July 14th-20th
Outdoor events
The front lawn of Belvedere House in Mullingar, Co Westmeath is the venue for a Shakespearean Garden Theatreperformance of A Midsummer Night's Dream at 7pm tonight (044-9349060). At 8pm in Ballykeeffe Amphitheatrein Co Kilkenny, Summer Serenades features Karl Scully of the Irish Tenors with special guests (www.ballykeeffe.com).
Seed savers
The Irish Seed Savers' Associationin Scariff, Co Clare hosts a celebration of food tomorrow from 11am to 5pm. The event includes a play by Fishbowl Youth Group, guided tours of their heritage orchards, and demonstrations on seed saving and summer pruning (061-921866).
Music
Today: Barbra Streisand(Castletown House, Kildare), Pink(Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney), Rod Stewart(RDS), The Revs(Crawdaddy). Tuesday: Wallis Bird(Cyprus Ave, Cork). Thursday: Keane(The Point), Pharoahe Monch(Tripod, Dublin).
Pósadh Figaro
An Irish-language version of the opera The Marriage of Figaro produced by Mary McDonagh runs at An Taibhdhearc Theatre in Galway from Monday until Friday 20th (091-563600).
Coming up roses
St Anne's Park in Raheny is the venue for the St Anne's Rose Festivaltoday and tomorrow. The festival includes horticultural exhibitions, guided walks of the Rose Gardens and the annual "Choose Your Rose" competition for children.
Sport
Ulster and Leinster football championship finalstake place tomorrow. Tyrone take on Monaghan in Clones, while the Dubs take on Laois at Croke Park. The Irish Oaks/Dubai Race Daytakes place at the Curragh tomorrow. The Irish Tag Rugby Association's Pig n' Porter Festivaltakes place in Old Crescent RFC, Limerick today. The "Pig" is being roasted on a spit, bless him.
Galway Arts Festival
Galway Arts Festivalcelebrates its 30th birthday this year with more than 400 writers, artists, performers and musicians congregating from Monday until July 29th. The festival includes theatre, spectacle, dance, visual arts, music, literature and comedy. Highlights include music from Cesaria Evora, Eliades Ochoa and Taraf de Haiïdouks; dance from the Stephen Petronio Company; Cormac McCarthy's drama The Sunset Limited; and comedy from Mark Thomas and Stewart Lee. www.galwayartsfestival.com
And finally
The UCD Clinton Institute for American Studiesruns its inaugural summer school from tomorrow until July 22nd, bringing together scholars from Europe and the United States to discuss American politics, culture and society (01-7161560).