Irish musicians will gather together on the traditional night of Women’s Christmas/ Nollaig na mBan to play a benefit concert featuring a night of music from grunge band Nirvana.
Nirvana Night – Nevermind in full takes place on Saturday January 6th 2024 at Button Factory all for Women’s Aid.
u:mack present the night where the band will feature:
Caoimhe Hopkinson (bass – Somebody’s Child / Fia Moon / Roisin O / Ham Sandwich)
Lar Kaye (Guitar – Adebisi Shank/ All Tvvins / The Coronas)
Lewis Hedigan ( Drums – All Tvvins / Guilty Optics)
Micheal Owens (Guitar – Owensie )
The band will be joined by a different vocalist for each song, among those performing will be:
Maria Kelly
Mark Prendergast ( Kodaline / Man Alive)
Mark Greaney (JJ72)
Roy Duffy (Squarehead)
Conor Adams (All Tvvins)
Niamh Farrell (Ham Sandwich)
Matt Hedigan (No Spill Blood)
Tickets from Tickets.ie
For more information on Womens Aid, or to make a donation now, please visit: https://www.womensaid.ie
SOME INFORMATION ON DOMESTIC ABUSE IN IRELAND:
The alarming numbers
There are 2 million women over the age of 15 in Ireland.
A quarter of them – 500,000 women – will face coercive control, physical, sexual, emotional or economic abuse from a current or former partner.
9 in 10 women* who have died violently in Ireland have been killed by a man they knew. Over half* were killed by an intimate partner or ex-partner.
Every 5 minutes someone reaches out to Women’s Aid for information and support.
Every woman should have the right to live free from fear and to be safe. Women’s Aid exists to create an equal Ireland with zero tolerance of domestic abuse, and all forms of violence against women. Everyone has a vital role to play in creating the fundamental social change needed across society to achieve this. Only then will our sisters, daughters, granddaughters and great-granddaughters not have to endure the pain and suffering of abuse. Support Women’s Aid to end violence against women.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
