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This year marks the 300th anniversary of the foundation of Eyre Square, and this milestone event in the city’s chief civic space will be marked with an open air concert this Saturday.

Now in its 11th year, The Galway Sessions is looking forward to an exciting June. As part of the event’s ongoing partnership with Stirling in Scotland, from June 11 to 17, the organisers are looking forward to welcoming back the Scots to the streets of Galway. Last year saw record crowds with over 15,000 in attendance, half of whom were from overseas.

THE GALWAY Sessions festival, a celebration of the music of Ireland, Scotland, and America, and the historical, cultural, and ethnic links between the three nations, returns next month.

IRISH TRAD-folk duo, Murray & Falkenau, and their band, will play The Crane Bar, Sea Road, this Sunday at 8pm.

ANNA FALKENAU is from Germany and lives in Galway and across Ireland she has won acclaim for her Irish traditional fiddle playing.

THE CONNECTIONS between Ireland and Scotland run deep, deeper than is often realised. Many are aware there is a similarity between Irish and Scots Gaidhlig, our traditional musics, and the distilling of whiskey, but there is more to it than that.

GALWAY ELECTRONICA group Xklima will play the Nuns Island Studio on Saturday at 7.30pm.

Images of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay in orange boiler suits, chained, and in cages has, over these last number of years, shocked the world and raised serious questions about the ‘war on terror’.

XKLIMA, THE Galway based electronica project of Mark Long and Ivan Murray, play the Nuns Island Theatre on Saturday April 4 at 8pm.

Amnesty International’s Freedom Café on Middle Street recently received a makeover and to celebrate its new look, Amnesty will host an evening of poetry, talks, music, and coffee on Wednesday May 14 from 12.30pm to 9pm.