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It has been a decade since its last performance in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, but Handel’s Messiah is returning with a unique, local twist on Sunday, December 14, at 7.30pm.

It is not often that the music of centuries past finds itself echoing so naturally within walls of the same vintage. But such was the magic of last Sunday evening at Claregalway Castle, where a full house gathered for the Summer Salon Concert—an experience that delighted both ear and spirit in equal measure. In this majestic medieval setting, the age of the stone matched the age of the sound, and history sang anew.

Music lovers are in for a treat next Sunday, August 3, as the historic Claregalway Castle opens its doors for an enchanting evening of opera at the Summer Salon Concert. The event will feature two exceptional sopranos, Helen Hancock and Anna Rose Marshall, in a programme that spans from the Baroque to the Romantic era.

Clifden Arts Festival 2025 is inviting audiences to embark on The Journey—a celebration of how art, story, and experience shape who we are. Running from September 17-28, this year’s theme explores paths of memory, heritage, migration, transformation, and the imagination. The festival continues to honour Clifden’s identity as a place where past and future meet through creativity.

Clifden Arts Festival 2025 is inviting audiences to embark on The Journey—a celebration of how art, story, and experience shape who we are. Running from September 17-28, this year’s theme explores paths of memory, heritage, migration, transformation, and the imagination. The festival continues to honour Clifden’s identity as a place where past and future meet through creativity.

Galway Baroque Singers will present their summer celebratory concert in Galway Cathedral on Saturday, May 31, at 8.30pm

Ray O’Donnell, cathedral organist and director of the concert series, says large screens will allow the audience to watch organists at work, conveying all the action from the gallery to the pews below.

After wowing audiences during Birr Festival of Music earlier this year, the Irish Chamber Orchestra will return to Birr for a very special Christmas concert in December.

Pauline Graham (soprano), Patrick Early (violin), and Michael Quinn (organ) are presenting a concert of Baroque music in Holy Trinity Church, Westport on August 12 at 8pm.