ROCK
Adebisi Shank
Whelan's, Dublin, Thursday 8pm €19 whelanslive.com
This Wexford group play a rare brace of Dublin shows to celebrate the release of their latest album, This is the Third Album of a Band called Adebisi Shank. The second date at the same venue is next Friday (Sept 26), and each gig comes with an ancillary piece of loving, caring advice: bring along earplugs unless you want ringing in your head the next morning. TCL
FESTIVAL
Red Bull Music Academy Weekender
Cathedral Quarter Belfast Thu-Sun various prices rbma.ie
Four days and nights of concerts, club nights and screenings kick off this evening. Between now and Sunday, expect to see and hear from Skream, Nils Frahm, Greg Wilson, The Juan McLean, Ashley Beedle, Terri Hooley, Ryan Vail and many more. JC
ART
Kevin Cosgrove
Mother's Tankstation, Watling Street, Dublin. Thurs-Sat 12noon-6pm. Until Nov 1 Motherstanksstation.com
The third solo show by an exceptionally gifted young painter, Remake takes its title from one of the pictures it features: a view of a vintage Austin A35 in a workshop. Cosgrove is drawn to workshops, spaces where things are made, repaired, restored. He conveys their cluttered, comfortable order with cool, offhand virtuosity. They are also metaphors for the artistic process. A painstaking worker, his output is sparse, so make the most of this chance to see a group of pieces. AD
JAZZ
Van Morrison
Limerick Jazz Festival
University Concert Hall, Limerick, €84 (sold out), limerickjazzfestival.com The man they call the Man doesn't always get the recognition he deserves as a jazz musician, but anyone who riffs and scats like Morrison on Astral Weeks (it's almost Donal Dineen's favourite album, page 2) is doing what jazz musicians are prized for, and doing it beautifully. So kudos to drummer John Daly and the Limerick Jazz Festival, which continues all next weekend, for landing this high-profile appearance.
CL
