By Irishexaminer.com,Mike McGrath Bryan
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Appearances from counter-culture legend Gilbert Shelton and UK underground illustrator Hunt Emerson headline this year’s comics weekend in the Tribal city.
For Those I Love
Monday October 6; Olympia Theatre, Dublin
Dublin spoken-word artist and techno producer marks return album Carving the Stone, after a four-year absence, with an Olympia headliner.
Patti Smith and Band
Monday October 6; 3Arena, Dublin
Punk iconoclast and multimedia artist stops by Dublin’s docklands on world tour for the 50th anniversary of seminal debut album Horses.
Tuesday October 7 – Friday October 10; Cork Opera House
Red ‘n Blue Theatre company presents daytime performances of a modernised Macbeth, aimed specifically at Leaving Cert students.
Friday October 10; RoisÃn Dubh, Galway
With a compilation of early material now on wax via Rough Trade, Dublin noise-rock headwreckers are back on the road.
A Century of the New Yorker’s Irish Writers
Sunday October 12; Abbey Theatre, Dublin
An evening with Anne Enright, Roddy Doyle, Colin Barrett and The New Yorker’s Deborah Treisman and Cressida Leyshon in conversation with Belinda McKeon.
The Low Field
Thursday October 16; Dolan’s Kasbah, Limerick
Limerick slowcore outfit headline a hometown show, with support from Cork noise-rockers Therapy Horse.
Friday October 17; Live at St Luke’s, Cork
Electronic innovators bring their full stage show to the Northside temple of noise.
Saturday October 18; Whelan’s, Dublin
Much-loved Tallaght rapper brings his idiosyncratic charisma and DIY production ethic to a Whelan’s headliner.
Guinness Cork Jazz Festival
Thursday October 23 – Sunday 27; venues around Cork city
The grande dame of Leeside music festivals continues moving in a genre-specific direction, with appearances from Cymande, The Pharcyde, Vieux Farka Touré, and Lee Fields and the Expressions; plus homegrown action from Rejjie Snow, GodKnows, Jape and many more.
