We couldn't be any happier about having Wild Beasts at Strange Brew on March 25th - at least, that's what we thought until the wonderful Villagers were confirmed as support. Now we couldn't get any happier. More

Appalachian hell raisers Hayseed Dixie invite you to join them getting stark-raving plastered as they rock out in their own unique and inimitable way. Since forming in the Fall of 2000, the band has performed over 1,000 live shows in 21 different countries. Their new album, which will ... More

Kieran from Delorentos is off to Haiti to help build house sin April. Donate by clicking the link and then add kieran, mcguinness, skerries, dublin on the next page. More

Back by popular demand this Saturday, it's the magnificent Headphone Disco. You should know the story at this stage - there are two DJs playing equally deadly but different music, you get special headphones on the way in, and you can switch between the two of the them. It's an ... More

Star of the recent critically acclaimed BBC4 documentary, How the West Was Lost, Edinburgh fringe favourite and Perrier Award winner Rich Hall is back on the road and paying a visit to the Roisin Dubh. Rich will be performing in his usual style as the grouchy, deadpan comic genius. Looking like a ... More

February at the Laughter Lounge sees visits from If.comedy award winner Brendon Burns, best newcomer nominees Zoe Lyons & Jack Whitehall (host of Celebrity Big Brother’s Big Mouth) and the return of our improv night featuring Joe Rooney, Paul Tylak, Ian Coppinger & special guest Stephen Frost (Whose Line is ... More

with Aidan Bishop (USA) & Steve Cummins (Karl Spain is now on Feb 3rd) is nearly sold out! all €7.50 tickets online are gone. It's now €10 but numbers are limited. KEVIN BRIDGES  Kevin's solo show at this years Edinburgh Fringe Festival was officially the first show to sell out its entire ... More

Following on from their Mercury Prize nomination, Geordie folk inventors Rachel Unthank & The Winterset are back with a name tweak (The Unthanks), revised line-up and a brand new album Here’s The Tender Coming (EMI) that rests not one jot on the incomparable sound that has earned them admirers from ... More

All tickets for tonight's show are gone I'm afraid, it is completely sold out online, in Zhivago & in the Roisin. The Laughter Lounge with JASON BYRNE (Ballinteer) with Eric Lalor (Ballymun) & Paddy Courtney (Malahide) JASON BYRNE High Energy, Critically Acclaimed, Manic, Hilariously Off Beat. There are many ways to describe Jason ... More

Galway's own dadhouse deviants The Disconauts host a special New Year's Day Hangover Service party from 10pm in the Róisín Dubh featuring deckmonkeys Keith & Padraic on the ones and twos and live Latin percussion from the man like Mark Logan. A host of lowdown dirty house, ... More

Tickets are nearly sold out for this year's New Year's Eve party featuring live music from FIGHT LIKE APES, DISCONNECT 4, LE GALAXIE, MESSIAH J & THE EXPERT and FEED THE BEARS, followed by gugai. Tickets are available now. Remember - there is no cover charge for the bar, just ... More

So how do I sum up a year that starts off with Pappy's Fun Club, Mike Wilmot & Tom Stade and wraps up with Glenn Wool's last European gig for a while, Jason Manford, Ardal O'Hanlon & PJ Gallagher. ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC! that's how. In between all that, shows from Phil Jupitus, ... More

Mick Flannery has added a second show on January for all of you people who missed out on tickets the first time around. We recommend you get them quickly! More

‘Hey, since when is Christmas just about the presents? Aren’t we forgetting the true meaning of this day? The birth of Santa?’ – Bart Simpson Santa’s Birthday Party is a Galwegian gagfest in the Roisin Dubh 23rd December The night features stand up comedy from Galway's finest comedians plus the usual ... More

The Laughter Lounge with JASON BYRNE (Ballinteer) with Eric Lalor (Ballymun) & Paddy Courtney (Malahide) Wednesday 13th January 2010 8.30pm, €15 / €10 online Jason Byrne High Energy,Critically Acclaimed,Manic,Hilariously Off Beat. There are many ways to describe Jason Byrne the star of RTE'S' Anonymous', but none of them do justice to how ridiculously ... More

Strange Brew is more than delighted to announce that the magnificent WILD BEASTS and hotly tipped Northerners TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB, both of whom can be heard on the new Strange Brew CD, will be playing at the club on March 25 & March 4th. Tickets are on sale now! More

We are delighted to host launches by two of our favourite Galway acts this week. BLASTERBRA will be launching their EP Soon this Thursday night at Strange Brew and former No Banjoers THE CARTOON THIEVES will be having their album launch on Saturday night! More

David McSavage - Dave's new RTE 2 show, "The Savage Eye" hits our screens in late November. Following the success of David McSavage's pilot for the RTÉ Two comedy series Project Ha Ha earlier this year THE SAVAGE EYE returns for a full six-part run. The series is a ... More

Róisín Dubh would like to thank everyone for all their support in 2009 and it's great that we've been award the IMRO award for best venue in the West again for 2009 and also received a special commendation from Hot Press as well. Whoo Hoo!!! More

October’s highly anticipated Heineken Green Spheres show with Peter Doherty has been rescheduled for the 21st January in the Roisin Dubh in Galway. All tickets received through the Heinekenmusic.ie site for the original show will be valid for the new date. The Babyhambles frontman was forced to postpone his earlier ... More

Gogogo presents LISA HANNIGAN in the Róisín Dubh on Tuesday December 8th. Please note change of venue from the Radisson. Limited number of tickets available. More

From management It is with regret that we have to announce the cancellation of Laura Izibor’s planned shows for Dolans, Limerick on Thursday 26th & Roisin Dubh, Galway on Friday 27th November due to Laura coming down with the seasonal flu that is prevalent in Ireland this winter. A spokesperson ... More

Wednesday December 2nd, 8.30pm, €15 Unfortunately all the online tickets are now sold but there are a few in both Zhivago and behind the bar in Roisin Dubh. Grab them quickly as there are only a few. PJ Gallagher - The undisputed star of the hit RTE 2 series 'Naked Camera' with ... More

The Laughter Lounge presents Ardal O'Hanlon with Gearoid Farrelly Ardal and his friends, Kevin & Barry, established Ireland’s first alternative comedy club - The Comedy Cellar in 1992. In 1994, he won the title of Comedy Newcomer of the Year and was soon spotted by the makers of Father Ted and ... More

The multi-award winning Comedian and star of ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’, ‘Live at the Apollo’, ‘The Secret Policeman’s Ball 2008’ and ‘XFM’, embarks on his first live national tour with this exciting and hilarious show, that will have audiences begging for more. ‘Deserves a cult following’ Scotsman ‘Very funny’ Peter Kay ‘Hilarious’ ... More

This Autumn brought to you by IMRO, and supported by Hot Press - sees the second edition of The IMRO Live Music Venue of the Year Award. The Awards, selected by Ireland's songwriters and composers, will recognise the leading Irish Live Music Venues with four regional winners being selected and ... More

from The Galway Comedy Festival crew to everyone without whose help The Galway Comedy Festival would not have been a success. All the comics, the staff & management of all the venues (Town Hall Theatre, Black Box, Radisson Live Lounge, Kellys, Kings Head, Campbell's Tavern & of course Roisin Dubh), the ... More

The Laughter Lounge with Glenn Wool, Daniel Sloss, Lady Carol & Karl Spain Glenn Wool (Canada) - Here is a man in complete command of the stage, and his material. Part playful, part polemic, Glenn Wool tackles the big issues with a preacher’s zeal but a gagster’s love of the punchline. Daniel Sloss - gawky ... More

Imelda May is a unique vocal talent, one whose gift lies outside the normal order of pop culture time and trends. Inspired by the sounds of vocal jazz à la Billie Holiday and the sound and looks of rockabilly, May released a handful of independent CDs before scoring attention in ... More

We have a number of special offer tickets for our Roisin Dubh members. There are a few tickets online at only €5 for Carey Marx - "The Doom Gloom Boom" which is our final Roisin Dubh show of the weekend and is absolutely fantastic. Sunday 25th at 10pm, just ... More

Legendary reggae band THE WAILERS will now be playing in the Róisín Dubh on Saturday night - not the Radisson Live Lounge as previously advertised. Last few tickets remaining. Tickets are €25 in advance from Zhivago and on the door but only €20 if you book online now. And it's nearly ... More

Peter Doherty’s scheduled dates in Ireland this week have been postponed. A statement was issued today from the artist’s agent: “Last night Peter Doherty was admitted to Swindon Hospital with exhaustion and breathing difficulties. He is currently under observation by doctors.” The shows are currently being rescheduled with dates ... More

That's right, folks. A Halloween Spooktacular at the Róisín Dubh with the WARLORDS OF PEZ! Tickets only €5 online now! More

The Laughter Lounge with Lloyd Langford (Wales) A writer and warm up act for Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Lloyd was winner of the Chortle student comedy award 2004 and was nominated for the Chortle best breakthrough award in 2008. “One of the sharpest comedic minds on the circuit.” The Guardian Markus Birdman ... More

YAY!!!! That's the only word for it. We're delighted to announce that MODEST MOUSE will be playing a second show in the Radisson Live Lounge on Sunday December 6th. On sale now. More

With appearances supporting Blur in Hyde Park in London, live on the Jools Holland show and appearing as part of Gorillaz' live show later in the year, 2009 is proving to be a good year for the 8 brothers (literally) who make up the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble ... More

The Laughter Lounge with Paul Sinha (UK) Although Paul is a international stand up comic for many years now (and qualified GP by the way), it was only through his second full length solo show "Saint or Sinha" that he really came to prominence, receiving widespread critical acclaim at the ... More

Hello there. That's right another special offer from the Róisín this fine October weekend. We know it's expensive to go to every show you want to, so we're giving a special offer for any of you who are going to see this generation's Bill Hicks, the mighty DOUG STANHOPE in ... More

We're finally able to confirm the actual date for Modest Mouse after weeks of rumours and hearsay. Róisín Dubh presents MODEST MOUSE & Frightened Rabbit Saturday December 5th at the Live Lounge, Radisson Blu. SOLD OUT More

The xx are four kids who formed at London’s Elliot School in 2005, the south-west comprehensive that by now you may well be aware produced the likes of dubstep enigma Burial, Hot Chip, and Fourtet's Kieren Hebden: Three alumni, that whilst their ten academic years apart prevents any real affiliation, ... More