ART
Echt: Bedwyr Williams
Post-Electric: Gimme More, Exchange and Database
AIB Éigse Open Submission Visual Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow Until Sep 13
visualcarlow.ie
Installation art meets stand-up comedy in the person of Bedwyr Williams. Echt, an installation including a coach in a forest clearing and a film, posits a singular dystopian future, where status is based on consumption and, production having collapsed, hoarders rule the roost. Williams tops the bill of Visual's summer Éigse season.
PUNK/POP
Ash
Whelan's, Dublin 8pm €20
whelanslive.com
And the proof is in the pudding of a live gig, right? Having been awarded The Ticket's sizzling hot Album of the Week slot two weeks ago for their new record, Kablammo! – and following their wide-open spaces show at Slane Castle last week – Ash return to where they truly excel: a small venue with a roof. Kablammo!? More like BIFF! THWACK! POW!