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HE GREW up in a counterculture atmosphere in New York’s Lower East Side, surrounded by music, comic books, and alternative ways of looking at the world. He is Jeffrey Lewis - singer, songwriter, lyricist, artist, storyteller, and comic book creator.

The Strypes, the Cavan blues and r’n’b band who have won the admiration of Dave Grohl and Elton John, will play the Galway Arts Festival Big Top next month.

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IT HAS been five years since feted South African director Yael Farber last featured in the Galway Arts Festival. In 2008, Molora, her visceral and compelling version of Sophocles’ Oresteia was one of the high points of that year’s programme.

IDAHO SONGWRITER Josh Ritter has long had an ardent following in this part of the world and his Galway Arts Festival show at the Big Top promises to be a highlight of this year’s music programme.

The Galway Arts Festival Box Office opened this week in the Galway Tourist Office, Forster Street, and there is a special Big Top gigs ticket offer.

World, European, and Irish premieres in theatre and dance, leading international rock bands, the best in Irish comedy, and an array of international street theatre will all feature in this year’s Galway Arts Festival which takes place from Monday July 15 to Sunday 28.

ON MAY 29, 1913, at Théatre des-Champs Élyseés in Paris, Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes presented the world premiere of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, with choreography by Nijinsky and design and costumes by Nicolas Roerich.

Musical highlights include Galway favourites Keywest who will take to the stage at Monroe’s Live on Saturday July 28. Róisín Dubh gigs include American folk singer Samamidon whose folksong albums have received wide critical acclaim on Sunday July 29, and Kormac’s Big Band featuring DJ Kormac and his superb barbershop quartet on Saturday July 28.

Mullery auctioneers is currently marketing exceptional first floor offices at 37/39 Forster Street, Galway. The offices, which are available for lease immediately, form part of this remarkable highly efficient building which was constructed in 2007.