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Damien Dempsey Union – Fri 12th April – Vicar Street
Fri 12th April Vicar Street. Tickets €42 available from Ticketmaster. MusicTown are proud to present a unique evening with Damien Dempsey, as he performs tracks with special guests (tba) from his standout new album Union as well as classic tracks from his much loved catalogue. “A wonderful collection a true original...” (Hot Press) “Union is a series of jaw dropping highlights…” (The Herald) Union,…
Find out more »Nialler9 & Seven Quarters present Dublin Is Sound
An all ages event with live performances by: Pillow Queens, Squarehead, God Knows & Tebi Rex 12.30 Doors // 13.00 – 16.30 Show - The Grand Social, 35 Lower Liffey Street, Dublin 1 Tickets €12 (with limited edition 12" record) // €10 without available from dublinissound.eventbrite.com Dublin Is Sound is an all ages daytime gig on Record Store Day featuring performances from some of…
Find out more »Dublin City Libraries present Emerging Artists featuring Lugosi & No More Questions
14.30 – 16.30 - The Music Library, Central Library, ILAC Centre, Henry St - Free admission, Booking essential. Booking via email musiclibrary@dublincity.ie or telephone 01-8734333 Tickets available at https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/musictown-feat-lugosi-no-more-questions-tickets-58644222448 As part of The Music Library’s Emerging Artists series, Dublin City Public Libraries presents Lugosi and No More Questions for an afternoon of music, song and chat. Both bands will play a 30 minute…
Find out more »Music City: A walking tour with Dónal Fallon.
15:00 - Meeting at The LAB, Foley Street and continuing to various locations – Tickets Free but places limited and booking is essential. Limited to 20 places only https://musiccityawalkingtour.eventbrite.ie Pádraic E. Moore presents Music City: A walking tour with Dónal Fallon. (In conjunction with the Last Great Album of the Decade, at the LAB, Dublin 1) This tour responds to and engages with…
Find out more »Royal Irish Academy of Music presents DIRECTOR’S CHOICE
15.00 - Royal Irish Academy of Music – Tickets €10/€6 available from www.riam.ie MusicTown audiences can look forward to another ‘Choice’ programme from the Royal Irish Academy of Music in April 2019. Following the success of the RIAM’s presentation, Writer’s Choice, in New York, Dublin and Paris throughout 2017, and Artist’s Choice in Dublin and New York in 2018, the Academy will mount a…
Find out more »Natalya O’Flaherty ‘More Than Words’ plus guests.
20.00 – The Sugar Club - €10 + booking fee (early bird) / €15 + booking fee from www.sugarclubtickets.com Guests include: Local Boy & Sick Nanley (DJ Set), Tebi Rex, Marcus Woods Already established as one of the most exciting names in Irish spoken word, Natalya O’Flaherty has emerged from the dankest of dive bars of the Dublin scene perform at some of the country's…
Find out more »Screenwriting workshop inspired by the Music Library with Anne Maree Barry
13.00-15.30 - Music Library, Central Library, Ilac Centre, Henry St, Dublin 1 - Tickets free but places limited and booking is essential. Maximum number of participants 12 age group 13-17. Also if they could bring along their mobile phone to take images or capture video. NB, need to cap Eventbrite at 16 places. Eventbrite bookings https://screenwritinginthemusiclibrary.eventbrite.ie As part of the Musictown Festival 2019 Artist…
Find out more »Music Together present TREES
14.00 - Sheriff Street Community Centre – Free event, no booking required The idea for the performance was inspired partly by theories in A Day In The Life Of The Brain by Susan Greenfield. The theme is expressed in two songs, Trasna na dtonnta, a traditional song picturing the image of a fine sunny seascape as an escape from loneliness and separation, and…
Find out more »Macdara Yeates presents UNDER MY GARAGE
20.00 - The Button Factory - Tickets €15 available from buttonfactory.ie Under My Garage is an evening of discussion, music and live visuals exploring the work of Irish music video director Bob Gallagher. Described by Werner Herzog as “a good soldier of cinema”, Gallagher’s music video won him wide critical praise, a host of international awards and a unique place in the…
Find out more »MusicTown presents JUNIOR BROTHER & POWPIG
20.00 – The Grand Social – Tickets €12 from Ticketmaster.ie An idiosyncratic, challenging and richly lyrical singer/ songwriter, Junior Brother is the pseudonym of 24 year-old Co. Kerry, Ireland native Ronan Kealy. Fusing elements of Irish and English folk with a deeply unique sensibility, Kealy has steadily built a dedicated fanbase in his current residence of Dublin, broadening his listenership further with each release.…
Find out more »Glasshouse & Sfiiinx present SONGS FROM BELOW
April 18th, 19.30 - The Chocolate Factory, Kings Inns Street - Tickets €15 available from https://ti.to/glasshouse/musictown-2019-songs-from-below-by-glasshouse-sfiiinx Join us on a journey in the footsteps of Orpheus as we delve into the underworld to retrieve the sounds that lie below. Jóhann Jóhannsson found inspiration in the Greek myth and presented his interpretation in the album Orphée, a work that labelled him "one of the…
Find out more »Crash Ensemble present Grey Area
5pm for film, 6pm for concert - The Studio, National Concert Hall Tickets €15 for concert, film entrance is free NCH box office Grey Area is a skateboarding film with live original score. Shot and edited by skate photographer and videographers Niall O’Byrne and Sam Curtin, with music by young Cork composer and skater Sam Perkin, performed by Crash Ensemble, Ireland’s leading new music group. This MusicTown performance will be the works Irish…
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