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THE METROPOLITAN Opera in New York's 2017–18 season opens this Saturday at 5.55pm with a new production of Bellini’s masterpiece Norma, starring Sondra Radvanovsky as the druid priestess, and Joyce DiDonato as her rival, Adalgisa.

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.

POGUEOLOGY - A tribute to The Pogues, the seven-piece Laois based group celebrating the music and energy of the great London-Irish trad band with punk spirit, play Monroe's Live this week.

PAUL MULDOON, the Pulitzer Prize winning Irish poet and former Oxford professor of poetry, librettist for operas, and rock lyricist who has worked with The Handsome Family and Warren Zevon, is coming to Galway.

ACTING CLASSES using the Michael Chekhov Technique, will take place over four days in NUI Galway and explore atmosphere and how it affects the qualities and power of a character's agency in a play.

Only four days remain of the 40th Galway International Arts Festival, but the highlights for this closing lap include the world premiere of a major opera, the first in the event's history.

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.

FROM THE sexy to the outrageous, from the traditional to the utterly unclassifiable, the 2017 Galway Burlesque Festival has it all, as burlesque performers from across the world will be strutting their fabulously wonderful stuff in the city next week.

Since Music Generation Mayo's latest programme 'The Core' opened its doors in November 2016 it has been a bustling hive of musical activity. With over 30 (and counting) active members from across the county using the rehearsal facility, taking part in camps, industry workshops, regular performance opportunities such as monthly open mics, facebook live events and showcases.