Event of the WeekMasters of TraditionWednesday-Sunday, August 19th-23rd, Bantry, Co Cork, various times/prices/venues, westcorkmusic.ieOnce again, this traditional Irish music festival is superbly curated by the acclaimed Co Clare fiddle player Martin Hayes, who has devised a programme featuring musicians “who carry tradition with great care, alongside those who are extending and reimagining the music in thoughtful ways”. Highlights include performances by De Danann founding member Charlie Piggott, his son Rowan Piggott, and Méabh Ní Bheaglaoich (Thursday, August 20th, Bantry House, 7.30pm, €45/€36) and The Breath, aka Stuart McCallum and Ríoghnach Connolly (Saturday, August 22nd, Bantry House, 7.30pm, €45/€36). Sidebar events include public interviews, conducted by Hayes, with Charlie Piggott (Friday, August 21st, Marino Church, 3.30pm, €12), and Ríoghnach Connolly (Sunday, August 23rd, Marino Church, 3.30pm, €12). GigsDRUIM Volume ISaturday, August 15th, St Brigid’s Church, Beaulieu House, Drogheda, Co Louth, 3pm, €20 (sold out), eventbrite.ie Oinism The inaugural outing of this noise and experimental festival features an array of music acts that operate well below the commercial radar, yet the fact that tickets were snapped up is proof of the music’s appeal. More than eight exponents of the pliable form are lined up, including Belfast’s Optic Chain, Cork’s Glottal Stop, Waterford’s Ruairí Ó Baoighill, Dublin’s Dressing, Kildare’s Luxury Mollusc, Wicklow’s Pink Thistle and Drogheda’s Oinism. For fans of drone, dark ambient, psychedelic, tape manipulation, and what the festival amusingly terms sean-nó(i)s(e).Another Love StoryFrom Friday, August 21, until Sunday, August 23, Killyon Manor, Co Meath, €210/€180/€165, anotherlovestory.ieAnother Love Story: Steffi x Virginia More than 10 years on from its first summer weekend, Another Love Story still manages to capture the sense of community and intimacy that has been central to it. Headline acts include veteran jungle act LTJ Bukem, Dutch-German club duo Steffi x Virginia, dub music producer Mad Professor, A Cosmic Tribute to Sun Ra Arkestra, and The Ambient Orbit. Irish acts performing over the weekend include Loah, Stella and the Dreaming, The Fynches, Seamus Hyland, Rua Rí, Aisling Lyons and the Leon Stax Equation. Particular highlights include an early outing for Paddy Hannah’s Burt Bacharach Show, and the festival’s In Conversation events. (Friday, August 21st, is fully sold out.)MobyFriday, August 21, IMMA, Dublin, 5pm, €79.90/€69.90, ticketmaster.ieMoby performing at Coachella in Indio, California, earlier this year. Photograph: Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for Coachella For more than 40 years, Moby has delivered music ranging from electronica, EDM, hardcore punk and sample-heavy pop to ambient and orchestral. Perhaps best known for his 1999 album, Play, which fuses field recordings and gospel/folk vocals with hip-hop and electronica, Moby has since developed a more streamlined, quasi-classical approach, particularly with studio work. His live shows, however, feature what you might expect: all the club dance/techno hits, many of which still hit the mark. Special guests are English dance group Faithless.StageTo Hell In a HandbagFrom Monday, August 17th, until Saturday, September 5th, Bewley’s Café Theatre, Dublin, 1pm, €15/€12/€10, bewleyscafetheatre.comTo Hell In a Handbag Behind their Victorian respectability, clueless Reverend Canon Chasuble and shrewd governess Miss Prism share secrets, secrets and more secrets. This skittish, persuasive play - a reimagined scenario that focuses on the intertwined backstories of two roguish supporting characters in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest - celebrates its 10th anniversary with a residency in a Dublin city centre venue and then travels nationwide in September. Helen Norton and Jonathan White write and perform. Art and nature Shaking Bog FestivalFriday-Sunday, August 21st-23rd, various venues/times/prices (some events are free, but booking is required), Curtlestown, Co Wicklow, shakingbog.ie and mermaidartscentre.ieHelen McDonald Marking the start of the Lughnasa harvest with a celebration of shared heritage reflects this festival’s theme of art and nature. Featured guests include acclaimed naturalists, zoologists, poets, artists, writers, singers, and dancers. Highlights include writer Helen McDonald (in conversation with Hilary Adam White, Saturday, August 22nd, St Patrick’s Church, Curtlestown, 4pm, €18) and poet/essayist Anthony Vahni Capildeo (in conversation with Selina Guinness, Saturday, August 22nd, St Patrick’s Church, Curtlestown, 5.30pm, €18). The festival concludes with The Gathering Field (Sunday, August 23rd, St Patrick’s Church, Curtlestown, 7.30pm, €20), a traditional Irish music event featuring sean-nós dancer Edwina Guckian and musician Seamus Hyland.ComedyJohn CollearyFriday, August 21, Civic Theatre, Tallaght, Dublin, 8pm, €25/€23, civictheatre.ieOne of Ireland’s busiest comedians, John Colleary embarks on his fourth solo tour in as many years. Following last year’s Wildlife shows, Colleary’s new stand-up production, Mighty Quack, promises to deliver what Tommy Tiernan has described as “playful and inventive” jokes. Unusually for a comedy tour these days, Colleary isn’t presenting a themed performance but rather a light-hearted gag fest of the smartest order. His next solo show is at TLT, Drogheda, Co Louth, on Friday, September 25th (8pm, €27, thetlt.ie). A nationwide tour follows from November onwards. OperaOpera in the Open: Orpheus in the UnderworldThursday, August 20th, Civic Offices Amphitheatre, Wood Quay, Dublin, 1pm, adm free (no booking required), dublincityartsoffice.ieNow in its 27th year, Dublin City Council’s Opera in the Open presents amphitheatre-style lunchtime performances in abridged formats narrated in English. First performed in 1858, Jacques Offenbach’s comic opera Orpheus in the Underworld features Edward Finnegan and Ciara Smith. The series ends on Thursday, August 27th (same venue and time) with a gala performance celebrating the work of Giuseppe Verdi. The musical director for each opera is David Wray. Still runningEilís O’ConnellUntil Sunday, September 13, Grilse Gallery, Killorglin, Co Kerry, grilse.ie Eilís O'Connell: That Flesh is Heir, 2020 Under the title of Whorls: Framed Works and Small Objects, Derry-born, Cork-based artist Eilís O’Connell exhibits a rare selection of her print and drawing work. She is perhaps best known for her large-scale sculpture works (O’Connell is a founding director of Cork’s National Sculpture Factory), bit this exhibition presents a more intimate side of her practice, and one partly influenced by neural circuits in the brain. Book it this week Kavanagh Weekend, Iniskeen, Co Monaghan, September 25th-27th, patrickkavanaghcentre.comFlorence Road, City Hall, Cork, November 27th, ticketmaster.ieKyla Cobbler, 3Arena, Dublin, February 26th, ticketmaster.ieBuffalo Traffic Jam, National Stadium, Dublin, April 16th/17th, ticketmaster.ie