WHAT’S ON

The cobwebs should be well and truly wiped away as we enter the second week of the year and there are plenty of musical acts criss-crossing the highways of the nation to entertain you. Country fans in Donegal are in for a real treat tonight. Mike Denver plays the Inishowen Gateway Hotel and Irish Country music legends Ray Lynam and Philomena Begley are his special guests. The Three Amigos are in the INEC Killarney and on the tour throughout January. See jimmy-buckley. com for details. The

Dublin-Bowie-Fest continues tonight and for the rest of the week. Rebel

Rebel, one of the finest David Bowie tribute acts I’ve ever witnessed, are in Dublin’s Vicar Street tonight. See dublinbowiefestival.ie for details. You can catch quality harmony group The

A merichanics in Coughlan’s of Cork on Monday. Our national treasure in a T-shirt Christy Moore is in Vicar Street on Wednesday and Thursday. His brother Barry, better known to us as Luka Bloom, plays the Sea Sessions in Booterstown on Friday. Those stalwart balladeers Foster &

Allen are touring and hit The Abbey Hotel Roscommon on Friday and The Keadeen, Newbridge, Co. Kildare on Saturday. Former Eurovision winner Niamh Kavanagh (pictured) plays a rare show in the Spirit Store, Dundalk on Friday. The 2017 Celebrity Masterchef winner might impart a few culinary tips too. You are guaranteed a good night at The High

Kings, who are gigging around the country. Expect rousing rebel songs a-plenty in The Black Box in Galway on Saturday night.