Greetings from Under the Arch
Plenty to keep you busy this week either side of your trick or treating.
Alfrun Rose plays all seven characters in Dead Air at the Mick Lally Theatre, a darkly funny play about grief and an AI chatbot for the dead. Foy Vance is singing songs from The Wake and IF at the Town Hall Theatre on Friday.
On Halloween night, And So I Watch You From Afar share a bill with Caspian at Róisín Dubh. Families can carve turnip lanterns at Galway City Museum on Tuesday, and Galway Film Society shows Just an Illusion, from the directors of The Intouchables, on Sunday.
This is our pick of what's on in Galway this week. As always for a full event list check out the link at the bottom of the email.
Let's dive in 👇
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK
Dead Air
Wednesday 28 to Thursday 29 October · 20:00 · Mick Lally Theatre
Alfie's father has died, and Alfie is desperate to talk to him again, so turns to AiR, an AI chatbot for the dead. Alfrun Rose plays all seven characters in this solo play of humour, grief and ghost stories.
The production uses no AI itself: it is staged in a deliberately analogue way.
Foy Vance: World Tour
Friday 30 October · 20:00 · Town Hall Theatre
Soulful Northern Irish singer-songwriter Foy Vance draws on The Wake and IF, songs shaped by decades of grief, love and reflection.
And So I Watch You From Afar & Caspian
Saturday 31 October · Róisín Dubh
With otay:onii in support, Irish instrumental rock favourites And So I Watch You From Afar share a Halloween bill with American post-rock band Caspian. The Irish band are known for intense live shows and years of international touring.
Galloween: A Night of Terror and Music for Palestine
Tuesday 27 October · Róisín Dubh
Five bands share the bill: Silence Speaks Volumes, Coma 99, Social Parasite, Graveworms and Necrosectomy. All proceeds go to Anera.
Delivery
Wednesday 28 October · Róisín Dubh (Top Bar)
Melbourne band Delivery make "caustic, mutant garage-punk". Songs from their 2025 album Force Majeure feature at this Strange Brew show.
Powerhaus
Saturday 31 October · Róisín Dubh (Top Bar)
A drag DJ collective runs Powerhaus, the Top Bar's Saturday night.
The Mersey Beatles
Tuesday 3 November · 20:00 · Town Hall Theatre
The Fab Four's greatest hits get a Liverpool tribute band, The Mersey Beatles, with the sixtieth anniversary of Revolver and the music of 1966 in focus.
The Cable
Tuesday 27 October · 20:00 · Town Hall Theatre
Mike Kelly's one-man play is set during the laying of the Transatlantic Cable on Valentia Island, and it follows loss, hope and the need for connection.
Hysterically Shopping! to some sort of end…
Thursday 29 October · 20:00 · Town Hall Theatre
A supermarket worker, a cashier and a till make up the love triangle in Aran O'Grady's pop opera.
Día de los Muertos: A Morning of Memory, Making and Play
Sunday 1 November · 10:00 to 12:00 · Taquila
Make sugar-skull masks, work through guided writing prompts and place a photograph of someone you want to honour on a shared altar, then sit down to a Mexican brunch. Ghlór Mná, a writing-for-wellbeing community for women, hosts the morning, and it's open to all genders.
Galway Film Society: Just an Illusion
Sunday 1 November · 17:00 and 20:00 · EYE Cinema
A French coming-of-age comedy from Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano, the directors of The Intouchables. Thirteen-year-old Vincent is growing up in a 1980s suburban apartment block, where his father has lost his job and is hiding it, and Vincent has his first crush. In French with English subtitles.
Outpost Comedy Club: Where'd You Get The Notions?
Monday 2 November · 21:00 · Monroe's Live
A stand-up competition with 32 comedians and one winner, running every Monday in November.
Make a Traditional Jack-o'-Lantern
Tuesday 27 October · 11:00 to 13:00 · Galway City Museum
Carved turnip lanterns were once a Halloween custom across Ireland and Britain. Museum educator Brendan McGowan tells the story of Jack of the Lantern, then artist Vicky Smith helps families carve their own. It's part of Gaillimh Ah-Boo!, the city-wide Samhain celebration.
For a full overview of all events on this week in Galway check out our event listings page
UNTIL NEXT WEEK
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