One could argue that this isn’t for everyone. That person would be wrong. Irish music is positively energizing, melodic, and sometimes slow and haunting. Probably one of the best parts of going to Ireland is pub crawling in major cities, just to listen to all the amazing live music performed in every dimly lit, beer-soaked corner of drinking establishments around the country. More than just traditional Irish music, the well travelled, multicultural musical stylings of plenty of Irish artists may surprise you as well– whether it be a steel string guitarist singing the down-country American blues, or a rock-indy hybrid local band tearing it up. Music is alive and thriving in Ireland, and it’s worth poking your head in a few different doors as you go along just to see what is out there. Oh yeah, and there’s festivals and plenty of street performers as well. Just don’t expect a lot of bucket drummers like in the subways of NYC.