A WEEKEND of new bands and old hands are promised over the coming days with the Ones to Watch music festival continuing in Dublin and a Munster rugby squad featuring Paul O’Connell and Ronan O’Gara hoping to maintain their unbeaten Heineken Cup run.
Met Éireann is forecasting a mixed weekend weather-wise with low temperatures and some rain expected in most areas except in western coastal counties which will see some bright or sunny spells tomorrow.
Following on from the success of last year’s Ones To Watch festival, this year’s four-day event continues at Whelan’s and the Village tonight with acts such as Nanu Nanu, Spies, The Gandhis and Holy Roman Army all playing.
First Fortnight, an arts festival dedicated to promoting mental health awareness, ends this evening with a concert at the Button Factory in Temple Bar. Royseven are the headliners with support from Cashier No 9 and Le Galaxie.
Still on the music front and maverick musician Luke Haines of the Auteurs and Black Box Recorder, performs at Whelan’s, Dublin, tomorrow. Scala Kolacny Brothers, known for their take of songs from artists such as Radiohead and U2, are at the Olympia tonight, while musician Paul Brady plays the Mermaid Arts Centre in Bray.
Meanwhile, the 13th Shannonside Winter Music Weekend is on with more than 70 events across 15 venues at Sixmilebridge and Bunratty, Co Clare. In Dublin, the Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition continues at the RDS Main Hall today. Delays are likely in the Ballsbridge area.
