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GJSTU UIJOHT GJSTU Like nightclubs, cafes, and the Irish Cancer Society shop on Camden Street, Dublin’s parks close far too early. Unlike nightclubs, parks, and the Irish Cancer Society on Camden Street, however, they’re really very easy to break into. Thus, this month’s letter comes to you from the local village green at the stroke of midnight (a zombie film waiting to happen). Parkhopping, pastime of pear cider drinkers young, old, and homeless, has become my latest nocturnal activity of choice. What terrors does an ill-lit esplanade conceal? One-eyed drug dealers pimping trafficked amputee prostitutes to old men in baseball caps? Tramps fighting with makeshift flamethrowers? Nope - singersongwriters. Over my very first hopped railings we were greeted by the strains of plucked guitar strings and the wafting whine that can only emanate from those of the Damien Rice school of sappiness. Upon further investigation, we spied, from behind an hirsute bush, a solitary chap sitting on the hillside like a Greek monologist performing to an audience of squirrels and foxes, singing away to himself. Romance. The thoughts of every park in the city having its own minstrel regaling an audience of hidden parkhoppers was too much. We shouted a request for ‘Parklife’, and went back to the swings with an enormous sense of wellbeing. Speaking of which, we were going to have a feature article with Blur this issue. They wouldn’t pose on a park fence for us though, so we went with the grass-happy Phoenix instead. Don’t they look like they’re having fun? Daniel Gray

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This month written while rollerblading 37 Last Night A VJ Saved My Life Any excuse for vintage porn 40 Phoenix The man named Mars, eatin’ cars 44 Barfly Defniteyl writttten bye someoen sobre 46 Gastronaut

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Spraypaint For Saplings :: When artists and musicians bandy together to encourage emptying your wallets into the jangling buckets of charitable causes their tendency is to work the guilt angle. Yes, you really do have to buy a single with The Darkness gawking from the cover if you want to help the African Aid cause. The Achieving Art charity exhibition, refreshingly, matches a good cause with a good reason to get your wads out. Now in its third year, the exhibition enlists Dublin's finest street artists and contemporary designers to fundraise for Saplings, a Rathfarnham school caring for autistic children. With complimentary drinks to make your silent auction bids all the bolder, the Bernard Shaw welcomes Achieving Art to its spray-painted environs on the 17th of July, and will run until August 12th.

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Suffolk Sheep on Suffolk Street! Pedestrians on Suffolk Street did a double take recently when they were joined by two rather unusual creatures. Apart from the beauty of Jessica Cook and Mai Mguyen, it was the two Suffolk Sheep that the girls were bringing for a walk that caused quite a stir. Appointed Trinity scholars of medicine Jessica and Mai have received many perks including free rooms on campus and the privilege of grazing sheep on the lawns of the college. To congratulate the girl’s achievement Pacino’s Bar & Restaurant on Suffolk Street has also honoured them with free lunch for the entire duration of their scholarships. Having launched the new Pacino’s website, www. pacinos.ie, the popular bar and eaterie is encouraging people to “Join the Familyâ€? online to take advantage of special offers including discounts, event updates and birthday gifts – become a Pacino and reap the rewards with your very own Pacino card. After that, the girls enjoyed their ďŹ rst lunch at Pacino’s before taking the sheep, bred by property developer Tom Bailey of Batterstown, to Trinity College for their lunch on the lawns!

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CIRCUS SALE :: Since its 2007 opening, Circus have challenged the dull high-street Irish wardrobe with their carefully-edited range of international fashion, offering a mix of prized vintage one-offs, imported denim and quietly unusual deconstructed tailoring. This month the clothes boutique and art space bring their wearable art within the recession grasp, with a sale running the whole of July. Brands reduced include Henrik Vibskov, down by 40%, 50% off Eley Kishimoto, and this green ruffle dress by Poltock and Walsh (pictured), at less than half-price. Definitely worth a visit for unusual and thoughtfully-selected clothes, at even less-usual prices.

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(&5 :063 4,"5&4 0/ ,*/(4 0' $0/$3&5& Now in its fourth “make or break” year, Dublin's skate-culture extravaganza Kings of Concrete is gearing up to take over Wood Quay’s sloping pathways again. One of the festival's founding fathers, Dave Smith, gives us a communiqué on wake-skating, prize-making and the possibility of a gargantuan octopus taking over town. The History The festival started from us working together with Cultivate, who ran a multicultural festival in Ireland and had a sort of affinity with skate culture. At the same time the government had allocated funding for twenty one skate parks around the country, which was transformationally massive. They used to spend so much money on skate-stopping, with this ignorance of how to encourage what are very positive sports for young kids who aren't interested in mainstream sports. So we decided to throw a celebration event of these two things happening at once, and we hustled Kings of Concrete up in a four week stretch. Because we had such a big space to work with we realized just building a few ramps for it wouldn't be enough, so we identified these other areas of youth culture that were intrinsically linked, like breakdancing, graffiti, parkour, BMXing, rollerblading, and asked everybody we knew involved in these

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activities to come down and do their stuff. I had no idea how vibrant all these scenes were, there was no too-cool-for-school vibe. There's a real unity there. So on the day of this festival, whatever way it came together, our event stole the show. It became this living, breathing art installation, starting as a blank canvas and finishing covered in colour. It just developed a life of its own. Dublin City Council noticed how popular the day was, got in touch with us afterwards, and said we should run it as a standalone event with some funding from them. The Evolution Anyone who got involved in year one has become more and more involved as we've gone on. The people involved almost all work jobs, but they might as well be doing full time for us too. Beatboxers, parkour kids, capoeira crews come to us with ideas, offer to do demoes and workshops. The Big Bang drumming festival walk down on a Sunday morning, 70 drummers strong, and everybody joins in this impromptu parade. The buzz of this connection between people of the same outlook, this beautiful simbiotic, synergistic thing has just grown and defined the event. It's truly bigger than any one person, event, or crew involved. It's a bit of a struggle, being the fourth year, pushing it through, getting funding, everything, but it's progressive by its very nature, and continues to grow. This Year One new emphasis this year is the competitive element of it. We've always had battles and competitions, and we try hustle cash prizes, merchandise for the kids who win comps. This year though, we're trying to make the prizes a little more

aspirational. We're getting some really old kitsch antiques and having our artists do them up into trophies. We'll start passing these titles down from year to year, so there's some prestige to it. When you get down there on Saturday there might be six competitions on at one time, countless demoes and workshops, and it's a sensory overload. Certain workshops work, and some don't. This year we're running a t-shirt stencil-making workshop that started last year, but as a much bigger, two-day thing. We're hoping to build a temporary pool for wake-skating (like wakeboarding, but with skateboards). Then we've been talking to this fantastic street artist from London, Filthy Luker, who creates installations made largely from inflatable stuff. He takes derelict buildings, sometimes, and puts giant 10-12 metre tentacles coming out the windows as if a giant octopus has taken it over, or places inflatable eyes in trees, turning them into little monsters. So at the moment we're trying to negotiate Dublin City Council into allowing us to take over one of their buildings with a giant octopus... Let's just say it's a tricky negotation. Otherwise, each discipline progresses each year, different installations, different obstacles to interact with. And then we're trying to step it up by having some live bands. The family element we have down, it's very much orientated that way. So this year we want to link up with different venues for afterparties, and make sure that the older participants have an outlet too. Kings of Concrete festival runs on the 25th and 26th July across Wood Quay

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What type of events have you staged to date? To date we’ve had a visual art exhibition by students from IADT, we’ve had the likes of Valerie Francis (singer) play and Opera Ireland rehearsing in the space downstairs. What about upcoming events? Going forward we have For The Love Of art exhibition happening in July which opens on the 2nd, we have a curated exhibition by Karen Regan in August, Asylum Theatre Company will be performing a piece called Red Lola as part of the Fringe Festival, and the space is being used as part of the Darklight and DEAF festivals, as well as a community based project with Griffith Primary School in the autumn.

.*--*/( "#065 %6#-*/ ˜4 /&8&45 /0/ ("--&3: words // SUSAN KENNELLY Up until a few years ago the extent of my knowledge of the area in Dublin west of Christchurch on the south side of the river was the butcher’s, street vendors and bazaar of Meath Street, and the wonder that was Frawley’s on Thomas Street. Take a trip down this way now and Meath Street remains much the same, while its neighbouring area around Francis Street has become somewhat more desirable owing to the cheaper rents for NCAD students and city-dwellers. The artistic nature of the area due somewhat to the college and the comparatively cheap rents have developed this area into a hotbed of artistic activity. The Dublin Art Mill is the most recent addition to the increasing number of galleries and artistic venues in the area. Hazel Williams, manager of the space, has an issue of contention to clear up right off the bat‌. How long have you been running the gallery? It’s not a gallery!

How would you term it then, a mixed-media space? Thank you! A mixed media space yeah. We first cleared the space from October to December 2008 and built the artist studio spaces. We had our first artist move in on February 1st 2009, so five months. Why choose Mill Street as the location? The owners first approached me last August as they were thinking about setting up a gallery to the front of the building and asked me for some advice at the time because that was my background. At that point I gave them what information I had but discouraged them from proceeding due to the changing economic climate at that time. Some months later when speaking to Sean and Gerry (owners) I asked them what they had done with the space, they hadn’t done anything further so at that point I drew up the plans to create studios and a multimedia space downstairs and here I am.

The space will be affiliated with several festivals in the coming months, how did this come about? I suppose because of my background I knew that to establish the gallery in Dublin and for it to be seen by a wider audience I would have to draw festivals into the space. With things as they are I believe collaboration is very much the way forward so apart from collaboration with festivals we looked to Circa and Dublin City Council and studio spaces in the area like Monster Truck who have all participated and had a part in the development of the actual space as well. Did you find it necessary to diversify into other genres of artistry and creativity in order to occupy the space? Absolutely. I suppose when we established the space we thought we’d let it organically determine what direction it would be taken in. Certainly in the last couple months we’ve seen that music is the way forward for the space. Do you find the artistic community which is becoming more and more prevalent around D.8 to be of support to the space? Definitely. I suppose Dublin 8 is an ideal location and has become very interesting at the moment because it is earmarked for rejuvenation with some already having begun, especially in the arts, and the establishment of places like Monster Truck with the organic and arts-and-crafts markets in Newmarket all in the locale. I definitely think its an area that’s going to grow in the next few years, which makes it an exciting location to be in while at the beginning of this development.

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What do a hazelnut spread jar, a baby accordion and a drum machine have in common? They are the unlikely ingredients in a recipe for genius. Originally from Glendalough, Co. Wicklow, Patrick Kelleher’s music is ceaselessly experimental and startlingly original, but it’s happily never inaccessible either. Now resident in a house on the South Circular Road where Dublin’s closest imitation of a “happening” occurs most Sunday afternoons, Kelleher literally could not be closer to the heart of the underground. He’s an unassuming gent, though, and you’d almost never suspect that he could create music as powerful and tense as that compiled on his debut album, You Look Cold. So how did you get together with Osaka Records to do the album? Thomas Haugh, who records as Hulk, heard a song on Phantom and played it for Patrick Henry, who runs the label. I had 90% of it recorded when they approached me. I had a self-released EP on CD-R, 75 copies, earlier that year, and six of the songs on the album were on that EP, but I hadn’t tweaked them very much, they were very rough sounding. Everything on the recordings is you. Is there a reason for that? It’s just how it happened. I got into the buzz of record-

ing on my own. I play with a band, Children Under Hoof, and I do record with the band as well, but it’s just a different thing. I was living with three guys, and two of them were working on a building site and one was in college so they’d be gone all day. So I just had the house to myself, to go mad. Is it a conscious thing to try and get music from as many different sources as possible? Yeah, I’m really into cheap instruments. We go to charity shops all the time and pick up things. I don’t have many hi-fi things yet, but if I had money I’d probably be buying them. On a couple of songs you can hear doors opening and closing actually, but particularly on Wintertime’s Doll. It just so happened that I was recording one of the violin parts, and my dad came up and told me it was dinner time, He didn’t even speak, he just sort of mouthed the words to me and then closed the door. It sounded perfect, so I left it in. When did you start playing live with the band? About May 2008. It coincided with when I did the CD-R. Our first gig, we just showed up at the venue with all our instruments, with nothing to plug them into, and just an ironing board as a keyboard stand. It was quite stressful. It’s a lot better now though. We enjoy being on stage now. Which is good. Can you explain the idea behind the Box Social, the gigs at your house? One of the main reasons I moved into the house on the South Circular Road was that it had a shed to rehearse in. It was full of junk, but once we started playing in there, we realised it was a great little place and thought “why not put gigs on here?” I suppose there are so many great bands that there needs to be as many venues to put them on. Patrick Kelleher's really-quite-warm You Look Cold is out on Osaka Records now

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What does the title refer to? There’s a Dixie Chicks song called Wide Open Spaces. It was a working title that just kind of stuck. The film is actually set in a quarry which is an enclosed space so maybe it should have been called Enclosed Spaces! Was it a personal choice of yours to involve Ardal O’ Hanlon? I had him in mind from an early stage. I wanted to make the characters quite different from one another. I thought one should be more serious and I wanted Ardal to play that role rather than do the naïve, hopeless one because he’s done so much of that already. Tell us about his counterpart, Ewen Bremner? People would be familiar with him from Trainspotting. While we were shooting the film I went home and turned on Black Hawk Down and he was in it, shooting someone to bits! He was also in My Name is Earl. He’s well known in Scotland. I think the two of them work well together. I like the fact that one of them is Irish and the other Scottish and it’s never really explained. When you write a character, do you create a profile as to what the character is like? Taking Father Ted as an example, he has his inadequacies and weaknesses; he’s incredibly fame-hungry yet quite vulnerable. Steve Coogan did that with Alan Partridge. He was literally able to fill in any kind of questionnaire about the character, like what was his favourite film was! I think you build it up in layers and it starts to make sense as to what they would like or dislike, or what they would or wouldn’t do. Wide Open Spaces is on general release from July 17th

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Squeeze, The Saw Doctors

Thursday 16 July

■ Ne-Yo The O2 8pm, €54.80/49.20 Presumably will not be driving here himself.

Stage 2: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Doves, The Mars Volta, Maximo Park, Eagles of Death Metal, The Game The Gaslight Anthem

■ The Perfect Skins Whelan’s 8pm, €TBC

■ Ruthie Foster and Band Whelan’s 8pm, €20

Heineken Green Spheres: Pet Shop Boys, TV On The Radio, Peter Doherty, Regina Spektor, The Saturdays, Daniel Merriweather, Gary Go

Wednesday 8 July ■ James The Academy 7.30pm, €30 The ghost of jangle past lingers over the Academy ■ !!! Whelan’s 8pm, €17 Punk-funkster New Yorkniks

Thursday 9 July ■ Fear The Foliage Whelan’s 8pm, €TBC Best advice we’ve heard from a bandname in a long time. ■ NASA (Live) Crawdaddy 11pm, €15 Well-connected producer duo make their Dublin debut

Friday 10 July ■ Oxegen Punchestown Racecourse Main Stage: Blur, Snow Patrol, The Script, Lily Allen, James, The Coronas Stage 2: Keane, Pendulum, Fun Lovin’ Criminals, Therapy?, The Answer Heineken Green Spheres: 2 Many DJ’s, Republic Of Loose, Mogwai, Fight Like Apes, Dreadzone, God Is An Astronaut Red Bull Music Academy: Ladyhawke, M83 Dance Arena: DeadMau5, Swedish House Mafia, Crookers, Tom Middleton, Aeroplane (DJ Set), Japanese Popstars, Frankmusik, Burns

■ The Whiskey Limbs/

Vokopter Whelan’s 8pm, €8 Songs about girls. ■ Irish Pink Floyd The Button Factory 7.30pm, €TBC The Dark Side of... Crumlin?

Saturday 11 July ■ Oxegen Punchestown Racecourse Main Stage: Kings Of Leon, Bloc Party, Elbow, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, James Morrison, The Blizzards,

Red Bull Music Academy: Crystal Castles, Tinchy Stryder Dance Arena: Tiga, Boys Noize, Annie Mac, Digitalism, Yuksek, Dr Lektroluv, Popof, Don Rimini ■ The Dead Flags Crawdaddy 8pm, €10 They can’t be held responsible. ■ Hot 8 Brass Band Whelan’s 8pm, €22 New Orleans jazz-funk octet ■ One Man Party The Button Factory 11pm, €10 One man part of Soulwax

Sunday 12 July ■ Oxegen Punchestown Racecourse Main Stage: The Killers, Razorlight, The Specials, Paolo Nutini, Lady Gaga, Calvin Harris, Ocean Colour Scene Stage 2: Nine Inch Nails, Jane’s Addiction, The Ting Tings, Katy Perry, White Lies, Starsailor, You Me At Six, The Horrors Heineken Green Spheres: Manic Street Preachers, Glasvegas, Jason Mraz, Foals, Friendly Fires, Noisettes, Iglu And Hartly Red Bull Music Academy: Florence And The Machine, Of Montreal Dance Arena: Felix Da Housecat, Miss Kittin & The Hacker, Fever Ray, MSTRKRFT, The Bloody Beetroots, Hudson Mohawke, Kissy Sell Out

Monday 13 July ■ Allen Toussaint Whelan’s 8pm, €38 American songwriting treasure Wednesday 15 July ■ Manchester Orchestra Academy 2 7.30pm, €15 Neither from Manchester nor orchestral in nature ■ The Mighty Stef Whelan’s 8pm, €15 As Mighty as Emmy is Great ■ Emmy The Great Crawdaddy 8pm, €15/12 Fans include Tony the Tiger

■ Phillip Donnelly Whelan’s 8pm, €16 Celtic country rock

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■ Director Leopardstown Racecourse 4.30pm, €16.50 You’ll have to reconnect with the LUAS for this one

Friday 17 July ■ The Spikes Academy 2 7.30pm, €15 Urges, Purges, and pop-rock

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■ One For The Team Whelan’s 8pm, €13 With support from Heritage Centre

■ Aslan Vicar St. 8pm, €33.60 In preparation for new album ‘Nutcase’. Or ‘Uncased’. Something like that.

■ Charlie McGettigan Seamus Ennis Cultural Centre 7.30pm, €16 With Gary Ferguson, Janet Holmes & Colin Henry

■ Kylsea Crawdaddy 8pm, €16 Avant-metal double-drummered outfit

Saturday 18 July

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■ Land Lovers Whelan’s 8pm, €10 Perfect indiepop

■ Adrian Crowley Whelan’s 8pm, €15 Honey-dripped songwriter, with support from Valerie Francis

Sunday 19 July ■ Neosupervital Whelan’s 8pm, €10 Return of the Synth-head

Monday 20 July ■ Booker T Jones and Band Vicar St 8pm, €38 Stax legend, minus the MGs

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Tuesday 21 July ■ John Mayall The Academy 7.30pm, €30 Retirement-age bluesman

■ Alela Diane Crawdaddy 8pm, €14/17 Acclaimed Californian folkstress

■ Eric Bogle Whelan’s 8pm, €23 Peebles-born Scottish folkie

Friday 24 July ■ Wallis Bird Whelan’s 7.30pm, €20 The Meteor Hope For ‘09 winner

■ U2 Croke Park 7pm, Sold Out With Glasvegas and Damien Dempsey

■ House of Cosy Cushions Whelan’s 8pm, €TBC With Sleep Thieves and Bella Jane

■ Rory Grubb Whelan’s 8pm, €TBC Plays guitars and sings.

■ Monotonix Crawdaddy 8pm, €12 Hirsute Israeli trio

■ Chucho Valdes Vicar St 8pm, €28 Cuban jazzmaster

Saturday 25 July

■ The Shoos The Village 8pm, €10 A “hard-working, serious band”.

Wednesday 22 July ■ O’Death Whelan’s 8pm, €13.50 Black-folk nutjobs

■ U2 Croke Park 7pm, Sold Out With Kaiser Chiefs and Republic of Loose

■ Declan O’Rourke Whelan’s 8pm, €25 Returning singer-songwriter, with Ari Hest

■ No Means No The Button Factory 7.30pm, €18.50 Yes. Yes. YES.

Sunday 26 July ■ Taking Back Sunday The Academy 7.30pm, €28 Emo kids of the world unite and take over

■ Crocodiles Whelan’s 8pm, €TBC Holy Fuck-supporting, No Age approved noiseniks

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■ RTE Summer Lunchtime

Saturday 11 July

Series National Concert Hall 1.05pm, €10 Performing Tchaikovsky, Puccini and Strauss ■ National Youth Orchestra

■ An Evening with the Music

of Shaun Davey National Concert Hall 8pm, €25/30/35 As performed by an intimate circle of musicians

of Ireland National Concert Hall 8pm, €20 Conducted by Diego Masson, performing Minoru Miki’s Marimba Spiritual, Schwantner, and Bruckner

Wednesday 8 July ■ Andy Irvine National Concert Hall 8pm, €22.50 Irish and world music fusion ■ Spectrum JJ Smyths 9pm, €10 Derek O’Connor, Jimmy Smith, Paul Moore and Tom McDermott perform

Thursday 9 July ■ Isotope National Concert Hall 9pm, €10 Dublin’s long-running jazz

Monday 13 July ■ Dublin City Jazz Orchestra The Button Factory 8pm, €10 The venue’s first big band residency

Tuesday 14 July

Bruce Springsteen ■ Mary Gauthier Whelan’s 8pm, €23 Louisiana guitarist with troubled childhood, excellent album titles.

Monday 27 July ■ U2 Croke Park 7pm, Sold Out With the Script and Bell X1

■ George Clinton Tripod 7.30pm, €30/37.50 King Clinton calls Parliament to session

■ South & The Lions Mane Whelan’s 8pm, €TBC

■ Sickboy Whelan’s 8pm, €TBC

Tuesday 28 July

Saturday 1 August

■ Yngve & The Innocent Whelan’s 8pm, €10/8

■ Metallica Marlay Park 1.30pm, €76.50 More metal than a blacksmith’s, with Mastodon, Thin Lizzy, Alice in Chains and Avenged Sevenfold rounding out the bill.

Wednesday 29 July ■ The Flatlanders Vicar St 8pm, €38 Horsewhispering Texas trio

Thursday 30 July ■ Crooked Still Whelan’s 8pm, €16 Banjaxed bluegrass

Sunday 2 August ■ Fatboy Slim Marlay Park 1.30pm, €69.50 An unimaginative day out with Norman Cook, David Guetta and Calvin Harris.

National Concert Hall 8pm, €20 Featuring the gypsy songs of Brahms and Dvorak

Thursday 16 July ■ Hazel O’Connor National Concert Hall 8pm, €20 Performing her introspective show ‘Up Close and Personal’ ■ Isotope National Concert Hall 9pm, €10 Dublin’s long-running jazz session

Friday 17 July ■ Kevin Fitzpatrick plays

9pm, €10 Irish jazz musician in concert

Monday 20 July ■ Dublin City Jazz Orchestra The Button Factory 8pm, €10 The venue’s first big band residency

Tuesday 21 July ■ RTE Summer Lunchtime

Series National Concert Hall 1.05pm, €10 Performing Verdi, Ponichielli and Morricone

Wednesday 22 July

■ RTE Summer Lunchtime

Chopin

Series

National Concert Hall 1.05pm, €14 A recital of the Etudes, Preludes, Valses, Polonaises and Ecossaises

■ Freddie White National Concert Hall 8pm, €20 Renditions from his legendary career

■ RTE National Symphony

Thursday 23 July

National Concert Hall 1.05pm, €10 Performing Weber, Mozart, and Ravel ■ Neil Cowley Trio National Concert Hall 8pm, €20 The jazz star in performance

Wednesday 15 July ■ Gypsy Songs for East and

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Friday 31 July

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Orchestra with Anuna National Concert Hall 8pm, €10/18/24/30/35 Performing the music of Michael McGlynn ■ Colette Cassidy JJ Smyths

■ The Bamboo Sessions National Concert Hall 8pm, €20 Featuring five of the most talented new Irish songwriters ■ Isotope

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The RDS, 11th/12th July 7pm, €86.25/96.25 For those looking for a less muddy way to spend their weekend, the Boss is back with more bluecollar for another bank-breaking gig. It’s worth skipping your electricty bill, if last year’s hit-filled sets are anything to go by.

Leonard Cohen The O2, 19th July 7pm, €125/110/90 And if you’ve emptied out your penny jar after Springsteen, it might be time to remortgage the house - Lenny’s back for round two on your wallet.

Mark Kozelek Andrew’s Lane, 24th July 8pm, €20 The Sun Kil Moon and former Red House Painters frontman comes back to Dublin, armed with his arsonry of AC/DC, Modest Mouse and Will Oldham covers (and, possibly, some of his own songs).

Prefuse ‘73 Whelan’s, 12th July 8pm, €14.50 Warped Warp electronica, with support from Diamond Watch Wrists.

Deerhoof Whelan’s, 10th July 8pm, €19 Syncopated indie demi-gods, with support from Adebisi Shank

National Concert Hall 9pm, €10 Dublin’s long-running jazz session

Saturday 25 July ■ Nigel Mooney JJ Smyths 9pm, €10 Ireland’s leading jazz and blues guitarist

Monday 27 July ■ Dublin City Jazz Orchestra The Button Factory 8pm, €10 The venue’s first big band residency

■ Making Other

Arrangements National Concert Hall 8pm, €20 With Cormac Kenevey and the Cian Boylan quintet ■ Isotope National Concert Hall 9pm, €10 Dublin’s long-running jazz session

Friday 31 July ■ Ivan Ilic National Concert Hall 1.05pm, €12 Bach’s Chaconne and Chopin’s Godowsky Etudes performed

Tuesday 28 July

■ Libera with RTE Concert

■ RTE Summer Lunchtime

National Concert Hall 8pm, €24/38 Pope Benedict and Bjork’s favourite boy-orchestra take to the Concert Hall

Series National Concert Hall 1.05pm, €10 Performing Herold, Bellini, and Berlioz ■ Stuart O’Sullivan National Concert Hall 8pm, €20 Performing Beethoven, Liszt, and Rachmaninov

Thursday 30 July

Orchestra

■ Northside Music Festival

2009 Various venues Free 21st July - 16th August Featuring the Ebony Steel Band, Xi An’ Si, Lazik and the Seckou Keita Quintet

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Once-off clubbing Friday 3 July ■ Drop @ Wax South William Street, D2 11pm, €10 Jamie Jones, Crosstown rebels/ Leftroom, Drop residents

Saturday 4 July ■ Pogo @ The Twisted Pepper The Twisted Pepper, 54 Middle Abbey St., D2 Techno in the basement with FVF, Siphon, JJ Rolfe & Planco ■ Lunar Disko 3rd Birthday Kennedy’s Bar, 30-32 Westland Row, D1 Underground @ Kennedy’s presents Sneak-Thief live (Lunar Disko Records/ Crème Organisation- Berlin)

Sunday 5 July ■ Roof Party @ The Sycamore The Sycamore Club, East Essex St, Temple Bar, D2 2pm, €7 Fatty Fatty party

Thursday 9 July ■ Big Time with Ringo The George Bernard Shaw, 11-12 South Richmond St., Portobello, D2. 8pm, Free ‘Guess the intro’ evening. Bingo with a music trivia twist.

Friday 10 July ■ Drop @ Wax

South William Street, D2 11pm, €10 Jamie Jones, Crosstown rebels/ Leftroom, Drop residents ■ Nightflight The Button Factory, Curved St, Temple Bar 11pm, €10/5 with concession/ student card Realsounds night with Rubio, Doug Cooney and Seamus

Saturday 11 July ■ One Man Party The Button Factory, Curved St., D2 11pm, €10 The alias of Belgian DJ and Soulwax drummer Steve Slingeneyer. Expect an eclectic mix that ‘sounds like Keith Moon and Animal from The Muppets double teaming Diana Ross on top of a mixer while Henry Rollins watches’. ■ Radioslave (Rekids) The Twisted Pepper, Middle Abbey St., D1. 11pm, €12 Pogo @ Twisted Pepper presents Radioslave (Rekids) aka Matt Edwards’ unique brand of booming, hypnotic techno. Barry Redsetta provides support with more acts yet to be confirmed. ■ Toejam Antics Roadshow The George Bernard Shaw, Richmond St., D2 Following an appearance at the Dublin Fringe Festival, The Shaw will play host to Dublin’s second

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Will St Leger’s Antics Rogueshow. Submit a piece of art which will be made-over by local artists and transformed into a one-of-a-kind piece. Music in the evening from Toejam resident Nic James.

Sunday 12 July ■ Calvin James Charity Mixoff The George Bernard Shaw, 11-12 South Richmond St., Portobello, D2. 2pm, Free (Suggested donations €5) Send-off for 12 Sundays resident and Africa bound Calvin James who is to play a day-long marathon charity set in aid of the SCOOP foundation. ■ Roof Party @ The Sycamore The Sycamore Club, East Essex St, Temple Bar, D2 2pm, €5 Roof party residents

Friday 17 July ■ Mr Whippy Soundsystem South William Basement @ South William, 52 South William St., D2. 11pm, Free Monthly club night also featuring Lex Woo. Funky mix of afro-soul, Latin disco and jungle beats. ■ Nightflight The Button Factory, Curved St, Temple Bar 11pm, €15/10 with concession/ student card Len Faki, electro techno resident at Berghain, Berlin.

Sunday 19 July ■ 12 Music Fair The George Bernard Shaw,11-12 South Richmond St., Portobello, D2. 12 Sundays present the 12 Music Fair 2pm, Free Stalls selling bargain priced music-related wares. Records, studio gear, musical instruments, workshops and er, cupcakes all on offer. The 12 resident DJ’s set to play until late. ■ Roof Party @ The Sycamore The Sycamore Club, East Essex St, Temple Bar, D2 2pm, €7 FVF Records party

Friday 24 July ■ Airbound Leaving Party The Button Factory, Curved St, Temple Bar 11pm, €10/5 with concession/ student card Airbound Leaving Party - one last blast before half of Dublin jets off to sunny Croatia for the Airbound festival.

Saturday 25 July ■ Teenage Bad Girl & Rebotini (Blackstrobe) The Button Factory, Curved St., D2 Transmission @ The Button Factory French electronic and techno. 11pm, €15

■ Secret Wars The George Bernard Shaw, Richmond St., D2 1pm, Free The first ever Irish live art battle with funky illustrators, snacks and music. Shortie and Nick James take care of the tunes from 8pm.

Sunday 26 July ■ 12 Sundays @ The George Bernard Shaw The George Bernard Shaw, 11-12 South Richmond St., Portobello, D2. 6pm, Free 12 Sundays second birthday party features resident action courtesy of the Croatia-bound John Mahon, Conor L & Dazboy prior to their set at the 3 day Airbound festival. ■ Roof Party @ The Sycamore The Sycamore Club, East Essex St, Temple Bar, D2 2pm, €10 Dyed Soundorom (Freak n Chic)

Thursday 30 July ■ Real DJs present DJ Vadim Solas, 31 Wexford St., D1 8.30pm, Free Russian DJ (real name Andrey Gurov) combines electronica and hip-hop. A Soul @ Solas event .

Sunday 2 August ■ Anti-Airbound party 2pm, Free

12 Sundays presents its AntiAirbound party for those who can’t make it to the Croatian festival. The party boasts an impressive line-up. Get your rocks off to Tayor, Mike Black (Stereotonic), Conor Dunne (12), Jaycee (Pygmalion) and Aaron Dempsey & Russell Simmons (Radiomade)

Weekly clubs Mondays ■ The Mission @ Think Tank Think Tank, Temple Bar, D2 Club night 10.30pm ■ Weedway & Guests The Turks Head, Parliament St & Essex Gate, Temple Bar, D1 10pm, Free Live reggae music until late. ■ Island Culture South William, 52 Sth. William St, D2 Free Caribbean cocktail party ■ Fionn Davenport Sin, Sycamore St, Temple Bar, D2 9pm, €5 No cheese eclectic mix ■ The Hep Cat Club 4 Dame Lane, Dame Lane, D2 8pm, Free Swing, Jazz and Lounge with classes.

■ The Industry Night Break for the Border, 2 Johnstons Place, Lr Stephens St, Dublin 2. 8pm Pool competition, Karaoke & DJ ■ Make and Do-Do with Panti Panti Bar, 7-8 Capel Street, Dublin 1 10pm Gay arts and crafts night. ■ DJ Ken Halford Buskers, Temple Bar, D2 10pm Chart Pop, Indie, Rock ■ Euro Saver Mondays Twentyone Club and Lounge, D’Olier St, D2 11pm, €1 (with flyer) DJ Al Redmond ■ Recess Ruaille Buaille, South King St, D2 11pm, €8/6 Student night ■ Therapy Club M, Blooms Hotel, D2. 11pm, €5 Funky House, R‘n’B

■ Dice Sessions The Dice Bar, Queen St, Smithfield, D7 Free DJ Alley

Tuesdays

■ King Kong Club The Village, 26 Wexford St, D2 11pm, Free Musical game show

■ Tuesdays @ The Dragon The Dragon Bar, 7 Poolbeg St, D1 Pre-Glitz party. €5 cocktails 8pm, Free

■ Dolly Does Dragon The Dragon, Sth. Great Georges St, D2 10pm, Free Cocktails, Candy & Classic Tunes

■ Beauty Breaks Solas Bar, 31 Wexford St., D2 Mo Kelly American hip-hop

■ Soap Marathon Monday/ Mashed Up Monday The George, Sth. Great Georges St, D2 6.30pm, Free Chill out with a bowl of mash and catch up with all the soaps.

■ DJ Shirena, DJ Rich Bea & Guests The Turks Head, Parliament St & Essex Gate, Temple Bar, D2 Latin House, Afro-Latin, Brazilian & Reggae beats. ■ Ready Steady Go-Go! South William, 52 Sth William St, D2

8pm Femmepop, Motown, 60s Soul ■ Ruby Tuesdays Ri-Ra, Dame Court, D2 11pm, Free before 11.30 €5 after Classic and Alternative Rock ■ Le Nouveau Wasteland The Dice Bar, Queen St, Smithfield, D7 Free Laid back French Hip Hop and Groove ■ Star DJs Sin, Sycamore St, Temple Bar, D2 9pm Disco, House, R’n’B ■ Jelly Donut The Village, 26 Wexford St, D2 10.30pm, Free Minimal Techno ■ Give a Dog a Bone Panti Bar, 7-8 Capel St, D1 Penny’s in the bar! ■ Jezabelle The Purty Kitchen, 34/35 East Essex St, Temple Bar, D2 7pm, Free before 11pm Live Classic Rock ■ The DRAG Inn The Dragon, Sth Great Georges St, D2 8pm, Free Davina Devine presents open mic night with prizes, naked twister, go-go boys and makeovers. ■ Glitz Break for the Border, Lwr Stephens Street, D2 11pm Gay club night. ■ Trashed Andrews Lane Theatre, Andrews Lane, D2 10.30pm, €5 Indie and Electro

9pm, Free before 10pm, after 10pm €8/€4 with student ID Performance and dance. Retro 50s, 60s, 70s.

■ DJ Stephen James Buskers, Temple Bar, D2 10pm Chart Pop, Indie

Harcourt St, D2 11pm, €5 Indie Rock ‘n’ Roll student night with live music slots.

■ Funky Sourz Club M, Temple Bar, D2 11pm, €5 DJ Andy Preston (FM104)

■ Dean Sherry Sin, Sycamore St, Temple Bar, D2 9pm Underground House, Techno, Funk

■ DJ Alan Healy Buskers, Temple Bar, D2 10pm Chart Pop, Current Indie and Rock Music

■ 1957 The Dice Bar, Queen St, Smithfield, D7 Free Blues, Ska

■ Sexy Salsa Dandelion Café Bar Club, St. Stephens Green West, D2 8pm, Free Latin, Salsa

■ The Mighty Stef’s Acoustic Nightmares The Village Bar, 26 Wexford St, D2 Acoustic night with The Mighty Stef.

■ Noize Andrews Lane Theatre, Andrews Lane, D2 8pm Student night

■ Soup Bitchin’ Panti Bar, 7-8 Capel St, D1 Gay student night

Thursdays

■ Hed-Dandi Dandelion, St. Stephens Green West, D2 DJs Dave McGuire & Steve O ■ Takeover Twentyone Club, D’Olier St, D2 11pm, €5 Electro, Techno

Wednesdays ■ DJ Stephen Battle The Turks Head, Parliament St & Essex Gate, Temple Bar D1 11pm, Free ■ Tectric The Button Factory, Curved Street, Dublin 2 Electro, funk and house music ■ A Twisted Disco Night Ri Ra, Dame Court, D1 Free, 11pm 80’s, Indie and Electro ■ Beatdown Disco South William, South William Street, D2. 8pm, Free Balearic, Soul, Underground Disco n’ House. ■ Stylus presents The Barfly Sessions Solas Bar, 31 Wexford St, D2 With residents Mr Moto, Paul Cosgrove and Michael McKenna Funk, soul, hip-hop, reggae, Latin ■ Antics POD, Old Harcourt Station,

■ Wednesdays @ Spy Spy, Powerscourt Centre, Sth William St, D2 10pm Late club night ■ The Song Room The Globe, 11 Sth Great Georges St, D2 8.30pm, Free Live music ■ We got Soul, the Funk, and the Kitchen Sink Ri-Ra, Dame Court, D2 11pm, Free before 11.30, €5 after Soul and Funk ■ Unplugged @ The Purty The Purty Kitchen, 34/35 East Essex St, Temple Bar, D2 7pm, Free before 11pm Live acoustic set with Gavin Edwards. ■ Space ‘N’ Veda The George, Sth Great Georges St, D2

■ Jam Think Tank, Temple Bar, D2 Student night 10.30pm, Free ■ Jellytones Solas Bar, 31 Wexford St, D2 DJ Lex Woo vs Aidan Kelly on the decks Classic and new rhythms from Brazil ■ The Bionic Rats The Turks Head Free Live Reggae & Ska ■ Real DJs present Soul @ Solas Solas Bar, 31 Wexford St, D2 Free, 8.30pm Resident DJ Mr Razor delivers a mix of funk, jazz, hip-hop and Latin. ■ Tea-time Thursdays Howl at the Moon, 7 Lower Mount St, D2 Complimentary Captain Morgan’s and BBQ Karaoke with Cormac and

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■ Muzik The Button Factory, Curved St, Temple Bar, D2 11pm Up Beat Indie, New Wave, Bouncy Electro

■ After Work Party The Purty Kitchen, 34/35 East Essex St, Temple Bar, D2 6pm, Free before 11pm Live Rock with Totally Wired.

■ Thursdays @ Café En Seine Café En Seine, 39 Dawson St, D2 DJs and dancing until 2.30 am. Cocktail promotions Free, 8pm ■ The Little Big Party Ri Ra Free, 11pm Indie music night ■ Mr. Jones The Twisted Pepper, 54 Middle Abbey Street, D2 11pm, €8/5 House, Electro, Bassline ■ Cooler Than You The Underground @ Kennedys, Westland Row, D2 10pm, €6/€4 before 11pm or with flyer Indie Rock, Motown and Swing ■ Alternative Grunge Night Peader Kearney’s, 64 Dame St, D2 11pm, €5/3 Alternative grunge ■ Soundcheck Spy, Powerscourt Centre, Sth William St, D2 7pm – 11pm Unarocks and Sarah J Fox play indie rock ‘n’ roll ■ Soundcheck Afterparty Vs Le Cirque Spy, Powerscourt Centre, Sth William St, D2 11pm, €5 Fashion, fun, concept nights, indie-rock and electro ■ Re-Session Wax @ Spy, Powerscourt Centre, Sth William St, D2 11pm Minimal, House, Techno ■ Mash South William, 52 Sth William St, D2 9pm, Free Mash-ups, Bootlegs, Covers ■ Jason Mackay Sin, Sycamore St, Temple Bar, D2 9pm Dance, R’n’B, House ■ Fromage The Dice Bar, Queen St, Smithfield, D7 Free Motown Soul, Rock ■ Control/Delete Andrews Lane Theatre, Andrews Lane, D2 11pm, €3/4 Indie and Electro ■ Annie’s Family Fortunes The George, Sth Great Georges St, D2 9pm, Free before 10pm, after 10pm €8/€4 with student ID Game show followed by 80s and 90s music. ■ Thursday night DJ The Globe, 11 Sth Great Georges St, D2 11pm, Free

■ Moog 69s Thomas Reads, Parliment St, D2 9.30pm, Free Live covers band + DJ. Funk, Soul, Pop. ■ Big Time! The Bernard Shaw, 11 - 12 Sth Richmond St, Portobello, D2 You Tube nights, hat partys... make and do for grown ups! With a DJ. ■ The Panti Show Panti Bar, 7-8 Capel St, D1 10pm Gay cabaret.

Fridays ■ Fridays@ The Turks Head The Turks Head, Parliament St & Essex Gate, Temple Bar, D1 11pm, Free Live Indie music followed by DJ Eamon Clarke ■ Drop Dead Gorgeous Ri Ra, Dame Crt, D2 €5 before11:30pm €10 after

■ Friday Tea-Time Club Break for the Border, Johnston’s Place, Lower Stephens St, Dublin 2. Karaoke with Cormac and Stevo from 6pm Budweiser promotions. DJs until late ■ InsideOut Solas Bar, Wexford Street, D2. 9pm, Free Balearic, Soul, Disco, Re-edits, House, etc. Fridays @ Café En Seine Cafe En Seine, 39 Dawson St, D2 DJs and dancing until 3am. Cocktail promotions 8pm, Free ■ Nightflight The Button Factory, Curved Street, D2 A weekly party with international guests and local heroes. Expect house, disco, techno and craic 11pm, €5 ■ DJ Rob M Club M, Anglesea St, Temple bar, D1, Chart, dance, R&B 10pm. Free before 11pm ■ Rubberband Crawdaddy, Old Harcourt Street Station, Harcourt St, D2 HYPE Summer Soundsystem ‘mini festival’ across 5 rooms House, techno &electro ■ Mud The Twisted Pepper, 54 Middle Abbey St, D2 11pm, €10 (varies if guest) Bass, Dubstep, Dancehall ■ Babalonia Tropical Soundclash South William, 52 Sth William St, D2 8.30pm, Free Dub, Ska, Afrobeat

■ Foreplay Friday The Academy, Middle Abbey St, D2 10.30pm, €10 after 11pm R ‘n’ B, Hip Hop, Garage

■ Sub Zero Transformer (below The Oak), Parliament St, D2 11pm, Free Indie, Rock, Mod.

■ NoDisko The Academy, Middle Abbey St, D2 €5 after 11pm Indie Rock with regular guest DJs

■ Music with Words Pravda, Lwr. Liffey St, D1 9.30pm, Free Indie, Ska, Soul, Electro

■ Hells Kitchen The Dice Bar, Queen St, Smithfield, D7 Free Funk and Soul classics ■ Friday Night Globe DJ The Globe, 11 Sth Great Georges St, D2 11pm, Free DJ Eamonn Barrett plays an eclectic mix. ■ Ri-Ra Guest Night Ri-Ra, Dame Court, D2 11pm, €10 from 11.30pm International and home-grown DJ talent. ■ Strictly Handbag The Sugar Club, 8 Lwr. Leeson St, D2 11pm, €10 (2 for 1 before midnight)

■ Processed Beats Searsons, 42-44 Baggot St. Upper, D4 9pm, Free Indie, Rock, Electro ■ Go! Bodega Club, Pavilion Centre, Marine Rd, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin 11pm, €10 (ladies free before midnight) Soul, Indie, Disco, Rock ■ Scribble The Bernard Shaw, 11 - 12 Sth Richmond St, Portobello, D2 Funk, House, Dubstep, Hip Hop

■ Happy Families Aidan Kelly Funk break beats and electronic ■ Sidesteppin’ Bia Bar, Lr. Stephen’s Street, D2. 8pm, Free Underground House, Disco n’ other stuff.

■ Hospital Wax @ Spy, Powerscourt Centre, Sth William St, D2 11pm, €5 before midnight, €7 after Electro, Techno, House

■ Saturday @ The Turks Head 11pm, Free DJ Padraig, Deco, Annie, Richard & Guests

■ Fridays @ V1 The Vaults, Harbourmaster Place, IFSC, D1 Progressive Tribal, Techno and Trance ■ The Friday Night Project The Purty Kitchen, 34/35 East Essex St, Temple Bar, D2 10pm, Free before 11pm ■ Stephens Street Social Club Bia Bar, 28/30 Lwr Stephens St, D2 8pm, Free Funk, Soul, Timeless Classics ■ Let’s Make Party The Village, 26 Wexford St, D2 11pm DJ Mikki Dee ■ DJ Fluffy in the Box The George, Sth Great Georges St, D2 9pm, Free before 10pm €9 after Camp, Commercial, Dance ■ Karaoke Friday Break for the Border, Johnstons Place, Lwr Stephens St, D2. 10pm Karaoke night.

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CLUBBING Calvin James Charity Mixoff The George Bernard Shaw, 11-12 South Richmond St., Portobello, D2. Sunday 12 July, 2pm, Free (Suggested donations €5) Send-off for 12 Sundays resident and Africa bound Calvin James who is to play a day-long marathon charity set in aid of the SCOOP foundation.

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The George Bernard Shaw, Richmond St., D2 8pm, Free Put your musical knowledge to the ultimate test with ‘Ringo Music Bingo’, an evening of music jokes, puns and trivia kicking off the weekly ‘Big Time’ club night. A runaway success on the festival circuit the game costs absolutely nothing to play and has fantastic prizes on offer. DJ set from 10pm.

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The Pod, Old Harcourt Station, Harcourt St., D2 Fridays €10 Hype Summer Soundsystem previously located in Wax @ Spy has been re-launched in the POD complex for the summer months. Rubberband will tag-team with 515 and Subject rotating the Pod, Crawdaddy and Lobby Bar churning out an eclectic mix of house, electro Indie & retro tunes every Friday night. Hype will take on an access all areas festival-like format with an ice cream van, burger bar and BBQ all on offer in the outdoor courtyard while showcasing the best in local and international talent on the decks.

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The Twisted Pepper, 54 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1. 11pm, €12 One of the many pseudonyms of Brighton DJ, producer and Rekids label boss Matt Edwards. Much revered on the dance music scene Edwards is the man responsible for various indisputably infectious remixes including the Kylie Can’t Get You Out Of My Head versus New Order’s Blue Monday mash-up. Be a slave to the music.

Real DJs present Soul @ Solas Solas Bar, 31 Wexford St., D1 Thursdays 8.30pm, Free Solas Bar supply the soundtrack to our summer with this brand new club night. Resident DJ Mr Razor provides the soulful sustenance with Funk, Jazz, Hip-Hop and Latin beats. Also featuring frequent guest slots from the finest international DJs. The cover charge is zero regardless of who’s playing.

■ Pogo The Twisted Pepper, 54 Middle Abbey St, D2 11pm, €10 (varies if guest) House, Soul, Funk ■ Download + Tripod Saturdays POD, Old Harcourt Station, Harcourt St, D2 11pm, €12 Access all areas at the Pod complex with local residents and special guest dj slots over five rooms.

■ Panticlub Panti Bar, 7-8 Capel St, D1 DJ Paddy Scahill

■ Gossip Spy, Powerscourt Centre, Sth William St, D2 Free before 11pm, €10 after 80s, Disco, Hip Hop, House

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The Sugar Club, 8 Lwr. Leeson St, D2 11pm, €15 Salsa, Swing, Ska, Latin

■ Freaks Come Out The Academy, Middle Abbey St, D2 €15 Dirty Electro and House with regular guest DJs. ■ Saturday Night Globe DJ The Globe, 11 Sth Great Georges St, D2

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■Jazz @ The Globe The Globe, 11 Sth Great Georges St, D2 5.30 – 7.30pm Sunday evening jazz ■Hang the DJ The Globe, 11 Sth Great Georges St, D2 9pm, Free Rock, Indie, Funk, Soul ■Gay Cabaret The Purty Kitchen, 34/35 East Essex St, Temple Bar, D2 9pm, Free before 11pm Gay cabaret shows.

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■Shirley’s Bingo Sundays The George, Sth Great Georges St, D2 8.30pm, Free Bingo & Cabaret with Shirley Temple Bar

■Toejam The Bernard Shaw, 11 - 12 Sth Richmond St, Portobello, D2 Afternoon: Car boot sales, film clubs, music lectures, t-shirt making etc. Later on: Resident DJs playing Soul, Funk, House, Electro ■Sidesteppin’ Bia Bar, 28/30 Lwr Stephens St, D2 8pm, Free Old School Hip Hop, Funk 45s, Reggae ■Saturday @ The Village The Village, 26 Wexford St, D2 11pm

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The Project Arts Centre, 39 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, D2 The first off- Broadway production of this show was directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman and looks at Mr. Judas Iscariot’s attempts to litigate his way into heaven. With characters as salacious as Mother T, Mary M and Pontius Pilate and brought to you by the people who brought Hedwig and The Angry Inch to Irish audiences, this is must see. 7.30pm, ₏15/10 July 9th – 18th

Riverdance The Gaiety Theatre, South King Street, D2 It’s back- again- for a limited run at the Gaiety. Pretty good going for a show that started fourteen years ago as an interlude in the Eurovision. 8pm, ₏20 - ₏55 June 23rd – August 30th

Annie Olympia Theatre, Dame St, D2 11 year old Annie is in an orphanage, presided over by Miss Hannigan, who keeps the little girl orphans in line by bullying and threatening them (“It’s the Hard-Knock Lifeâ€?). The girls are ever hopeful that they will find parents and happiness while Miss Hannigan is unhappy with her situation. Annie decides to escape to find her parents, running into a friendly dog (Sandy) and the people made homeless because of the Great Depression. 2.30pm/7.30pm, â‚Ź20-32.95 July 3rd - 26th

After Miss Julie Smock Alley Theatre Studio, 8 Exchange St. Lwr, D2 July 1945. A country house in England. On a sweltering evening, celebrations for the British Labour Party’s landslide election victory are in full swing. Miss Julie descends into the servant’s kitchen to seek out John, her father’s chauffeur. A passionate midsummer night turns to tragedy as they test the limits of their new freedom. 8pm, ₏20/15 July 9th - 25th

Benefactors Samuel Beckett Theatre, Trinity College, D2 David Kitzinger, a serious and public-spirited architect, is doing his best, with the help of his sociologist wife Jane, to re-house the working classes of South London in a sympathetically well- designed new housing scheme. Across the street are Colin Molyneaux, their sardonic old friend and his hapless wife Sheila. David and Jane are doing their best to help them, too. Or is everything the other way around? Benefactors wittily follows their tribulations and tensions with comical and poignant consequences. 8pm, â‚Ź26/15 July 2nd - 20th

Theatre ■ The Rivals The Abbey Theatre, 26 Lwr Abbey St, D1 Youth battles age and wisdom eludes both in this mischievous account of human nature and its imperfections directed by Patrick Mason. 8pm, €20-€30 June 24th – August 2nd

■ Present Laughter The Gate Theatre, Cavendish Row, Parnell Square, D1 Its summer time at the Gate which means Alan Stanford is putting his usual faces through their usual paces. This time its Noel Coward’s Present Laughter getting the once over from the team who brought Lady Windermere’s Fan, The Constant Wife and Private Lives. 8pm, €20-34 July 9th - August 8th

■ Faulty Towers- The Dinning Experience Draíocht, The Blanchardstown Centre, D15 While this reeks of a drunken corporate Christmas party to us it has received generally positive reviews for its “organized chaos that will leave your face aching with laughter.” 2 & 8pm, €45 / €40 (includes 3 course meal) July 10th, 11th & 12th

■ The Angel and the Woodcutter The Pavillion Theatre, Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire. Co.Dublin. Cho-In theatre presents this traditional Korean folk tale, updated to the Japanese occupation and the Korean War. 8pm, €20/18 July 11th

■ The World’s Wife The New Theatre, 43 East Essex St, Temple Bar, D2

An accessible, fun-filled frolic through the dark world of the forgotten female, Carol Ann Duffy skillfully gives us a peek into the world of (amongst others) Mrs. Freud, Medusa, Queen Kong and Mrs. Darwin herself. 8pm, €15/12/10 June 29th – July 4th

■ The Field/Leamy’s Story The Cube, The Project Arts Centre, 39 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, D2 As events unfold and a community comes under threat a group of teenagers are hit by the painful realization that everything they know and take for granted could be shattered by one event. 8.15pm, €12/10 June 30th – July 4th

■ Crystal’s House The Project Arts Centre, 39 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, D2 A hilarious 70’s comedy about sons, mothers, lovers and shattered dreams this production represents the launch of an exciting new second strand of work for Classic Stage Ireland the development and presentation of new Irish writing. 7.30pm, €18/14 July 13th – 25th

■ Roman Fever Bewley’s Cafe Theatre, Grafton St., D2 In the warm glow of an Italian afternoon in 1930, two wealthy American widows sit on the terrace of a restaurant overlooking the ancient wonders of Rome. They reminisce about their past friendship and remember a previous visit to the city when they were both young and in love. Now their hopes rest with the prospects of their unmarried daughters. 1.10pm, €15 June 29th – July 25th

Comedy weekly Ha’penny Bridge Inn Wellington Quay, Temple Bar., D2. Tuesday & Thursday Nights ■ Battle of the Axe Dublin’s much loved open mic night. 9:00pm €9 Wednesdays & Sundays ■ Capital Comedy Club The club’s flagship night. 9:30pm €7/5 ‘Laugh Out Loud’ Comedy Nights

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■ Comedy improv with ‘The Craic Pack’. 9pm €10/€8 with concession. Saturdays ■ Stand Up @ The Bankers 9pm, €10/8

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Peadar Kearneys Fridays ■ The Comedy Gaff 9pm Door €10/Concession €8/ Students €5. Promises drinks specials and comedians from around the world.

Sheehan’s Chatham St., D2 Tuesdays ■ Comedy Dublin €8/6. Students €5. A night of improv and stand up.

The Bankers 16 Trinity St., D2 Thursday & Friday

The Woolshed Comedy Club

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The Woolshed Baa & Grill, Parnell St., D1

Sundays ■ Sunday improv session 8pm, €8/6. Students €5 hosted by Comedy Dublin.

Monday ■ Hosted by Australian import Damian Clarke. €5

The Flowing Tide 9 Lwr Abbey St., D1 Fridays ■ Neptune Comedy Night 8.30pm, €8

The International 23 Wicklow St., D2

Wednesdays ■ With resident MC Aidan Killian. 8.30pm €5/7

Sunday ■ Whats New @ The International 8.45pm, €5 New material night

Mondays ■ Comedy Improv night. 8.30pm, €8/10 Tuesdays ■ Andrew Stanley’s Comedy Mish Mash 8.30pm, €8/10 Brand new comedy showcase Wednesdays 9.30 ■ The Comedy Cellar with Andrew Stanley €8/10 Thursdays & Fridays ■ The International Comedy Club 8.45pm, €8/10 With resident MC Aidan Bishop Saturdays ■ The International Comedy Club 8 & 10.30pm Early and late shows added due to popular demand.

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Twisted Pepper, 54 Middle Abbey St., D1 July 4th, 8pm Comedy Ireland presents Jarlath Regan & Guest Edinburgh Showcase. Observational humour from the rising star of Irish Comedy. Support on the night from Dan O’ Shea and Damon Blake. ■ Mondays @ The

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The Woolshed Baa & Grill, Parnell St, D1. July 6th, 9.30pm, €5 The newest face on RTE’s ‘The Panel’ Jarlath Regan is joined by US comedian Sonya Kelly and RTE Radio 1’s Cathal Murray. MC Fred Cooke oversees the proceedings. 9.30pm, €5 ■ Robbie Bonham Laughter Lounge, Eden Quay., D1. July 9th – 11th, 8.30pm, €28 Dublin ‘comedian and cartoonist’ extraordinaire ■ Monday @ The

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The Woolshed Baa & Grill, Parnell St, D1. July 13th, 9.30pm, €5 Paul Tylak of ‘Father Ted’ fame

takes to the stage alongside International Comedy Club favourite Tommy Nicholson, Sharon Mannion, and the always energetic MC Damo Clarke (RTE’s I Dare Ya) ■ Willie White Laughter Lounge, Eden Quay., D1. White featured in Des Bishop’s search for comedic talent ‘Joy in the Hood’ and is a regular host of Ballymun’s comedy night ‘House of Fun’. July 16th – 18th, 8.30pm, €28 ■ PJ Gallagher Civic Theatre, Town Centre, Tallaght, Dublin 24. July 17th, 8pm, €20 Dublin-born comedian and star of RTE’s ‘Naked Camera’. Support from Jarlath Regan. ■ House of Fun July 17th Axis, Main St., Ballymun, Dublin 9. Featuring Jarlath Regan and Colm O’ Regan. A sneak preview from their forthcoming new shows destined for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival entitled ‘Man with very little Mystery’ and ‘Hindsight’. ■ Carlsberg Comedy

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Iveagh Gardens, Harcourt St., D1 July 23rd – 26th 65 Irish and international comedy acts perform over 40 shows. Tickets range in price ■ John Lynn Laughter Lounge, Eden Quay., D1. Having appeared on RTE’s ‘Liffey Laughs’ newcomer Lynn is fast becoming one of the most sought after acts on the Irish comedy circuit. July 24th & 25th, 8.30pm, €28 ■ John Colleary Laughter Lounge, Eden Quay., D1. Up and coming comic from Sligo. July 30th, 31st & August 1st 8.30pm, €28

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IMMA Royal Hospital, Military Rd., Kilmainham, D8 ■ Alan Phelan Irish artist Alan Phelan’s practice involves the production of objects, participating in events and projects, curating and writing. These are all informed by and contribute to an interest in what he sees as the innate narrative potential in art 22nd July- 1st November.

Circus Store Powerscourt Townhouse Centre ■ Luminaire Clare Geraghty NCAD Fashion Graduate 2009, will display work from her final year collection. Clares’ collection is light-hearted and whimsical through the use of colour and shape. She investigate subtlety in layering transparent fabrics to create intense colour. The end result is a well executed mix of the accessible and the avant garde. 13 to 25 July

Hugh Lane Gallery Charlemont House, Parnell Square North., D1 ■ The Quick and The Dead The Quick and The Dead brings together four of Irelands most respected contemporary painters who emerged in the 1980s. In this period of uncertainty Patrick Graham, Patrick Hall, Timothy Hawkesworth and Brian Maguire consolidated their decision by a dedication to a revival of painting and the search for existential meaning through aesthetic experience. Until 27th September ■ Yinka Shonibare Commissioned by Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Yinka Shonibare has created a new sculptural installation, ‘Egg Fight’, based on themes developed in Jonathan Swift’s ‘Gulliver’s Travels’. The work refers specifically to lengthy battles between the fictitious empires of Lilliput and Blefuscu over the religious question of “egg-breaking” which in Swift’s time symbolized the long series of wars between Catholic France and Protestant England. Until 30th September ■ The Golden Bough: Brian Duggan Applying The Golden Bough theme as underlining support structure for showcasing new innovative art practices, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane has invited distinguished contemporary artists to exhibit in Charlemont House. Until 13th September

Kerlin Gallery

of the best

Visual art an imagined space which is always framed at the top and bottom by luscious rosettes of thick paint that allude to the idea of a paradisiacal garden but also to paint itself and its sculptural qualities. He will present a new series of works for this his second solo exhibition with Kerlin Gallery Until 18th July

■ Eoin Mc Hugh Working predominantly in watercolour, on found or old paper, Mc Hugh conceives enigmatic, representational vignettes that quietly compel the viewer to question the image presented. For this exhibition Mc Hugh will continue to explore and expand the boundaries of his practice. 23rd July - 5th September

National Gallery of Ireland Merrion Square West and Clare St., D2 ■ From Raphael to Rossetti This exhibition brings together some 40 drawings by celebrated draftsmen and lesser-known figures. Over the centuries, artists drew to practice their graphic skills, to work out compositions for paintings, to record the world in the form of portraits, landscapes or still life. Until 23rd August

Rubicon 10 St. Stephens Green, D2

Draiocht Blanchardstown, D15 Experience, Strength & Hope Over the last two years Brian Maguire and Michael McLoughlin have facilitated weekly workshops in Ashleigh House, Coolmine. Both artists and a core group of ten female participants collaborated through experience to create the resulting body of work. 3rd July - 3rd October

The Talbot Gallery and Studios 51 Talbot St., D1 ■ Nothing stays the same, everything must change A select group of exciting contemporary artists, who have exhibited both nationally and internationally, have been invited to explore the climate of change currently affecting the world. The concept behind the show is the fact that we live in an ever-changing world and that change is unavoidable; this leads us to question how the different sectors, organizations and individuals must respond to this rapidly and unpredictably changing climate to survive. 10th July - 30th July

Project Arts Centre East Essex St., Temple Bar, D2

■ Anita Groener The artist applies the idea of ‘The Moving Observer’ in her work, which Lakoff and Johnson have called the second major metaphor for time. Until 11th July

The Green on Red Gallery 26-28 Lombard Street East, D2

■ Dawning of an Aspect Featuring work by Niall De Buitléar, Damien Flood, Laura Lancaster and Sonia Shiel. 9th July - 15th August

Science Gallery Pearse St., D2 ■ Infectious: Stay Away As visitors enter the containment zone in Dublin’s Pearse Street, they are screened for what they might be carrying and are electronically tagged to monitor their state of infection. Infectious: Stay Away has attracted many visitors who have participated in the worlds first live epidemic simulation, get up close and personal with a Petri dish or explore what happens when art and science infect each other. Until 17th July

Chester Beatty Library Dublin Castle, D2

Anne’s Lane, South Anne St., D2 ■ Phillip Allen Distinct paintings depict

small loan exhibition will take place in the Chester Beatty Library this summer. Until 2nd August

■ Hayden To commemorate the bicentenary of Hayden’s death, a

■ The Prehistory of Crisis As the stones shift beneath our feet, where will discontent arise? Has post-boom Ireland already begun to witness an upsurge in nationalism as unemployment rises rapidly in 2009? Project Arts Centre and Belfast Exposed have invited four artists with a common interest in the complexities of multi-cultural living to make new work for The Prehistory of the Crisis (II). 2nd July – 15th August

The Douglas Hyde Gallery Trinity College, D2 ■ Deep Fried Ephemera (Jim White’s collection of Southern Marginalia) Following an exhibition of Jandek album covers last year, off-beat ‘alternative country’ musician White returns having gathered a bizarre and intriguing collection of oddities from America’s Deep South for our viewing pleasure. 4th July – 12th August

Four Gallery 119 Capel St., D2. ■ Ghosts of Mars German artist Mark Hamilton’s latest multi-media installation is a visual and auditory exploration of the themes of alienation, compulsion and disintegration. Until 18th July

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The Mill Theatre Dundrum Town Centre, D14 ■ Western Edge Bob O Cathail’s colourful paintings are a vivid expression of life on the Western edge of the Dingle peninsula. 20th June – 24th July

Gallagher Gallery 15 Ely Place, D2 ■ Royal Hibernian Academy ■ ■ Annual Exhibition The popular yearly exhibit showcases both established and promising emerging artistic talent through the mediums of painting, print, sculpture, photography and architecture. Until 25th July

Instituto Cervantes Dublin Lincoln House, Lincoln Place, D2 ■ Goya. The Portrayed Conscience Francisco Goya’s infamous sequence of etchings published in 1799, withdrawn by Spanish Inquisition from public circulation for their perceived critical content. Until 25th July

The Ambassador Theatre O’ Connell St., D1 ■ BODIES: The Exhibition A truly unique display of actual human bodies respectfully dissected and presented for educational and artistic purposes. Until July 26th

Matthew Day Jackson – High, Low and In Between The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, D2

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Royal Hibernian Academy 15 Ely Place, D2 ■ 179th RHA Annual Exhibiton Like the RHA, the show is artist-led and for the benefit of artists, reflecting the best and the best practitioners. It is made up of work by Members, Academicians, Associates and Honoraries, as well as works selected through open submission and by invitation. Inviting artists to participate enables the Academy to curate an area of the show, encourages and promotes young artists and includes older established artists who might not ordinarily submit. Until 25th July

Terry Winters – Signal to Noise IMMA, Royal Hospital, Military Rd., D8 The first Irish large-scale exhibition by the New York artist comprises 40 distinctive paintings and drawings that claim to chart over a decade the evolution of a relationship with what has become the defining element of his artistic career and the axis around which the majority of his work revolves: abstract imagery.

Seamus Nolan Project Arts Centre, East Essex St., Temple Bar, D2 A relative newcomer to the Irish art scene Nolan demonstrates his powerful potential in this ambitious new body of work. By throwing light onto issues that are widely contested on judicial, political and social grounds Nolan thereby calls into question the very infrastructure of the art world in which he operates.

Harry Clarke’s Illustrations for Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales.

Civic Offices ■ NOT MAKE DO Now in its seventh year this exhibition presents work by artists with intellectual disabilities. A combination of collaborative and individually produced work created using established craft skills and recently developed art and design techniques. 6th July – 9th July

The prolific American artist in his first one-person exhibition in a European public gallery presents a thoughtprovoking meditation on modern-day American culture through an exploration of the everyday. Jackson weaves together several disciplines incorporating unconventional use of painting, video, sculpture, and photography the combination of which project an immense visual impact and potency. A discussion session with the artist himself will take place prior to the show’s July 3rd opening.

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National Gallery of Ireland, Merrion Sq. West, D2 Received as a gift by the gallery, these 10 imaginative, original watercolours by Irish artist Harry Clarke are stunning in their detail, colour and intricacy and commissioned in 1916 in order to provide illustration for Andresen’s much-loved ‘Fairy Tales’. The free exhibit also features six monochrome drawings designed for Alexander Pope’s witty satire ‘The Rape of the Lock’

Phillip Allen Kerlin Gallery, Anne’s Lane, South Anne St., D2 The British modernist painter showcases his individualistic style with this celebration of imagined spaces and the sculptural potential of paint. Allen’s unique approach merges traditional landscape painting with cartoon-like patterns and shapes completed by the most recognizable features of his work, rosettes of thick paint and a rich tableaux of colours.

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You know the flowering ball of gaudilycoloured pixels circulating like a pail of slop that Windows Media Player or iTunes calls “the Visualizer”? VJing is like the anti-Visualizer, an attempt to marry intuitive visual stimulation with the aural, physical and sensory assault that you can find for a fiver in any of Dublin's echoing nightclubs, created on the fly by some guy or girl with a visual mixing program, some freaked-out video clips, and a LOT of spare time. As in the infancy of its sister, DJing (and its baby, electro music), the artform of video-jockeying is still like standing before a blank canvas with a full set of paints and a box of power tools, a ruleless craft which each day acquires new, completely diverse styles. We set about forming a living history of just how far the discipline of VidJocking has come in Dublin to date by talking to some of the city's most renowned video vandals. TOTALLY DUBLIN

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$00)"/% -001 Where does your VJing story begin? There was this night going on in the Legal Eagle on the quays that I used to go down to religiously, which a friend ran. He would use slide projectors with stills just for decor, and I really liked the look of it. So I got a hold of a digital projector and started just showing DVDs that I thought looked good, like 2001: A Space Odyssey. Then, because I was doing film in college, I start making my own clips and putting them on DVD, which led me on to some programs that you could mix live visuals in, which was a lot more attractive than making a DVD do a 20 minute loop. I really liked the control of being able to put up whatever the fuck you want to a group of impressionable people in a... certain frame of mind. Where do you get your visual sources? Some people will rip stuff off the internet, some people will film their own clips, others make their own animations. Generally most of my stuff is film-based,

("3&5) "7&3*-Where does your VJing story begin? Well, I can tell you how I started VJing and why I started VJing. I was doing film in college, concentrating on directing music videos and drumming in bands. What happened was a natural progression, I suppose. I shot a few short films in college, experimental pieces centred around visuals rather than dialogue. My brother (Jon, of Shock! fame) saw them, and pointed out how they could be used as live visuals. So I went about cutting them up for a live scenario, and we started them off at smaller shows to good feedback. The 'why' I got into it, I figured out, is that I love working while listening to music. My main jobs were editing and mixing sound, both jobs you don't have control over what you're listening to. So the visuals stuff was this perfect escape, it's totally relaxed, and there are no rules. As a tech-geek you get to play with all these filters that don't work in any other environment. I saw acts like Modeselektor and Ellen Allien using visuals, making everything come together to make something as visually arresting as aurally, and couldn't figure out why more people weren't combining the two. How far will VJing go? Do you think that, as with DJing, the wider availability of free software and cheaper hardware means more people will move into it? Yeah, of course. With free software and the ability to pull whatever you want from YouTube almost anybody can do it. There's much less of a spectacle with DJing, if you put something behind him and cut it to the beats, it finishes off the

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whole show when done right. Is there an Irish VJing scene as such? Over here it's slowly, surely getting there. You have some clued-in promoters and clubs like the Bernard Shaw and Twisted Pepper run by people who see the potential in this. This year especially I've seen a big rise in it, but whether people see it as more than just a novelty, I don't know. I think if you mention VJing or club visuals to most people they think of the club's logo spinning on the wall or... star wipes. I think if a sense of consistency comes through it'll start to grow. At the minute though, you can count the amount of people doing it right on one hand. Where do you get your visual sources? I shoot a lot of stuff to film, which makes it automatically look shit hot. The ideal would be to work with a promoter and have the backing to just go out and film what you want. But it's great working with people like Nightflight and Shock, where you get a simple identity to work with, and you can just pull stuff from the internet and fit it in with their logo. There's so much completely insane stuff out there already, or even the most mundane stuff that can look great. I gravitate towards a lot of 60s and 70s stuff, you'd swear everybody with a camera then was smoking crack. The infomercials and commercials of that time are so surreal. It's like they knew someone, somewhere in thirty years time was going to be putting it behind a DJ in a room.

I film the majority of it all myself. The fun is in roping in a couple of mates and making them do what you want. A friend of mine has a big green screen, I usually make use of that.

projectors built into them now, but then nightlife is still so comparatively small it inevitably takes longer for something like this to become a fixture. There’s about a handful of actually-good VJs in the city.

Is there an Irish VJing scene as such? Do you think VJing will ever be the norm in Irish clubbing? Even though I’d say there have been VJs here for potentially 15 years, it’s still quite a novel thing to find in a club. It’s definitely not on a par with London, Paris or Berlin. For a lot of promoters it’s the issue of money. The way they see it, and to a certain extent the way I do too, is that they’re the gravy on the dinner. It’s not essential to the meal but... who doesn’t like gravy? It’s happened to me loads of times - on the day of a gig you get a phone call from the promoter saying “Sorry guy, the ticket sales were shit, we can’t pay you to come in.” It’s getting better in that venues are starting to have

Where do you take your inspiration from? It’s the cop-out answer, but I really take it from everywhere. Because a lot of the stuff I shoot is mainly narrative, and made up of very silly, quirky humour (sometimes it’s just the stupidest thing I can think of, like “what about a man with a beard eating an ice-cream?”) it just needs to be any idea done well. You can’t expect the clubbers to look at your visuals for a sustained period, so there’s a challenge to create something that’s short and effective, that’ll give you a quick laugh or something to remember you by. There are certain acts like DJ Yoda where the entire point is this audio-visual experience, but the rest of us are second fiddle. If the music is crap, nobody’s going to come out of it saying “jesus, the visuals were amazing!”

4)0/"() )63-&: Where does your VJing story begin? I’ve been mixing live for about a year, doing motion graphics for about two, and video editing for three. I’m not really sure how I arrived there. I’ve always been interested in live visuals and motion graphics, and didn’t ever understand this sort of moving wallpaper that any club with visuals would put up. I like something with more narrative and depth, something that can invoke some sort of emotion. Is it easy to communicate a message through VJing? That’s the main challenge of it, trying to create something where people in the club point up at what you’re doing and shout to their friends “look what’s on the screen!” It’s not a success if people go away from the night and can’t remember a single clip you did. Is there more of a novelty factor to VJing in Dublin than, say, Berlin? You would think so, but people simply don’t have the money for it in most places in Berlin, or anywhere at all, really. Even if the creative scene is really strong, its difficult for places to afford it. There’s a very small group here, and maybe only a couple of thousand in the UK. You could still ask somebody who clubs regularly “What’s a VJ?” and they won’t have a clue. “You mean a DJ?”

Do you think it’s a medium that is going anywhere? It’s been around, technically, since the 50s, but obviously the internet facilitates it a lot more now. I think it’s going to soar. You can buy a Mac and the software for relatively cheap, and do something in an afternoon whereas before computers wouldn’t even have the processing power for it. Still, 90% of your night is about the music, and that would need to change. I think that once technology gets over a little hump, after another step where the audience can interact with the visuals, using different sensors maybe, it will become a bigger part of the experience. Where do you get your visual sources? Well I use... vintage porn! That’s my favourite stuff to use. But mainly I make stop-motion stuff, I don’t even have a video-camera. Most of my stuff is motion graphics or animation I make through frame-by-frames layers in Photoshop. How open are promoters to letting you do what you want to do? I work with my boyfriend (Mano Le Tough) quite a lot, and know his music well so that I’ll do my own thing and he might suggest some little changes. But with everything else you just figure out the mood and the vibe, and you get free reign, pretty much. Where do you take your inspiration from? There’s a London-based DJ, Bubba, who’ll do stop-motion stuff and film stuff herself. She’s quite girly, I like her a lot. TOTALLY DUBLIN

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ROCK ME AMADEUS Every summer has a sound. In the 60s Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix fuelled the flames of free ‘n’ easy spirits eager to consummate the Summer of Love while the 80s gave us Bananarama’s Cruel Summer... er, thanks for that. Last year, Vampire Weekend and MGMT soundtracked festivals and late-night barbecues the world over, and now, at the dawn of summer ’09, it’s starting to sound like Phoenix could very well be the band of the season. If you haven’t heard their bounce-around-your-bedroom catchy single Lisztomania yet, you’ve either been living under a rock for the past few months or you’ve been listening to Gay Byrne’s new Lyric FM jazz show way too often. words // SHEENA MADDEN

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The French quartet cut their teeth as fellow countrymen Air’s backing band for the soundtrack of the critically acclaimed 1999 movie, The Virgin Suicides; which incidentally was how lead singer Thomas Mars first met his girlfriend and baby mama, director Sofia Coppola. Drummer Laurent Brancowitz joined Phoenix after leaving his former band with Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de HomemChristo, who would later go on to become dance duo extraordinaire, Daft Punk. Thanks to, or perhaps in spite of their lofty associations, Phoenix have gone on to garner a devout army of fans who have carefully followed their rise from unknown backing band to Hype Machine hipsters. With the release of their latest album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, an effervescently playful album of clever pop sensibilities, it looks like these Frenchmen are showing no signs of slowing down. Totally Dublin spoke to an excitable Thomas Mars just hours before they kicked off their festival season at Barcelona’s Primavera about the making of the album that’s set to make Phoenix a household name. You’re touring on the back of your latest album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. Can you explain where the title of the album came from? I think it’s because we grew up in Versailles and the weight of the past there is so overwhelming that, in a way, the only way to exist is if you do something like this. There was a Jeff Koons exhibition at the Palace of Versailles that we loved. The fact that you can see Michael Jackson’s painting with his monkey in Louis XIV’s bedroom; the whole city was like a museum on standby. It’s the idea

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that you take something very iconic and just mess with it, like the moustache on Mona Lisa. The lead single from the album, Lisztomania, also has its roots in the past. What is Phoenix’s obsession with days gone by? I think that there were so many French bands who, when they sang in English, were really just copying a translation; they would be talking about Cadillacs and Jukeboxes, things that were really American. We went in the opposite direction. I don’t think it’s something conscious but we want to talk about our everyday life. Things like historical figures are very appealing to us and we like to mix things that shouldn’t match. There is something satisfying about two things that are not supposed to glue but you manage to put them together; like Franz Liszt with a modern synthesizer and guitar riff. We were happy to put those things together.

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music on their own. We all come from the home studio environment. It was really unthinkable to make music in a real studio so I think that something very fresh was created. All of these musicians had very strong concepts and we were all fans of each other’s work. You had to be very dedicated because you had to make everything yourself. I think that that created something very unique. There is no middle ground in France, which is nice, so there is more risk-taking. The quality has to be perfect.

The fact that you always sing in English; is that an extension of your desire to mix things up or is it purely to reach a wider audience? It was never a choice. We always had both French and English influences but I think that there were always more English ones. I guess when you start [making music] you want to recreate something. In the beginning you just want to embrace what you liked when you were a teenager, then you learn how to express yourself; but in the beginning it’s just recreation. There were just more English and American bands who influenced us.

Speaking of recording environments, I believe that your search for the perfect creative space to record Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix led you to, amongst other places, a small studio in New York and a hired houseboat on a shoestring budget. It’s hard to say in recessionary times but I think that we had to get rid of the money. When we started this album we didn’t have a record company anymore and we wanted to do it ourselves – we wanted to get a record deal at the end, when the album was finished. We wanted a different kind of pressure and we thought that it would be a better kind of pressure if it was our own money. The more we made of the record the more we tried to get a new kind of pressure; not money or time. Going to all these places helped us to get a start. When we had no money we had to go into a very small studio and to get the album done we had to face the fact that we had to finish it. We’ve always liked to write music in various environments, where there is no temptation. I wish it was different, but if it was it wouldn’t work for us.

Do you think that people’s attitude towards French musicians has changed with the emergence of more successful bands such as Air, Daft Punk, Justice and yourselves? I think that something is really happening in France because, before, the professional side of music was so unreachable so, as a reaction, a lot of bands started to make

I believe that you were offered a French Legion of Honour, which you declined. Can you tell us about that? Hahaha! How did you know this? It’s a secret. You know, Churchill would say that you accept it, but you do not ask for it - people usually have to ask for it - he said that you accept it but you do not wear

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it. I think that’s the classiest way to do it because you don’t offend anyone but at the same time you’re not trying to pretend you’re someone that you’re not. It’s true that it was offered to us but... it’s the same with pressure, it’s very unhealthy I think. It’s the same with awards; for us it would be a very depressing moment because it wouldn’t be an achievement, it would be more like the end of something. It’s almost like you’ve reached the other side of the mountain or something. I’m sure many people see it in a very different way but for us it relates to sad things. Your songs have a very playful, almost childlike element to them. Do you have a very carefree attitude to making your music? No, it’s not fun at all! Our lives are a lot of fun and we really enjoy being together but in the studio it’s different. The best moment is in the end when you know you have the record and you can share it with your friends and the band before people can hear it. But when we are making music it’s like we need to be in some sort of a trance; we need our egos to be tired, we need our bodies to be tired, we need our systems to be so exhausted that there’s no exception. Everything has to come from an exhausted body and then you realise, when you hear it in song, that what you’ve come up with is so different from who you are. That’s what we like most, things that surprise us. Phoenix's summer soundtrack Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is out on record shop shelves right now.

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Did you know that Tracy Chapman’s first ever Irish gig was in The Baggot Inn? Or that prior to begging on behalf of the ‘black babies’, Bob Geldof had to beg for a month straight on behalf of the Boomtown Rats to get them a slot at the prestigious venue? Thin Lizzy, Christy Moore, Mary Coughlan and Kila have all graced its stage and if that’s not good enough for you Bono was once turned away by the bouncers showing a moment of exemplary taste. It was only a moment. For while The Baggot Inn was once steeped in Irish history (Jackie Charlton once owned a percentage of the pub) it now caters for the baser, more moneyed elements of our society. It’s been sold by owners Frank and John Smith, razed to the ground, and ingested by one of the country’s largest pub empires. There’s the occasional nod to its musical past (live bands play from 9 until 11pm every bank holiday) but it’s too

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suited and booted, and not at all rooted in its glory days. Friday and Saturday nights see the pus of south county Dublin spew through its doors while just the thought of its “ladies night” each Thursday has me hocking up. But as a place for a post-work pint you can’t ask for much better. The drink is reasonably priced given its location and the staff that served me were warm, competent and attentive. However if you want to cut out the middleman they have eleven tables (that can be reserved to avoid disappointment) equipped with their own taps allowing you to pour your own pints of Guinness and Carlsberg. There are instructions to guide novices in the art of pulling but the gentlemen and the scholars behind the bar are only to willing to pass on a few pointers. Darren Geraghty, an award-winning mixologist, has come up with a cocktail menu that will give you a serious case of liver lust. The Passion Fruit Margarita

(passion fruit, fresh citrus shaken with tequila and crème de mure) was our favorite but with so many options left to choose from - from the Atomic Old Fashioned (JD, Bitters, Rum Cherries) and the White Hot Passion (passion fruit, white chocolate liqueur and grey goose vanilla vodka and limes) - you’re guaranteed to find something to satisfy whatever part of your pallette is shouting loudest. There are a number of themed nights with a brainbuster table quiz on the third Monday of every month, a Wii master challenge on the first Thursday and Salsa classes every Tuesday. So in the end the old Baggot Inn ain’t what she used to be, but she’s still a cut above. With comfortable surroundings, old-school service and a large smoking garden she’s one classy broad. If only she could recall where she came from. The Baggot Inn 143 Lower Baggot Street Dublin 2 t: 01 661 8758

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I like the Bia Bar. I don’t know many people who don’t. It’s managed to become a staple of Irish nightlife without disappearing up its own hole, maintaining a decent reputation. Situated between two of the seven portals of social hell (the Capitol and Break For The Border) it’s the perfect place to start an evening before descending into the usual squabbles over where to go next. The crowd is largely unpretentious and a little less excitable than their fresh-faced counterparts and the staff is efficient, unassuming and thankfully free of attitude that has soured many a similar venue. It gets rammed at the weekend but during the week it empties out. That’s not to say it’s dead. Its cushy chairs make it the perfect place to curl up with a book and watch the world bustle by. It also has free internet connections which makes it a favorite with Dublin’s cost cutting movers and shakers, who like to be seen and heard going about their business. It serves food seven nights a week and, for this city, is reasonably priced. Two cocktails and two pizzas will set you back ₏30 (if ordered between the hours of three and ten) and its choice menu has pretty much everything else covered for no more than ₏4.50 for lite bites (delicious chicken wings, soup of the day, garlic bread) or ₏12.50 for a main (pastas, prawns, burgers and pies). There are also a number of sides (chips, veg, salad) or deserts (apple or berry crumble, chocolate cake) for ₏3.90. The decor is womb-like with plush purples and reds offsetting the smooth varnishings, with the large bay windows at the front giving way to a deep alcove at the side and a heightened platform at the

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The interior of Herbstreet is perhaps not as one might expect it to be. The only obvious evidence of garden life is in the industrial-size posters depicting green foliage that are hanging behind us. The rest of the décor mirrors the utilitarian landscape of its setting on Hanover Quay. Neon strip lighting running alongside the large windows pertain to those luminous, oversized rods which line the walkway of Grand Canal and glow at night, and metal caged chairs tout function over frivolity. Sparse and clinical it may seem, but the character of Herbstreet is in the hidden detail. Once privy to the fact that those cold metal chairs are recycled, and that the space is lit efficiently by bulbs which use just one watt of electricity each, you will find yourself warming to the place. Law firms populate this part of town and Herbstreet is a canteen for legal vultures of the hungry variety. The solicitor I meet for lunch knows everyone else in the restaurant, and is well acquainted with the menu. Having previously sampled most of the dishes on offer, she orders what has become a firm personal favourite – the popcorn shrimp and calamari salad. Dusted in cayenne pepper with a sprinkling of cinnamon, the shrimp was divine, and its lightly fried cohort was some of the best calamari either of us has tasted. Adding a dose of sweetness to the suitably-sized salad dish which consisted of green leaves, crunchy cucumber and peppers was a serving of chilli sauce, but the side order of sweet potato wedges was lacking seasoning and could have done with an aioli dip. One of us had to order the Herbstreet burger and chips and well, I stepped up to the plate. The 6oz of Irish Hereford Beef

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in a sesame bun was a delicious mess. On top of the burger sauce, red onion, gherkin and tomato, you may choose two additional toppings from a choice of fried egg, smoked bacon or sliced avocado just to name a few. I was pleased with my choice of jalapeno peppers and Swiss cheese. Sticky fingers and a face like a greedy two-year old are a small price to pay for such a flavoursome feed. The fries were hot, fresh and plentiful and brought new meaning to the phrase ‘hand to mouth’. Unfortunately the kitchen had not been busy baking on the day of our visit, which meant no magnolia cupcake for me. Instead we shared the warm apple tarttartin for dessert which was like a Danish pastry with caramelised apple in the centre. As a traditionalist accustomed to regular helpings of homemade apple tart served straight from my grandmother’s oven, I was unmoved by the all-too-sweet imposter before me. However, the accompanied honeycomb ice-cream did soothe my chagrin somewhat. With my burger I enjoyed a glass of spicy red from the Cotes de Ventoux for €6, but on second thoughts I probably should have teamed it with a beer. Herbstreet offer a limited but thoughtfully chosen selection – Becks, a Belgian variety called Hoegaarden, and an easy drinking Brazilian beer, Brahma. Organic beverages also make up the menu, and for a hot summer’s day by the canal, there is strawberry and lime Pimms. Our bill came to €45.15 which neither of us could object to paying. The dinner menu is only available on a Friday and Saturday, but word on the street is it’s just as good as lunch.

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I had heard only good things about Punjab Balti in the buzzing village of Ranelagh before my visit there. Next door to Diep Noodle and across the road from Superquinn, it’s in a prime spot. It was more than half full when we arrived at seven on a Wednesday evening. We were not enticed by the early bird menu which included a starter, a main and either dessert or tea or coffee for ₏19.90, as it was quite limited and you could get both courses from a wider selection of dishes for just a few Euro extra. Punjab Balti’s menu is as dense as the Old Testament. Uninspired, by the confusing presentation with entrees appearing at both the beginning and the back of the booklet, I asked our waiter what his favourite dish was and ordered that. With so many vegetarian dishes on offer my veggie companion was in her element and ordered the vegetable samosas to start, followed by the vegetable hazari. Packed with peas, potato and sweetcorn, the samosas were crispy and lighter than air. Exceeding my expectations was my chicken tikka. So vibrant in colour were the four pieces of chicken that they looked like wild strawberries on the plate. They were as piquant as their shade suggested, and there was no sign of our glasses of water before a flame had kindled in my oral cavity. Service is incredibly slow at Punjab

Balti. Two waiters manned all the tables and were in no hurry to feed us. By the same token, they were extremely polite and friendly and the atmosphere is so relaxed that the slow service tends not to bother the patrons. It was quite some time after our starters when our mains arrived. On our turban-clad waiter’s recommendation I ordered the chicken karahi, a coriander infused dish of medium spice. The viscous gravy sauce was readily mopped up with naan, and the coloured grains of Pilau rice were glossy with butter and slid easily down the throat. My animal-loving friend tucked into her hazari with gusto, relishing in the lentil, carrot and potato curry. Shunning the grapes of the Western World, I drank an Indian Sula Sauvignon with my meal; a floral wine with a touch of spice, and my dining partner enjoyed a Kingfisher beer. Like many Indian restaurants you are welcome to BYOB, but corkage for a bottle of wine is ₏7.50 and for a beer ₏2.50 so it’s hardly worth it. To extinguish any remaining fires in our bellies we shared some honeycomb kulfi (Indian ice-cream) and left satisfied customers once the bill of ₏61.80 had been settled. 15 Ranelagh Village Ranelagh Dublin 6 t: 01 496 0808

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Summer is synonymous with cocktails, even in our miserable climate. Since its opening last year, KOH have proved they make the best darn cocktails in town, even hosting a mixology master class in May where thirsty civilians like ourselves were taught how to make the most potent of alcoholic concoctions by the best in the business. The sleek city centre restaurant has just recently launched their summer menu to tie in with the season too. Refreshing salads include Ruby Grapefruit, Tofu and Pine Nut or Thai Crab and Mango, while BBQ Pork wok-fried with julienne ginger, bean sprouts and green peppercorn will transport you to the great outdoors with a burst of flavour, and a selection of mouthwatering Movenpick ice-creams and sorbets will fool you into thinking you’re lying on a beach somewhere in South East Asia with the Pacific Ocean lapping at your skin. KOH is also now available to go, and a delivery service will be starting soon. Check out their menu online or head into their chic city centre premises for the ultimate summer experience. 7 Jervis Street Millennium Walkway Dublin 1 t: 01 814 6777 www.koh.ie

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While Marine Road in Dun Laoghaire has recently suffered the loss of the Gastro Pub which was owned by publican Michael Connolly and loved by locals, from its ashes the Harbor Bar and Grill has risen. Now with a brighter white and pale blue exterior, a new menu but still under the competent management of the affable Barry Fitzsimons, there’s absolutely no reason why this place shouldn’t flourish. With seafood as their focus - the fishmongers down at Dun Laoghaire harbour provide the chefs with fresh fish each day, the four daily specials are determined by which of the little swimmers are most seasonal. The rest of the menu is just good pub grub from steamed mussels in white wine, garlic and cream broth for €9.50 to crispy pork belly with pudding and mustard mash for €13.25. A classic burger and fries is just €10.95 which beats most places around Dublin in terms of value hands down. Marine Road Dun Laoghaire Co. Dublin t: 01 214 5772

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bird specials available from Monday til Thursday, 6-7 pm. And favourite haunt to Dublin’s noodle-loving movers and shakers, Diep Le Shaker, promise to get you tipsy with either a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc from the Loire Valley or a rich Spanish Syrah-Tempranillo included in their three course early bird menu for two persons, all for €60. Make use of this offer between 5-7pm Tuesday to Friday, but on the weekend it’s business as usual.

There’s something fishy going on north of the river. A take-out joint has just opened that won’t clog your arteries for less than a fiver. Kokoro is the new sushi bar on Liffey Street that offers a healthy yet cheap alternative to fast food. Proprietor Iain Conway is a black belt in the ancient art of raw fish with ten years experience as a chef at Yamamori’s before setting up shop on his own, and well, it shows. Other sushi bars look like poorly-stocked aquariums compared to Kokoro’s oceanic display of seared tuna, octopus, snow crab, horse mackerel and sea bass just to name some of the sushi on offer. For the venturesome diner there is salmon roe gunken (fish eggs to you and me), but if sea creatures don’t float your boat opt for tofu or avocado homasaki or the sweet and delicious japanese omelet instead. Prices for a pair of rolls range from €1.75-€2.25, and hot bento boxes are only €5.45. I’ve tried the beef curry which comes with steamed rice, and the seafood udon; a mix of fish in a noodle broth. Both are delectable. A number of special offers are in the works so drop in to catch a bargain but take it from me, once you’ve sampled your first bite, you’ll be hooked. 19 Lower Liffey Street Dublin 1 t: 01 872 8787

Roly’s Bistro t: 01 668 2611 Tippenyaki t: 01 497 9463 Diep Le Shaker t: 01 661 1829

www.totallydublin.ie

236 LOWER RATHMINES ROAD, DUBLIN 6 TEL: 01-4977057

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Serving breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea “The Sunshine Café uses the freshest of ingredients to create simple, wholesome, homemade cuisine. Somewhere to relax and have a chat with friends over some fine coffee or a tasty treat. A meal here is sure to bring a ray of sunshine to your day!”

Opening Hours Monday to Friday: 8.30am - 6.00pm Saturday and Sunday: 10.00am - 6.00pm

CONTEMPORARY FRENCH CUISINE Lunch: Mon to Fri 12.30-2.30 pm Dinner: Mon to Thurs 6.00-10.30 pm Fri and Sat 6.00-11.00 pm Sunday 6.00-9.30 pm

22 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, Ireland Tel. / Fax: 01 6616669 email: info@lamerezou.ie www.lamerezou.ie

Y L L A T O T

FOOD

Restaurant Guide

Brasserie Sixty6 66-67 South Great Georges St, Dublin 2 Stylish, buzzy restaurant, right in the heart of Dublin’s shopping and entertainment district. Great food and drink, fantastic surroundings, exciting atmosphere, reasonable prices. Whether it's a lazy brunch at the weekend or a business lunch, or simply a romantic dinner, at brasserie sixty6 is always our pleasure. Finger-licking desserts, a full vegetarian menu, carefully selected wine list chosen with accessibility, value and good taste, delicious cocktails to start your evening… you will not be disappointed.

Odessa

Cafe Irie

Odessa is Dublin’s original dining lounge, a mesh of style and substance. Thanks to its newly-popular Fivers menu, its defining quality has become offering affordable sophistication. The restaurant offers a mouth-watering menu renowned for its tapas-style offerings and an unparalleled cocktail menu, all in a chilled-out atmosphere.

A Buddha-balanced haven from the helter-skelter lunchtime of the rest of Dublin 2. With a more-thancomprehensive range of coffees, teas, and juices, and a meaty menu comprising paninis, ciabattas, sandwiches, and some rustic pizzas, Irie’s Zen-attuned environment offers the food to match. Its car-bootsale approach to decor and smiling staff makes it impossible not to eat, drink, and be Irie.

t: 01 670 7634 www.odessa.ie

t: 01 672 5090

14 Dame Court, Dublin 2

11 Fownes Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

Open: Mon-Fri at 11am, Sat-Sun 10am, Until: Sun-Wed til 10.30pm, Wed-Sat til 11pm

t: 01 400 5878 www.brasseriesixty6.com

Itsa4

Café Novo

Itsa4 is a perfect gastro-neighborhood restaurant that consistently ticks all the boxes. Renowned for its organic and artisan suppliers, delicious food and relaxed service, itsa4 is also popular with families and those following special diets as all dishes on the menu have detailed descriptions regarding gluten, dairy and suitability for vegetarians. With great music, booth seating, and perfectly sized wine-list, itsa4 is regularly featured as one of Bridgestone’s 100 Best Restaurants in Ireland as well as featuring in both the Michelin Guide and Georgina Campbell guides. A real favourite with serious foodies and off-duty chefs.

Café Novo, a chic new international bar and brasserie opened it doors in October 2008. This fun and flirty eatery will woo diners with a carefully selected menu that offers traditional favourites with a twist - making it the perfect brunch stop for peckish shoppers or evening dinner and drinks spot for city slickers. Conveniently located on Harry Street, just a few steps from Grafton Street, Café Novo offers informal-style drop-in dining, whether you want to grab a modern take on a club sandwich or to simply sip on a cocktail. Mon-Sun 10am-10pm, bar open to 12.30am

Lunch and dinner Tuesday through Saturday

t: 01 219 4676

t: (01) 6463353 dine@cafenovo.ie

Sinners

Café Carlo

Belly dancing and Baba Ganoush, Sinner’s is a traditional Lebanese restaurant in the heart of Dublin City, which combines good food with a vibrant atmosphere. Sinners Lebanese Restaurant is a former recipient of a “Best Ethnic Cuisine” Temple Bar award and continues to serve patrons a wide variety of tantalising Lebanese fare. Guests at Sinners will find a welcoming staff, who provide an excellent service to ensure you have an authentic, fun night out.

The relaxed and intimate setting of Café Carlo, coupled with its high-quality, reasonably priced food and friendly, attentive staff has made this restaurant a huge favourite with Dublin diners. Not only is it a popular choice with visitors to our fair city, it's also found a place in the hearts of the discerning locals, who return time and again to soak up the Cafe Carlo atmosphere and enjoy some genuinely delicious food. Free glass of wine with every main course when mentioning this ad!

Open 5pm til late

t: (01 888 0856 www.cafecarlo.net

6A Sandymount Green, Dublin 4

Harry St, Dublin 2

12 Parliament Street, Dublin 2

63 - 64 O’Connell Street, Dublin 1

t: 01 675 0050

La Peniche

Hell Pizza

Punjab Balti

La Peniche offers a beautiful dinner cruise from Tuesday to Thursday. The cruise is available for private hire also by prior arrangement.

Dublin’s addition to the Hell Pizza franchise has gone down a storm since its recent opening. With an eclectic themed menu, and the choice of assembling your own masterpiece with a choice of out-there toppings such as cashews, cranberry, and chorizo Hell offers a myriad spins on the classic pizza. With prices between €14 - €16 for a double, and €6 - €8 for a snack size, and with the option of a gluten free pizza base, there’s nothing sinful about this Hellhole at all!

Old favourite Punjab Balti retains its popularity and success after 13 years by consistently serving authentic Punjabi cuisine, prepared in the same traditional manner as in the Indian subcontinent's Punjab region for centuries. Over the years this famous Ranelagh restaurant has won major recognition for it's top quality food, intimate ambience, excellent value and service. You can bring your own beer or wine and there are also takeaway and delivery services available that are perfect for a Balti night in. For current special offers check out www. punjabbalti.ie

Grand Canal, Mespil Road, Dublin 4

Lunch Tues - Fri: 12.00-14.30 Dinner Tues - Sat: 18.00-22.30 Dinner Cruises Tues-Thurs

T: 01 790 0077 www.lapeniche.ie

36 Wexford Street, Dublin 2

t: 1890 456 666 www.hell.ie

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15 Ranelagh Village, Dublin 6

t: 01 496 0808 /01 491 2222 info@punjabbalti.ie

www.totallydublin.ie

SoHo

South William

La Mere Zou

La Paloma

Unpretentious cooking, laid back surroundings, nice sounds, reasonable prices, easy dining and a friendly welcome. Bang in the middle of Dublin city centre - right where you want to be. One all day menu, whether for a quick bite, or a shared platter, or lunch, or casual dinner with friends or colleagues. We offer simple classics and staples prepared using the best ingredients, and executed with style..What you want, how you want it. Laid back eating at SoHo.

With 8 different types of specialist pis (at just €9 each) and a varied menu of soups, salads and sandwiches, the South William bar transcends regular pub grub. Open 7 from midday, this is a bar you’ll find almost impossible to leave, and food you’ll keep coming back yo

A solidly French restauramt offering bistro classics with a moden touch, La Mere Zou opened in 1994 and specialises in Classic French cuisine. They also offer a large selection of seafood directly from the local fishmarket. At La Mere Zou you can relax in a warm, familial atmosphere while enjoying the very best in cuisine and service.

La Paloma is a casual family run bar/restaurant in the very heart of Temple Bar serving Spanish influenced dishes since 1990.The warm colourful decor with Spanish football on TV and a small bar serving beer, sangria, wines including Riojas by the glass completes a laid back feeling.The menu includes Calamares, Gambas Ajillo, Albondigas, Paellas including Vegetarian, Many Fish dishes, Pinchitos con Gambas and more including a Tapas menu. A Two course Early Bird is available with Seafood or Chicken Paella as main course from 6pm to 7pm at 13.95.

17 South Great Georges Street, Dublin 2

Open: Mon-Fri 12pm, Sat & Sun 10.30am Last Orders: Sun- Wed 10.30pm, Thurs-Sat 11pm

52 South William St, Dublin 2

Food served from 12am to 10pm

t: 01 672 5946 www.southwilliam.ie

22 St Stephens Green, Dublin 2

Lunch: Monday - Friday 12 -3pm Dinner: Monday - Sat 6 - 11pm

t: 01 61 6669 www.lamerezou.ie

t: 01 707 9596 www.sohodublin.com

Asdills Row, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

Tues-Sun 6pm-11.30pm

t: 01 677 7392 www.lapalomadublin.com

La Vie Restaurant

Gotham Café

Transylvania

La Vie Restaurant on Exchequer St is one of Dublins most exciting new openings. Situated where the Central Hotel’s Ross & Wallpole Bar used to be, it boasts one of Dublins brightest and most spacious dining rooms, serving delicious European cuisine. There are three rooms which can cater for parties of up to 80 people, or you can book a single room for smaller, more intimate gatherings warmed by an open fireplace. Check for special events like Salsa and Karaoke. Special menu available on St Patrick’s Day. Also, check out our new cocktail menu.

Open since 1993 asone of the first casual restaurants in Dublin, Gotham still has a reputation for serving consistently great food at reasonable prices. Most famous for the Gourmet Pizzas, they also offer a full range of light breakfast, lunch and dinner options to suit any time of the day or night.

Located on Henrietta Place and opened since 2004, Restaurant Transylvania is an establishment rich in Romanian culture and cuisine. Frequented by both Dublin’s Romanian community, and Irish eaters looking for a new eating experience Restaurant Transylvania’s menu offers an undiluted taste of the Romani.

1-5 Exchequer Street, Dublin 2

Open 7 days, 12-11pm

8 South Anne St, Dublin 2

7A Henrietta Place, Dublin 1

Sun to Thurs 10.30am-11pm Fri & Sat 10.30am-12 Sunday Brunch 11.30-4pm

t: 087 625 3727 www.restransilvania.com

t: 01 679 5266 www.gothamcafe.ie

t: 01 764 5177 www.lavie.ie

DAX

The Pig’s Ear

Dada Restaurant

A welcoming bar area offers a post-work winddown or light evening meal, perfect for you and your colleagues to enjoy with hot and cold tapas, available Tuesday to Saturday. Ideal for business and perfect for pleasure, or to dine privately for groups of between 10 and 14 people, Dax Restaurant is only a stones throw away from you and your business so why not take the time to visit a restaurant of refreshment, rejuvenation and reinvigoration.

The Pig’s Ear restaurant specialises in traditional irish fare which is sumptuous and at afforable prices. The décor is comfy and casual but the real gem is its location on Nassau St situated on the second floor overlooking Trinity College. The food ranges from hearty shepherds pie to bacon and cabbage. Also check out the newly opened café upstairs serving all day breakfast for €6.95, open from 9-5 Mon-Sat.

Priding itself on its tapas, expansive wine menu, and Moroccan cuisine, South William Street’s newly-opened Dada restaurant offers a Noth African eating experience our city has lacked. Thanks to head chef Moulay Joseph, a warm atmosphere and attentive staff, Dada has already established its name on the Dublin dining scene.

Tuesday to Friday from 12.30pm to 2pm Tuesday to Saturday from 6pm to 10pm

Restaurant open 6 days.

23 Pembroke Street Upper

t: 01 676 1494 olivier@dax.ie www.dax.ie

4 Nassau St, Dublin 2

44-45 South William St, Dublin 2

t: 01 617 0777 www.dadarestaurant.com

Eden

Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 The acclaimed, award-winning Eden restaurant serves contemporary food with a distinctive Irish flavour, overlooking the vibrant Meeting House Square in Temple Bar. With a set of mouthwatering dishes available for mains, from mushroom tarts to duck confit, and a stunning location, Eden is one of Dublin’s must-eat experiences.

t: 01 670 5372 www.edenrestaurant.ie

t: 01 670 3865 www.thepigsear.ie

Venu

Ukiyo Bar

The Farm

Chai Yo

Venu has enjoyed a loyal following since it opened in 2006 and it has been renowned for its well-executed, varied food menu and for its award-winning cocktail bar. If you are looking for a vibrant place that serves great cocktails and quality ‘home-made’ dishes at reasonable prices it is hard to look much further than Venu Brasserie. Tues - Sat: Dinner 5.30 til late Saturday Brunch: 12pm til 4pm

Ukiyo Bar is Dublin’s premier late night bar, restaurant and entertainment venue. Open from 12pm till late 7 days a week, especially on Thursday, Friday and Saturday when we keep our kitchen open past midnight. At Ukiyo we strive to provide our customers with a unique dining and entertainment experience - from the best value lunches to great sushi and sake in the evening, attentive and knowledgeable service, top shelf cocktails and some of the best club nights in Dublin at the weekend. Not to mention our private karaoke booths, making Ukiyo the immediate choice for a first date, a birthday party or a corporate bash.

The Farm is about tasty homemade locally sourced free range, organic and fresh food. Healthy vegetables and fresh herbs. All their food is freshly prepared and cooked to order.

Famed for their Teppenyaki tables creating a unique and interactive eating experience, as well as meals made from the freshest, highest quality ingredients and a great party opportunity, Chai Yo perfects the balance between fun and food. For the less party-inclined of visitors, there is a quieter downstairs section. Something for everyone!

Anne’s Lane, off South Anne St, Dublin 2

t: 01 67 06755 www.venu.ie charles@venubrasserie.com

7-9 Exchequer Street, Dublin 2

t: 01 633 4071 www.ukiyobar.com

www.totallydublin.ie

3 Dawson St, Dublin 2

11 am to 11 pm 7 days a week

t: 01 671 8654 hello@thefarmfood.ie

100 Lower Baggot St, Dublin 2

Mon-Fri:12.30-3pm, 6pm-11.30pm Sat: 5.30pm-midnight Sun: 3pm-10pm

t: 01 676 7652 www.chaiyo.ie TOTALLY DUBLIN

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