Radio Highlights: Cork punk and psych-rock in 2XM's Dreamland finale

Plus: Arena marks 40 years of Rough Magic at Project Arts Centre; groundbreaking opera with the Life and Times of Malcolm X on LyricFM; Bank Holiday Monday specials
 I Dreamed I Dream, onstage in Limerick: help close out the Dreamland series; Tuesday, 7pm; RTÉ 2XM

I Dreamed I Dream, onstage in Limerick: help close out the Dreamland series; Tuesday, 7pm; RTÉ 2XM

SATURDAY 

DJ for a Day, RTÉ Jr, 4pm: Best pals and neighbours, eight-year-old Norah and Rose take over the wheels of steel — if you’d like your child to be DJ for a Day, email junior@rte.ie.

Opera Night, LyricFM, 7pm: The Metropolitan Opera, New York, presents the groundbreaking and influential X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X by Anthony Davis.

SUNDAY 

The Lyric Feature, LyricFM, 6pm: A Place of Pointed Stones: Poet Jessica Traynor writes a poetic history of the town of Banagher in County Offaly.

BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY 

Playscapes, RTÉ Jr, 12.30pm: A new series that supports preschool children in role play and learning, with Fair City star Aisling Kearns.

An Duairceán, R na G, 5pm: Radio drama by Aodh Ó Domhnaill. Two climbers take on a steep and dangerous mountain in Mayo, known as ‘An Duairceán’.

Arena, RTÉ 1, 7pm: Celebrating female creativity on St Bridgid's Day: Mairín Alsop, Sofia Coppola, Paula Meehan, and others feature.

Groovers' Corner, RTÉ 2XM, 9pm: RTÉ radio producer and trendsetter Peter Curtin oversees an eclectic selection of music from independent music scenes around the world.

Selló (hurley in hands): 2022 Studio 8 session reairs on The Alternative; Tuesday, 11pm; 2FM
Selló (hurley in hands): 2022 Studio 8 session reairs on The Alternative; Tuesday, 11pm; 2FM

TUESDAY 

The Full Score, LyricFM, 1pm: Pianist Alexandre Kantorow joins the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and maestro Elim Chan for performances of works by Rachmaninov and Liszt.

Arena, RTÉ 1, 7pm: Previewing the best of new telly; Kazakh pianist Alim Beisembayev speaks ahead of his upcoming NCO performance.

Dreamland, RTÉ 2XM, 7pm: A journey along Ireland's west coast in search of new sounds concludes in Cork — including live performances from psych-rock songwriter Elaine Malone, post-punk duo Big Boy Foolish and punk enfants terribles I Dreamed I Dream; plus an unheard collaboration between Corkman Arthur Itis and Dundalk space-farer Twink Mammy, aka Baby Nits.

The Alternative, 2FM, 11pm: This week from the Session Archives: Kilkenny rockers Engine Alley in a 1990 Fanning Session back, plus Valerie Francis (2009) and Selló (2022).

WEDNESDAY 

The Full Score, LyricFM, 1pm: John Finucane, Jessie Grimes, and Finghin Collins come together for a concert of duos and trios in a recording from the Drogheda Classical Music series.

The Alternative, 2FM, 11pm: Ahead of the second anniversary of Belfast post-rockers And So I Watch You From Afar's sixth LP Jettison, a 2022 interview with guitarist Rory Friers.

Marti Pellow: the second-most impressive Marty on the airwaves; Thursday, 7am; LyricFM
Marti Pellow: the second-most impressive Marty on the airwaves; Thursday, 7am; LyricFM

THURSDAY 

Marty in the Morning, LyricFM, 7am: A Marty Party of the highest order, as Wet Wet Wet man Marti Pellow calls in to discuss his upcoming Popped In, Souled Out gig in Dublin with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra.

The Alternative, 2FM, 11pm: Dan brings us highlights of much-fancied alternative popstar Caroline Polachek's performance at the 2023 Way Out West festival in Gothenburg.

FRIDAY 

Arena, RTÉ 1, 7pm: A special edition from Dublin's Project Arts Centre, celebrating 40 years of Rough Magic Theatre Company.

Lyric Live, LyricFM, 7pm: Live from the National Concert Hall in Dublin as the National Symphony Orchestra and Choruses are joined by soloists Ailish Tynan and Niamh O'Sullivan for Mahler's Symphony No 2.

Storytime Takeover, RTÉ Jr, 7pm: Mr Morgan wants to tell the children of Ireland some stories — but Sam and Izzy just want to change the script.

Continental Riffs, RTÉ 1, 10.30pm: Fashion designer, visual artist and writer Joanne Hynes, in conversation with singer-songwriter, composer and librettist, Julie Feeney.

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