Knock knock: The Hot Sprockets, The Cujo Family and others will play the (free) launch of Knockanstockan Festival at Dublin's Grand Social on Tuesday at 6pm. knockanstockan.ie
Bright idea:
The next Future Bright gig sees Dublin band Friend? play Crawdaddy on May 26th. (€5 on door).
Valuable Jools:Husky-voiced troubadour James Vincent McMorrow will appear on Later . . . with Jools Holland on BBC2 at 10pm on Tuesday and 11.50pm on Friday.
Sharp:Tomorrow in a Year, the opera scored by The Knife, will receive its Irish premiere at Cork's Midsummer Festival on June 24th and 25th.
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