10 live events for August: All Together Now, Electric Picnic, Garron Noone... 

Kilkenny Arts Festival also has a strong programme on offer 
10 live events for August: All Together Now, Electric Picnic, Garron Noone... 

L-R: Matt Berninger of the National; Garron Noone; Kylie Minogue

All Together Now

Thursday August 1 - Sunday 4; Curraghmore Estate, Co Waterford

US indie legends The National, UK R&B sensation Jorja Smith, crowdpleasers The Prodigy and veteran shoegazers Slowdive are among the topliners of this year's instalment of the major August excursion.

brat-ish club night

Saturday August 3; Roisín Dubh, Galway

Hyperpop heaven at the Roisín for everyone currently in their Brat Summers in the city of the Tribes - music from the ubiquitous Charli XCX album, plus genre and generational contemporaries like Caroline Polachek, Lorde, the late SOPHIE, and more.

Kilkenny Arts Festival

Thursday August 8 - Sunday 18; venues around Kilkenny

The cathedral city's annual arts extravaganza takes in everything from music with Cormac Begley and This is the Kit, to conversation with Fintan O'Toole and poetry with Paul Muldoon and Martina Evans.

The Big Band Bash for Pieta House

Friday August 9; Cyprus Avenue, Cork

Five of Cork's young bands come together for a summer showcase in aid of the long-running mental-health charity: This That and the Other are joined by Esper, MDR, Other Mother and Ether for the occasion.

Frost & Firelands Tour

Saturday August 10; Dolan's, Limerick

After over 50 years of gigging and recording, American power-metallers Cirith Ungol's farewell Irish gig happens in the country's capital of metal, with a massive support lineup including England's Wytch Hazel and Dublin's Death the Leveller.

Mother of All The Behans

Tuesday August 12 - Sunday 18; 3Olympia, Dublin

Imelda May continues her run as Kathleen Behan, the revolutionary socialist mother of the Behan literary clan, in a working-class theatre spectacular.

Electric Picnic

Friday August 16 - Sunday 18; Stradbally Estate, Co Laois

The latest edition of the grande dame of Irish summer festivals sees popstars Kylie Minogue, Calvin Harris and Noah Kahan headlining, while homegrown heavyweights like The Scratch, Jazzy, NewDad and Bricknasty show their stuff on the grandest stage.

Garron Noone

Wednesday August 21; Cyprus Avenue, Cork

Ireland's foremost food critic and cultural commentator of the TikTok era returns to Cork for another live show full of song and stand-up. Delicious.

Girl in Red 
Girl in Red 

Girl in Red

Tuesday August 27; 3Arena, Dublin

Norwegian alt-pop superstar gigs out tunes from recent album I'M DOING IT AGAIN, BABY! - the artist's capitalisations and exclamation points.

Daniel O'Donnell

Friday August 30 & Saturday 31; Cork Opera House

Wee Danny and pals make their Leeside return for a weekend double-header at the Opera House - strictly country-Irish classics.

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