The best rock and pop gigs of the week

London African Gospel Choir plays at National Concert Hall and US songwriter Jason Ringenberg comes to Dundalk

No plans for the bank holiday and Halloween? You need to read this

From Macnas parades and the Bram Stoker Festival to Guinness Cork Jazz Festival

The best things to do around Ireland this autumn and winter

Psychologist advises against hibernating, but to lengthen days by getting out and about

In a word ... matrimony

Spraoi festival grapples with complexities of female reproduction

Waterford international street arts extravaganza mixes the risqué with the morbid

A wealth of women at Temple Bar TradFest

The Dublin festival offers a raft of superb musicians who happen to be female. They are determined to make their mark in a male-dominated field