Farmleigh // July 21
IRISH GOVERNMENT IN GOOD IDEA SHOCKER. It seems wrong, I know, but bear with me. For five summers the Salon Series has gently wowed audiences at Phoenix Park’s magnificent Farmleigh House, courtesy of the Office of Public Works and the Improvised Music Company. Now maybe the folks in Kildare St have muddled along unaware all this time; maybe they’re all secret fans of peerless musicianship set in stately ballrooms, only posing to be haplessly incompetent parish pump pushers – in any case the series continues this summer with the inaugural Choice Music Prize winner Julie Feeney. Expect her bold voice and delicate arrangements to suit the ballroom’s natural acoustics perfectly. Tickets are free, but subject to lottery.