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“Come with me, I’ll guarantee you the best time you’ve ever had,” growls Chris Smither enticingly on the first line of ‘Don’t Call Me Stranger’, the opening song from his latest album ime Stands Still.

Galway’s first craft beer festival will take place this May Bank Holiday weekend. The Brewers on the Bay Festival will bring craft brewers from microbreweries all over Ireland to Salthill for the first event of its kind in the west.

The RLF Restaurant Celebrity Cook-Off line-up was announced at the official Roscommon Lamb Festival 2010 programme launch in Gleeson’s Townhouse and Restaurant, Roscommon Town.

Ireland’s foremost roots music festival returns to Kilkenny for the May Bank Holiday weekend with a mixture of revered favourites and new treasures to unearth.

In the first event of its kind in the west of Ireland, the Brewers On The Bay festival will bring craft brewers from microbreweries all over the country to Salthill on May 1 and 2.

To celebrate World Book Day which took place last week, a collection point for the Delvin Book Fair was placed at the reception of Belvedere House Visitor Centre. The book fair will take place over the May Bank Holiday weekend and proceeds from this community project will go to the Delvin Sports and Leisure Centre.

Do you fancy running in a mini-marathon and at the same time contributing towards the development of a state of the art facility for people with cystic fibrosis in Mayo? The organisation behind the development of the new unit at Mayo General Hospital is encouraging runners to take part in the marathon which will be held on the May Bank holiday in Castlebar.

Arising from the successful cross border leagues involving Westmeath and Offaly over the last number of years and following Laois/Offaly games played by way of preparation for Feile na nGael over the last two years, it has been decided to progress this concept and pilot leagues involving clubs from all three counties. The focus for these games will be to provide quality games for clubs against teams they would not normally play as they prepare for their own championships.

Over the past decade or so Kilkenny’s popular Rhythm and Roots festival has succeeded in putting the city on the roots music map, just as the Cats Laugh has put it on the comedy map.

The annual Guinness Rhythm and Roots festival was launched last night in Kilkenny to much anticipation.