Galway City Entertainment

  1. Blue Note

    This jazzy pub-cum-dance-bar has a great summer beer garden and usually no cover charge.

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  2. Cooke's Thatch Bar

    Warm, welcoming and not even remotely touristy, this 18th-centuy thatched-roofed local has fantastic Guinness, a heated internal courtyard and live music at least once a week.

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  3. Crane Bar

    An atmospheric old pub west of the Corrib, the Crane is the best spot in Galway to catch an informal céilidh (session of traditional music and dancing) most nights. It also hosts a structured line-up of talented bands in its rowdy, good-natured upstairs bar.

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  4. cuba

    Chances are you'll spot this place by the crowds milling out front. House-spinning DJs and live acts fill the dance floor.

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  5. King's Head

    Mainstream, commercial superpub within a 17th-century stone house, hosting rock bands most nights and a popular jazz session on Sunday 'morning' (usually noon to ).

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  6. Quays

    Enormous tavern with endless timber-panelled rooms and passageways, and great vantage points from which to watch live music (ranging from traditional to pop) most nights.

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  7. Róisín Dubh

    Despite being schmicked up in recent years and becoming somewhat more like a superpub (complete with a vast rooftop terrace), Róisín Dubh is still the place to see emerging alternative and rock acts before they hit the big time.

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  8. Taaffe's Bar

    Stripped of some of its original period detail but still well loved for its nightly Irish music sessions beginning at .

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