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A 90th birthday celebration for legendary singer / songwriter, Leonard Cohen, will take place on Sunday, September 22, at the Black Box Theatre.

Well-known Galway buskers All Of Eden release their debut album Abience this week.

The Town Hall Theatre has launched its jam-packed selection of spring/summer shows, with tickets available for 188 performances, screenings and events across April, May and June.

‘All my life as a singer, I have been drawn to old songs. In them I find a solidarity with the ghosts of people I have never met and yet share fragments of feelings with.’

The Dean Crowe Sessions continue this month, singer-songwriter, Siobhán O’Brien, gracing the theatre bar on Friday, February 17, for a live show which will commence at 7.45pm.

This chance meeting ended in a personal invitation by The Frames lead singer to join him on-stage at the Everyman Theatre in Cork.

MARY MCPARTLAN, a powerhouse of Irish folk music - as a vocalist, a supporter of songwriters, an event organiser, as someone who nurtured the tradition, not just keeping it alive, but giving it a future - will be celebrated in Galway in April.

NICK CAVE, Leonard Cohen, Julian Lennon, Ray Davies, Louise Wener, Graham Parker, Gil Scott Heron...there is a tradition of singer-songwriters turning their hand to fiction via the novel or short story, and to that list we can now add Declan O’Rourke.

Galway is a very vibrant city with an endless supply of things to do, no matter what sort of visit you’re having. Spend all weekend in the pub, or amongst the rolling hills. Gain some culture, or some nature. Make friends or get some much-needed alone time. There’s something for everyone here in Galway. Take a look at our top picks for things to do below.

Ireland, claims Joyce's Mr Deasy, has the honour of being the only country which never persecuted the Jews. Yet it is an empty boast, as it turns out the bigoted Deasy has a punchline: "She never let them in."