14 May 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5889&Itemid=89 The upcoming June Bank Holiday weekend sees the launch of a new Nightclub to the Galway social scene with the opening of Club K on Eyre Square. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5890&Itemid=89 SiSi, aka Cian ó Cíobhain and Cyril Briscoe, who've hosted nights such as 110th Street, Boogaloo and down through the years, return to the Cellar Underground this Saturday 10 May night from 10.30pm. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5891&Itemid=89 Club event list for the coming week. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5892&Itemid=89 Geordie Gavin Webster will headline the Comedy Club at Cuba* this Sunday, 18 May. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5893&Itemid=89 Live Webstars and The Twelve Hotel present the launch of JHall's new CD/DVD 'The Real World' in The Twelve Hotel in Barna, Galway on Friday 23 May at 8pm. JHall was born and raised in Rushden Northants, England. Ever since he can remember he loved and listened to hip hop music which got him through all the good and bad times of this crazy life. When he moved to Ireland in 2007 and met Vinnie Kilduff (U2, The Waterboys and Clannad) while working in The Twelve in Barna. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5894&Itemid=89 Galway-based pop rock trio 'Mugger Dave' make a return visit to the Róisín Dubh on Monday 19 May at 9pm. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5895&Itemid=89 Classic Dublin rock band, Never Say Die, make their maiden voyage to Galway this weekend to appear live at Sally Longs. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5896&Itemid=89 Have a red-hot night at the Red Hot Jazz Joint this Friday 16 May at 9pm. Scarlett Fever will be sweeping Salthill again when this quirky monthly night returns! Wed, 14 May 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5897&Itemid=89 UK tribute band, 'Counterparts' will play their first ever Rush event in Ireland this Saturday 17 May at 8pm. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5898&Itemid=89 After achieving phenomenal success in the US over the past two years, Dublin-based trio The Guggenheim Grotto are continuing their road to stardom and will be playing a gig in The Róisín Dubh on Friday 16 May at 8pm. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5899&Itemid=89 Cambridge is mainly known for its famous university, an inordinate amount of cyclists, a terrible football team, a river made for punting, a folk festival and being the home of Stephen Hawking, Clive James and Jeffrey Archer. It is not, one must admit, the first place one would look for producers of dance floor-hardened beats. It is nevertheless the city that gave birth to The Nextmen, also known as Brad Baloo and Dom Search. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5900&Itemid=89 Threshold, the housing advice agency has been working for justice in housing and homelessness in Ireland for the past 30 years, and in Galway for the past 20 years. The charity will host a midsummer concert in Galway this summer. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5901&Itemid=89 A night of traditional song and music will take place in Aras na nGael on Saturday 24 May at 8pm. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5902&Itemid=89 Elaine Enright and Fia Rua will play in the Amnesty International Freedom Café, Middle St, on Thursday 15 May at 5pm. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5903&Itemid=89 Poptastic, hooktastic, punktastic, girl/boy-tastic! Fun-loving, danceable Indie-pop bubblegum rockers, 'We Should Be Dead' will play the Róisín Dubh on Friday 16 May at 9pm. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5904&Itemid=89 Gig list for the coming week. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5804&Itemid=89 The once controversial book turned play, 'The Tailor and Ansty', by Eric Cross, adapted by PJ O'Connor, will run in the Town Hall Theatre on Wednesday 14 and Thursday 15 May at 8pm. Wed, 07 May 2008 14:38:04 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5803&Itemid=89 Galway audiences will have the chance to see the work of one of the country's most lauded playwrights when 'The Seafarer' comes to the Town Hall Theatre next month. Wed, 07 May 2008 14:36:31 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5802&Itemid=89 Scotland's national dance theatre company, SDT, presents an evening of stunning and original works, created especially for the company by some of today's most exciting and innovative dance-makers at the Town Hall Theatre on Tuesday 13 May at 8pm. Wed, 07 May 2008 14:34:37 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5801&Itemid=89 The magic of the great musicals returns to the Town Hall Theatre, Galway, on Friday 16 and Saturday 17 May at 8pm, bringing the glitz and the glamour from the West End stage and the bright lights of Broadway. Wed, 07 May 2008 14:33:31 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5800&Itemid=89 Galway gig list for the coming week. Wed, 07 May 2008 14:32:01 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5799&Itemid=89 Singer and instrumentalist Aranos and a four piece band called 'Just' will play in the Freedom Café from 5pm this Thursday 8 May. Wed, 07 May 2008 14:28:10 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5798&Itemid=89 'Better' singer-songwriter Tom Baxter, who was due to play the Róisín Dubh on Monday 5 May, has had to postpone all his Irish dates because, somewhat ironically, he is unwell. Wed, 07 May 2008 14:26:49 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5797&Itemid=89 The musical styling of Keara Rose Sheeran, Tony Higgins, Peter Joyce, Aengus Hackett and John O'Dwyer have come together to re-create the booming sounds of an era when 'The Rat Pack' roamed. Wed, 07 May 2008 14:25:58 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5796&Itemid=89 The RTÉ Concert Orchestra will pay Galway a visit next month. Wed, 07 May 2008 14:24:37 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5795&Itemid=89 Probably the finest tribute act to Pearl Jam you are likely to see, The Australian Pearl Jam will play the Róisín Dubh on Friday 9 May at 9pm. Wed, 07 May 2008 14:23:04 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5794&Itemid=89 While he may feel that he's just coming to grips with the recording medium, the records that Jonathan Richman has made over the past 30 years have long held a special place in the hearts of his fans. Wed, 07 May 2008 14:22:17 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5793&Itemid=89 Galway audiences are in for a rare treat on Thursday as New Yorker Jess Klein plays The Crane Bar at 9pm. Wed, 07 May 2008 14:20:49 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5792&Itemid=89 Iron Wine, the stage and recording name of folk rock singer-songwriter Sam Beam, is set to make a long-awaited return with his third full-length album 'The Shepherd's Dog'. Wed, 07 May 2008 14:19:37 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5791&Itemid=89 Music for Galway in association with Galway Early Music Festival presents I Furiosi in the Meyrick Ballroom, Eyre Square on Friday 16 May at 8pm. Wed, 07 May 2008 14:18:29 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5790&Itemid=89 Galway audiences will have a rare opportunity to experience the wonderfully rich and atmospheric blend of Latin American folk and classical music later this month. Wed, 07 May 2008 14:17:22 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5789&Itemid=89 The Laughter Lounge at the Róisín Dubh hosts a triple bill of comedy tonight as Rufus Hound, Keith Farnan and Sharon Mannion take to the stage at 9pm. Wed, 07 May 2008 14:16:06 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5788&Itemid=89 'King of comedy cool', the peerless Reginald D Hunter headlines the Comedy Club at Cuba* this Sunday, 11 May. Wed, 07 May 2008 14:14:26 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5787&Itemid=89 Club event list for the coming week. Wed, 07 May 2008 14:12:23 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5786&Itemid=89 The Japanese Popstars will play a full live show in Galway prior to their hectic summer schedule, which includes appearances at Oxegen and Glastonbury. The gig will take place in the Black Box this Friday, 9 May. Wed, 07 May 2008 14:02:45 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5785&Itemid=89 1) Leeroy - 'Fireball' - (Jakarta) Big fun on a little 7" as Leeroy of France's Supa Saian Crew applies Steinski's cut-up aesthetic to a rag-bag of Bollywood recordings. Wed, 07 May 2008 14:01:31 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5784&Itemid=89 This week we review: Speed Racer What Happens in Vegas Doomsday Wed, 07 May 2008 13:58:57 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5570&Itemid=89 English duo Nizlopi talk to Lisa Regan about dream collaborations with Bjork, Damien Dempsey as a musical influence and being independent. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5571&Itemid=89 Karma in association with i102-104FM will present Got House? vs iParty on Monday 5 May. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5572&Itemid=89 Galway's Rootical crew is back for another Black Box session this bank holiday weekend, Friday 2 May at 10pm. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5573&Itemid=89 Next Friday, 2 May marks the return of SHAKE! to Bar 903 with DJs Ray and special guest P Disconaut for the once-monthly session at the Eyre Square venue. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5574&Itemid=89 Galway Club event list for the coming week. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5575&Itemid=89 One of the hottest acts on the Irish circuit at the moment, Joe Rooney headlines the Comedy Club at Cuba* this Bank Holiday Sunday, 4 May. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5576&Itemid=89 Andrew Lawrence, Kevin Bridges, Colum Mc Donnell and Kevin Mahon take to the Laughter Lounge stage tonight, Wednesday 30 April at 9pm. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5577&Itemid=89 It's that time again for Lunchtime with ConTempo, a free monthly concert by ConTempo String Quartet, the Galway Ensemble-in-Residence. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5578&Itemid=89 Seasoned Irish artist and performer Eleanor McEvoy's will play the Clifden Station House Theatre on Saturday 10 May at 7.30pm. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5579&Itemid=89 Songwriter turned singer Johnny Duhan's will play the Town Hall Theatre on Friday 23 May at 8.30pm. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5580&Itemid=89 Singer, songwriter and fiddle player, Laura Cortese lights up the stage with a radiating smile, dazzling musicianship and uninhibited delight. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5581&Itemid=89 Music: Last Of The Shadowpuppets, 'The Age Of Understatement' Gig: Rootical Soundsystem Club: Fairmont (Live) Film: The Eye Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5582&Itemid=89 Stacey Nolan will make a welcome return to the Freedom Café on Thursday 1 May at 6pm. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5583&Itemid=89 Having earned their musical stripes working the UK and Ireland touring circuit, picking up friends and fans along the way and with three top 20 singles under their independent belts, 'The Aftermath' will play in the Róisín Dubh on Sunday 4 May. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5584&Itemid=89 Folk musician Tim O'Brien will play in The Crane Bar on Sea Road on Monday 5 May at 9.30pm. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5585&Itemid=89 'Better' singer/songwriter Tom Baxter will play the Róisín Dubh on Monday 5 May at 9pm. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5586&Itemid=89 Galway gig list for the coming week. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5587&Itemid=89 Nu soul Bristol wideboy Ben Westbeech has re-arranged his cancelled Galway date and now brings his sweet sounds to The Cellar on Friday 30 May. Westbeech's star has been on a serious rise since his debut long player 'Welcome To The Best Years Of Your Life' was released to rapturous reviews on Giles Peterson's Brownswoods label last year. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5588&Itemid=89 'Lysistrata', a 2,500-year-old comedy about sexual sparring is given sprightly, youthful legs in 'This Means War', Max Hafler's rejuvenation of Aristophanes's bawdy anti-war polemic. Parented by the union of Galway Youth Theatre, Gombeens Theatre Troupe and Cúirt 2008, it is a cheeky and hyperactive offspring but one that is generally likeable. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5589&Itemid=89 The devastating effects of public and private acts of violence are explored in a play making its way to Galway next month. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5590&Itemid=89 A monthly event for artists and audiences of time-based, experimental contemporary art and film will take place on the last Wednesday of the month at Bar No 8, the Docks from 8pm. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5591&Itemid=89 Man's interaction with the land and how these interactions are having a detrimental effect on both the landscape and our lives is the focus of two exhibitions opening at Galway Arts Centre next week. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5592&Itemid=89 Poetry and politics mix this weekend at Galway City Museum. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5593&Itemid=89 The Russell Gallery in Co. Clare is set to draw art lovers from across the whole of Ireland for the opening of a joint exhibition by two northern-based painters this weekend. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5448&Itemid=89 This week we review: Forgetting Sarah Marshall The Eye Deception Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5449&Itemid=89 Get your May Bank Holiday weekend off to a flying start with the Partynite Tour, which returns to Leisureland Galway on Friday 2 May. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5450&Itemid=89 DJ Falcon of Daft Crew and So Much Love To Give fame will be spinning at Cuba* Live on Sunday 4 May. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5451&Itemid=89 Finals for Miss Universe have been confirmed as Thursday 15 May in Karma Athlone and Friday 16 May in Karma Galway. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5452&Itemid=89 01. Low Motion Disco – 'Love Love Love' (Aeroplane Remix) A superb low-slung, nu-disco remix from Ghent's latest sensation-in-waiting electronic act Aeroplane. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5453&Itemid=89 Galway club events list for the coming week. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5454&Itemid=89 The Laughter Lounge at the Róisín Dubh presents Jason Rouse in a clever combination of devilishly crafted jokes and 'freak-show-like' theatrics tonight, Wednesday 23 April. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5455&Itemid=89 Canada's Stewart Francis will headline the Comedy Club at Cuba* this Sunday 27 April. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5456&Itemid=89 Café Minor was established by four travelling musicians who had all came to Galway because of their passion for music. After meeting up in sessions and busking in the streets, the band was finally formed in the summer of 2006. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5457&Itemid=89 The Freedom Café at the Amnesty International shop on Middle Street hosts Sara Gerdine and two-piece Anna Faulkner and Ivan Murray along with guests on Thursday 24 April at 5pm. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5458&Itemid=89 After spending Easter in the old Hanseatic League City of Tallinn on the Baltic, Galway Youth Orchestra will give its final concert of the season in the Collegiate Church of St Nicholas, on Saturday 26 April at 8pm. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5459&Itemid=89 One of the Poland's most popular electro rock reggae bands comes to Ruction on Forster Street on Friday 25 April. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5460&Itemid=89 Since his arrival on the scene in 2004 with the self-released EP 'Will O' The Wisp', Ian Whitty has been heralded by many of his peers as one of the most exciting up-and-coming lyricists and performers on the Irish scene. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5461&Itemid=89 Dublin band Prison Love will play The Crane Bar on Sea Road on Saturday 26 April at 9pm. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0100