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The final weekend of the Galway International Arts Festival at Monroe’s Live promises to be an exciting one with Teddy Thompson, Gruff Rhys, George Murphy and The Rising Sons and Tara Howley performing from today, Thursday, July 25, to this Sunday, July 28.

Singer-songwriter Teddy Thompson will perform at Monroe’s Live on Thursday, July 25, at 8pm as part of the Galway International Arts Festival.

The thousands of miles that troubadour Josh Okeefe has travelled from his birthplace in England, to his current home of Nashville, Tennessee, tells just one small part of a nomadic life in music which spans generations and encompasses myriad genres, traditions and disciplines.

The searing candour and integrity of Canadian-American singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright’s sound will come to life on the Monroe’s Live stage on Tuesday, July 25 at 8pm as part of the Galway International Arts Festival 2023.

DANI LARKIN, one of the most exciting new talents in Irish folk, will play the Róisín Dubh next week, accompanied by her full band.

SHE CALLS her music "punk rock R&B". She also describes it as "American soul music". She cites Al Green and Nina Simone as inspirations, as well as Sonic Youth and Bad Brains. She is Joan As Policewoman.

TWO MONTHS after the release of her seventh album, Damned Devotion, Joan As Police Woman has announced a Galway show at the Róisín Dubh as part of her European tour this summer.

LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III is "the most candid diarist among the singer-songwriters who...brought confessional poetry into popular song," says the New York Times, while MOJO calls him "one of America's most astute lyrical commentators".