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THE AMERICAN poets Thomas Lynch and Michael Heffernan will launch their new poetry collections this Saturday at 6.30pm in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop.

The Galway Arts Festival returns from Monday July 16 to Sunday 29 and will be officially launched in Dublin this evening and in Galway tomorrow. Below is all that is on during the two weeks and there is plenty to look forward to.

SPECIAL CONSENSUS are a bluegrass band, but one with a difference. Instead of coming from the music’s heartland of the Southern US States, they come from Chicago.

John Mahoney, best known for playing Marty Crane in Frasier and for his powerful stage performances at numerous Galway Arts Festival productions, has rated Galway as his favourite holiday destination in the world.

“WATCHING BARACK Obama get to The White House was such a one-off experience. For him to go from such obscurity to the highest political position in the world in such as short space time was an unparalleled journey in American politics.”

SAN FRANCISCO’S Chanticleer, “the world’s reigning male chorus,” according to the New Yorker, will make their debut Galway appearance in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church on Saturday July 4 at 8pm.

“UNLIKE MANY virtuosos, Haefliger is a musician first and pianist second...Andreas Haefliger is a pianist to watch. More importantly, he is a pianist to listen to.”