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LORD BYRON once said “Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.” He was echoed in this by Doris Lessing who declared “Laughter is by definition healthy.”

Two truly spell-binding performers, Xuefei Yang (guitar) and Natalie Clein (cello), perform together in a fantastic concert at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Wednesday April 28 at 8pm.

GOOD THINGS come to those who wait and this old adage is certainly true for British pop-rockers Scouting For Girls.

One of Ireland’s most accomplished musicians in any genre, Alan Kelly brings his quartet to the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar for a night of dazzling music on Thursday April 22 at 8pm.

“IF YOU want to guarantee putting a smile on your face, it’s hard to think of a better show to see,” so declared The Daily Telegraph about the English comedy sketch group Idiot of Ants, who make their Irish debut in Galway next week.

Fringe festival favourite The Event comes to Castlebar

Irish actress Amy Huberman was in Kilkenny last weekend where she not only celebrated her 31st birthday but she also enjoyed her hen night with some friends in the Marble City.

Mayo natives Mary Robinson and Louis Walsh are up for nomination for Ireland’s Greatest series on RTÉ.

As part of Music Network’s April classic tour, virtuoso guitarist Xuefei Yang and cellist Natalie Clein will be performing in the Áras Inis Gluaire centre in Belmullet on Thursday, April 29 at 8.30pm. Natalie Clein’s remarkable talent first came to the world’s attention when, aged 16, she won the BBC’s Young Musician of the Year award. Since then she has won a classical Brit award and performed with many of the world’s finest orchestras and chamber music ensembles.

WHEN THE English folk-pop/indie band Stornoway play the Róisín Dubh on Saturday April 17 at 8pm, it will be akin to a homecoming for vocalist Brian Briggs, who spent childhood summers with his grandfather in the lakes and mountains of Connemara.