One of the strangest head liners in a while have just been announced in the Gloaming, but when you think about it, it makes perfect sense. Anyone that can sell out the […]
Irish Festival Guide 2016 – Body&Soul Festival Announces Second Round of Acts
Win Tickets to Sons of Kemet – Wednesday 6th April – Sugar Club
We have two tickets to give away to one lucky winner for Sons of Kemet on Wednesday 6th April at the Sugar Club. To be in with a chance of winning – […]
Dublin Event Guide (28-03-16 – 3-04-16)
The revolution is upon us! The 1916 celebrations are in full swing and getting very hard to ignore! There’s lots of talks, theatre and musical events around the city celebrating the failed […]
Irish Festival Guide 2016 – Groove Festival Line Up Announced
The Line up for the Groove Festival has Sat 2nd & Sun 3rd July at the lovely Killruddery House, Bray, Co Wicklow. The day by day breakdown is below as well as […]
Dublin Event Guide (21-03-16 – 27-03-16)
Ok, so Patrick has departed for another year, so what are we left with? There’s a whole lot of revolution going on, with New plays in the form of McKenna’s Fort and […]
Forbidden Fruit 2016 – Saturday and Sunday Line-up
More information has just been announced, with details of the line up for Saturday and Sunday line up of Forbidden Fruit. Saturday is looking pretty tasty with Tame Impala and Battles. As […]
Drogheda Arts Festival 2016 – 25-04-16 to 2-05-16
Drogheda Arts Festival 2016 – 25th April – 2nd May 2016 Details of the new Drogheda Arts Festival have just been announced, and while David Holmes will probably get most of the […]
Dublin Event Guide (14-03-16 – 20-03-16)
This week is sponsored by the colour green. Yes, the madness that is St. Patty’s day is just about to engulf the city, so hold on tight! There’s actually a wide range […]
Abdullah Ibrahim – NCH – Live Review 4-3-16
Abdullah Ibrahim – NCH – Live Review 4-3-16 Abdullah Ibrahim was born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1934. He started playing the piano at age nine and performed his first professional […]
Dublin Event Guide (7-03-16 – 13-03-16)
There’s a new Charlie Kaufman film released this week in the form of Anomalisa, which is the cause of some excitement around these parts! There’s also a chance to see the Hateful […]
Interview with John Colbert – Black Bank Folk
We had the John Colbert from the Black Bank Folk band about their Album Rising Out (Released Feb 26th), a Concept album based around the 1916 Rising featuring special guests Damien Dempsey, […]
Dublin Event Guide (29-02-16 – 6-03-16)
There are 80 new plays in Smock Alley – Scene and Heard Festival, which is a pretty staggering amount! The festival is in it’s final week and is well worth checking out. […]
New Irish Music – Otherkin – I Was Born
Some New Irish Music with Otherkin – ‘I was born’. They play Whelans on Friday 8th April. Fresh from the success of ‘Feel It’, Dublin grunge-pop outfit Otherkin keep the good vibes […]
Baio – Workman’s Club – 22-02-16 – Live Review
Baio – Workman’s Club – 22nd Feb 2016 – Live Review It has been three years since the last Vampire Weekend album ‘Modern Vampires of the City’ and while there is talk […]
Dublin Event Guide (22-2-16 – 28-2-16)
The Audi Dublin International Film Festival is in full swing and runs until 28th of Feb, with a huge amount of events on around the city. There’s a massive amount of New […]
Suede – Olympia – Live Review – 11-02-16
Suede – Olympia, Dublin – Live Review by Killian Laher – Photos by M Quinn Passing the Olympia over an hour before the gig there was an old-fashioned queue waiting to see […]
Dublin Event Guide (15-2-16 – 21-2-16)
The big event in town this week is the Audi Dublin International Film Festival. Yes, that name will take some getting used to, but it’s the same show, with movies, interviews and […]
An Evening With Greg Dulli – Whelan’s – Live Review
An Evening with Greg Dulli – Whelans – Live Review – 07-02-16 Billed as ‘An Evening with Greg Dulli’, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from it. While waiting for the […]
Dublin Event Guide (8-2-16 – 14-2-16)
Love is in the air, and it’s actually falling on a weekend this year, so there is all sorts of nonsense on around the place! There are plenty of loved up movies […]
Lanterns On The Lake – The Workman’s Club – 30-01-16 – Gig Review
Lanterns On The Lake – The Workman’s Club – Jan 30th 2016 – Gig Review by Andrew Darley Vocalist of Lanterns On The Lake, Hazel Wilde, admitted that the band made a […]
Dublin Event Guide (1-2-16 – 7-2-16)
And so January departs and it is February once more! Is it officially Spring? Depends on who you ask. There are a few new plays with Big Maggie in the Gaiety and […]
Dublin Event Guide (25-1-16 – 31-1-16)
The Tradfest kicks off and there’s lots of events around the city to celebrate! It runs from the 27th to the 31st, so a short run and lots packed into it. Lessness […]
Longitude Festival – Line Up Announced!
This is much, much better than I expected. Last year, the Longitude Festival line up went towards the world of dance. This year, it’s much rockier, and the better for it! Kendrick, […]
PJ Harvey Returns
PJ is about to release her 9th studio album! She has released a few treats for us to savour before the single later this week. There’s already announcements of various gigs in […]
Dublin Event Guide (18-1-16 – 24-1-16)
We’re starting to shake off the cob webs of Christmas, and there’s actually a few things worth seeing and doing in Dublin this week! There are some new events in the theatre […]
Temple Bar TradFest – Preview
Temple Bar TradFest – Preview by Fran Winston Runs Wednesday 27th – Sunday 31st January. Eleven years after its inception the Temple Bar TradFest continues to go from strength to strength and […]
Shearwater – New Album and Irish Date
Shearwater have returned with a new album and a date in the Button Factory next month! For once, we’re not told about it six months in advance! Details of the album, gig […]
This Is Kit – Upstairs in Whelans – 8-4-16
Did I mention 2016 is sizing up nicely for gigs? If not, I should have already! There’s some gems around the smaller venues in Dublin and you can add another to the […]
Dublin Event Guide (11-1-16 – 17-1-16)
The First Fortnight Festival is nearing it’s end, but there’s more than few things to take its place! Room is the main event in the land of movies, with Lenny Abrahamson doing […]
No More Workhorse 