BD Festival returns to Glendalough House, Co. Wicklow for its 11th year on Good Friday, and with the no-alcohol rule on that day law now repealed, it’ll be the first time the festival has an actual bar.
The festival has grown from a 400 capacity party to a 4000=capacity festival and the stature of the electronic and dance artists have grown along with it.
Kerri Chandler
The Magician
Boots & Kats
Perc
Fleetmac Wood
Bingo Loco
Smash Hits
Le Boom
Tickets
Tickets are available on Eventbrite.ie and are currently priced at €45.00 + €4.50 Fee
Getting There
A bus service will be operated from Dublin and details of this will be released in due course on the Facebook page. Limited parking will be available along with a taxi drop off point.
1. Do you have a favourite magic tape you made this year?
Well, I rarely listen to the Magic Tapes, but I really enjoyed the selection on the latest one, no. 76. The first 20 minutes reflect the vibe of my upcoming productions.
2. Favourite thing about teaming up with TCTS for Slow Motion and why?
It was actually my first collaboration with a UK artist. He’s a nice guy and very talented, we’re friends.
3. What song have you been opening DJ sets with?
My new single coming out in January and also sometimes the new Aston Shuffle, ‘Alpha Love’.
4. What’s your favourite track of your own right now?
The new one coming up in January. For the first time I’m 100% happy with one of my own tracks, but I still like playing SHY.
5. Song of the year?
Drake ‘Passionfruit’ and also French Montana ft. Swae Lee ‘Unforgettable’. The second, when I first heard it (before release) I played it on repeat for a week and watched all the videos on it.
6. An album you’ve been recommending to people?
This year – Roy Woods Say Less, Thundercat Drunk and Vince Staples Big Fish Theory.
7. Favourite slow jam?
8. Your first vinyl purchase and why?
Jacno, ‘Rectangle’ – I got given it by my mother because I was young and had no money. It was the music behind a Nesquik advert in Belgium at the time.
9. A new artist that you are most excited about?
I love Jessie Reyez’s voice. I’d love her to sing on a track of mine.
11. Favourite gig played of 2017?
I got my own stage at Tomorrowland this year. It was on Sunday and the vibe was incredible. Hoping we can do it again in 2018!
Further to the recent drip-feeding of act announcement that has been coming from Life Festival HQ, today the organisers just added 16 acts to the festival to Belvedere House from May 26th to May 28th.
How to enter free entry comps – Email [email protected] with the gig above in the Subject line you’re entering for along with your full name and phone number (for late contact) in the body of the message. Full info on each show below. Draw closes at 6pm the day before the gig or Friday 1pm latest for weekend gigs.
IMRO – The Business of Music Panel @ IMRO (5:30pm) [Panel] taking your music overseas from the line-up with Patrick Boyle (Milwaukee Irish Fest), Anita Daly (Daly Communications), Cathy Jordan (Dervish), Martin Nolan (MPI Bands & Essential Artists) and Paddy McPoland (Tour Manager for The High Kings).
Oisin Mac Diarmada & Seamus Begley @ Dublin City Hall (€20) [Tradfest] West Kerry accordionist and singer Séamus Begley with Sligo fiddler Oisín Mac Diarmada.
Hayden Chisholm @ The Workman’s Club Vintage Room (€10) [Contemporary] “considered one Europe’s most distinctive and innovative voices on the saxophone.”
Ré @ St. Michan’s Church (€20) [Tradfest] Liam Ó Maonlaí and his band
Moot: Odú @ The Bernard Shaw (Free) [new music] Nice new track – Different.
Teddy Thompson @ Button Factory (€22) [Tradfest] son of British folk-rock legends Richard and Linda Thompson
Minimal Film: performed by Kirkos Ensemble @ Samuel Beckett Theatre (€10/€12) [Classical/contemporary] an audiovisual performance of celebrated minimalist film scores accompanied by visuals. Curated by Natasha Paulberg
Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain screening @ IFI (€10, 8:30pm) [Film/ Q&A] The film follows the Sleaford Mods on a tour of the U.K. in the run up to the 2015 General Election
How to enter ticket comp – Email [email protected] with the gig above in the Subject line you’re entering for along with your full name and phone number in the body of the message. Full info on each show below. Draw closes at 6pm the day before the gig or Friday 1pm latest for weekend gigs.
Turn @ The Button Factory (€5) [indie] For those of a certain age.
A Celebration of Red – Christmas Old Skool Party @ The Button Factory (€17.75) [Dance] Red was Ireland’s first dance music imprint and was co-founded by Mark Kavanagh and Tim Hannigan in 1991.
The Stars are Underground @ The Grand Social (€TBA) [Alt-rock] Celebrate the music of the Irish independents of the ’90′s with many of those who made it happen live.
Soundings: Holy Trinity! @ Irish Georgian Society (Sold out) [ live Podcast] hosted by Dylan Haskins and Lisa Hannigan with special guests Panti Bliss, Áine Lawlor & Fr. Peter McVerry and live music from Paul Noonan (Bell X1).
Turning Pirate NYE Mixtape @ Vicar Street (€35) [Music All-stars] Lisa Hannigan, Booka Brass, Richie Egan, The Young Folk, Gavin Glass, Lost Brothers, Interskalactic and more.
How to enter ticket comp – Email [email protected] with the gig above in the Subject line you’re entering for along with your full name and phone number in the body of the message. Full info on each show below. Draw closes at 6pm the day before the gig or Friday 1pm latest for weekend gigs.
Knockanstockan Xmas Show @ The Sugar Club (Free) [Party] Electronic duo Contour, songwriter Rebecca Collins, four-piece Mama Kasbah and psychedelic-rock act Vernon Jane.
Abstract presents: The Collective Party @ Opium Rooms (€/8€10, 11pm) [Dance] Subject, All City, Southpaw, Room 19, Jonnie Foley, Abstract DJs, This Greedy Pig
Hidden Agenda: Daniel Avery, Legowelt @ Opium Rooms (€12, 11pm) [Electronic] Avery’s Drone Logic album, one of last years best makes this a reat prospect.
Night Howl: Dogs & Voxx @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Midnight, guestlist) [Irish] Dublin indie and rock bands.
Kila @ Whelan’s (€20) [Trad/world] Launch of new album Suas Sios.
WIGWAM Association Year End Review @ The Bernard Shaw (4pm, Free) [party] The Bodytonic annual Christmas shindig with beats by… Shane Mannion + Shane Linehan + more
The Magician, creator of the always must-listen mixes and the dude behind that ubiquitous Lykke Li remix is back in Dublin in December for a Pod gig in Button Factory on Friday 19th December. Tickets are €15 and on sale now from Ticketmaster.
An easy catch-up guide to new gigs announced in the past week:
Justin Vernon can’t stay away! His other band Volcano Choir is on a European tour soon and hits Dublin’s Vicar Street on Saturday November 9th. Tickets €20 & €24.50 on sale this Friday at 9am.
