WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK
Fat Boy Slim, Jax Jones and a host of dance acts bring the Life Festival to a close today at Belvedere House in Mullingar. Sunday tickets are still available. Indie rock veterans The Breeders will play Cannonball and other classics tonight in Dublin’s Vicar Street. The sublime Father John
Misty takes over in the same venue tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Seán Keane continues his Monday night residency in An Taibhdhearc, Galway. The Remi Harris Trio bring their lively gypsy swing sounds to the Balor Theatre, Ballybofey on Tuesday. See remiharris. com for more Irish dates. Punk-emo types 30 Seconds To Mars, featuring Hollywood Alister Jared Leto are in the 3Arena on Wednesday.
Hermitage Green begin a consecutive three-night run in Whelan’s in Dublin on Thursday. Former arena rockers Reef play an exceptionally intimate gig in the Dublin Academy Green Room on Thursday. On the back of a fine new album, The Hot Sprockets play Cyprus Avenue, Cork on Thursday, moving on to Mike Pies in Listowel for a Friday date. Tyrone folk rockers The Logues come to the Purty Kitchen on Dún Laoghaire on Friday. The Rory Gallagher International Festival opens on Thursday but gets going in earnest on Friday with Wishbone Ash headlining on Friday,
Walter Trout on Saturday and finishes on Sunday. Rónán Ó Snodaigh and the rambunctious Kila will grace the Abbey Tavern in Howth on Saturday or catch Canadian singersongwriter Lindi Ortega in Dublin’s Grand Social at about the same time.