• KLUBNACHT

    On Friday, December 11, the ever tasteful Homebeat and the Goethe Institut will present KLUBNACHT, a night that aims to celebrate the finest Irish and German electronic music held in and throughout the sublime Georgian surrounds of the soon-to-be-refurbished office buildings of The Goethe Institut on Merrion Square, Dublin. As can only be expected from the Homebeat crew by now, the line-up for this inaugural showcase is pretty special. As well as a DJ set from Waterford born, Berlin-residing Neill Flynn of resident German imprint Lossless, KLUBNACHT will also feature producer Martin Enke AKA Lake People (Live), Dublin duo Harry Bookless and Aaron Page AKA…

  • TEMPERED Contemporary Music Weekend

    Hosted by the indomitable, ridiculously informed Moving On Music, TEMPERED is a celebration of homegrown contemporary music talent that will take place in three Belfast venues – Black Box, St. George’s Church and Crescent Arts Centre – from November 5-8. All very reasonably priced shows, The ‘JamJar’ finale, Ian Wilson’s The Last Siren, Ed Bennett’s Decible Ensemble, Crash Ensemble’s Born In the 80s and Chamber Choir Ireland’s Arvo Pärt at 80 make up the weekender’s superb five-show programme. Go here to pre-book tickets now.

  • Great Scott! Back To The Future Round-Up

    Marty, fire up the flux capacitor! Christmas has come early for fans of the time-hopping Back to the Future trilogy, with a raft of special events to mark what’s being called ‘Back to the Future Day’. In another ungentle reminder of the arrow of time’s unstoppable flight, having already sailed past Judgement Day (Aug 29, 1997) and the X-Files‘ alien invasion (Dec 22, 2012), this Wednesday marks the date that Doc and Marty crash-landed into the future in the 1989 sequel: 21/10/15 at 4:29pm. It’s also the 30th anniversary of the first film’s release (handy that). Robert Zemeckis’ Back to…

  • The Thin Air Tuesday Throwdown: Rory Nellis @ Lavery’s, Belfast

    The first of three forthcoming Tuesday Throwdown live shows in as many weeks in November, we’re delighted to host a free show with Belfast singer-songwriter Rory Nellis at Lavery’s Belfast Back Bar on Tuesday, November 10. One of the highlights of this year’s Sounds of Belfast festival, this full band show is an unmissable opportunity to catch easily one of the country’s most naturally gifted songsmiths of a generation in such an intimate, limited capacity space. Also frontman of Seven Summits, Nellis’ music betrays an increasingly tangible sense of conviction and candor. Where no lyric or phrase feels throwaway, no…

  • Sound of Belfast 2015 Programme Announced

    The programme for this year’s Sound of Belfast has been announced, with the events running from November 6-14 around the city, culminating in the presentation of this year’s Oh Yeah Legend Award to The Divine Comedy at the NI Music Prize event at the Mandela Hall on November 14. The festivities include many exhibitions from local artists & filmmakers, as well as conferences and masterclasses at the Oh Yeah Centre. These include the Belfast Urban Affinity 2015, aimed at hard-to-reach youths, and the Breaking Into Music Youth Conference, featuring the likes of Phil Taggart, who quickly progressed from BBC Radio Ulster to Radio…

  • Cork International Short Story Festival

    Formerly the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Festival, The Cork International Short Story Festival runs from September 22-26. Featuring workshops, readings, talks, launches, screenings and more from the likes of Susan Burke-Treky, Eimean Ryan, Marie Helene Bertino, Danielle McLaughlin, Thomas Morris and Siddhartha Gigoo, the programme for this year’s festival is speckled with a whole host of curious and captivating literary happenings taking place right across the city. Whilst some of the events aren’t, much of this festival programme is free to attend. Go here to learn more information about events, times, venues and admission.

  • No Boundaries @ The Academy, Dublin

    One of a string of stellar fundraising shows that have cropped recently to help aid those affected by the Syrian refugee crisis, The Last Mixed Tape and the Melted Lady will host No Boundaries at Dublin’s Academy this Friday night (September 18). A charity event to raise funds for the Irish Red Cross and their current Migration Crisis appeal, the line-up – taking place over two rooms – will feature everything and everyone from The North Sea, Buffalo Woman and Kormac (live) to DJ sets from the likes of Le Galaxie and Mother. Tickets are €15. Go here for the event’s Facebook page.

  • Culture Night Belfast 2015

    Far and away Belfast’s biggest annual celebration of music, art, theatre and everything in between, Culture Night Belfast will make its most happening seventh outing on Friday, September 18. With over 250 free events planned ranging from gigs, trails and tours to talks, demonstrations and screenings, the city’s historic Cathedral Quarter and beyond will be thoroughly transformed into a kaleidoscopic festival from early in the afternoon to late into the night. Keen as we are to be involved once again this year, we’re teaming up with Oh Yeah Music Centre to put on a free, genre-spanning showcase featuring The Wood Burning Savages, Hot Cops,…

  • Out in the Open: Artistic Explorations in the Public Domain

    Presented by the ever-tasteful Household, Out in the Open: Artistic Explorations in the Public Domain will ask a few questions: What constitutes a piece of public art? Should it be outdoors and monumental? Permanent and made of strong, durable materials? Or is it something that can be more fluid, intimate in scale and ephemeral in execution; operating in our constantly changing urban environment in new ways, inviting us to consider our surroundings in a new light and asking difficult questions about how city spaces are developed and controlled? A three-day programme of new commissions, screenings, interventions and conversations about “what it…

  • NI Coffee Festival @ T13

    Northern Ireland’s first ever coffee festival takes place in the Titanic Quarter’s T13 space on September 26 & 27. As of late, Belfast’s love for coffee has been on the up & up, especially with the opening of Established in the Cathedral Quarter of the city. With an estimated attendance of roughly 4000 people, the event will feature local artisan roasters, stalls from independent coffee shops as well as award winning baristas – something this country contains a surprisingly numerous amount of. As well as this, there will be tea and gourmet food stalls, tastings, demonstrations from some of the finest roasters, barista…