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After a hugely successful revival last year, the popular Queen of the Lakes festival is set to have Ballinrobe rocking from July 19 to 26 – starting on Connacht final evening and climaxing a week later with the popular Queen of the Lakes selection pageant in the town.

Galway dancer and choreographer Leonie McDonagh recently won the prestigious Ulster Bank PICK of the Pick’N’Mix”, the audience choice award, at the festival held in Belfast.

Lars Laumann @ Galway Arts Centre

THE GALWAY Arts Festival may be over for another year, but that does not mean great music is at an end in the city. The Róisín Dubh has, as always, an impressive line up of acts during August, September, and October.

GALWAY REGGAE and techno fans are in for one hell of a Bank Holiday Weekend treat with the Mini Mantua Weekender on Saturday August 1 and Sunday 2 in An Pucán, Forster Street.

One of the most popular music events in the west is back this year to entertain and delight its audience. The Westport Music Festival ‘09 will run from Thursday August 6 to Sunday August 9 with The Wolfe Tones, Jimmy Buckley, The Great Pretenders (Queen Tribute) and Goodbye Venice (Joe Dolan Tribute) entertaining the crowds in free open-air concerts.

FRESH FROM their fantastic main stage performance at the Volvo Ocean Race, Big Bag of Sticks are reuniting one more time to play a fundraiser for Amnesty International in what is guaranteed to be a packed Roisín Dubh’s tomorrow night.

MYTHOLOGIES, THE work of seven emerging contemporary San Francisco Bay area artists will be on display at 126, the artist-run gallery on Queen Street until September 19.

Salthill is set to celebrate the city’s vibrant literary scene as Galway’s many writers and poets - both published and aspiring - read at the Salthill Community Arts Festival.

Galway Culture Night takes place on Friday September 25 with a host of free musical, literary, and arts events taking place throughout the city.