Rain makes an unwelcome return this weekend, but a number of festivals taking place this weekend should keep the spirits up.
Rodrigo y Gabriela, together with Declan O'Rourke, will rock the Big Top at the Galway Arts Festival tonight with the baton being passed to the New Orleans All Stars with Allen Toussaint, The Charmain Neville Band and Marcia Ball tomorrow night.
Tickets and full details of the festival listings are available at www.galwayartsfestival.com.
The beautiful surroundings of Ballinlough Castle in Athboy Co Meath, are the backdrop for the Midlands Music Festival tomorrow and Sunday.
This brand new festival showcases contemporary country music across three stages. Van Morrison, Don McLean and Kenny Rogers are among the acts appearing. Full details on www.midlandsmusicfestival.ie.
The Piano Man rolls into Dublin tomorrow night for what promises to be an entertaining night for fans. Billy Joel kicks off at Croke Park at 6pm, and, like him or loathe him, sales of more than 100 million can't be argued with.
Iarnród Éireann will be operating two special services to accommodate passengers travelling home after the concert.
The first train will leave Connolly Station at 12.05am serving all stations from Portmarnock to Dundalk. The second service will depart Connolly Station at 12.15am serving all stations to Maynooth with the exception of Drumcondra.
The aforementioned rain will spread to all parts of the country by tomorrow morning and will be heavy and persistent according to Met Éireann. Sunday will be changeable and less warm than it has been in recent weeks.
Sports fans have a quiet weekend in store apart from the senior football championship qualifiers. Kerry take on Longford in Killarney on Saturday at 3.30pm, followed by Galway battling it out with Westmeath in Pearse Stadium at 7pm.
Sunday sees Fermanagh take on Donegal in Enniskillen at 2pm, with Laois squaring up to Offaly in Portlaoise at 4pm.