Normally I tend to give the nod to an odd few gigs throughout the year but with so much happening over the next few days I decided to do up a list of recommended events.

I’m not a big fan of Paddy’s Day so any musical distractions are most welcome. To be fair, I would love to be able to make most if not all on the list, but, that’s never going to happen. The Mighty Stef in Newbridge is a definite and the Lightbox Tour and all day ‘Reggae Bashment’ in The Black Horse could be winners too.

All venues in Dublin unless stated & some links ‘borrowed’ from Nialler 9‘s excellent weekly gig guide. Some music after the listings.

Thursday March 15th

• Junior Spesh: Working Class Records: Costello, Lethal Dialect & more @ Twisted Pepper (€7, 10.30pm)

Friday March 16th

• Jape, Ships, REID @ Whelan’s (€16.50)
• Lightbox: Bantum, Feel Good Lost, Lorem Ipsum, Monto, Simon Bird, Tenaka, The Karmin Line @ Electric Lounge (Free)
• Mr Scruff @ Button Factory (€22.50)
• Cheap Freaks Album launch Party with Pulled Apart, September Girls, Death in the Sickroom @ Little Green Street Gallery (€10, BYOB)

Paddy’s Day March 17th

• Poster Fish Promotions presents All Day Paddy’s Day Reggae Bashment @ The Black Horse, George’s Quay (Free)
• The North Sea w/ Death In The Sickroom @ Whelan’s (Free before 10:30pm)
• Band On An Island w/ Appo & Papashebobo @ Murphy’s, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny

Sunday March 18th 

• The Mighty Stef & Knoxville Morning: Rave Ná hÉireann @ Flanagan’s Bar, Newbridge Co. Kildare (Free)