A solo exhibition of new work in video, photography and sculptural installation by Galway artist Louise Manifold entitled Unnatural Esoteric will be launched by Galway Arts Centre this Friday 5 March at 6pm in 47 Dominick Street. All of Manifold’s work has the theme of disconnection and distance from the world of which one is living in, while encouraging a creation of an individual reality.

Following last year's hugely successful production of Calamity Jane, which scooped two nominations at the AIMS Awards, the Patrician Musical Society's take on one of Gilbert and Sullivan's finest pieces, The Mikado, in the Town Hall Theatre from Tuesday 9 to Saturday 13 of March

Celebrating 70 years in 2010, Kenny's Art Gallery have a new exhibition by popular English artist Barry Herniman opening next Saturday 6 March at 2pm. The exhibition features paintings based on Herniman's sketches of his travels around Ireland.

Alice in Wonderland in 3D
Rating: PG
Genre: Adventure/Family/Fantasy
Cast: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Mia Wasikowska, Anne Hathaway, Alan Rickman, Michael Sheen

Talented DJ/producer Kormac plays Bar 903 this Friday night, 5 March, bringing his trademark beat-tastic DJ set, with live visuals by his erstwhile assistant Q the Visual Monkey. Kormac's scratched-up, genre-bending dancefloor sets have seen him share turntables with everyone from Coldcut to Grandmaster Flash and many more and he features regularly on Ninja Tune's Solid Steel radio show.

Wednesday 3 March
Where: Central Park
What: Disco Divas Ladies
Time: 10.45pm

A night of quality tunes for a very good cause is promised this Friday 5 March in Kelly's with DJ's Ronan, Damien G and special guests playing across the board party selections of funk, soul, house, disco and more. All proceeds go directly to Haven Build It Week, with whom event organiser Oonagh will travel to Haiti to help build homes and community facilities.

Galway's own dadhouse deviants The Disconauts host a special late night party and their first live show of 2010 in the Róisín Dubh on Saturday 6 March. The night will feature deckmonkeys Keith and Padraic on the ones and twos, live Latin percussion from Mark Logan and the sublime trumpet of Ben Edwards.

Comedy wasn't the first thing on young David O'Doherty's mind as he grew up. His dad Jim is a famous jazz pianist and a young jazz obsessed David harboured dreams of a similar path. "With my dad rehearsing all the time in the house and big bands marching up and down the stairs, it was only natural. But you can't learn jazz, either you have it or you don't."

The fourth annual Tedfest comes Galway, as well as the Aran Islands, in March, with Dominick Street the place to see The Toilet Duck awards show, a Fr Ted Table Quiz and a night of stand up comedy from some of stars of the Fr Ted series. On Monday 1 March at 8pm Massimo presents TedFest table quiz. It's €30 for a table of four and first prize is four weekend passes to Tedfest 4.