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THIS YEAR'S Galway Early Music Festival, which runs from Friday May 25 to Sunday 27, is filled with gods and faeries, heroes, and heroines, and a feast of magical Mediaeval, Renaissance and Baroque music. With Myths and Legends as the theme, it explores the musical inspiration of classical mythology, Celtic myth, and medieval legend.

"A BUNCH of the boys were whooping it up in the Malamute saloon; The kid that handles the music-box was hitting a jag-time tune; Back of the bar, in a solo game, sat Dangerous Dan McGrew, And watching his luck was his light-o'-love, the lady that's known as Lou."

AS THE weather struggles to improve and resemble something like the start of a summer, The Dirty Circus burlesque and cabaret night will return to the Róisín Dubh to inject some heat and sizzle into the atmosphere.

IF YOU cannot make it to Nick Cave's concert with Patti Smith in Kilmainham in June, you can enjoy a week of concert films and documentaries on the Australian genius at the Palás Cinema.

Get Ready! Battle of the Bands kicks off this Thursday night (May 17th). Over the next month, unsigned bands will take to the stage at The Prince Bar, Athlone and perform live for your vote. This is an excellent opportunity for up & coming bands to win a coveted prize fund worth €10,000. Three bands will compete in each battle with one emerging through to our Semi-Final in June. The winning band will be chosen by the result of a judge & audience vote.

BALLINASLOE-BASED author Nuala O’Connor has won the prestigious UK-based Short Fiction Prize for her story ‘Gooseen’, about Galway woman Nora Barnacle, wife and muse to James Joyce.

Athlone Musical Society has announced that it has secured the rights to stage Chicago in the Dean Crowe Theatre next March.

The Band of the 2nd Brigade will perform in the courtyard of Athlone Castle on Sunday, May 13, at 2.30pm.

Roscommon Arts Centre has announced that award-winning novelist Kevin Barry’s Autumn Royal will close its national tour right in Roscommon on June 1 and 2.

Casting call for Calm With Horses