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	Emergenza Information	Dec 09, 2009 - Apr 27, 2010
Emergenza is the world's biggest festival for unsigned bands, with an average of 6,000 bands participating every year in 200 different cities all over the world. Every year the national finalists gets to spend three days in Germany at the Taubertal Open Air festival, where the world final takes place, with an average of 30,000 people showing up over the weekend. This is where, every year, the best band wins a professional production for their first album and where plenty of other musicians are rewarder for their skills with prizes from the festival's sponsors.

	IMRO Showcase Information	Mar 26, 2010 - May 01, 2010
First hosted in 1992, Ireland’s most established new band showcase has provided a live platform for scores of up and coming Irish acts over the years. Recent acts to have featured include Fight Like Apes, Declan O’Rourke, Halves and Delorentos to name but a few. Ronan Yourell from Dublin band Delorentos said of the tour “It was an important step in the development of our band as we gained invaluable experience through the gigs and also met some really cool people!” A number of artists will be chosen from the tour to perform in a ‘Best of Showcase’ gig which will take place in Dublin venue The Academy on May 1st.

	Highly RecommendedAnd So I Watch You From Afar + BATS + JoggingAndrew's Lane Theatre, Dublin @ 20:00 Punk • Information	Mar 26, 2010 €10 Buy Tickets
Indie label Smalltown America are having a better start to the year than they could have ever dreamed of, with Instrumental signing And So I Watch You From Afar snapping up nominations for both Irelands Choice Music Prize and XFM’s Album of the year. The nominations are massive news for the band and label alike and is a great follow up to the bands 2009, which saw them play 170 shows and headline the Ulster Hall in December.

	Highly RecommendedDelorentosThe Academy, Dublin @ 20:00 Indie	Mar 26, 2010 €20

	Highly RecommendedLuka BloomButton Factory, Dublin @ 19:30 Acoustic • Information	Mar 26, 2010 €20 Buy Tickets
Album launch "Dreams in America".

	RecommendedClaude Young + Eamonn Doyle + Jon HusseyPOD, Dublin @ 23:00 DJ • Information	Mar 26, 2010 €15
One of Detroit's leading DJs and producers as the '90s closed, Claude Young filtered the more lush elements of Motor City melodicists with the harder, minimalist stream of Robert Hood and Jeff Mills to create productions which lacked for neither emotion nor hard-hitting trance. After helping out Jeff Mills on his radio show during the early '90s, Young debuted with the One Complete Revolution EP on his own Utensil label. He also recorded as Project 625 for another of his own labels (DOW) and with Anthony "Shake" Shakir on his third label, Frictional. Besides other tracks for Acacia (as Rhythm Formation) and 7th City (with Dan Bell as Brother From Another Planet), Young began making the transition to the global techno scene with a single for Andrew Weatherall's Emissions Audio Output Recordings (as Being) and DJAX-Up-Beats (as Claude Young). He followed with several high-profile remixes during 1995, including tracks by Inner City, Astral Pilot, Innerzone Orchestra, Joey Beltram and Slam (with the help of Ian O'Brien).

	RecommendedGet Me MoscowPOD, Dublin Rock • Information	Mar 26, 2010
	This event is part of the IMRO Showcase festival.
Get Me Moscow came together in september 2006 when donegal jim (so called because thats where he's from) made the move to the big smoke for the purposes of studying journalism. this is shite he thought, i need to start a band. so calling on musicians he had known as a kid form the gaeltacht jim, maggie and rory started making a lot of noise in maggie's attic. It wasn't pretty. They improved. They don't like using uppercase letters.

	RecommendedOliver ColeTower Records, Dublin @ 13:00 Acoustic	Mar 26, 2010

	39 StepsOlympia Theatre, Dublin @ 20:00 Comedy • Information	Mar 26, 2010 €31.20
MCD's blurb: "This blissfully funny show follows the incredible adventures of our handsome hero Richard Hannay, complete with stiff upper lip, British gung-ho and pencil moustache as he encounters dastardly murders, double-crossing secret agents, and, of course, devastatingly beautiful women. Irish audiences will have their own opportunity to see the West End’s longest-running comedy "

	Abradab, Gutek, Miod + DJ BartThe Village, Dublin	Mar 26, 2010 €15 - €20

	Anthony Byrne plays ChopinNational Concert Hall, Dublin @ 13:00 Classical • Information	Mar 26, 2010 €12
Chopin Polonaise in A op 40 no 1 Sonata in B flat minor op 35 "Funeral March" Scherzo no 3 in C sharp minor op 39 3 Waltzes op 70 Polonaise in A flat op 53 In this the 200th anniversary of Chopin's birth, Anthony Byrne returns to the John Field Room to perform some of his greatest masterpieces including the haunting funeral march sonata and the charming waltzes op 70.

	Arsenic and Old LaceDraíocht, Dublin @ 20:00 Theatre • Information	Mar 26, 2010 €15 - €17
One of the best madcap screwball black comedies ever, this classic Broadway hit introduces the sweet, elderly Brewster sisters, their nephew Teddy, who believes himself to be Teddy Roosevelt, and their drama critic nephew Mortimer (played by Cary Grant in the famous movie version), who is as surprised as anyone to learn that his maiden aunts’ well-known charity work now extends to the compassionate poisoning of sad, lonely old boarders with glasses of arsenic-spiked elderberry wine.

	Artists ProofDraíocht, Dublin @ 10:00 Art • Information	Mar 26, 2010 Free Event
Artist’s Proof is an exhibition by 24 Irish and international fine art printmaking artists. Visitors will be able to see the creative methodology of the printmaker showing the development of the idea from the research and exploration stages through to the rigorous process of making the print, requiring great technical skill. The prints will be displayed alongside two working proofs to provide a glimpse of how it was made.

	As Topic and ToolThe Joinery, Dublin @ 11:00 Art • Information	Mar 26, 2010 Free Event
In ‘As topic and tool’ Fiona Marron pursues her interests in the relationships between labour, knowledge and value, using the mining industry as a model. While many of her video installations to date have explored various aspects of trade within the economy, this new work shifts to investigate the area at a more primary level – all the while, pursuing her underpinning interest in human behaviour and social relations.

	Between Metaphor and Object: Art of the 90s from the IMMA CollectionIrish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin @ 12:00 Art • Information	Mar 26, 2010 €0
Between Metaphor and Object features a range of works from the IMMA Collection, primarily sculptures and installation works from the 1990s. It provides perspectives on the diversity of practice that is represented in the IMMA Collection from this period, explores its particularities, and considers them in the context of international trends of the decade. The title of the exhibition references perceived polarities in art since the 1960s and also proposes the idea of the continuous flux visited upon artworks in the mind of the viewer between symbolism and objecthood. Notably the exhibition incorporates a number of pieces from the Weltkunst Collection, which is on loan to IMMA since 1994. This significant collection of British sculpture and drawings of the 1980s and ‘90s will return to the Weltkunst Foundation in 2010 and the exhibition acknowledges the generous loan of these works.

	Coconut RaftProject Arts Centre, Dublin @ 20:15 Theatre • Information	Mar 26, 2010 €12 - €15
History is just buried truth; all that we are left with is a fiction based on something someone once sang. A darkly comic tale of three murderers and what they found on the night they broke out of jail. From an idea by Alice Bourke comes Coconut Raft, a new play with live music, written and performed by unlikely collaborators Seán Carpio, Bobby McGlynn and Bryan Quinn.

	Dermot WhelanVicar Street, Dublin @ 20:00 Comedy • Information	Mar 26, 2010 €23
ermot is best known for his regular appearances on RTE's hit show The Panel and has performed at the Kilkenny Cat Laughs Comedy Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Other TV appearances include Liffey Laughs for RTE television and One Night Stand-Up for BBC TV. Dermot also hosts the number 1 breakfast radio show on the Meteor Award-winning Dublin's 98, and has made radio appearances on BBC's The Blame Game.His comedy creation, the Toll Trolls, have had 3 top ten albums and went double platinum.

	Dinosaur EncounterAmbassador Theatre, Dublin @ 10:00 Exhibition • Information	Mar 26, 2010 €10
Nobody has ever seen a living dinosaur, but scientists can give us a good idea of what they looked like and how they moved. We often imagine dinosaurs as colossal flesh-eating beasts that lived on our planet for an incredible 160 million years. Some were indeed gigantic, but many were only as heavy as a Labrador dog and many were vegetarian! Did you know that the Ornithomimus could run faster than an Olympic sprinter? See how the sociable Triceratops lived in herds, caring for and protecting their young. Meet Dilophosaurus, a relative of the first dinosaur found in Scotland. Come face to face with the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex, one of the fiercest land predators ever known. This massive animatronic model, 4 metres tall and 7 metres long, is so lifelike you’ll think it’s the real thing! Walk past the head of a hungry Tyrannosaurus and watch as his terrifying jaws go SNAP!

	DJ Pat DillonWhelans, Dublin @ 23:00 DJ	Mar 26, 2010

	ESB Feis CeoilRDS, Dublin @ 09:00 Folk • Information	Mar 26, 2010
ESB became title Sponsor of Feis Ceoil in 2009. Given its distinguished record in Arts sponsorship, its country-wide reach and of course its significance as an Irish company, ESB is the perfect fit as sponsorship partner for Feis Ceoil. The fact that over 2,000 young people from every county in Ireland participate in this competition annually indicates the importance of this organisation to young people who love music. These competitions comprise all musical disciplines from Piano to Strings, Vocal to Brass, Choral to Chamber music. 32 Choirs will be competing for the title of “ESB Feis Ceoil School Choir of the Year”. The sheer depth of community involvement in the competition appeals very strongly to us at ESB as we clearly play an important role in the day-to-day society at every level and are deeply committed to the positive development of young people. ESB Feis Ceoil 2010 takes place from the 15th to 26th March in the RDS Ballsbridge.

	Ewan PearsonButton Factory, Dublin @ 23:00	Mar 26, 2010 €8 - €10

	Hello MoonPOD, Dublin Electronica	Mar 26, 2010
	This event is part of the IMRO Showcase festival.

	IMRO ShowcasePOD, Dublin @ 20:00 Experimental • Information	Mar 26, 2010
First hosted in 1992, Ireland's most established new band showcase has provided a live platform for scores of up and coming Irish acts over the years. Recent acts to have featured include Fight Like Apes, Declan O'Rourke, Halves and Delorentos to name but a few.

	Kate WalshWhelans, Dublin @ 20:00 Singer Songwriter • Information	Mar 26, 2010 €15
Calling Kate Walsh a singer songwriter is like saying Van Gogh was a cartoonist. Kate is, er, different. A 26-year-old from a sailing town in Essex who's been likened to Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush and Jane Austen, she's ferociously independent...in every sense. She adores Debussy, studies cello, listens constantly to Classic FM (and little else), bemoans the demise of vinyl and CDs (she finally got an iPod when iTunes gave her one after her last album ‘Tim's House' knocked Take That off the top of the download chart but rarely uses it), is entertainingly scathing about the conventional music industry ("it's fickle, selfish, impersonal and backstabbing") - and has established her own cottage industry to do it her way. And when she sits down to write a song you'd better lock up your hearts for you instantly become Kate's close personal confidante as she bares her soul with shocking candour.

	Let's Make PartyThe Village, Dublin @ 23:00 DJ • Information	Mar 26, 2010
Regular event. Hip-hop, soul, funk.

	Make Art Not RubbishDraíocht, Dublin @ 10:00 Art • Information	Mar 26, 2010 Free Event
Over a seven week period well known artist and sculptor Cris Neumann will facilitate the creation of 3D works by Coolmine and Hartstown Community School students in a project that will be a fun reflection of Vodafone Ireland’s Green Agenda Policy. This educational and environmentally innovative visual arts project will explore the concepts of communication, mobility and technology and how these concepts can work in the reduction and recycling of waste. For more information and photos of the works in progress check out the website: www.makeartnotrubbish.com

	My Fair LadyMill Theatre, Dublin @ 20:00 Musical • Information	Mar 26, 2010 €17 - €20
Following their sell out musicals, ‘Scrooge’ and ‘Oliver!’ Glencullen Musical and Dramatic Society are proud to present ‘My Fair Lady’, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion. Professor Henry Higgins takes a bet from Colonel Pickering that he can transform unrefined Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle into a lady. He does, and young aristocrat Freddy Eynsford-Hill falls madly in love with her. But when Higgins takes all the credit and forgets to acknowledge her efforts, Eliza angrily leaves him for Freddy.

	Philadephia, Here I Come!Gaiety Theatre, Dublin @ 19:30 Theatre • Information	Mar 26, 2010 €25 - €55
This play established Brian Friel's reputation as a world-class writer in 1964, and became the toast of Broadway in 1966. A timeless study of youth, old age and the chasm that divides them, the play is that rare thing: a popular masterpiece.

	PicastroWhelans, Dublin	Mar 26, 2010

	SaccadePOD, Dublin Indie	Mar 26, 2010
	This event is part of the IMRO Showcase festival.

	Sean LockOlympia Theatre, Dublin Comedy	Mar 26, 2010 €23

	The Cast of CheersPOD, Dublin Experimental	Mar 26, 2010
	This event is part of the IMRO Showcase festival.

	The KoubasWhelans, Dublin @ 00:00	Mar 26, 2010 Free Event

	The Taking of Pelham One Two ThreeIrish Film Institute, Dublin @ 11:00 Film • Information	Mar 26, 2010 €4
Wild Strawberries, bimonthly film club for the over 55s.

	The Tinker's CurseBewley's Cafe Theatre, Dublin @ 13:00 Theatre • Information	Mar 26, 2010 €15
Includes light lunch. Emer O'Kelly of the Sunday Independent wrote: "a heart-searing, heart-searching piece of work, provoking tears and haunting the soul. If it doesn't live in dramatic memory, we have neither folk memory nor capacity for pity..... Harding's performance is nothing short of glorious -- a piece of sustained dramatic economy that is performance art of soaring, incandescent strength. Every gesture tells, every step is measured, every pause significant, every subtle change of tone adding to a threnody for a dying soul.....If audiences are not hanging out of the rafters in future venues, there is no soul for drama in Ireland."

	What Happens Next Is A SecretIrish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin @ 12:00 Art • Information	Mar 26, 2010 Free Event
This is an experimental exhibition which attempts to addresses the question of what happens when artworks become part of a collection and are subsequently shown in many different contexts. Working from a potential list of works, the artworks will be changed during the course of the exhibition, with removal of artworks generating absences which call to mind gaps in our memory and point to the partially hidden nature of Museum collections. Additions of works will draw out new and perhaps unexpected associations, and new narratives will emerge within the overall structure of the exhibition. Other strategies such as repositioning works within the exhibition will be used to alter the pace of the exhibition. A list of these potential works will not be disclosed in advance.

	The GuitarmanThe Temple Bar, Dublin @ 13:30 Folk	Mar 26, 2010 Free Event

	Pello YellowThe Temple Bar, Dublin @ 16:30 Folk	Mar 26, 2010 Free Event

	Gypsy RoversThe Temple Bar, Dublin @ 19:00 Folk	Mar 26, 2010 Free Event

	Gilbert O'SullivanGrand Canal Theatre, Dublin @ 20:00 Singer Songwriter • Information	Mar 26, 2010 Buy Tickets
You may think that you know all there is to know about Gilbert O'Sullivan. That he was a huge star in the 70's and that he fought two massively important music industry legal cases. All this, however, is only the tip of the iceberg. Born in Waterford, Ireland raised in England, O'Sullivan signed to CBS Records in 1967 but was to find initial success elusive, although he with the help of people like the late Kenny Everett and John Peel almost made the breakthrough with a song called “Mr. Moody's Garden”, now considered a G.O'S classic. However, having teamed up with Tom Jones' manager Gordon Mills he reached the top ten in 1970 with 'Nothing Rhymed'. There followed over ten years a run of success, including fifteen hit singles and five top ten albums. Of all these it was 'Alone Again (Naturally)' that struck the greatest chord, spending six weeks at no. 1 in the US. The follow up “Clair” (UK's most popular O'Sullivan song) only failing to reach no.1 by Carly Simon's “You're So Vain”.

	Weaving The CryBack Loft, Dublin @ 20:00 Theatre • Information	Mar 26, 2010 €18 Buy Tickets
Weaving The Cry is based on Riders to the Sea by J.M. Synge

	Barry Murphy + Willie White + John Moloney + Chris KentLaughter Lounge, Dublin @ 20:30 Comedy	Mar 26, 2010 €26 Buy Tickets

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