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16/11/2024

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14/11/2024

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The First Dublin Discos - the early days of late-night clubbing, is now on show at pub.

My exhibition looks at the first clubs in the city where people danced to DJs.

The journey starts in 1964 with the beat club scene and ends in 1980 with Flikkers and the first gay discos.

Using photos, flyers, adverts, and memorabilia the exhibition chronologically lists the first 40 discos and shows how the Dublin disco scene evolved through the 1960s & 70s.

Call in and check it out!
Open
M 4-11:30
T 4-11:30
W 4-11:30
T 4-11:30
F 4-12:30
S 2 - 12:30
S 2 - 11

13/11/2024

There’s just over a week to go in the current campaign, a print sale in support of MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians) and UNWRA to raise vital funds to support life saving humanitarian aid in Palestine.

As the campaign enters its critical last few days, organiser is urging people to support this vital fundraising campaign.

“This is our third print sale since the last October and we’re running it in aid of MAP and UNWRA. We’re partnering with the lovely people at who are offering us special rates on fine art paper. As with our previous fundraiser, all of the contributing artists are managing their own sales, printing and postage.

Every image featured on the Instagram page will have a link to the artist’s page so as to order from them directly.”

Prints will be an open edition (unless specified by individual artists) and available in two sizes, A3 and A4.

In addition to aiding a very good cause, the prints are printed archivally, exceptionally good value, and offer plenty of choice for those looking to secure a special Christmas gift for friends and family members this year.

The sale runs until November 20th, and all images can be viewed on the IG page.

Please support!



Featured images:
Mick Mannion - On The Move
Deirdre Rusk
Ines Pesado Prints for Peace
Kate Ormond O’Neill - KEEM
Mohammed Aljazzaf - Mubarakiyyah Market

11/11/2024

Dublin in November. When the Portal goes to sleep, all its friends go to sleep…

09/11/2024

🌈 Art has the power to change lives, and so do you!

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It has been a particularly difficult week on the world stage, but this weekend there’s chance to make a real difference by participating in to raise vital funds for LGBTQ+ Centre.

Arthouse, Outhouse LGBTQ+ Centre’s annual charity art auction is more than an opportunity to acquire stunning works from some of Dublin’s most exciting artists – it’s a lifeline for one of the city’s most vital community spaces.

Art and queer culture have always been intrinsically linked, with artists often at the forefront of activism and societal change.

Through art, entire movements have been formed, and like the LGBTQ+ community and other marginalised groups, artists are often among the hardest hit by societal and economic challenges.

This coming together of artists and the LGBTQ+ community to support and uplift one another is nothing new, but it is always inspiring, and this year’s auction promises to be a vibrant intersection of art, activism, and social engagement.

Get involved! Be part of this incredible cause by registering to bid at https://auction.outhouse.ie/

Please support if you can x ❤️😘🌈

07/11/2024

The big day is finally here! We are delighted to see our resident scribe and restaurant reviewer receive a well deserved nomination in the Restaurant Critic category of the for work published in - in such outstanding company too!

Sending good vibes to Conor and everyone involved in tonight’s awards ceremony. 🏆🏆

And in the meantime, feast your eyes on Conor’s latest piece entitled Cat and Mouse, available for your reading pleasure online now, accompanied by some lovely imagery from the wonderful

07/11/2024

All right, Dublin?

And now that I see you again I could eat you alive.

Before you have the chance to eat me, you two-faced get. - Rebecca D’Arcy

What does Dublin mean to you? Its streets, its scent, its spirit; from Guinness’s brewing barley to the closed-up twin towers of Poolbeg to its Pride parade. Its legends and ladies from the Diceman and Dudley Thomas to a rubbed-down Molly and the relocated Anne Livia. Its bridges, bravado, barstools, Behans and broken hearts.

93 contributors offer up their take on the capital, its chaos, clatter, and continual evolution, this ever-changing, ever screaming, drinking, shouting, revolting, accepting, protesting Baile Átha Cliath, in the latest edition of

04/11/2024

The is back for its third year which promises to be bigger, better, and funnier than ever. Catch over 50 comedians as they perform 26 unique and hilarious shows in various venues across Dún Laoghaire from November 7th to 10th.

25/10/2024

Embrace the shadows! returns with a fiery spectacle, theatrical terrors, immersive arts, cinematic treats and free events in the city this bank holiday weekend!

We’re looking forward to four days and nights of deadly adventures as the city becomes a thrilling haven for the curious and the brave. 🎃🧛‍♀️🧛‍♂️

24/10/2024

Back in the early 90s when Dublin had enough venues to support something approaching a proper club scene, fans of harder, more challenging beats had a regular Friday night appointment for UFO in the Waterfront on Sir John Rogersons Quay.

Long before the docklands was home to gleaming office blocks, conference centres and fancy new bridges, resident DJ François oversaw 4 hours of sweaty techno dancing in a no nonsense venue that was all about the tunes.

International guests over the years included DJ Rolando (Underground Resistance), Luke Slater (Peacefrog, Novamute), Christian Vogel (Mille Plateaux, Tresor), Surgeon (Downwards, Tresor), Steve Bicknell (Lost) and Richard Miller (Havana, Out on a Limb) l. But like many weekly institutions of the time UFO was just as intense for a 4 hour set by François or a live set by local pioneers Decal or Rob Rowland.

Now, to mark 30 years since UFO settled into its groove in the Waterfront/Columbia Mills, the original team are bringing the experience back for one special night at Friday, November 22nd sees UFO 30 featuring DJ François, Dean Sherry, Decal (Live) and Mick Heaney.

Check out the link in our bio for more 😎

24/10/2024

“Can anyone match The Lord Edward’s top-notch Smithwick’s? Will it become the go-to pint for the youth reared on Guinness gaslighting? Will we start to see the Irish in London mocking pints of Smithwick’s across the Irish Sea? Only time will tell, but in the words of himself, ‘What a time to be alive’.”

So mused our resident barfly on her quest to find the perfect pint of in Dublin for earlier this year. The piece has just secured her the gong for Emerging Voice at the NAGBW Awards! 🏆 Big up and Slainte 🍻🍻🍻

Check it out online here … https://www.totallydublin.ie/food-drink/food-drink-features/the-quest-for-a-perfect-smithwicks-in-dublin/

23/10/2024

We’re looking forward to checking out the unique sound of as they introduce Dublin’s gig goers to ‘Moroccan Berber Rock’ - a powerful blend of traditional Berber music and modern rock on Nov 6th.

22/10/2024

A brilliant line up for the festival in this week!
tickets here: bit.ly/DOCNROLLDUBLIN

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22/10/2024

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We said it was gonna be mega...

Gerry Leonard Spooky Ghost Gail Ann Dorsey Mark Plati Campbell with RTÉ Concert Orchestra in 3Arena on Sunday March 2nd.

Dublin Bowie Festival are proud to work alongside Singular Artists to host this incredible event:
“The Songs of David Bowie”
3Arena, Dublin - March 2nd 2025.
GAIL ANN DORSEY - GERRY LEONARD - MARK PLATI - STERLING CAMPBELL - RTÉ CONCERT ORCHESTRA + many more

After two remarkable sold out shows at The Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin in February 2024, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, under conductor David Brophy returns to a bigger stage to perform The Songs of David Bowie, at Dublin’s 3Arena on 2nd March 2025. The very stage where Bowie performed 5 times, the stage where Bowie gave his very last Irish performances and the stage where the world famous DVD was recorded to remember the Reality Tour of 2003/2004.

Presented by Singular Artists in association with the Dublin Bowie Festival and adapted from the 2021 recording for RTÉ One television, Bowie: Starman — with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra.
The show will feature specially commissioned arrangements of classics like Life on Mars, Heroes, Starman, Changes and Space Oddity as orchestra and artists combine to salute one of the most imaginative, influential and iconic musicians of our times
Join Gerry Leonard as Musical Director, David Bowie’s alumni Sterling Campbell, Mark Plati and Gail Ann Dorsey .. and featuring special guests Faye O'Rourke (Soda Blonde), Dana Masters Music Duke Special and Shobsy

tickets from www.singularartists.ie

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16/10/2024

“Irish people are changing a little bit. We’re extremely alarmed about misinformation, hence ‘Wake Up People’. It’s a call. We’re in scary times, politically. We saw that last November, how close we are to descending into darkness.”

With more than two decades between the brand new and ebullient Wake Up People! and 2001’s Adventura Majestica, the intervening years have done little to dim the spark of - one of the city’s best loved alternative rock bands.

managed to track down three members of the quintet for a talk on the new record and resurrection.

16/10/2024

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