“Something for the Weekend” Ticket Special.

This will start today 16 July at lunchtime.

Any Palace of the End matinee + Penguin Cafe orchestra = €35 ( a saving of €17)

Any Palace of the End matinee +Mark Thomas =€35 (a saving of €10)

contact the box office on Ph: (+353) 91 509700

We are offering a very special deal on three outstanding shows for this weekend only!
If you call now, you can see the award winning “Palace of the End”, Time Magazine’s ‘Master of Modern Dance’ Michael Clark and Grammy Award winners, The Kronos Quartet, featuring music from Damon Albarn and Sigur Ros, for a total price of €50 (normal price €78 ).

This is amazing value but it is a limited offer, valid only from 10am Friday July 10 until 6pm, Sunday, July 12.

TO ORDER: Phone (091) 566577 or call into the Festival Box Office at Merchants Hall, 1-5 Merchants Road, Galway and mention ‘Something For The Weekend’.

Galway Arts Festival is offering a special deal this year on a selection of music shows.

Buy tickets for any three from the following list of concerts:

The Kronos Quartet,

The Neil Crowley Trio,

The Spanish Harlem Orchestra,

The Penguin Café Orchestra

Femi Kuti.

And you will receive concession prices on your tickets for those shows

Fantastic value for three or more shows, if bought together.

To avail of this special offer, phone (091) 566577 or call into the Festival Box Office at Merchants Hall, 1-5 Merchants Road, Galway and mention ‘The Music Special’.
KRONOS QUARTET PLAY GALWAY ARTS FESTIVAL
In a special night for the Festival, Kronos will play the world premiere of a new work from Blur’s Damon Albarn written especially for the quartet. In addition the programme will feature the Irish premiere of Sigur Rós’s Flugufrelsarinn
Continuing in the group’s tradition of collaborating with many of the world’s most famous composers and performers they have worked with David Bowie, Terry Riley, Tom Waits, Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg, to name but a few.

For more than 30 years, the Kronos Quartet has garnered numerous awards including Grammies. The group’s music has featured prominently in film including Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, 21 Grams, Heat, True Stories. Their Galway Arts Festival programme will feature music from the iconic film soundtrack of Requiem for a Dream.



The Kronos Quartet will perform one concert only on Tuesday, 14 July at 8:30pm at the Radisson Blu Hotel.
“Entrancing” - The Times
“A fresh, real and unusual musical experience” – Rolling Stone Magazine

Watch Travelling Birds by Sigur Ros as played by Kronos Quartet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZHpc...


TICKETS: The Festival Box Office is located in Merchants Hall, 1-5 Merchants Road, Galway. Order tickets by phone on 091-566577 and online at www.galwayartsfestival.com



NEIL COWLEY TRIO
It’s impossible to think of jazz and punk together but according to the Observer Music Monthly, it’s “impossible not to think of early Clash” when listening to the Neil Cowley Trio. A classically trained pianist and outstanding composer, Neil Cowley was the recipient of last year’s BBC Jazz Award for Best Album with Displaced, placing his trio at the forefront of the so-called British ‘post–jazz’ movement. With his finger-bleeding energy, hook-laden, powerfully dynamic and ridiculously catchy tunes (he also played keyboards on Duffy’s album Rock Ferry), Cowley’s vigorous approach is sure to go down a storm on Thursday July 16 at 8pm.
“The pulsating power and beauty of a trio at full tilt” – The Independent
Check them out on Jools Holland:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9S--...

TICKETS: The Festival Box Office is located in Merchants Hall, 1-5 Merchants Road, Galway. Order tickets by phone on 091-566577 and online at www.galwayartsfestival.com


SPANISH HARLEM ORCHESTRA
The Spanish Harlem Orchestra is the standard bearer of contemporary Latin music. Directed by the pianist, arranger, and producer Oscar Hernández, the ensemble has reintroduced New York City salsa to music lovers worldwide. United We Swing, SHO’s third album, is a stunning follow up to their 2004 Grammy award-winning album Across 110th St and their 2002 Grammy nominated debut, Un Gran Día En El Barrio. See them for one performance only on Sunday July 19 at 7pm.

“Thrilling” – The LA Times
Watch them here performing live at the Montreal Festival

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hx7p...



TICKETS: The Festival Box Office is located in Merchants Hall, 1-5 Merchants Road, Galway. Order tickets by phone on 091-566577 and online at www.galwayartsfestival.com


MUSIC FROM THE PENGUIN CAFÉ
The Penguin Café Orchestra was the brainchild of English composer Simon Jeffes. The Penguin’s quintessentially English sound - influen