by Yvonne Gordon
Dublin (Ireland) is getting ready for the BudRising Spring Festival which hits the capital next weekend. One of the city’s first large music events of 2008, the festival will include performances from over thirty Irish and international acts including Hard-Fi and The Streets.
The Festival runs for five days, from 9th to 13th April, in various music venues around the city. International acts appearing include veteran New York soul and funk band The Dap-Kings, best known as the backing band on Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black album and her first US Tour, who will take to the stage with Sharon Jones at The Button Factory on Thursday, 10th April, for the first of their European tour dates.
On Saturday 12th April, The Streets are apt headliners for the BudRising Street Party in George’s Dock on Custom House Quay in the docklands. The support line-up for the night includes Mixmaster Mike, resident DJ for the Beastie Boys, and Dublin-based hip-hop DJ Morgan.
Fresh from the South by Southwest Festival in Texas where they performed as part of the Irish Music Showcase, Dublin five-piece Channel One will support Hard-Fi at the Olympia on Wednesday, April 9th.
Choice Music Prize winners Super Extra Bonus Party will headline at Whelan’s on Saturday, April 12th and co-headlining with Future of the Left at The Village on Sunday, April 13th will be two-time Meteor nominee Fight Like Apes.
Other festival headliners including The Ting Tings, Hadouken, The Raveonettes, Maps, Simian Mobile Disco DJ Set and Red Snapper.
The support line-up across the five-night festival also includes performances from Irish acts including Arveene, TwinKranes, Butterfly Explosion, Billy Scurry, The WhiteLiars, Trev Radiator, Neon Love DJs, Anthony Remedy and Le Galaxie.
Date | Band | Venue | Admission |
WED APRIL 9TH | HARD FI WITH SPECIAL GUESTS | OLYMPIA | €33 INC BKG FEE |
THURS APRIL 10TH | SHARON JONES AND THE DAP KINGS | BUTTON FACTORY | €25.50 INC BKG FEE |
THURS APRIL 10TH | SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO DJ SET | SPY | €18 INC BKG FEE |
THURS APRIL 10TH | THE RAVEONETTES | WHELAN’S | €10 INC BKG FEE
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FRI APRIL 11TH | EROL ALKAN DIGITALISM THE CAZALS | THE BUTTON FACTORY | €23 INC BKG FEE |
FRI APRIL 11TH | HADOUKEN | THE VILLAGE | €18 INC BKG FEE |
FRI APRIL 11TH | THIS WILL DESTROY YOU | WHELAN’S | €10 INC BKG FEE
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SAT APRIL 12TH | STREET PARTY FEATURING THE STREETS AND MIXMASTER MIKE | GEORGE’S DOCK | Tickets by application at www.budweiser.ie |
SAT APRIL 12TH | MAPS | THE BUTTON FACTORY | €15 INC BKG FEE |
SAT APRIL 12TH | THE TING TINGS | THE VILLAGE | €15 INC BKG FEE
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SUN APRIL 13TH | RED SNAPPER | THE SUGAR CLUB | €15 INC BKG FEE
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SUN APRIL 13TH | FUTURE OF LEF FIGHT LIKE APES | THE VILLAGE | €10 INC BKG FEE
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Yvonne Gordon is a MelodyTrip writer. Read her preview of Electric Picnic 2008 here: http://www.melodytrip.com/MTNews/Default.aspx?NewsID=9409
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