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The rising of 1798, the French landing at Kilcummin Bay, and General Humbert’s famous victory over the British at the Races of Castlebar, is to be relived in an extravagant outdoor display of music and dance to mark Mayo Day in Castlebar on May 2.

It has been 20 years since Riverdance burst onto the stage as the interval act at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994, prompting the whole world to sit up and take notice (and fall in love with) the power and beauty of Irish music and dance.

Worlds of Music is an innovative and engaging performance by a range of musical communities at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Friday November 8 at 8pm.

SEÁN Ó Riada’s Mass, in a new arrangement by Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky, will be performed in St Nicholas Church on Friday January 25 at 8pm.

Bodhrán player and percussionist Robbie Harris presents a Rhythms of the World percussion workshop for anyone over 16 years of age at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Thursday May 3 from 7.30pm to 9.30pm.

AMONG THE highlights of the upcoming Baboró children’s festival is the pulsating music and dance production Globe which has been put together by bodhrán-virtuoso Robbie Harris and Dave McFarlane.

Saturday Night Live and theatre shows for children might seem to be at the opposite ends of the performance spectrum - can you picture what Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi might have come up with in front of youngsters? - yet they spring from the same performance philosophies and ideas developed in Illinois in the 1920s.

A world of imagination and wonder will be opened up to Galway children though theatre, dance, literature, and a host of fun events during next month’s Baboró International Arts Festival For Children.

Roll up, Roll up! RoolaBoola 2008, the Linenhall Arts Centre’s fun-packed 11th annual arts festival for young people, is on its way with a packed programme of quality shows, events and workshops, as set out in all its glory in the pulsating RoolaBoola brochure (available from the Linenhall, or on the new-look Linenhall website www.thelinenhall.com )

For centuries, Ireland was ruled by High Kings. As their reign came to an end, their deeds and stories merged into the world of legend and myth and the High Kings of Ireland were no more except in story, music and song. Until now. Finbarr Clancy, Brian Dunphy, Martin Furey and Darren Holden, renowned vocalists and musicians, have come together to create the most exciting Irish ballad group to emerge since the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem electrified the worldwide folk revival of the 1960s.