With her love, laughter and warmth, this show is a unique evening not to be missed. Book your tickets now to see this phenomenal psychic in action.
Do we worry about climate change? Understanding climate change perceptions in the North West region of Ireland
Speaker: Axel Leahy
In 1983 Billy Magra was hailed as one of Ireland’s best stand-up comedians, appearing on the Late Late Show and blazing a trail for others.
The Regina Rogers School of Ballet will showcase a Ballet Gala which promises to dazzle and entertain.
Pärt’s setting of the St. John Passion is perhaps one of the best-known choral works of the late twentieth-century. The gospel narrative speaks with direct intimacy...
Jack Lukeman invites you to celebrate the 21st anniversary of his first original album Metropolis Blue.
The Whileaways visit the Town Hall Theatre for this very special, intimate gig. The Galway band “stake their claim to being among the finest singers in the country” (Hot Press), and certainly know how to weave a spell over their home crowd.
Presented by Europe's No. 1 Tribute Bye Bye Baby. Bye Bye Baby is more than your average tribute group.
From Medieval Galway map to 3D model - a window into the past
Speakers: Gavin Duffy & Eithne Verling
Coolio took over the world rap scene in the 90's through the immense success of “Gangsta’s Paradise”, which won a Grammy in 1996 for Best Rap Performance.
Following their sold-out Swan Lake season (nationwide tour), Ballet Ireland is delighted to present: Bold Moves - an exhilarating triple-bill of dance.
Milton reveals the truth about being an international spy, before being given a disappointing new identity which forced him to appear on Mock the Week, Live at the Apollo.
Experience the WORLD PREMIERE of Wait a new piece for String Quartet, composed by Ailís Ní Ríain, which was co-commissioned by Galway Music Residency and Cúirt International Festival of Literature.
Sophie Toscan du Plantier was murdered days before Christmas in 1996, her body discovered at the edge of her property near the town of Schull in West Cork...
At the very start of the festival, we unveil the Galway Cello, fashioned out of the Galway landscape by luthier Kuros Torkzadeh, for many years resident in Galway. Cellissimo opens with...
Aslan's 2020 tour will see the Dublin band performing songs from their full back catalogue of albums with a host of hit singles alongside fan favourites.
This concert takes us on a journey from the brightness of day into the shadows of evening.
Travel from Galway to Cleggan by coach, and to Inishbofin by ferry. In small groups you will be led on a cello trail around the island.
Two unique cellists, two unique voices. One from Sicily, the other from Headford; both resident in Italy.
Cello Ireland is a collective of diverse cellists from across Ireland. Expect music for different combinations of cellos, from two to eight cellos, with well-known favourites and some unexpected departures.
Cello Bach Suite No. 2 in D minor BWV 1008
Ligeti Sonata for solo cello
Kodály Sonata for solo cello, third movement Allegro motto vivace
Five cellists from different corners of Europe join artistic director of Cellissimo Finghin Collins for a marathon performance of the master’s five sonatas, spanning his entire career.
Everyone can make music. To prove that, Micha Wertheim was instructed by the Ministry for Education to learn to play the cello ...
Music for Galway has co-commissioned two new cello concertos with the Cello Biennale Amsterdam.
This exciting new Fidget Feet production, blending circus, aerial dance and theatre, is delivered by an award-winning team
Two quintets by the extravagantly gifted Boccherini and the sublime Schubert frame one of Mozart’s Prussian Quartets, written for the King of Prussia, himself a keen cellist.
We are delighted to present Mischa Maisky, one of the world’s truly legendary artists, in recital with his daughter Lily.
Another cracking programme, this time featuring the Zagreb Soloists from ECOC partner country Croatia, directed by their former artistic director, the charismatic French cellist Marc Coppey
Round off your day with a late-night concert in the beautiful surroundings of Claregalway Castle with outstanding English cellist Adrian Brendel and pianist Finghin Collins.
Another cracking programme, this time featuring the Zagreb Soloists from ECOC partner country Croatia, directed by their former artistic director, the charismatic French cellist Marc Coppey
We can safely say that Galway will never have seen the like of it before. A spectacular finale to end the week of all weeks, cellistically speaking.
Our twelve cello students from all over Europe will have spent the week taking part in masterclasses with our visiting cellists and performing short popup concerts throughout Galway city.
Since 2016, brothers Zachary and Dylan Zmed along with their partner and drummer Burleigh Drummond, have celebrated the pivotal music and history of The Everly Brothers legacy with enthusiastic crowds all across the US and overseas.
Alison and Kevin, comedian's who've both been on telly team up for a major mini-tour.
The Speks present a lively show of nursery rhymes and sing-along songs set to acoustic Irish music which will have adults and kids jumping in their seats!
Embark on a thrilling night of adventure with a brand-new collection of short films from the world’s most prestigious mountain film festival!
YBW presents the world premiere Cladach which celebrates through dance the culture and traditions of the Claddagh village in Galway, famous for its fisherfolk, swans, legends and the Claddagh ring...
A new voice in Irish playwriting, Into the Dark Woods is a subtle, powerful play that speaks with gentleness and a ravaging rage.
A little space where we can escape the world and be ourselves. Where we can say whatever we want, do whatever we feel and where no-one will ever bother us.
The story unfolds around a table. That everyday kitchen table known to us all, a meeting point in constant change and stagnation.
You are warmly invited to join Speckled Egg Dance Company for an intimate, live dance performance that explores what it means to be welcomed into someone else's home.
Jim and Gary have a double life. They are actors by night…but by day they are... The Water Boys for Carrickshock hurling team!
In Les Diables, 7 actors from l’Oiseau-Mouche gather to illuminate what life makes us forfeit: the possible displacement of the norm.
The story follows Jessica a transgender actress at Theater Babel in Rotterdam. She shares her story openly, nothing remains unspoken, all is vulnerable, without taboos.
The starting point for this show was a protest organised by people with disabilities and their parents which began in the Polish Parliament on 18 April 2018 and lasted for forty days.
In his lifetime, Rosenmüller was considered one of Europe’s greatest and most well-travelled musicians, and a key figure in bringing Italian musical ideas to Germany.
Legendary Status Quo lead singer Francis Rossi will share the extraordinary secrets of his 50-plus years in rock’n’roll when he takes to the stage for an intimate evening of chat and music.
Impressionist Oliver Callan brings his award-winning Callan’s Kicks comedy show to life on stage for the first time in five years.
Be prepared to stand in your seats as Rebecca O’Connor delivers her flawless rendition of Tina Turner’s greatest hits including Nutbush City Limits, Proud Mary, River Deep...
The only Beatles tribute act endorsed by Sir George Martin and the stars of the award-winning Get Back show, The Classic Beatles visit Galway for the first time.
In the hysterical sequel to our smash-hit Menopause The Musical®, we fast forward five years to catch up with the same four characters for tales of their lives, loves and losses as they set off on the high seas.
A new community opera for Galway, to celebrate 700 years of St. Nicholas’ Collegiate Church
The journey in our fourth Abendmusik programme is of a more metaphysical nature, from human despair to transcendent love.
Exposing every side of what it means to co-exist in Ireland today, six people will confront their pride, prejudice and privilege.
Whitney Houston’s musical legacy is brought to life in this critically acclaimed tribute show described as “mind-blowingly spot on”.
The Mighty Ocean premieres a new and eloquent instrumental suite by renowned Galway musician and composer Máirtín O’Connor.
Dive into a night of mesmerising ocean adventure! The Ocean Film Festival World Tour is back for 2020 with a brand-new collection of the world’s most incredible ocean films!
This programme begins with the disconsolate darkness of the Salve Regina prayer, but in Grigorjeva’s setting, suffused with hope through long arching Byzantine-inspired melodic lines.
Accompanied by stunning lighting and visuals “Echoes – The Best of Pink Floyd LIVE” is a real Pink Floyd Experience, a psychedelic rock trip not to be missed.
Direct from Australia, Showtime invites you to dance your way into a time warp of 70’s disco dance floor thrillers and timeless heartfelt rock ballads with The Bee Gees Night Fever!
Join Ed as he takes a long hard look at himself and tries to decide if he has ANY traits that are worth passing on to his children.
A day of celebration of one of Galway’s finest daughters, Emily Anderson. Music for Galway has honoured her each year and this year is no different.
Serendipitously, our final Abendmusik of the season falls on the feast day of St Cecilia, patron saint of musicians.
Blindboy's increased notability away from his band Rubberbandits, has allowed for him to explore wider avenues and create perhaps outrageously mind-altering brainchildren which can only be described as courageous, yet bonkers.
I am often asked “where do you get your material from?” The truth is really that I try to see the funny in everything.
With joy, the spark of the gods, Music for Galway ends its programme for Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture.
