Going Coastal Festival 2024

Going Coastal, a weekend of contemporary original music from Ireland’s western edge, takes place in Galway City from November 29th to December 1st. Featuring an exciting and diverse line-up of emerging and established artists, the festival spans three days across iconic westend venues The Blue Note, Bierhaus, and Róisín Dubh,…

Balcony at the Salt House

Band Profile: Balcony

by Jera Aideen Schiffrer Galway is known for its diverse and lively music scene. Bands and musicians from all over the world flock to the town in search of success. The local pubs host live gigs almost every night so it is not a surprise the locals are involved in…

The Naomi Berrill Trio present ‘Inish’

Naomi is a cellist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and singer, originally from Co. Galway, currently based in Florence, Italy. Her album ‘Inish’ was released on 6th October 2023 by Casa Musicale Sonzogno, Milan, and following a successful launch in Italy, it will tour across Ireland in February 2024. We spoke with Naomi ahead of…

Going Coastal Festival

15 – 19 November 2023 Going Coastal is a festival of contemporary original music featuring young, emerging and established acts from the western edge of Ireland. It takes place over five days, from November 15 – 19, across nine venues in Galway City and includes events curated by The Black…

Siamsa 21-09-23

The biggest thing happening this weekend without a doubt is Culture night, one of the best nights of the year to wander around just soaking things up and going places you don’t normally get to see – This years program is massive and rather than copypasting the listings here we…

Siamsa 07-09-2023

It’s an amazing weekend for Arts Exhibtions in Galway this weekend. This evening (Thursday) at 6pm you can catch the opening reception for Hinterland – an exhibition from Stephanie McLaughlin in Engage Studios. The work depicts a ‘hinterland of shadows’, hinterland being defined as the area lying beyond what is…