10 live events for December: Fontaines DC, Deirdre O'Kane, and more...
L-R: Fontaines DC; Deirdre O'Kane: among the live events highlights in December
A contemporary retelling of Jane Austen's Emma turns its likeable heroine and commentary on the moneyed classes to the current day. Adapted by Kate Hamill, this production is directed by Claire O’Reilly, a former Resident Director at the Abbey Theatre in 2022.
Veteran Irish actor and comedian's 'O'Kaning It' show is tearing through winter schedules at venues around the country, including a sixth additional date at the Olympia owing to popular demand.
Dublin indie-rockers' victory lap around the country continues, revisiting the site of triumphant pandemic-era performances in Cork on their latest tour.
Having moved on from studiously world-weary post-punk and into something of a 'baggy'-influenced psychedelia, Ireland's indie-rock darlings du jour headline at the Point.
It’s been quite a year for the Belfast rappers, with their star having risen even more since they filled the same venue last year. They’re part of a series of gigs at the riverside venue that also includes local heroes Mick Flannery and Yenkee.
The now-annual Christmas appointment at Cyprus Avenue from Cork's jangle-pop icons is now a two-night affair, with tickets still available for the 20th.
Dublin groove-metallers turned folk juggernauts have been on a tear this year - and are set to cap it off with an arena show in Kerry.
A new one-day festival in Galway marries contemporary music and sound with Irish influence, including DJ Shampain, shoegazers Just Mustard, and Lankum's Ian Lynch in his Onelegoneeye guise.
Hosted by the Irish Examiner's Colm O’Regan, eight championship slam storytellers will be invited back to share brand new tales, inspired by a universal theme - 'Mistake'.
Cork's singer and songwriter laureate gets on stage for his now-institutional Christmas appointment at the Everyman, with musical collaborators and city characters in tow.
