Keywest at Monroe's Live

What to Expect

Keywest are an Irish pop folk act formed by childhood friends Andrew Kavanagh and Andrew Glover, who started out busking on streets around the world before turning that into a recording career, releasing four albums including “Joyland”, “True North” and “Ordinary Superhero” since 2012. Their single “Electric Love” reached number one on the Irish charts, and their sound sits on the acoustic, radio friendly end of pop, built on close vocal harmonies and the kind of big, hooky choruses that translate well from a street corner to a proper stage. Expect a set that leans on warmth and harmony over volume, songs about relationships and everyday life rather than anything heavier, and a band whose busking background shows in how comfortable they are working a room without a full production behind them. It is a booking that should suit Monroe’s Live’s mid week crowd well, an accessible pop show rather than a niche genre night.

Good to Know

• Date and time: Saturday 19 September 2026, doors 7:30pm
• Venue: Monroe’s Live, Dominick Street Upper, Galway City
• Price: see monroes.ie for ticket price and availability
• Acoustic led pop show, suitable for a broad audience
• Standing or seated depending on how the room is configured for the night

Getting There

Galway city is well connected from around the country, with Irish Rail running direct services from Dublin Heuston in around two hours fifteen minutes and Bus Eireann and Citylink both running frequent coaches from Dublin, Limerick and Cork into the city’s train and bus station. Monroe’s is on Dominick Street Upper in Galway’s West End, across the bridge from the Claddagh and about a 10 to 15 minute walk from that station and from Eyre Square, with plenty of pubs and restaurants nearby beforehand.