Category: Arts & Music
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Making a Mark
Mark Smith is an award-winning Irish actor and theatre maker. He is best known for his one-man autobiographical show, ‘Making a Mark’, which toured Ireland in 2019. The Celbridge star, who has Down Syndrome, turned 44 in April, but started acting at just four and a half years old in school Christmas shows. Smith’s accomplishments don’t stop there. “As well…
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Talk of the Town: Fred Again Pop-up Dublin Gig
Last weekend, on November 1, well-known DJ Fredrick Gibson, or more commonly known as ‘Fred Again’, surprised Irish fans by playing his final European show of his 10-week pop- up tour in Dublin. The English DJ held 5 pop up gigs across Europe over the last 5 weeks to celebrate the launch of 10 new songs. Gibson didn’t reveal what city he was in until the week…
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Precinct: From school project to rising rock act
By Sean Kavanagh Many rock bands take much consideration when coming up with the name of their group. Eddie Vedder and Jeff Ament reportedly spent over three months arguing about what they would name their grunge-rock startup before settling on the name Pearl…
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Emporium gives Dublin a taste of the big apple
By Rían Cahill Dublin-based streetwear brand Emporium announced a brand-new collaboration last week with their New York-based counterparts Brigade, along with a special homecoming show with Wiki in the Sugar Club. Emporium, who have rapidly grown from a small local brand to a…
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‘I don’t plan on doing it forever’ – Allie Sherlock on busking, music, and having millions of followers
By Liam Murphy Allie Sherlock was just 9 years old when she first started playing music. The Cork native then took to the streets busking just two years after, aged 11. Since then, the singer songwriter, now aged 19, has gone on to…
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Meet Dublin’s Newest Art Collective Celebrating Black Alternative Culture
By Dearbhla Kiarie The AV Club is a new art collective seeking to promote Black alternative culture in Ireland, by curating events that celebrate Black individuals in subcultures, such as punk, goth, rock, metal. Founders Tina Wekare and Jasmine Odabi described their creation…
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Hundreds line the streets of Nenagh to celebrate Shane MacGowan mural launch
By Jason Quigley The wait is finally over for locals in the town of Nenagh, Co Tipperary, many of whom have watched and waited for the mural of the late Shane MacGowan to be completed. The official launch ceremony took place at the…
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Vendor’s fury as Dublin County Council aim to close food and wellness space
By Karl Steacy Chestnut Bazaar sits in the heart of the Liberties, nestled down a side alley on the busy Clanbrassil Street. Walking up to its entrance, it’s striking that it lies between a block of apartments and a derelict building, perhaps symbolic…
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‘We’re New Here’ art exhibition launches in aid of MASI
Community group ‘The Useless Project’, founded by Geraldine Carton and Taz Kelleher, launched their first art exhibition over the weekend. The ‘We’re New Here’ art exhibition celebrated a variety of “emerging artists who are new to Ireland’s art scene, and new to its…
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Breaking down busking
By Isabel Colleran. Isabel Ní Challaráin explores what attracts musicians to busking on Grafton Street and Suffolk Street and asks, is it worth standing in the cold? A lot of famous names started their music career busking on Grafton Street including Bono, Keywest,…
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