The Guide: New Year’s Festival Dublin, Kojaque, Katie Boyle and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
December 28th, 2024-January 3rd, 2025: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
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Fontaines DC at 3Arena: Masterly, compelling display as ‘the gall of Fine Gael and the fail of Fianna Fáil’ fills the air
How good can Fontaines DC get? At first of two Dublin concerts they answer that question with aplomb
Other Voices 2024: Laura Marling enraptures, Kojaque surprises. It can only be Dingle’s essential festival
What audiences are told before gigs at St James’ Church says it all: turn off your phone and just be in the moment
Electric Picnic 2024: Friday stage times for all the top areas, weather forecast and more
When and where to catch Noah Kahan, Gerry Cinnamon, Jazzy, Kojaque and more
All Together Now 2024 highs and lows: Barry Can’t Swim ends up bowled over, a Glastonbury bad habit creeps in
From Natasha Bedingfield in the Saturday sun and a smoking-belching dragon to headliner confusion and annoying festivalgoers
All Together Now music festival 2024: Stage line-ups and times, ticket information, how to get there and more
Updated: Everything you need to know about the ATN festival at Curraghmore Estate from August 1st-4th
‘What we’re doing is different. It’s just who we are: we are black and Irish’
Young Irish artist Monjola is releasing music, throwing parties and developing a community built on positivity and camaraderie
Choice Music Prize: Grian Chatten and CMAT among shortlisted nominees for Irish album of the year
Kojaque’s Phantom of the Afters and Lankum’s latest album, False Lankum, also feature
Kojaque in Vicar Street: Flawless performance as the Dubliner shows his talent and ambition
The Cabra rapper’s dresses himself up as deli-worker, devil, or dodgy Dáil-adjacent wheeler-dealer and shows his work full of complexities
Kojaque: Phantom of the Afters – An emotional odyssey of hard-hitting raps and soft beats
Cabra man pours his heart and soul into his most personal, poignant and open album yet
Kojaque: ‘I’ve never felt more Irish than when I moved to London. I felt positively f**king Fenian’
Leaving his hometown has brought Kevin Smith’s musical lens into sharper focus on his new album, Phantom of the Afters
Leo Varadkar needs better cultural reference points than Benefits Street
It was a jaw-dropping moment that makes you wonder about the cultural diet of our political leaders. Never mind: here are some recommendations to get them back on track
The Guide: The events to see, the shows to book, and the ones to catch before they end
The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
‘When we decided we wanted to do music seriously there was no question of getting a real job’
Daniel Luke is from a family of musicians that includes the riotous Kojaque. His solo debut is an album of beautifully delicate piano pieces
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