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,…

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Huston Graduate Curating At ‘Be Kind, Rewind’

Speaking to Katarina Lodel, a graduate of the Huston School of Film and Digital Media who has been selected as one of the curators of the ‘Be Kind, Rewind’ Festival opening in Dublin this week.

Argentinian dance artist Rocío Dominguez

Many MEs Dance Premiere in Galway

Argentinian dance artist Rocío Dominguez is premiering MANY MEs in the Black Box Theatre on Friday 13th September. In this new work Rocío reflects on her personal experiences of transit, loss, and rebirth. Echoes of a sister’s death, the lingering wounds of a violent love relationship, and the ache of a distant home intertwine as Rocío finds herself trapped in a  relentless quest…

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Students’ Union Launches Practical Training for Students

University of Galway Students’ Union today launched their Life Skills courses for the2024/25 academic year. Since 2009 the Students’ Union has been running a widerange of subsidised courses for the 19,000 students of University of Galway with theaim of increasing their practical knowledge. These courses help to improve theemployment prospects…

Galway Cartoon Festival Launches Today

Ahead of this evenings launch of Galway Cartoon Festival we spoke with Kernan Andrews to preview some of the Artists coming to Galway in October The launch will take place at Charlie Byrne’s bookshop at 6pm today and a host of National and International Artists are already announced for this…

Galway Film Fleadh // To A Land Unknown

Luke Conlisk caught up with Mahdi Fleifel, director of the 2024 Galway Film Fleadh closing movie. Cannes Directors’ Fortnight film, To a Land Unknown follows Chatila and Reda who are saving to pay for fake passports to get out of Athens. When Reda loses their hard-earned cash to his dangerous drug addiction,…

Galway Film Fleadh // Poison

Désirée Nosbusch’s feature film debut, Poison, starring Tim Roth and Trine Dyrholm has its Irish premiere in the Galway Film Fleadh this weekend. Heather Hinchon-Quinn caught up with Director Désirée, and star Tim this afternoon for a wide-ranging chat. In this feature debut from Désirée Nosbusch, Poison follows previously married, Lucas and…

Galway Film Fleadh // Froggie

Hannah and Emelyn from Irish Impressions interviewed the creative minds behind Froggie , The Morgan Brothers (on Zoom, as they were in Bulgaria). Froggie is a primarily Irish-language comedy film shot in the City of Galway. The film is about two brothers who have performed the same song for twenty…