{"id":641319,"date":"2026-10-01T05:46:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T05:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/641319\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T05:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T05:46:14","slug":"event-guide-tim-wheeler-kate-nash-and-the-other-best-things-to-see-in-ireland-in-the-week-ahead-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/641319\/","title":{"rendered":"Event guide: Tim Wheeler, Kate Nash and the other best things to see in Ireland in the week ahead \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Event of the weekTim WheelerWednesday, October 7th, Spirit Store, Dundalk, Co Louth, 7.30, \u20ac27, spiritstore.ie<\/a>; Thursday, October 8th, Mike the Pies, Listowel, Co Kerry, 8pm, \u20ac30 (sold out), mikethepies.com<\/a>; Friday, October 9th, Cleary\u2019s Bar, Newcastle West, Co Limerick, 8pm, \u20ac30 (sold out)<\/p>\n

When he isn\u2019t throwing shapes on stage with a Gibson Flying V guitar as a member of the punk-pop band Ash, Tim Wheeler is a deft, sensitive songwriter blessed with the ability to create lasting and memorable tunes out of thin air. On his debut solo tour of Ireland, Wheeler will be delivering acoustic versions of some of Ash\u2019s sterling guitar-pop songs as well as digging into the band and solo archives for a few long-lost nuggets. Also Saturday, October 10th, John Lee\u2019s, Tullamore, Co Offaly, 8pm, \u20ac26.50, leesbar.ie<\/a>; Sunday, October 11th, Grand Social, Dublin, 7pm, \u20ac27.80, thegrandsocial.ie<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Gigs\u00d3lafur ArnaldsSaturday, October 3rd, 8pm, Sunday, October 4th, 3.30pm and 8pm, \u20ac45 (all shows sold out), NCH, Dublin, nch.ie<\/p>\n

The Icelandic musician and composer \u00d3lafur Arnalds returns to Ireland for three shows, subtitled Falling Apart Together, that, through almost 20 pieces of music, attempt, he says, to loosen \u201cthe distance between us\u201d. With an ensemble of musicians plus an immersive visual production, Arnalds presents a hybrid concert featuring fusions of electronic and neoclassical music.<\/p>\n

Kate NashSunday, October 4th, Coughlan\u2019s, Cork, 8pm, \u20ac17 (sold out), coughlans.ie; Monday, October 5th, Cleere\u2019s, Kilkenny, 8pm, \u20ac17 (sold out), cleeres.com; Tuesday, October 6th, Doyle\u2019s Bar, Dublin, 8pm, \u20ac15<\/p>\n

The London-Irish singer-songwriter Kate Nash has been popping over to Ireland more often than usual this past year, and now we know the reason: she has been recording her forthcoming album, Cail\u00edn, at Sti\u00faideo Cuan, in Spiddal, Co Galway. In February she\u2019ll follow the album release with a more extensive Irish tour. Before that, this is a golden opportunity to see the acerbic performer play in small venues. Alongside a batch of her pop gems, expect a tin whistle to make an appearance, as well as her fine cover version of Sin\u00e9ad O\u2019Connor\u2019s song Famine. <\/p>\n

Declan O\u2019RourkeThursday, October 8th, Cork Opera House, 8pm, \u20ac45, corkoperahouse.ie; Friday, October 9th, Mullingar Arts Centre, Co Westmeath, 8pm, \u20ac38, mullingarartscentre.ie<\/a><\/p>\n

One of Ireland\u2019s most admired storyteller songwriters embarks on a rare nationwide tour in support of Oceanic, his eighth studio album, which is released on Friday, October 16th. Expect a bundle of new material alongside fan favourites such as Galileo, Big Bad Beautiful World and Caterpillar DNA. Also, Saturday, October 10th, Town Hall, Westport, Co Mayo, 8pm, \u20ac38, westporttheatre.com<\/a>; Saturday, October 17th, Vicar Street, Dublin, 8pm, \u20ac45, ticketmaster.ie<\/a>; Thursday, October 22nd, Spiegeltent, Wexford, 8pm, \u20ac35, lantern.ie<\/a>. Touring throughout November. <\/p>\n

LiteratureMuldoon\u2019s PicnicTuesday, October 6th, NCH, Dublin, 8pm, \u20ac45\/\u20ac32.50, nch.ie<\/a><\/p>\n

Referencing a popular 19th-century New York vaudeville act featuring songs and sketches, Muldoon\u2019s Picnic sees the US-based Pulitzer Prize-winning Irish poet Paul Muldoon preside over an array of prose, poetry, song and banter with the Horslips members Jim Lockhart and Barry Devlin, the writer Anne Enright, the author and film-maker Neil Jordan, the sean-n\u00f3s singer Iarla \u00d3 Lion\u00e1ird and the songwriter and performer Paul Brady.<\/p>\n

Children\u2019s festivalBabor\u00f3 International Arts Festival for ChildrenFrom Friday, October 9th, until Sunday, October 18th, various venues, times and prices, Galway, baboro.ie<\/a><\/p>\n

Celebrating its 30th birthday, the festival this year features dance, circus, theatre, music, literature, visual art and pop-up shows. Highlights include Shapeshifters (from Saturday, October 10th, until Sunday, October 18th, Outset Gallery, various times, free), Shades of Shadows (from Wednesday, October 14th, until Sunday, October 18th, An Taibhdhearc, various times, \u20ac15) and Bake, an outreach show touring to Galway school halls.<\/p>\n

In conversation\/poetryRyan HennessyFriday, October 9th, Harlem Cafe, Belfast, 6.30pm, \u00a322 (sold out); Saturday, October 10th, Sugar Club, 2pm, \u20ac22 (sold out), thesugarclub.com<\/a><\/p>\n

When Ryan Hennessy isn\u2019t bouncing across stages, taking off his top and launching into any one of the band\u2019s impressive list of hit songs as the lead singer of Picture This, he sits in quiet spaces and writes poetry. His first collection, Syncopated Blue, was published by Gill in 2021; his latest collection, In Another Lifetime, is published by Faber. Hennessy will read from his new collection and, we will safely bet, have an acoustic guitar close at hand.<\/p>\n

Visual artElizabeth Magill: Northern SkyFrom Friday, October 9th, until Saturday, November 14th, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, kerlingallery.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Representing a more experimental facet of her work, Elizabeth Magill\u2019s new exhibition features smaller-scale works that investigate, she says, \u201cthe tension between abstraction and observation\u201d. Most of the paintings are named after lyrics from Northern Sky, the song by the late English musician Nick Drake. To coincide with the exhibition, a new monograph, featuring text by the writer Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn (\u201cThere is much ambiguity and strange, coiled beauty\u201d), will be available.<\/p>\n

Next weekendGearr: Cork International Short Film FestivalFrom Thursday, October 8th, until Sunday, October 11th, Arc Cinema, Cork city, gearrshortfilmfest.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Building on the legacy of the Indie Cork film festival, which was shuttered last year, Gearr will feature the work of Irish and international short-filmmakers. Categories include thriller, comedy, horror, noir and sci-fi. The festival will close with the presentation of four awards: best international short, Blacknight award for best Irish short, best made in Cork, and spirit of Gearr.<\/p>\n

Book it this week<\/p>\n

Charli XCX, 3Arena, Dublin, February 13th, ticketmaster.ie<\/p>\n

Lambrini Girls, Vicar Street, Dublin, March 9th, ticketmaster.ie<\/p>\n

Ruby Wax, Ireland tour, May 20th-28th, rubywax.net<\/a><\/p>\n

Kaleidoscope Festival, Glendalough Estate, Co Wicklow, July 2nd-4th, kaleidoscopefestival.ie<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Event of the weekTim WheelerWednesday, October 7th, Spirit Store, Dundalk, Co Louth, 7.30, \u20ac27, spiritstore.ie; Thursday, October 8th,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":641320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[42848,272283,119903,272285,61,60,272284,257776,42229,43,272282,237397,235188,272286],"class_list":["post-641319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-anne-enright","tag-barry-devlin","tag-declan-o-rourke","tag-iarla-o-lionaird","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-jim-lockhart","tag-kate-nash","tag-neil-jordan","tag-news","tag-olafur-arnalds","tag-paul-brady","tag-paul-muldoon","tag-picture-this"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}