Founded in 1978, the Festival collaborates with artists and companies throughout the world to produce and present an international programme of theatre, spectacle, dance, visual arts, music, literature & comedy involving hundreds of artists and performers. Galway Arts Festival is at the heart of all aspects of life in Galway City contributing immeasurably to the economic, social and cultural life of the west of Ireland. Over its 30-year history the Festival has become a vital showcase for Irish arts internationally and international arts in Ireland and is now firmly established as Ireland's leading arts festival.
Galway Arts Festival celebrates its 32nd birthday this year with the Festival taking place from 13-26 July 2009. We look forward to welcoming you to Galway to join us in celebration. Full Festival programme details will be announced in early June.
Its been a while and we thought it was about time we updated you on what we've been up to. Our debut EP Little World is now available at our gigs and will soon be available from our myspace and facebook pages, you will also be able to download it from itunes, but we don't have a release date for this as yet.
To celebrate the fact that we have now reached 25,000 plays on myspace, we are giving you a free MP3 of Rockabye Baby. All you have to do is send your email address to queen.elvis@yahoo.ie and we will send it to you.
We have spent the last year rehearsing with a full band and are now ready to bring it on the road. You can get a look at us when we appear on Balcony TV this week with the full line up. We are currently taking bookings for gigs/concerts/festivals and can be contacted on the email above, or through our myspace and facebook pages.
Thankyou for your continued support in what has been a great year for us!
Come and escape into a world of decadence, glamour and shameless joy! An extra strong extravaganza of swing, circus and temptuous dance acts on Wednesday 15 April at the Crane Lane in Cork. Hope to see you there!
Le Cirque Presents the Social Surrealist farce Los Bancos – The Immoral Haze Part 1 to be Broadcast on Resonance 104.4 FM (Resonancefm.com) Thursday, March 26th @ 8 pm and Part 2 on Friday 27th @ 8pm (See Le Cirque Blog for Blurb)
Boutique Events present Boutique BaROQUE on Thu 26 March @ Crane Lane: Darque Burlesque with vaudeville rock, risque dance and all manner of gloomy eccentricities!
Boutique Burlesque is back in 2009 and here to stay! Get ready for the next Spectacle on 28 January at the Crane Lane Theatre. Tighten up those corsets and tip those top hats because you can't say recession without having session!
Galway's Cool Water! LOUD CHEERS FOR THE POLITICAL GENIUSES FROM ALL PARTIES WHO THROUGH DITHERING CONTRIBUTED TO THE POISONING OF OUR WATER.
By the way, why did we vote the same crew back again and again?
Cool Water (Bob Nolan)
All day I face the barren waste Without the taste of water, cool water Old Dan and I with throats burned dry And souls that cry for water, cool, clear, water The nights are cool and I'm a fool Each star's a pool of water, cool water But with the dawn I'll wake and yawn And carry on to water, cool, clear, water The shadows sway and seem to say Tonight we pray for water, cool, water And way up there He'll hear our prayer And show us where there's water, cool, clear, water Dan's feet are sore he's yearning for Just one thing more than water, cool, water Like me I guess he'd like to rest Where there's no quest for water, cool, clear, water... Keep a-movin' Dan don't ya listen to him Dan He's a devil of a man and he spreads the burning sand with water Dan can you see that big green tree Where the water's running free And it's waiting there for you and me? And Water Cool Clear Water
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