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There were heated exchanges at City Hall on Monday evening as it was announced that busking bye-laws would sent out for public consultation, discussed, and debated again.

Galway buskers will gather in force at the Spanish Arch this weekend for a "community-wide protest busk" to raise funds to continue the "battle to beat" what the community calls the "restrictive and prohibitive busking bye-laws".

“A sad and very damaging day for our city” is how councillor Mike Cubbard has described the introduction of bye-laws that will curtail and reduce the ability of buskers to perform in Galway city centre.

"A sad and very damaging day for our city" is how councillor Mike Cubbard has described the introduction of bye-laws that will curtail and reduce the ability of buskers to perform in Galway city centre.

The newly refurbished Vincent’s Charity shop Athlone is hosting its first Open Mic Night on Wednesday, March 28 from 6pm to 8pm.

The traditional music heritage of Mayo is at the centre of an exciting three-month artist residency at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar this winter. Led by traditional musician and composer Emer Mayock, the residency celebrates traditional music in Mayo and in particular the compositions of Mayo musicians and singers from the past, present and future. The residency will result in a unique digital resource of notated songs and tunes, a CD recording, and a concert featuring Mayo’s leading lights in Traditional music on Wednesday, January 31 at the Linenhall.

SISTER ACT, the musical about a soul singer who is placed in witness protection in a convent and who revolutionises the life of its nuns, will be staged by Twin Productions in the Town Hall in March 2018.

OVER THE Edge is holding two special Culture Night open-mics - one for fiction writers, the other for poets - with prizes for the best readers, at Kenny's Bookshop and Gallery in Liosbán Retail Park on Friday September 22.

Music mega star Ed Sheeran will play two dates in Galway next year.

Galway city buskers have drafted a code of conduct to "encourage open dialogue" with local businesses, and to deal with concerns over noise levels, length and time of busking in specific spots, and obstruction by crowds.