While the Temple House Festival was brought forward from its September date last year to beat Oxegen to the punch as the first Irish festival of the summer, those of you who want music without mud will be happy to know that the Killruddery Festival of Arts (which, this year, features Il Divo, Colm Wilkinson and ‘As You Like It’) will begin next Sunday, July 17th, with Veronica Dunne’s renowned Opera at the Orangery.