Weekender: |wiːkˈɛndə|– noun – what to do in Dublin this weekend.
Feast of the Epiphanies
Thursday 11 June | James Joyce Centre | 6pm, €25
The second in a series of literary salons run by the James Joyce Centre, where everyday hoi polloi like you and I get to rub shoulders with some of the city’s literary giants – this time including Belinda McKeon and Paul Murray – in a combination of chatter, interviews, insight, Georgian splendour and of course, food and drink.
Blackout #2: Different Trains
Friday 12 & Saturday 13 June | Royal Irish Academy of Music | 10pm, €20/25
A night of music and and food served up in pitch black from Gruel Guerrilla with Vania Lang (on food duties) with musical performances from Kirkos Ensemble. We spoke to Robert and Sebastian from Kirkos in this month’s issue about their project and in particular the second instalment of it which will see them performing Steve Reich’s Different Trains, along with a selection of original compositions by Irish composers in response to the central piece of the evening.
Paddy Hanna
Saturday 13 June | Bello Bar | 8pm, €10
This month’s cover star Paddy Hanna celebrates the release of the single Austria with a gig in the intimate and oddly-shaped confines of The Bello Bar in Portobello. As you’ll know from reading about Paddy, his music is a strange combination of familiar pop-shapes and and unusual, slightly dark imagery, woven together with skill and subtlety. Watch this space…
Waxahatchee
Saturday 13 June | Button Factory | 7.30pm, €14.50
Katie Crutchfield, as Waxahatchee, makes music is beautifully simple and full of echoes of a ‘90s indie rock songwriters from the deep, rich tones of her distorted guitar to the home-made feel of her double tracked vocals. But Waxahatchee’s not just some nostalgia trip, as Crutchfield has proved herself a powerfully intimate songwriter over the course of three albums under her stage name, as well as with Birmingham (Alabama) punks P.S. Eliot. Her most recent release, Ivy Tripp, is a fine continuation of that tradition.
Andrew Weatherall
Saturday 13 June | Twisted Pepper | 10.30pm, €12/10
A veteran DJ, producer and remixer, Andrew Weatherall returns to Twisted Pepper only a matter of months after his last excellent night out here. Known for his Primal Scream associations and his Junior Boys Own label, Weatherall has always been a musical explorer, moving from Madchester’s heady days through British techno and working with Warp records.
Portal of Discovery
Sunday 14 June | Strand Road, Sutton | 4pm, €22
An afternoon of storytelling, song, comedy and food put together by Young Hearts Run Free, with special guests Gina Moxley, Stephen James Smith, Fred Cook, music from The Evertides and Dylan Tighe and food from takingaleaf, all taking place in the surrounds of a Martello tower out in Sutton. Tickets can be found here.
