Event guide: The Last Days of Dalymount, The Waterboys and the other best things to see in Ireland in the week ahead
September 5th-11th, 2026: The best music, art, theatre and more coming your way this week
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Electric Picnic 2026: 19 acts you don’t want to miss at this year’s festival
From Gorillaz to Florence Road via escapist pop, futuristic synth-funk and furious indie rock, this is our pick of the artists who’ll be on stage next weekend
New Irish albums reviewed and rated: Miriam Ingram, Paahto & the Bull, Really Good Time, Shakalak, Macdara Yeates
August 2026 releases include Mariana Trench, The 123, Affirmations, Kulture Bikki and Mudlark Ballads
Lemoncello: ‘Dublin is squeezing the life out of musicians. It’s not a home for artists any more’
Claire Kinsella and Laura Quirke form the duo Lemoncello, now one of the most important young folk acts in Ireland
Ye Vagabonds: All Tied Together – Five stars for this powerfully raw modern trad
Diarmuid and Brían Mac Gloinn come off as a craggy Irish Simon & Garfunkel, an effect heightened by luminous harmonies and keening instrumentation
Sean-nós dancer Edwina Guckian: ‘I have very bad eyesight – which comes in really useful, as I can’t see the audience’
Edwina Guckian was thrilled when Zoë Conway composed a piece for her. They’re about to perform it with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra in Dublin
The Guide: Zach Bryan, Charli XCX, Rosie O’Donnell and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
June 14th-20th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
New Irish albums reviewed and rated: The Would Be’s, Varo, Curtisy and Pete Holidai
May 2025 releases include HindZeitgeist, The World That I Knew, Beauty in the Beast and Electric Jukebox Volume One
From Paul Mescal to Bad Sisters to Claire Keegan, the green wave keeps rolling
Unfortunately, the lived experience of creatives working in Ireland is often a struggle
James Vincent McMorrow: ‘I’ve been building back a version of me that made me happy rather than crying every night’
The Dubliner isn’t the first name that comes to mind as a songwriter for a boy-band megastar. But working with Louis Tomlinson was just what he needed after his record-label disappoinment
John Francis Flynn: ‘We got an email saying, next year maybe you could dress up in costume and do a few Disney numbers’
A cruise ship’s loss has become folk music’s gain: the Dublin singer is showcasing his new album with a headline performance at Vicar Street this week
John Francis Flynn: Look Over the Wall, See the Sky – Dark, immersive folk music in keeping with these dark times
The nocturnal, muzzy soundscape builds on what John Francis Flynn conjured on his solo debut and speaks the same language as both of Lankum’s most recent albums
Ye Vagabonds: ‘We just felt like we were total weirdos in Carlow’
The MacGloinn brothers on becoming part of the Irish folk scene
Christmas and New Year gigs: Which ones are cancelled, postponed and still on?
Changing public-health rules have played havoc with live-event plans. Here’s the latest
The Ticket’s top roots, jazz, trad and classical albums of 2021
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss; Matthew Halpin; John Francis Flynn; Haydn/Brahms
The top 10 Irish and international albums of 2021
It’s a close contest between Villagers and For Those I Love, while Arlo Parks aces it
Christy Moore presented with lifetime achievement award at RTÉ Folk Awards
Award winners announced at live event in Dublin’s Vicar Street on Tuesday night
Emerging folk artists to renew vibrant traditional scene at the RTÉ Folk Awards
There’s no denying it – the harp has come into its own in recent years
John Francis Flynn: I Would Not Leave Always review – solo flight soars with confidence
Debut solo album for Skipper’s Alley veteran is experimental and inventive
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