Weekender : |wiːkˈɛndə|– noun – what to do in Dublin this weekend.
RESONATE EXHIBITION OPENING
Thursday 12 March | Gallery of Photography, Meeting House Square | 6.30pm, free
Though the exhibition has already opened per se, the ‘opening’ takes place this Thursday evening. Resonate as featured in the pages of Totally Dublin this month, is a collection (put together by Darragh Shanahan and Aisling Farinella) of one shot from a selection of fashion photographers from Ireland. In each case the shot chosen is meant to be a shot that they feel is crucial to their work, their process or their career. Resonate acts as a showcase for the creativity bound into fashion photography, a practise that is far more often seen in a commercial setting, on the pages of magazines or on our computer screens, rather than on the walls of a gallery. Those featured include Linda Brownlee, Conor Clinch, Rich Gilligan and Josh Gordon. Full details are found here. There’s also a talk between Linda Brownlee and Aisling Farinella at 1pm on Saturday 14th March.
MADE IT: HOW TO GET FUNDED
Thursday 12 March | Twisted Pepper | 7pm, €10 + free drink
Continuing in their unending task of making the things people do seem all the more doable, the Made It team are taking on the big subject, the bottom line (rubs thumb and forefingers together suggestively): how do you get someone to give you money to make your great idea happen. On board to lend their expertise are Emily Aoibheann from Paper Dolls performance troupe, Giustina Mizzoni from CoderDojo, Hannah O’Reilly from Improper Butter, Sarah Costigan from the Little Museum as well as a panel featuring folks from Social Entrepreneurs, Linked Finance and Business to Arts. Rest assured, you’ll almost learn more here than by reading Getting Sh*t Done.
FOUR CHARACTERS
Thursday 12 March | Nowhere, 64 Aungier Street | 6.30pm, Free
Last year Bobby Aherne and Ruan van Vliet’s D’you Remember Yer Man? catalogued the tales of the various characters who roamed Dublin’s streets in days of yore into one humorous historical tome in extremely enjoyable fashion. Four Characters takes a cartoon’s handful of these fabled names and brings them to life via the talented pens and pencils of some of Ireland’s best artists and designers including Fuchsia MacAree, OhHeyFriend and Anna Moloney. Half of the money from each print sold goes to Dublin Simon Community and the other half goes straight to the artists, and there’ll be a bit of aul’ grub there too.
IRISH BEER AND WHISKEY FESTIVAL
Friday 13 – Tuesday 17 March | RDS | Various
Invariably an annual highlight for the quaffing classes, The Irish Craft Beer Festival in September now has a spring-time sister festival taking place called The Irish Beer and Whiskey Festival – a celebration of all things heavily hopped, citrus-infused, triple-distilled and all else in between at the RDS this month. With a stacked roster of brewers in attendance including the likes of Trouble Brewing, Franciscan Well, Black Donkey, Rye River, Metal Man, 8 Degrees and Mountain Man Brewing Company to name but a few, there is no shortage of variety on offer. And if beer’s not your bag, fear not: there is no shortage of craft cider producers, both emerging and established, on site plying their wares of both the sweet and dry varieties. Further to that, there’s an internationally enviable collection of whiskey distillers on hand including Dingle Distillery and Teeling’s. Teetotalers and responsible drivers can simply enjoy the smörgåsbord of gourmet Irish food on offer and the slew of Irish acts that will be taking to the stage throughout the event. Full details are on their website.
NO MONSTER CLUB PEOPLE ARE WEIRD LAUNCH PARTY
Saturday 14 March | Bello Bar | €7, 8.00pm
One of the city’s most beloved indie-pop concerns, No Monster Club, are setting up shop in the cosy, subterranean surrounds of Bello Bar in celebration of the release of their newie. Recent recipients of Totally Dublin’s always enviable ‘Album of the Month‘ bauble, People Are Weird is arguably a career high water mark for band, and if the prospect of hearing NMC’s latest earworms wasn’t enticing enough, band leader Bobby Aherne has hand selected one of the most enticing arrays of support acts in recent memory to sweeten the deal. Making one of his first live appearances since the release of glitchy bedroom pop come brittle techno opus, True Enough, Soil Creep will be taking to the stage. Also on the bill, making his premier Irish outing is English singer-songwriter Laurie Vincent and opening proceedings at 8pm sharp are indie pop chungfellas Mr. Rosso. Tantalising stuff indeed.
CIAN NUGENT (SOLO)
Saturday 14 March | Unitarian Church | €10, 7.30pm
Arguably our island home’s premier guitar-slinger, Cian Nugent, is taking a break from the recording of his much anticipated new full length to perform a rare solo show. Nugent’s work, especially unaccompanied, draws on the rich history of American Primitive and psychedelic music to create a hypnotically transcendent sound all of his own. You’d be hard pressed to source a more fitting location for Nugent’s meandering acoustic explorations than the city’s monumental Unitarian Church. Support on the night comes from another emerging Irish songwriting Brigid Power-Ryce.
THE IRISH-TURKISH PROJECT
Saturday 14 March | Sweeney’s | 7pm, €12/10
IMC are bringing a collision of worlds with Irish and Turkish folk songs clashing in a performance from Glaswegian jazzer Aengus Hackett and Turkish singer Sanem Kalfa along with members of Ensemble Eriu. A pretty unique conversation of cultures will be taking place in the surrounds of Sweeney’s on Dame Lane, that’s just whetting out appetites for next month’s 12 Points Festival already. Tickets can be booked here.
BODY&SOUL PRESENTS: ÉRIU
Monday 16 March | Irish Museum of Modern Art | €39.50 or €69.50 (with meal), 7pm
After last Hallowe’en’s Shapeshifter’s Ball, Body&Soul are returning to the sumptuous grounds of IMMA with another collection of music, visuals, food, drink and all the extraneous paraphernalia that make B&S celebrations so renowned. The dress code this time for Ériu is marked as ‘Excessive/Transgressive’ so don your weirdest wardrobe – or possibly all of your wardrobe – and head to Kilmainham where there menu includes food from Katie Sanderson (of Dillisk and Living dinners fame) and musical treats from Margie Lewis, the spellbinding Landless and Katie Kim.
NINA KRAVIZ
Monday 16 March | District 8 | 10pm, €18/15
St. Patrick’s Day falling on a Tuesday gives those Monday night clubbers the excuse they’ve always been looking for to get wild on the first day of the week. Russian tech-house heroine Nina Kraviz visits Thomas Street’s District 8 to kick off a week of celebrations, which will be music (or pounding beats) to the ears of those who have enjoyed her performances in recent times at Life Festival or her legendary Boiler Room set from 2013. Tickets available here from Resident Advisor.
JAMESON ST PATRICKS DAY LIVE
Monday 16 March | Vicar Street | 7.30pm, WIN TICKETS
Jameson St. Patrick’s Live takes place on Monday night before the festivities of the feast day at Vicar Street with a headline set from Little Green Cars and support on the night from recent Choice Prize nominees We Cut Corners and Delorentos. It may be sold out but we’ve got a fantastic opportunity to win tickets to it right here – and a secret gig the night before by Little Green Cars in association with StageIt.
HAPPENINGS PRESENTS: PADDY’S DAY UNLOCKED
Tuesday 17 March | Meeting House Square | 3pm-7pm, Kids go free
A novel and healthy idea from the Happenings crew – St. Patrick’s Day but stripped of the boozing. Having debuted the idea in Limerick this time last year, their ‘Unlocked’ theme is introduced for the first time to the capital for our feast day – in what will probably the first of many of these types of events. Removing booze from the equation means the city centre can be a place to hang out and celebrate not just for families with children but for everyone, on a day that is so often associated with excess. It’s all part of Happenings’ approach, which we spoke to founder Peter O’Brien about in this month’s magazine, and makes a for a refreshing change from the carnage around the parade. Details of the event are found here.
TELEPHONES: SNAKE’S OUT DAY TIME PARTY
Tuesday 17 March | A school yard | €6-15, 2-10pm, BYO
Reprising the success of their day time parties (and lane-way parties) last year, Telephones are back with another school yard boogie with DJ sets from the lovely Dip DJs as well as the Telephones DJs themselves. Dancing all day promises to banish both snakes and rain, so head on down to get yer Paddy’s Day groove on. Tickets found here.
