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Westport will be bustling full of festival revellers this weekend as the Westport Festival of Music and Food will take place in the grounds of Westport House on Saturday and Sunday.

“THE BLUES had a baby and they called it rock’n’roll,” Muddy Waters declared on his 1977 album Hard Again, and from Van Morrison to Rory Gallagher to Thin Lizzy, the Irish have always had time for the blues.

Following their recent sell out performance at The Olympia Theatre in Dublin, The Riptide Movement come to the west for a very special intimate show in the Ruby Room on Friday, May 10. Dublin rock quartet the Riptide Movement are renowned for their phenomenal live shows, filling out venues and rocking out festivals all over Europe, they have toured Germany, Russia, France, India and the UK, supported Bon Jovi and Bob Dylan, and have been a regular feature on all the major Irish festivals over the past three years.

The team behind Festival of the Fires are keeping the flame burning this May bank holiday weekend when they host a spectacular two-day Gathering at Uisneach at the Uisneach Inn, located at the foothill of the Hill of Uisneach in Killare, Co Westmeath.

Dubbed the most defiant band in aeons, playing rock ‘n’ roll, The Riptide Movement rock quartet are renowned for their phenomenal live shows, filling out venues and rocking out festivals all over Europe. They will be bringing their brand of rock to the Ruby Room in the Royal Theatre, Castlebar on Friday May 10. The show starts at 10pm and tickets cost €12.50. Their distinctive gravelly voice and guitar sound, and light-hearted stage presence ensures that their fan base is increasing by the minute.

THIN LIZZY founder Eric Bell has described The Riptide Movement as “an awesome band, Hendrix himself would be shaking in his boots!”

THE BRILLIANT Jape, led by Redneck Manifesto bassist Richie Egan, will headline a strong line-up of Irish rock and indie bands at the Jägermeister Freezer Sessions in the Róisín Dubh.

THE RIPTIDE Movement, whose debut album Keep On, Keepin’ On, is currently riding high in the Irish charts, play the Róisín Dubh tomorrow at 9pm.

THE KANYU Tree will be among the various bands and singer-songwriters featured in this month’s PLAY IRISH initiative.

The Latin Quarter Galway has announced details of Guinness Live, a new music festival for Galway. It will take place from Thursday September 22 until Sunday September 25, and will feature an extensive line-up of national and local acts in a series of intimate gigs in venues and pubs throughout the city’s Latin Quarter, with 50 live performances over four nights. Admission to all gigs is free and is on a first-come, first-served basis.