GalwayIndependent.com Entertaiment Feed http://www.galwayindependent.com Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:56:05 +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=18895&Itemid=89 Local fledgling theatre company One Shot World bring their adaptation of 'Stags N Hens' by Willy Russell (writer of Shirley Valentine) to the Black Box Theatre for three nights from Thursday 25 to Saturday 27 March. Set in the toilets of a run-down Galway nightclub, the play focuses on the respective stag and hen nights of Dave (Gerard Faherty) and Linda (Amanda Coyne), who unwittingly arrive at the same venue. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18896&Itemid=89 There's no Laughter Lounge tonight but the weekly gigglefest returns next Wednesday, 24 March with a show from the 2002 Time Out Comedy Award winner, Mike Wilmot. Proffering 'potty mouth' comedy with a gravel-throated growl, Mike Wilmot is sure to deliver many a ‘did he just say that?' moment. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18897&Itemid=89 Wednesday 17 March Where: Fibber Magees What: Resident DJ Time: 9.30pm Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18898&Itemid=89 The RTE National Symphony Orchestra, in conjunction with Music For Galway, bring a spectacular show to Leisureland on Tuesday 23 March. The orchestra will be conducted by Takuo Yuasa and will feature acclaimed soloists Nicola Benedetti on violin and soprano Mairead Buicke. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18899&Itemid=89 The celebrated Irish contemporary composer, Eric Sweeney, will premiere his new work 'Hymn to Gaia' in St Nicholas Collegiate Church this Saturday, 20 March with three of Ireland's leading choirs – Tribal Chamber Choir, Galway directed by Mark Keane; The Lassus Scholars, Dublin directed by Ite O'Donovan; and Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Waterford directed by Eric himself. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18900&Itemid=89 Bono's favourite U2 tribute act, 'Rattle & Hum' play upstairs at Monroe's Live on Friday night, 19 March. The group bears an uncanny resemblance to their inspiration with lead singer Michael Malone imitating Bono in every way, from his highly emotive performance to the fly shades and leather of the Zoo Tour. As well as perfectly mimicking the U2 sound, the band also looks the part. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18901&Itemid=89 Galway native Jimmy Fitzgerald, along with fellow Little Fish Mamin Cajun Band players Paul Gunning and John Martyn will join Tola Custy as they serve up a tasty musical Cajun gumbo this Sunday afternoon, 21 March at the St Patrick's Band Hall immediately next to the train station. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18902&Itemid=89 Undeniably one of Ireland's finest musical collectives, The Redneck Manifesto make a very welcome return to Galway this week when they play the Roisin Dubh on Friday, 19 March. TRM have already released three modern Irish classic records in the shape of Thirty Six Strings (2001), Cut Your Heart Off From Your Head (2002) and I Am Brazil (2004). Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18903&Itemid=89 Two of Limerick's up and coming bands, Last Days of Death Country and Supermodel Twins come together for an explosive show upstairs in Kelly's Live tomorrow, Thursday 18 March. Spread between Limerick and Belfast, four-piece grunge rockers Last Days of Death Country are gaining recognition for their live shows. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18904&Itemid=89 The West coast's finest exponents of the raw and real Americana feel The Cartoon Thieves play Róisín Dubh today, Wednesday 17 March. Mixing original songs with fresh interpretations of old gems, The Cartoon Thieves' live show is a rumbling, riotous experience, where dirty swamp blues, soulful acapella numbers, bittersweet melodies and straight up rock 'n' roll are all fused together with a junkyard spook. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18905&Itemid=89 UK indie sensations Wild Beasts play Strange Brew in the Roisin Dubh on Thursday 25 March, where they'll be joined by Irish wunderkinds Villagers. Leeds based Wild Beasts' breezy pop sound and lead singer Hayden Thorpe's theatrical falsetto (both of which were akin to the style of fellow Brit Mika) earned the group a dedicated following around the UK, leading them to signing with Domino Records in 2007. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18906&Itemid=89 Hailed as "The poetic soul of Ireland" by John Spillane and as a man whose "voice always, always brings me into the song" by Christy Moore, popular singer songwriter Ger Wolfe plays The Crane Bar next Thursday 25 March. With songs like 'The Curra Road' and 'The Lark of Mayfield', Ger Wolfe has been steadily making a name for himself as one of the most respected singer/songwriters in this country. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18907&Itemid=89 With the World Cup just around the corner, Irish comic troupe Apres Match are ready to come out of hibernation and play ball. As part of a nationwide tour, Gary Cooke, Risteard Cooper and Barry Murphy play the Town Hall on Friday 30 April. Apres Match first appeared on RTE in 1998 and have since performed sell-out shows throughout the country as well as producing six chart topping DVDs. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18908&Itemid=89 The chilled vibes of the Body and Soul area of Electric Picnic make it one of the most popular parts of the yearly boutique festival and this year sees the very first Body & Soul Gathering in the lush surrounds of Ballinlough Castle, Co. Meath on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 June. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18909&Itemid=89 From humble beginnings Martin Reeves, AKA Krafty Kuts, is now one of the big players on the world’s club scene, djing alongside The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim and even the Rolling Stones. Originally inspired by the hip-hop and electro sounds that were rocking his world, Martin first stepped behind a pair of decks in the late 90s when he entered a DJ competition. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18910&Itemid=89 MUSIC: Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate – Ali & Toumani - (World Circuit) The long awaited follow-up to the duo's stunning 'In The Heart Of The Moon' sees them eschew the desert and record instead in a London studio but the music loses none of its raw magic. Masterful, mellow, ethereal, trance inducing kora and guitar blues that will leave you just a little bit breathless. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18911&Itemid=89 Trading Faces Stage School present 'Oliver & West Side Story' at the Town Hall Theatre from Monday 29 March to Thursday 1 April. The shows will feature junior and senior performers from the school, with the junior performers taking on Oliver while the senior performers will take on 'West Side Story' with the shows featuring much loved numbers like 'Food Glorious Food', 'Got to Pick a Pocket', 'Officer Krupke' and 'Tonight'. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18912&Itemid=89 The Regina Rogers School of Ballet presents a Gala Concert Programme in the Town Hall Theatre this Sunday, 21 March at 3pm and 8pm. This colourful and entertaining programme will feature both junior and senior dancers, three of whom are members of the Irish Youth Russian Ballet Company. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18913&Itemid=89 Leigh Arnold, Claire Tully, Alan Shortt and Alan Devine star in 'My First Time', which runs at the Town Hall Theatre from Thursday 18 to Saturday 20 March. In 1998 a website was created allowing people to anonymously share their own true stories about their 'First Times'. The website became an instant phenomenon and now over 70,000 stories have poured in from around the globe. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18914&Itemid=89 IFTA winning director Ken Wardrop has started a nationwide search for the perfect characters for his new feature film. Wardrop drew national and international acclaim in the last year for his wonderful documentary 'His & Hers', which took the Audience Award at this year's Dublin Film Festival, was a huge hit at Sundance and won Best Irish Feature at last summer's Galway Film Fleadh Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18915&Itemid=89 An exhibition by 31 second year Art & Design and Film & Television students at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) opened to the public this week in the Dublin Road campus. Comprised of paintings, photographs, ceramics, sculpture, installations and video work, the exhibition, entitled Proximity, is supported by lecturers, past students and many generous sponsors. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18916&Itemid=89 An exhibition by Galway based Polish photographer Kamil Krawczak opens at University Hospital, Galway on Friday 19 March, where it will be officially launched by GMIT photograph lecturer Jim Vaughan. Kamil decided to remain in the West after falling in love with Galway city and its unique culture. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18917&Itemid=89 Zonad Rating: 15A Genre: Comedy Cast: Simon Delaney, Janice Byrne, Donna Dent, David Murray, Rory Keenan, David Pearse Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18918&Itemid=89 Wednesday 17 March Where: Central Park What: Disco Divas Ladies Time: 10.45pm Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18919&Itemid=89 2010 has seen the 110th Street duo Sisi in as fine form as they've been in years; their parties at Deeper has seen the basement venue packed to the rafters and the duo's mixing of disco with house or fusing techno with borrowed nostalgia from the unremembered 80s constantly moves their uninhibited, unpretentious crowd. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18920&Itemid=89 The good ship Gigantic sets sail once again this Saturday and joining the party in Kelly's are up and coming Irish band BATS. A five-piece band based in Dublin, BATS' blend of visceral but catchy post-punk/hardcore/metal and scientific musings has attracted a wide spectrum of fans, earning them a 'ones to watch' title by Rock Sound Magazine who also lauded their 'choppy rhythms, spontaneous clap-along moments and infectious hooks'. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18921&Itemid=89 Local Dubstep crew DubCulture take over Cuba*Live on Friday, 19 March for their latest excursion into bottom heavy beats and booming bass. DubCulture residents Phonetik and NinjaBit will be joined by guests Noid the Droid, playing his own twisted take on 140bpm riddims, and Dublin DJ Mooney. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18922&Itemid=89 Record label owner, producer and DJ A.Skillz' brings his party rockin', road blockin' beats to Bar 903 this Saturday night, where his scratching and mixing style will see him fuse funk, soul and hip-hop with D'n'B, dub-step and breaks. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18746&Itemid=89 For an up and coming songwriter, James Vincent McMorrow has already had an eventful few years in the music business. He picked up in a publishing deal with EMI in 2008, his songs 'We Don't Eat' and 'Follow You Down To The Red Oak Tree' have just been included on One Tree Hill series and as part of the children's charity Barnardos TV campaign respectively. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18747&Itemid=89 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Rating: 18 Genre: Crime/Mystery/Thriller Cast: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Sven-Bertil Taub Director: Niels Arden Oplev Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18748&Itemid=89 Wednesday 10 March Where: Central Park What: Disco Divas Ladies Time: 10.45pm Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18749&Itemid=89 Galway's electronic collective Lowerstate put on their first local show for 2010 on St Patrick’s Day in Deeper where London deep house don Wbeeza will be playing live. Wbeeza's sound has been burning discerning dancefloors worldwide in the last two years thanks to a slew of quality releases. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18750&Itemid=89 Planetlove returns to the GPO for a night of electrifying sounds as Dutch DJing legend Marcel Woods spearheads the club's St Patrick's Eve celebrations on Tuesday 16 March. Woods will be joined by Ireland’s favourite dance music duo, Timmy & Tommy with support from local rising heroes Michael Doherty and Damo Kay. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18751&Itemid=89 Cuba is putting on two huge shows on St Patrick's Day this year as they bring The Beastie Boys DJ, Mix Master Mike to The Warwick and the electronic madness of The Bloody Beetroots to Cuba. After winning three DMC World Titles in a row in 1992, '93 and '94 with Q-Bert as 'The Dream Team' friends and fellow turntablists D-Styles, Triple Threat, Apollo and Shortkut joined Mike and Q-Bert to form the turntablist supergroup Invisible Skratch Picklz and soon after this the Beastie Boys asked Mike to become their resident DJ. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18752&Itemid=89 After last month’s sold out Classics party, Disconauts return to take the controls at Deeper this Saturday, 13 March, bringing their trademark deep, soulful house and dubby, sleazy disco vibes to Deeper. Doors 11pm til late, dancing tax €10 and there are half-price concessions available from The Cellar and other clued in Galway establishments. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18753&Itemid=89 Grouchy, deadpan, comic genius Rich Hall plays the second of two shows in the Laughter Lounge in Roisin Dubh tonight, Wednesday 10 March. A master of absurdist irony, Edinburgh fringe favourite and Perrier Award winner Hall plays to full houses at clubs and festivals all over the world such as the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and, as his musical alter-ego Otis Lee Crenshaw. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18754&Itemid=89 The Laughter Lounge takes a break from its weekly Wednesday comedy sessions for St Patrick's Day, but comes back with a bang on Wednesday 24 March with a show from the 2002 Time Out Comedy Award winner Mike Wilmot. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18755&Itemid=89 Popular Galway 1996 Olympian Francie 'Southpaw' Barrett will make his first appearance on stage in 'Stags N Hens' by Willy Russell (Shirley Valentine), which will be staged at the Black Box Theatre from Thursday 25 to Saturday 27 March. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18756&Itemid=89 Local theatre group TrueWest opened their adaptation of 'The Head of Red O'Brien' (the first play scripted by 'Garage' and 'Adam and Paul' writer Mark O'Halloran) in the Nuns Island Theatre last night and it runs nightly until Sunday 14 March. The tragic-comedy sees Red O'Brien reflect on the disintegration of his relationship with his wife Mary, while he recovers following a near-fatal knife attack on him by Mary. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18757&Itemid=89 Leigh Arnold, Claire Tully, Alan Shortt and Alan Devine star in a play of firsts that comes to the Town Hall Theatre later this month. My First Time features the four actors in hysterical and heartbreaking stories about first sexual experiences written by real people . . . just like you. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18758&Itemid=89 Acorn's Theatre Company brings Martin McDonagh's uniquely funny play 'The Cripple of Inishmaan' to Hayden's Hotel, Ballinasloe later this month. This dark comedy, which is not without some powerful moments of pathos, is sure to entertain, containing as it does elements of farce, amazingly eccentric characters, witty banter, bitingly sharp dialogue and varying degrees of political incorrectness. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18759&Itemid=89 New York's Fun Lovin' Criminals have just released their new single and album 'Classic Fantastic' and the boys have announced two intimate Irish dates on Easter Saturday 3 April at The Palace Navan, Co. Meath and Easter Sunday 4 April at The Academy Dublin. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18760&Itemid=89 The third Forge At Gort takes place on Friday 26 and Saturday 27 March and a preliminary line-up of events has just been announced. Some of the events featured at this year's festival will include: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18761&Itemid=89 MUSIC: Joanna Newsom – 'Have One On Me' - (Drag City) The long awaited follow up to Ys is an 18 song three CD box set but don't let that put you off. Newsom's harp and her Kate Bush-esque falsetto still sparkle and, as you dive into the record at any given point, there's a welcoming warmth to the songs. The seductive sound of someone a little bit older and wiser. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18762&Itemid=89 Community, social and voluntary groups from around Galway are being invited to take part in a project that will allow them make their own documentary. ID Projects, now in its eleventh year, is funded by the Arts Council with Galway City and County Councils. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18763&Itemid=89 This Sunday 14 March sees the launch of The Sunday Club at Aras na Gael on Dominick Street. The Sunday Club will run weekly and is a fundraiser for the Cycle to Africa at the end of May in aid of Galway Hospice for whom the organisers are hoping to raise over €40,000. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18764&Itemid=89 A special St Patrick's Eve celebration is to take place at Claire's Tea Rooms in Clarinbridge next Tuesday. The event is being held to fundraise for a volunteering initiative with Open Arms Malawi, being undertaken by Ailbhe Timmons of Kinvara, and promises good food and great music from TG4 Musician of the Year 2009 Charlie Harris and friends. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18765&Itemid=89 Moonfish Theatre will present the Irish premiere of Brewers Fayre, by well-known Scottish playwright David Grieg, at Kelly's Lunchtime Theatre this week. In an unusual twist, the entire audience is invited to play one of the roles in this sensitive and topical play 'full of questioning and tenderness about our sometimes desperate strategies for making life worth living'. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18766&Itemid=89 The internationally renowned medium and psychic Margaret Hurdman comes to the Town Hall Theatre for one evening on Thursday 25 March. Margaret has written two books, 'Margaret the Person' and 'A Little More Time', and appeared on numerous TV and radio programmes. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18767&Itemid=89 Visual artist, Aideen Barry will be tutoring a six evening animation course at Galway Film Centre this month, commencing Tuesday 23 March. The course, aimed at beginners and those with a little knowledge, will show participants how to make their own short animation films using every sort of material including photgraphs, video, drawings and clay. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18768&Itemid=89 Over The Edge presents readings by Orla Higgins, Cahal Dallat, Moya Roddy and Kate Dempsey at Sheridan's Wine Bar on Friday 12 March at 8pm. Having recently graduated with an MA in Writing from NUIG, Orla Higgins won the Over the Edge New Fiction Writer Competition in 2009 for Thin Blue Line and was a featured reader at the Over The Edge Emerging Writers Showcase at the 2009 Cuirt International Festival of Literature. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18769&Itemid=89 Wednesday 10 March Where: Fibber Magees What: Resident DJ Time: 9.30pm Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18770&Itemid=89 Though line-up changes have inevitablty occurred over the years, The Fureys & Davey Arthur celebrated their 30th anniversary in 2008 and George, Eddie, Davey Arthur and co continue to delight audiences. The oldest of the brothers, Eddie Furey left home in 1966 and travelled to Scotland at the time of the great folk revival where he met and shared accommodation in Edinburgh with then unknown folk singers Billy Connolly, Gerry Rafferty and Alex Campbell, now all famous in their own right. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18771&Itemid=89 British singer-songwriter Tom McRae has just released his fifth album 'Alphabet of Hurricanes' and, as part of his Irish tour, he calls into the Róisín Dubh tomorrow night Thursday 11 March. 'Alphabet of Hurricanes' is McRae's first album for Cooking Vinyl and his most ambitious album to date. It was written over a two-year period during which he toured extensively across Europe, North America and the Far East. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18772&Itemid=89 From 'Dancing Queen' to 'Waterloo', ABBA is still one of the most popular groups in the world today, their record-breaking songs continuing to thrill generations. Abbamania, widely regarded as the UK's Top ABBA Tribute Band, will show the enduring popularity of the ABBA legacy when they play the Town Hall Theatre on Wednesday 24 March. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18773&Itemid=89 With their high-energy live performance creating waves around the country, Midlands four-piece Adamslocker bring their live show to Monroe's Live this Friday, 12 March. Brothers Paul, Des and Simon Sheerin and front man Joe Rabbette will bring their crowd-pleasing mix of classic rock with past and current chart toppers to Galway's newest live venue. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18774&Itemid=89 The winsome poet laureate of Irish music plays the Roisin Dubh on Friday 12 March. Fionn Regan recently released his second album The Shadow Of An Empire, a more bluesy, electric trip from his debut album, the Mercury Prize and Choice Music Prize nominated 'The End of History'. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18775&Itemid=89 Acclaimed Irish guitarist Declan Sinnott plays The Crane Bar with his band Small Town Talk tonight, Wednesday 10 March. Joining Declan are a band of seasoned and experienced musicians including singer-songwriter Hank Wedel, drummer Martin Leahy and bassist Eleanor Healy. Sinnott is well known throughout Ireland and beyond, having worked since the '70s with Christy Moore, Mary Black and Moving Hearts. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18776&Itemid=89 Since the release of their debut EP 'Blackboots & Blackhearts' in 2008, the Dublin trio Sweet Jane have been one of Ireland's most talked about new bands. They've toured the UK and Ireland with Glasvegas, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Kills and White Lies and, over the last 18 months, have been an integral part of Alan McGee and BP Fallon's infamous Rock & Roll circus DEATH DISCO in London and Dublin. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18777&Itemid=89 Gilbert O'Sullivan's Galway show on Monday 15 March in the Radisson Blu Hotel has been moved to the Town Hall Theatre. Promising a hugely entertaining night for Gilbert fans old and new, the Waterford born superstar will be performing all of his massive worldwide hits such as 'Claire Get Down' and 'Nothing Rhymed' and he'll also be treating fans to a little taste of his new album 'Mum's The Word'. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18778&Itemid=89 Coirmcheoil Phádraig, the traditional St Patrick’s Day concert of music and song of the nation produced by An Taibhdhearc in association with Tom Cullivan, will be held in St Patrick's Band Hall, Fairgreen, next Sunday 14 March at 8pm. Singers Hildegarde Naughton, Sandra Schalks and Seosamh O Flaithearta, violinist Éamonn Rabbitte and pianists Elena Gekker and Tom Cullivan will give the concert. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18575&Itemid=89 The Head of Red O'Brien was the first play scripted by Garage and Adam and Paul writer Mark O'Halloran, and local theatre group TrueWest gives the play its debut outside of Dublin when they take it to the stage of the Nuns Island Theatre from Tuesday 9 to Sunday 14 March. This tragic comedy sees Red O'Brien reflect on the disintegration of his relationship with his wife. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18576&Itemid=89 Grouchy, deadpan, comic genius Rich Hall plays two shows in the Laughter Lounge in Roisin Dubh next week on Tuesday 9 and Wednesday 10 March. Edinburgh Fringe favourite and Perrier Award winner Hall left his job as a hurricane namer for the United States Meteorological Service two decades ago and hasn't looked back. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18577&Itemid=89 The fourth annual Tedfest is well underway and tonight, Wednesday 3 March, at the Laughter Lounge sees a special Fr Ted standup show followed, in true Father Ted style, by a Lovely Girls Competition. There's a welcome Galway return for two of Father Ted's favourite characters in standup mode when Patrick McDonnell (sickly sweet television presenter and pop singer Eoin McLove) and Joe Rooney (Fr Damo) take to the stage. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18578&Itemid=89 Local purveyors of punk and rock UsVsThem are bringing Belfast punk'n'roll three-piece The Dangerfields back to Galway to mark the ten-year anniversary of their first performance in the city. The band will perform at Sally Longs tonight, Wednesday 3 March. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18579&Itemid=89 Wednesday 3 March Where: Fibber Magees What: Resident DJ Time: 9.30pm Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18580&Itemid=89 Their last Galway show a year ago was a sell-out and Smokie, one of the most travelled bands in the world, make their long-awaited return to Galway for one night only when they appear in the Town Hall Theatre on Tuesday 16 March. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18581&Itemid=89 Loughrea man Ultan Conlon released his highly anticipated debut album Bless Your Heart to much acclaim at the end of 2009 and the genial Galwegian plays Roisin Dubh this Friday 5 March, where he'll be joined by James Vincent McMorrow. Conlon put in years of hard graft honing his craft and touring the country with the likes of John Martyn, Lisa Hannigan, Mark Geary, Roesy and David Kitt and all the hard work has obviously paid off. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18582&Itemid=89 Following their storming end-of-night set at the Haiti fundraiser in Monroes Live a few weeks ago, The Timbertramps return to the new Dominick Street venue for another night of revelry on their monthly residency this Friday 5 March. Doors 11pm and tickets €10. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18583&Itemid=89 The wonderful Richmond Fontaine return to Galway for an acoustic show upstairs in the Roisin Dubh on Wednesday 10 March. The band released their eighth album We Used to Think the Freeway Sounded like a River last year and the new album delivers Willy Vlautin's classic storytelling, backed by Fontaine's most interesting and accomplished musical performance to date. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18584&Itemid=89 Widely regarded among his peers as one of Ireland's most promising young songwriters, Niall Connolly makes a welcome return to Galway this week when he plays a show upstairs in The Crane Bar on Friday 5 March. Based in New York and with three highly regarded albums under his belt, Connolly released his fourth album Be There I Have To Swim Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18585&Itemid=89 Brian Rooney, one of the most well known faces on the traditional music circuit in London, plays a rare gig in the Crane Bar on Sunday 7 March, where he'll be joined by John Carty and Brian McGrath. Having lived in London for the past 40 years, Rooney astounded the wider traditional community in 1999 with the release of his debut album The Godfather and he was finally recognised as one of the master fiddlers of his generation. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18586&Itemid=89 Northern Irish three-piece Two Door Cinema Club are one of the most talked-about acts at the moment and the Bangor electro pop band play Strange Brew at Roisin Dubh tomorrow, Thursday 4 March. Their music has been loosely compared to the likes of Death Cab for Cutie and Broken Social Scene and the trio's melodic vocals, pulsing rhythms and soaring guitars have been causing major waves of late. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18587&Itemid=89 One of Ireland's finest live performers, the inimitable Jinx Lennon, brings his incendiary brand of punk-folk to the Róisín Dubh this Friday 5 March. Jinx Lennon is a punk/poet/performance artist, whose repertoire contains elements of spoken word, electro, and noise. It is storytelling delivered with a rage and rawness that is beautifully complimented by Jinx's stage partner Miss Paula Flynn's tender vocals. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18588&Itemid=89 MUSIC: Strange Boys - Be Strange - (Rough Trade) Taking off from where last year's excellent debut Strange Boys And Girls Club left off, the Strange Boys have crafted a sophomore album that is an altogether boozier, bluesier affair and is all the better for it. Estranged yet soulful garage pop rock that smacks of the 60s but sounds just right for the here and now. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18589&Itemid=89 Featuring internationally renowned performers and some of the finest talent this country has to offer, Arts in Action and NUI Galway presents a night of traditional arts in the new Bailey Allen Hall on Thursday 25 March. The audience can expect performances from artists based in the West of Ireland including Frankie Gavin, Mairtin O'Connor, Roisin Elsafty, Lillis O'Laoire, Louis de Paor, Ronan Browne, Seosamh O Neachtain, Garry O'Briain and Mary McPartlan, who will treat the audience to an evening of music, sean nos dancing and Irish language poetry. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18590&Itemid=89 The Regina Rogers School of Ballet presents a Gala Concert Programme in the Town Hall Theatre on Sunday 21 March. This colourful and entertaining programme will feature both junior and senior dancers, three of whom are members of the Irish Youth Russian Ballet Company. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18591&Itemid=89 Two Galway bands Go Panda Go and The Coonics are among the four bands (along with Sanskrit and Tupelo) announced for the Galway leg of The JD Set, Ireland's longest running unsigned band competition, which takes place in the Róisín Dubh on Friday 26 March The winning band will go on to compete in The JD Set final in The Village on Thursday 29 April. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18592&Itemid=89 Robert C Kelly and Michael Harrison bring the Michael Scott production of My First Time to the Town Hall Theatre from Thursday 18 to Saturday 20 March. Starring Leigh Arnold, Claire Tully and Alan Shortt, the show features four actors in hysterical and heartbreaking stories about first sexual experiences. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18593&Itemid=89 Promising a little something for everyone to enjoy, the first ever theatre festival kicked off this week in NUI Galway and runs until Friday 5 March. Organisers of the festival are very excited about the prospect of the first theatre festival on campus and Riona Hughes, Societies Officer and Festival Director, said it has been created to showcase the great talents associated with the college. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100