Across the festival, you can look forward to performances from Imelda May, Denise Chaila, Eleanor McEvoy, Moya Brennan, Mary Coughlan, Camille O'Sullivan, Gemma Hayes, Una Healy, Loah, Nell Mescal, HamsandwicH, Róisín O, Niamh Regan, Tolü Makay, Pauline Scanlon, Lisa Lambe, Jess Kav, Toshín, and The Henry Girls, as well as Laura Whitmore on MC duties – plus more yet to be announced.

The various Nothing Compares events – which are part of the Brigid 1500 programme, and are presented by Hot Press and Kildare County Council – are unique and joyful celebrations of Irish women artists. They include:

The Mother Earth Food Symposium (Saturday, January 27. 11am):
A culinary delight with a host of talks, workshops and demonstrations featuring leading Irish women in food at The Wonderful Barn, Leixlip.
Line-up: Dee Laffan, Karen Ward, Chantelle Nicholson, Holly Loftus, Catherine Cleary, Jess Murphy, Rose Green, Majken Bech-Bailey, Ali Dunworth, Darina Allen, Julia Hemingway and Darcie Mayland, with more to be added

The Wonderful Barn Show: MOTHER EARTH (Saturday, January 27. 8pm):
SOLD OUTA star-studded show featuring songs on the theme of 'Mother Earth' at The Wonderful Barn, Leixlip
Line-up: Denise Chaila, Gemma Hayes, Una Healy, Róisín O and Tolü Makay

We Shall Overcome (Tuesday, January 30. 8pm):A concert centred around songs of social justice and freedom at Athy Library
Line-up: Eleanor McEvoy, Mary Coughlan, Pauline Scanlon, Jess Kav, Toshín and introducing IF (from Athy)
SMALL NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL STANDING TICKETS RELEASED

Nothing Compares – In Concert (Thursday, February 1. 8pm):SOLD OUT
A night of extraordinary, genre-spanning music by Irish women at The Moat Theatre, Naas – with Laura Whitmore featuring as MC
Line-up: Imelda May, HamsandwicH, Camille O'Sullivan, Niamh Regan and Nell Mescal

She Moves Through The Fair (Sunday, February 4. 8pm):SOLD OUT

A special event in St Brigid's Cathedral, Kildare, featuring traditional and contemporary songs about Irish women
Line-up: Moya Brennan, Loah, Lisa Lambe and The Henry Girls (plus more to be announced)

Denise Chaila. Credit: Liam Murphy

Nothing Compares has partnered with Teach Tearmainn, a charity supporting women and children affected by domestic violence in Kildare and Wicklow, who will receive a contribution from ticket sales.