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AN AMBASSADOR may spoil you with Ferrero Rocher but the Galway Comedy Festival is spoiling us with two shows from the legendary Rich Hall.

THE GROUCHY, deadpan, comic genius Rich Hall, the Edinburgh fringe favourite and Perrier Award winner, is back on the road and will be coming back to Galway next month.

“THERE ARE only three white blues singers, and Geoff Muldaur is at least two of them.” This praise for the American singer and guitarist came from no less a songwriter than Richard Thompson.

GLAM ROCK legends the New York Dolls and a major dance show by the brilliant Michael Clark, inspired by the Glam era of David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Lou Reed, are just two of the many exciting shows, concerts, events, readings, and exhibitions lined up for this year’s Galway Arts Festival, which runs from July 13 to 26.

The Festival Big Top is set to join a list of iconic festivals that are hosting great musical talent this summer. Following their enchanting performance at this year’s Glastonbury music festival, American group Bon Iver will bring their haunting melodies from their critically acclaimed album For Emma, Forever Ago, to the Festival Big Top on Thursday, July 23 at 8.30pm. Having shared the ‘Other Stage’, one of Glastonbury’s main stages, with music greats including The Prodigy, Franz Ferdinand and Bloc Party, Bon Iver’s Galway gig will offer the unique opportunity to savour the group’s acclaimed live performance in a unique setting following their sets on the stages of Glastonbury and Lollapalooza. Supporting Bon Iver at their Galway performance is Alela Diane, one of America’s most captivating contemporary singer/songwriters who has also just performed on Glastonbury’s The Park Stage. Following her performance at this years Glastonbury and having already caused a huge stir with her new release To Be Still, Alela Diane’s show with Bon Iver is the most highly anticipated musical performance in Galway this summer.

INDIE-POP singer-songwriter Jann Klose is something of a ‘citizen of the world’ having spent much of his life travelling through Europe, Africa, and the US. He is now coming to Ireland.