
Dirty Jazz and Foreign Rhythms in Meeting House Sq this September Fri 6th Sept, 7:30pm | Sat 7th Sept 7:30pm | Sun 8th Sept 2-8pm Down With Jazz, Meeting House Square, Temple […]
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Dirty Jazz and Foreign Rhythms in Meeting House Sq this September Fri 6th Sept, 7:30pm | Sat 7th Sept 7:30pm | Sun 8th Sept 2-8pm Down With Jazz, Meeting House Square, Temple […]
Aiken Promotions are bringing David Sedaris to Dublin on April 1st of next year. David has been described as “the Rockstar of Writers” and it will certainly not be a dull or […]
What do Youth Lagoon, Neon Neon, Glenn Jones, Kimya Dawson, Villagers and Josh Ritter have in common? Well, they’re all new to our gig guide! yes, it’s been a while, but it’s […]
The Fringe Festival starts tomorrow! Tomorrow! Hard to believe the wait is over. I’ve already written about a few of the big hitters (you can see our early preview here); such as: […]
Something really special is happening in Granby Park on Dominic Street, just at the back of the Ilac centre. It’s one of those positive news stories that rarely gets a mention, people […]
Ever wanted the chance to sing in an opera? How about to cheer on the boys in blue on the eve of the football final? Well, read on below… Performed by a […]
“No one wants you quite the way I do” This summer’s haunting EP “Everlasting” from Brooklyn resident L.D. Brown AKA ‘Grey Reverend’ is followed up this September by the full length Album, […]
I made a couple of failed attempts to make it to the Dublin Tenement Experience, which took place in No. 14 Henrietta Street and ran for two months until August 31st. Anu […]
Kris is a young, successful woman who seems to have her life on track. On a night out she is attacked and made to swallow a strange bug. This bug makes her […]
Now this is going to be a busy one! I know I always say that, but I really mean it this time. Not only does the Dublin Fringe Festival and Dublin Fashion […]
I’ve just returned from a staycation during which I read the beguiling Beautiful Ruins by American author Jess Walter. Walter began his career as a journalist writing for Newsweek, Washington Post and […]
A track taken from Chicago four piece’s new album ‘Era’, which is released this week.
Upstream Color is the new film from the director of Primer, Shane Carruth. I’m not hugely a believer in the director as the only name worth mentioning in the production of a […]
Yes, the drip feed continues, as the time table for another couple of the stages comes into view. I’m going to include all the stages to date, as there seems to be […]
In 1969, Giuseppe Pinelli fell to his death from a fourth story window of a Police station in Milan. This event formed the starting point for a work of fiction by Dario Fo, a satire […]
Bennie Reilly – artist, musician and illustrator extraordinaire – opens her new solo exhibition Rara Avis on September 4th, 6 – 8pm, in the Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin. It’s her first solo show since last […]
Ever wanted to be a Docker or Jacobs Worker? Or even one of the poor of Dublin? If so, now is your chance to be involved in an official recreation of the […]
Well, Culture Night is less than a month away, so lets have a look at what’s in store around the country. Some of the events are ticketed, so if you’re interested, check […]
A couple of new stage timetables have been released for the Electric Picnic, as the steady trickle of information continues to make its way to us, as they continue to drive us […]
I song that wafts through your senses, and is delicate and ephemeral. A style of music that is being called desert psychedelia. The album is out now on Thrill Jockey.
Collapsing Horse are one of the bright young companies of Irish theatre. Their show Monster/ Clock made a lot of people sit up and take notice, and it received praise such as […]
The details of Electric Picnic just keep coming, so for those with the magic tickets, it’s time to start making plans! The stage times for the Body and Soul stage and Earthship […]
What Masie Knew is an unusual movie, told almost exclusively from the perspective of a small child. In the early part of the movie, we hear arguments in the background, while the […]
The Dublin Live Arts Festiva 2013 (DKAF13) is running until Thursday and aims to “bring together some of the most exciting live performance artists and curators from both Ireland and abroad”. Visitors […]
A mixture of old and new in this years Music Documentary Season at the Lighthouse. One Two One Two is back from October 3rd to 6th. The ones that jump out are […]
I’m calling today Electric Picnic press release day, as they’re coming thick and heavy into our inbox. It really is shaping up quite nicely and there’s a huge amount of events and […]
I don’t quite remember the opening day of Tower Records, but I believe it started with a flourish, with East 17 causing quite a panic on Wicklow street and Loudon Wainwright appeasing […]
Is that really September creeping around the corner? The big event of this week is clearly the Picnic, but if you don’t have tickets by this stage, you won’t be going as […]
Elysium is a satellite city floating high above the earth below. It is a walled garden , a place for the rich to escape the poverty and crime on Earth, a perfect […]