On The Pulse
Dublin’s top dance music venue District 8 officially announced it will close its doors and then be bulldozed at end of Jan 2019. They seem to have a stellar line up right to the end though and this weekend, tonight and tomorrow night, they host a double bill with Elrow.
The confetti canons aside, while the brand was born in 2010, the story behind it goes back way longer, 148 years to be precise.
The creators of the phenomenon that has taken the planet by storm, Juan Arnau Jr. and Cruz Arnau, are the latest incarnation of six generations in the entertainment business, with their great-great-great-great-grandfather José Satorres setting the whole thing in motion by opening the first social club in Fraga, Spain: the Café Josepet in 1870
If you have never been to the party, you are missing out. Imagine your wildest fantasy world and multiply it by a thousand to fathom a fraction of what awaits at any Elrow event. And you have plenty to choose from. With more than 20 immersive shows, Elrow has been in over 50 cities and touched every continent. London, Shanghai, Miami, Buenos Aires, Beirut, Istanbul, Tel Aviv, Cairo, Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Brazil are all on the list, and now Dublin, and Belfast in a few weeks time .
Their Sambowdromo do Brasil theme will bring a breathtakingly vibrant experience to Dublin. With intoxicating jungle rhythms, tropical creatures and exotic Samba dancers merging under a rain-forest canopy, transforming District 8 into a vivid paradise. With an exciting bill of names providing the soundtrack Mele,wade, George Privatti and host of Irish names, it’ll be a full on carnival on Elrow’s highly-anticipated double bill this weekend.tickets are €50 doors at 11pm.
The iconic Mr Scruff comes to PYG Sunday’s this Sunday along side MC Kwasi for a 5 hour set of jazz, soul, hip hop, funk, disco, deep house, reggae, afrobeat, Latin, electro, techno, new wave and plenty of goodies that don’t fit into any category. As is typical PYG, all nationalities, mobility, gender or sexuality, regular and first timers getting down together, mixed up music for a lovely mix of people.
Tickets are €15 with doors at 10pm. If you are down the Cork direction, The Good Room Crew host Scruff and Kwasi tonight at Cyprus Avenue where he is officially kicking off his Irish tour, so to speak.
Tickets for that one are €20 with doors at 9pm.