TRAD
This Is How We Fly
The Grand Social, Dublin 8pm €12 tickets.ie
Percussive dance is not an area we're all on speaking terms with, but American dancer Nic Gareiss describes it well in This Is How We Fly. Fiddler Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh weaves in between the clarinets and electronica of Seán MacErlaine and the percussion of Petter Berndalen. The result is a foursome who tear up the rule book with vim.
SIDE PROJECT
Join Me in the Pines
Riverbank Theatre, Newbridge, Co Kildare 8pm €15 riverbank.ie
What’s a guy to do when his full-time band (BellX1) is on its downtime? If you’re Dave Geraghty , you create a very fine side project and take it out on selected dates around the country. Expect subtle, inventive pop/rock music with hints of freaky folk.
CLUB
Love Sensation
Powerscourt/Pygmalion, Dublin 9pm €15 twitter.com/ pygmaliondublin
There are some DJs and promoters more than willing to show their love this weekend for Dublin clubbers. Southpaw, Discotekken, Together Disco, Room 19, and 4wrd Grad join forces for a Valentine’s Night shindig with much love, disco and house in the mix. For those who are still in the mood for partying the day after, there’s Love Hangover in the same venue with Together Disco, Get Down Edits and Marquis D’Alton providing the comedown soundtrack.
BIRTHDAY
The Building Society
Hangar, Dublin 10pm facebook. com/TheBuildingSocietyDublin
It’s been a champion year for capital city newbies The Building Society, with nights featuring Dimitri from Paris, The Cyclist, Inc, George Fitzgerald, Sunil Sharpe, Ejeca and many more in their back pages. They celebrate 12 months in the game with a night at their new home (the joint formerly known as Andrew’s Lane Theatre) and featuring live sets from Clouds and Tessela and DJ sets from Sam Greenwood, 4wrd Grad, Eoin Monaghan and Eoin Donovan.
ON THE PULL
Love Me Tinder
Bernard Shaw, Dublin 7pm Adm free facebook.com/ thebernardshaw
Valentine’s Day is not just for soppy couples overpaying for mediocre grub in packed restaurants and a withered bouquet of roses on the way home. The good pwople at the Shaw are hoping for some mass Tinder matches as they plot a Valentine’s do with a difference, featuring music from Hennessy, DJ Grapes and guests to go with you swiping left or right. On the musical menu: fun, frolics and plenty of D’Angelo.
