St. Nicholas Collegiate Church

All are very welcome to this free event. Award-winning American choir Ouachita Singers join us in Galway for an evening of beautiful choral music spanning spirituals, sacred masterworks, and contemporary American repertoire. Hailing from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkansas, USA, this acclaimed touring ensemble has performed internationally across Europe and Asia, and brings a rich, […]

Free Concert with the Bishop Blanchet High School Band! Join Bishop Blanchet High School for a free concert in the courtyard of St. Nicholas Collegiate Church in Galway! Or stop by on your way to visit the market! Experience the energy of an authentic American high school music program as they bring their Drumline, Concert […]

Galway Folk Festival's final show in St. Nicholas’ Collegiate Church as part of the 2026 festival will welcome RÓIS, a composer, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and electronic artist whose songs breathe new life into a forgotten Ireland and Brìghde Chaimbeul who is a leading purveyor of celtic experimentalism and a master of the Scottish smallpipes. Tickets available from www.galwayfolkfestival.com

Hothouse Flowers have combined traditional Irish music with influences from soul, gospel and rock, what more could you want? In the serene surroundings of St. Nicholas’ Collegiate Church Liam Ó Maonlaí, Fiachna Ó Braonáin, Peter O’Toole, Dave Clarke and Martin Brunsden will bring unmatched energy and humour to their performance. They will be supported by Lily Lyons, whose […]

The beautiful St. Nicholas’ Collegiate Church will be the backdrop for Muireann Bradley and Bill Ryder-Jones show on Saturday June 6th. Muireann is an 18 year old Folk and Blues Guitarist and Singer from Donegal, She specialises in performing acoustic finger-picking country, piedmont, and ragtime blues styles from the 1920’s, 30’s and 40’s as well as later […]

Great Hearts Northern Oaks Honor Choir from San Antonio, Texas, USA. The choir is currently touring internationally and will present a varied programme of sacred, folk, and classical choral music, including works such as Be Thou My Vision, Shenandoah, and Rachmaninoff’s Bogoroditse Devo at St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church on Thursday, 4th of June at 6:30pm. The ensemble is […]

The chapel Choir from the University of Aberdeen will sing the 11am service for Sunday, 31st May. All are very welcome to join this service in person or online.

"Heart & Soul" Tour  Alan Stivell is embarking on a tour of churches and cathedrals in Brittany and across Europe to present a unique project: a concert that revisits his work in an intimate format. From 1966 to 2026, sixty years of career that he celebrates here in Ireland with two very different facets. The […]

Part of the Galway Early Music Festival In collaboration with Now and Then Media/H.I.P.S.T.E.R., harpsichordists Yonit Kosovske and Rachel Factor present Bach’s masterpiece The Art of Fugue in candlelight. For information and tickets: https://www.resurgam.ie/galway-early-music-festival

Part of the Galway Early Music Festival The festival offers a platform to Galway’s new baroque instrumental ensemble Vespera under the direction of baroque violinist Claire Duff and including all four ConTempo members. To celebrate GEMF’s 30th anniversary, Vespera presents a programme of eighteenth-century music for string ensemble, with organist James Taylor, featuring: Telemann's Ouverture, Burlesque de Quixotte, TWV 55:G10 Purcell's Sonata in 4 […]