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TOM PAXTON, one of the enduring legends of American folk music, is coming to the Town Hall at the end of this month for what promises to be a real treat for concert-goers.

If you have been seeing the odd Stetson in town, paired with shin-high cowboy boots, there is no need to fret — you are not lost in an old Western movie — you are about to witness one of the best music country/folk, rhythm and blues festivals in the country, and it’s all happening in the Marble City over the long weekend.

SCOTTISH COUNTRY singer Isla Grant, Irish folk singer Johnny McEvoy, and the ever popular Lambert Puppet Theatre are all coming to the Town Hall Theatre.

THE MUSICAL Circus arrives at the Town Hall Studio on Friday and Saturday August 13 and 14 at 8.30pm, bringing its inspired music and performances with many numerous twists and turns.

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.

Music fans will be saddened to hear of the passing of Kilkenny- based folk singer, John Martyn.

KESHCARRIGAN IN Co Leitrim is nestled between the Shannon and Lough Erne. Its landscape has been farmed for thousands of years and has also provided the inspiration for the novels of the late John McGahern.

I hadn’t much luck with my annual trip to the bookies for the Cheltenham Festival last week. If it hadn’t been for Pius Meagher and his tip for Punjabi it would have been a financial disaster that would have made Anglo Irish Bank fiasco look mild in comparison.

FOLK SINGER Jenny Mulvey will be promoting her new album Suirí with a concert in the Fairhill House Hotel, Clonbur, on Saturday at 9.30pm.

THE GREAT Sean Keane will be among a host of Galway trad and folk greats who will be performing in the Town Hall Theatre at a benefit concert for Return to Tanzania.