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MARY BLACK describes Galway as “a particular favourite place of mine”, but it is no idle platitude. It was here, and more specifically during her tenure with De Dannan, where she came of age as both singer and performer, setting her on the path to her now unassailable position as Ireland’s leading contemporary folk artist.

Irish music legend Christy Moore will be kicking off 2015 with a very special and rare performance at the Royal Theatre, Castlebar, on Friday, January 2.

To warm up a dark winter evening Westport Folk and Bluegrass Festival presents legendary Cork musician John Spillane for a one-off concert in Westport.

Christy Moore will be kicking off 2015 with a very special and rare performance at the Royal Theatre, Castlebar.

JIMMY MCCARTHY, the man who has penned some of the most memorable songs in the Irish contemporary folk canon, is coming to the Town Hall Theatre.

Get ready for a great evening of music when Westport’s own Derek Mc Gowan and The Piston Slappers do their blues rock thing at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Thursday, September 6, at 8pm.

Get ready for a great evening of music when Westport’s own Derek Mc Gowan and The Piston Slappers do their Blues Rock thing at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Thursday September 6 at 8pm.

Get ready for a great evening of music when Westport’s own Derek Mc Gowan and The Piston Slappers do their blues rock thing at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Thursday, September 6 at 8pm.

Galway Arts Festival and the Róisín Dubh have announced that Christy Moore will perform a rare stand-up gig at the Festival Big Top on Friday July 20. Joining Christy on the night will be high energy, vivacious trad group 4 Men and A Dog. The show is Moore’s only gig in Galway city in 2012 and promises to be a massive music highlight at this year’s festival.

With over 10 free gigs, one headline event and a whole lot of foot stompin’, who needs a tent when you have Irish pubs? Top-class local, national and international folk and bluegrass acts will be playing a plethora of free gigs in venues throughout the beautiful town of Westport over the last weekend in June. Musicians and singers near and far are tuning up their instruments and soaking their vocal cords in honey (or whiskey) in anticipation of the annual Westport Folk and Bluegrass Festival.