This week we’re hitting the August Bank Holiday weekend, with Oxygen 2013 among other events. Oxygen has a heavy emphasis on dance music this year, with names such as David Guetta and Calvin Harris leading the line. There’s also the boutique festival in the Big House (Cellbridge), which has the excellent Farm among others. Indiependence Festival and Castlepalooza also kick off, for a full weekend stuffed with festivals! So, what about things actually happening in Dublin then, I hear you scream? Well, see below…
Theatre
This week is the first chance to see Major Barbara in the Abbey, along with The Friends of Jack Kairo in the New theatre.
Previews of Major Barbara starts at the Abbey Theatre on 31st July.
A Streetcar named Desire is at the Gate (it’s top notch, our review is here)
Foreign Bodies is in the Project’s Cube today (until August 3rd).
‘The Friends of Jack Kairo’ is at the New Theatre.
Riverdance (June 27th – 1st Sept) is at the Gaiety Theatre
Distance from the event and Wheelchair on my Face are at the Civic Theatre. Our reivew of Wheelchair.. is here.
Shush is at the Pavillion (our review is here)
Last Train from Holyhead is at the Viking Theatre until Aug 3rd.
Movies
The Lighthouse continues its Ennio Morricone season, with The Mission on Wednesday the 31st
Eye to eye is at the IFI, which is a look at cinematography in cinema. This week there’s The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
There’s also the Gaze gay film festival in the Lighthouse Cinema for the full of the Bank Holiday Weekend.
Gigs
This is the week of the festivals with Oxygen, Indiependence Festival and Castlepalooza. It could be a bit crazy. Blur, Hot 8 Brass Band and Seamus Fogarty would be my top picks of the other events around Dublin.
Mon 29 Jul
Skipper’s Alley – Whelans
Tue 30 Jul
Ben Caplan – Whelans
Toots and The Maytals – The Button Factory
The Yips – Whelans
Wed 31 Jul
Seamus Fogarty – Whelans
Thu 01 Aug
Blur – Royal Hospital Kilmainham
Paul Brady – NCH
Sisters – Odessa Club
Fri 02 Aug
Oxygen 2013
Castlepalooza 2013
Indiependence Festival 2013
Hot 8 Brass Band – The Sugar Club
Paul Brady – NCH
Protobaby – Whelans
The Joshua Tree – The Button Factory
The Silhouettes – The Olympia Theatre
Chewing on Tinfoil – The Workman’s Club
Bad Manners – The Village
Just No – Whelans
Sat 03 Aug
Oxygen 2013
Indiependence Festival 2013
Castlepalooza 2013
The Mighty Stef – Whelans
The Silhouettes – The Olympia Theatre
Sun 04 Aug
Oxygen 2013
Indiependence Festival 2013
Castlepalooza 2013
Derrick May – Twisted Pepper
The Silhouettes – The Olympia Theatre
Talks/ Lectures
Roddy Doyle will be at Hodges Figgis on Thursday the 1st of August at 6.30.
How nice it is just to be Irish: President Kennedy’s trip home (31/7/2013) –– Wed 31 July, 1pm – 1.30pm
Science Gallery Members Garage Sale – Science Gallery – Wednesday, July 31, 2013 – 18:00 to 19:00
Art –
Secretion by Willie Doherty is at IMMA (Image above) until 1st September at IMMA @ NCH Annex.
183rd RHA Annual Exhibition runs from 28 May-17 Aug, 2013. It always feels like summer to me when this exhibition opens! It’s well worth a look, and a great snap shot of art in Ireland.
I knOw yoU– IMMA Earlsfort Terrace – 19 April – 1st Sept 2013 – “I knOw yoU is a dynamic exhibition by a new generation of young European artists” or so says the blurb on the new exhibition in IMMA @ NCH (Earlsfort Terrace). It features the work of over 50 artists, so should be something for everyone! Quite looking forward to this one, Tino Sehgal also continues in the same venue.
Douglas Hyde – Gallery 1 – Eoin Mc Hugh (image above)- Augury, Gallery 2 – Frank Walter
Masterpieces of the Collection and Shades of Grey are at the National Gallery until September.
Chester Beatty – The Paintings is at the Chester Beatty (until Aug 31st)
Private Galleries:
The Summer Show is at the Peppercanister Gallery.
Liam Gillick’s ‘For the doors that are welded shut’ (image above) is at the Kerlin.
Oliver Sears – between shows.
Kevin Kavanagh Gallery – between shows.
Mary Rose Binchy is at the Cross Gallery until August 3rd.
Here are some of the bands features above:
No More Workhorse 