never seen it before. Also confirmed for 2014 is the British choreographer Russell Maliphant and his ensemble. 01-6790524, dublindancefestival.ie



Love: Live Music 21

Music Network’s free countrywide extravaganza of live music. Last year there were 300 events, from toddler song and dance through open orchestra rehearsals. 01-4750224, lovelivemusic.ie



Drop Everything 23-25

This cool contemporary festival of visual art, music and fashion – totally funded by online donations – is held biannually on Inisheer, the smallest and most easterly of the Aran Islands. dropeverything.net



Life 23-25

Top electronic musicians will be heading for Belvedere House, Mullingar, Co Westmeath. life-festival-com



Listowel Writers’ Week 28-1

Novel-writing with the international best-seller Douglas Kennedy is just one of the workshops at Listowel in 2014 – there will also be poetry with Seamus Heaney’s Irish publisher, Peter Fallon of Gallery Press, andcommunity of the Co Clare town gets involved as this multidisciplinary festival brings acrobatics, music, dance, visual arts and workshops to the banks of the river Fergus. 065-6893966, ennisstreetfestival.com



Éigse Carlow 6-15

Notching up its 35th year, the Carlow arts festival offers a range of events from large-scale exhibitions at the Visual Centre for Contemporary Art to fireworks displays over the river Barrow, with a full programme of music and theatre into the bargain. 059-9172439, eigsecarlow.ie



Live at the Marquee 9- 5 july

Elbow, The Pixies, The Coronas, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Tom Jones and Robert Plant are already confirmed for this Cork rockfest, with more names being added – it seems – by the day. 01-7755800



Immrama 12-15

Travel to the heritage town of Lismore in Co Waterford, and you can travel