ROCK AND POP
BELFAST
Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes
English punk outfit. Mandela Hall, today 7pm, £18.50 0844 277 4455
The Menzingers
With Pup. Limelight 2, Mon 7pm, £18 0844 277 4455
Damien Dempsey
Donaghmede singer-songwriter. Limelight, Thu 7pm, £22.50 0844 277 4455
Versatile
Dublin rappers. Voodoo, Thu 8pm, £14 0844 277 4455
Rat Boy
English indie musician. Limelight, Fri 7pm, £17 0844 277 4455; Green Room at the Academy, Dublin, Sat 7pm, €19.35 0818 719 300
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Beth Orton
English folk-rock singer. Limelight 2, Sat 7pm, £23 0844 277 4455
CORK
The Three Amigos
Country trio. Charleville Park hotel, Mon 8pm; Helix, Dublin, Thu 8.30pm; both €33.20 0818 719 300
DUBLIN
Roy Orbison Reborn
Tribute show with Dean Bourne. Vicar St, today 8pm, €36.50 0818 719 300
The Weather Station
Canadian experimental folk band. Grand Social, today 8pm, €15 0818 719 300
Erasure
Synthpop veterans. Olympia, Mon-Wed 7pm, from €54.50 0818 719 300
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The Original Elvis TCB Band
With special guests The Imperials and Dennis Jale. NCH, Mon 8pm, €28.50-€55 01 417 0000
Hayseed Dixie
American rock-bluegrass outfit. Whelan’s, Tue 8pm, €20 0818 719 300; Empire Music Hall, Belfast, Wed 7.30pm, £17.50 0844 277 4455
Jeff Tweedy
American alt-country artist. Vicar St, Tue 8pm, €40 0818 719 300
Visions of Floyd
Nine-piece Irish tribute act. NCH, Tue 8pm, €22.50-€32.50 01 417 0000
Pale Waves
Manchester indie-pop group. Grand Social, Wed 8pm, €13 0818 719 300
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Ulaid
And Duke Special. Whelan’s, Wed 8pm, €24.90 0818 719 300
Gus Dapperton
New York indie singer-songwriter. Workman’s Club, Thu 8pm, €15.60 0818 719 300
Josh Kelley
And Frankie Davies. Academy 2, Thu 8pm, €20 0818 719 300; Limelight 2, Belfast, Fri 7pm, £14.50 0844 277 4455
Shed Seven
And John Power. Academy, Fri 7pm, €28.50 0818 719 300; Limelight, Belfast, Sat 7pm, £22.50 0844 277 4455
Festival of Light
Including After the Ibis. Workman’s Club, Sat 7pm, €9 0818 719 300
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Imagining Ireland: 21st Century Song
With Paul Noonan, Lisa Hannigan, Saint Sister and others. NCH, Sat 8pm, €27-€34 01 417 0000
GALWAY
Sound of the Sirens
Folk-rock duo. Roisin Dubh, today 8pm, €9.30 0818 719 300
KERRY
Derek Ryan
Country crooner. INEC, Killarney, today 8pm, €30 0818 719 300
LAOIS
Paddy Casey
Dublin troubadour. Kavanagh’s, Port Laoise, Fri 9.30pm, €22 0818 719 300
CLASSICAL
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BELFAST
The Threepenny Opera
Staged by Northern Ireland Opera. Lyric, today & Tue-Sat 7.45pm, £10-£24.50 028 9038 1081
CORK
Schubert’s Completed Piano Sonatas
Peformed by Dr Fionnuala Moynihan. Triskel, Fri 1.10pm, £10-£12 021 427 2022
DUBLIN
Complete Beethoven Quartet
With the RTE Contempo Quartet. NCH, Kevin Barry Room, today 3pm, €5-€15 01 417 0000
RIAM: Around the World in 80 Minutes
Academy students perform. NCH, today 6pm, €7.50-€12.50 01 417 0000
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Including performances of works by Arvo Pärt. NCH, Wed 8pm, €27.50-€55 01 417 0000
Bernstein on Broadway
With the RTE Concert Orchestra. NCH, Thu 8pm, €10.50-€39.50 01 417 0000
RTE National Symphony Orchestra
With the soprano Anna Devin. NCH, Fri 7.30pm, €13-€35 01 417 0000
JAZZ
DUBLIN
The Blues HQ
With John Quearney on bass and vocals. Arthur’s, Fri 9.30pm, €10 01 402 0914
FOLK
DUBLIN
Christy Moore
Kildare veteran. Vicar St, Mon 8pm, €39.50-€49.50 0818 719 300
Sam Baker
Texan musician. Seamus Ennis Centre, Naul, Sat 8.30pm, €14-€20 01 802 0898
DANCE
DUBLIN
Legends of the Old Skool
With Lost Witness, DJ Spiral and Baby D. Button Factory, Fri 10pm, €22.90 0818 719 300