Lakeland inspires artists
Thu, Jun 12, 2025
The UachtarARTS Community Group will launch its latest exhibition Lough Corrib, Our Legacy – Ár gCroí, tomorrow, Friday, June 13, at 7:00pm in the Courthouse Gallery, Oughterard.
Read more ...Basque residency for city busker
Thu, Jun 12, 2025
Rocío Grau is well-known as a busker in Galway, regularly playing classical music on her keyboard on the city’s streets.
Read more ...Humanity amid Burren wildlife
Thu, Jun 12, 2025
An exhibition of her latest works will be unveiled at Galway city’s Town Hall Theatre tomorrow, Friday, June 13, at 5pm.
Read more ...‘Dimensions’ art show in Tuam
Thu, Jun 05, 2025
Dimensions, is the latest exhibition from GRETB’s QQI Level 5 Art and Digital Media programme.
Read more ...Arts graduate show at ATU
Thu, Jun 05, 2025
ATU’s annual Graduate Exhibition featuring the work of 95 emerging artists, animators, filmmakers and designers will open to the public this Saturday, June 7, in ATU’s School of Design and Creative Arts on Wellpark Road.
Read more ...What the folk is going on?
Thu, May 29, 2025
With one week to go before the 2025 Galway Folk Festival, excitement is building as the city transforms into a vibrant hub of folk, roots, and traditional music.
Read more ...Lips, Legs and Locks down Druid Lane
Thu, May 29, 2025
An all-girl team of Galwegian dramatists will begin a three-night run of their latest production Broads at Druid’s Mick Lally Theatre from this evening, Thursday, May 29, until Saturday, nightly, at 8pm.
Read more ...Ragaire returns
Thu, May 29, 2025
Galway-based literary magazine Ragaire will launch its third edition tomorrow, Friday, May 30, in The Porter Shed, on Market Street, at 6.30pm.
Read more ...Bit of fun at Outset
Thu, May 22, 2025
It’s All a Bit of Fun (Until Somebody Gets Hurt) opens tomorrow, Friday, May 23, at the gallery on Middle Street.
Read more ...Local cartoonists seek industry gongs
Thu, May 15, 2025
The biennial Irish Animation Awards will be held in Galway later this month, one day after a special industry meitheal on Friday, May 23, at the Galway Bay Hotel in Salthill.
Read more ...Big noise from new art
Thu, May 15, 2025
White Noise Seven are a group of artists based in Galway which work in various and diverse media.
Read more ...Art portfolios ‘Emerge’ from GTI
Thu, May 08, 2025
Galway Technical Institute will host Emerge next week, a two-day, pop-up showcase of works by art students, from Thursday, May 15.
Read more ...Photo exhibition of old Galway streetscapes
Thu, May 08, 2025
Running until June 3, this collection of more than 40 photographs captures Galway city and its people in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Read more ...The Power of Three
Thu, Apr 03, 2025
The artists in the exhibition are Ceva Thomas, Regina O’Dea and Svetlana Akusevits.
Ceva is a mixed media visual artist from Galway city. She would describe her art as a mixture of abstract and surrealism, using lots of colour and suggestive line and texture. She hopes her art brings some colour and happiness to the viewer.
Read more ...Cresswell comes home to Kinvara
Thu, Mar 06, 2025
This March, Kinvara Heritage Group is delighted to present 'Cresswell Comes Home', an exhibition at Kinvara Courthouse showcasing photographs of local Kinvara people, daily life, and landscapes captured by Robert Cresswell in the 1950s. Official opening will be on Friday, March 14 at 7pm and the photos will be exhibited until March 23.
Cresswell, a Paris-based American anthropologist, lived in Kinvara between 1955 and 1956, during which time he took over 400 photographs documenting the area. He later gifted the copyright of these images to the Kinvara Community Council for educational and heritage purposes. A selection of his photographs were featured in the 2019 Ireland in Focus exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland.
Read more ...'Truth or Dare' at Monroe’s
Thu, Jan 23, 2025
High-octane Scottish ska band PorkPie will bring their upcoming ‘Truth or Dare’ tour to Monroe’s Live on Saturday, October 4, with doors open at 8pm.
Read more ...Drive It Like It’s Stolen in Galway
Thu, Jan 23, 2025
Philadelphia’s singer-songwriter Dave Hause is coming to Galway to play the Róisín Dubh on Saturday, February 22.
Read more ...Talk on St Brigid in Moylough
Thu, Jan 23, 2025
To celebrate the 1,500th anniversary of the death of St Brigid, there will be a talk in Moylough Community, Heritage and Resource Centre on Friday, January 31, at 8pm.
Read more ...Star is born at St Nick's
Thu, Nov 14, 2024
Solaris, a brand-new creative project which brings audiences on a journey through the life stages of a star, will be showcased at Saint Nicholas’ Church, from today, Thursday, November 14, to Sunday, November 17.
Read more ...First Impressions at Hall of the Red Earl
Thu, Oct 31, 2024
Hosted at the historic Hall of the Red Earl on Druid Lane, this free exhibition will run throughout the current season, inviting the public to experience the vibrant beauty and creativity of Galway-inspired impressionist art.
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