The 2011 Dublin Writers Festival takes place this week, with Pulitzer, Whitbread, Booker, T.S. Eliot , Costa & a pair of Nobel Prize winners among its 43 participating writers.
Agnes Obel will play St Canice's Cathedral in Kilkenny on August 11th as part of the Kilkenny Arts Festival, with support from Cian Nugent.
Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard play an Irish tour next month, just ahead of the October 7th release of the new album 'A Turn In The Dream-Songs'.
Buy some music from a band playing Hard Working Class Heroes = save €5 off the price of a weekend ticket.
"...a lightness of touch that makes complex compositions and ideas seem like misty clouds floating around your brain, before you wake up from the dream and realise you have just enjoyed a song about a fairytale monster" - Siobhán Kane on Agnes Obel.
The Young Hearts Run Free collective have announced the lineup for their Christmas show. Catch Tieranniesaur, Spook of the Thirteenth Lock, Melodica Deathship & more at The Co-Op on Saturday December 10th.
The third Bottlenote Festival of improvised music takes place this weekend in Block T, Smithfield.
Record Store Day will be celebrated the world over this Saturday, and Nay McArdle has put together a comprehensive roundup of this year's events here in Ireland.
The full lineup for each night of the FMC Tour 2011 has been announced. Heathers, Adebisi Shank & O Emperor will be joined by Owensie, Norabelle, Carried By Waves, The Crayon Set, Dead Red Light & Eaten By Bears.
We've a pair of weekend tickets to give away for The Body&Soul Festival which returns to Ballinlough Castle this weekend. The Field, Cloud Castle Lake, Lisa Hannigan, The Jimmy Cake and Holy Fuck are playing, among many others.