WE ARE FAMILY
Toumani & Sidiki Diabete
Set Theatre, Kilkenny 10pm €27/€23.50 kilkennyarts.ie
There have been many, many people in Ireland waiting for this gig to happen, and now that it’s upon us, the collective sigh of relief is loud and clear. Father and son – the former widely regarded as the greatest living kora player, the latter the traditional African instrument’s rising star – collaborate in a bravura display of Malian music. As part of Kilkenny Arts Festival.
FESTIVAL
West-Fest
Secret venue, Cork 2pm €34.99 facebook.com
The action will take place at a “secret location” somewhere deep in the heart of west Cork. The ticket price includes a bus for the magical mystery tour from Cork city centre, as well as sets from such southern capital clubland regulars as Generic People, Generations of House, Vinyl Below, Mucca, Deep Blue, Jinty, Beanzy, Phillip Deasy, Jon Barry and more to be announced.
LABEL SHOWCASE
Maeve Showcase
District 8 Dublin 2pm €35/€30 facebook.com/MaeveRecords
Quality electronic music all day and all night as Maeve Records sets out its stall for all comers in Dublin 8. The Berlin-based label, Established in 2012 by Mano Le Tough, fellow Wicklow native The Drifter and Dutchman Baikal, has released a fine handful of house cuts to date. For this showcase, there will be appearances from the label’s three movers and shakers as well as longtime Dublin fave John Talabot and a live set from New Jackson.
CLUB
Twitch
Queens Students Union, Belfast 10pm £10 twitchbelfast.com
A showcase from Bristol’s Livity Sound label is what’s on the Twitch agenda tonight. Overseen by origianal dubstep high-stepper Peverelist, who was also behind the Punch Drunk label, Livity Sound has seen Pev join forces with collaborators Kowton and Asusu to document the links between techno, jungle, grime and Bristol’s sound system culture. Aside from Pev and Kowton, there’s support from Matt Burns, Paddy Towe and Phil Lucas.
