{"id":447706,"date":"2026-05-27T12:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/447706\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T12:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:18:10","slug":"wave-of-pixielation-brings-night-of-pixies-interpretations-for-twilight-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/447706\/","title":{"rendered":"Wave of Pixielation brings night of Pixies interpretations for Twilight Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"696\" height=\"492\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Wave-of-Pixielation-Poster-696x492.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Wave of Pixielation Poster\"\/><\/p>\n<p>LIMERICK\u2019S <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerick.ie\/discover\/whats-on\/community\/twilight-thursdays-may\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twilight Thursday<\/a> series returns this week with Wave of Pixielation, a live concert and block party taking place at 8pm on Thursday May 28 at the Coach House of the People\u2019s Museum, 2 Pery Square.<br \/>Timed to coincide with the Pixies\u2019 visit to Ireland, the evening is the brainchild of musicians Mark P O\u2019Connor and Mark Heng, who will be joined by Eoin Ryan and a number of special guests for a night of live interpretations of the iconic Boston band\u2019s catalogue alongside early 90s DJ sets.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Connor, who grew up in the Boston area during the band\u2019s formative years, and Heng, who spent his J1 summer in the US during the 1994 World Cup, bring a personal connection to the material. The pair draw a loose cultural comparison to the European tradition of communal public gatherings \u2014 Spain\u2019s botell\u00f3n or Germany\u2019s Kulturhaus \u2014 positioning the Coach House and its garden as what they describe as \u201ca safe space for all 90s rock enthusiasts.\u201d<br \/>The event follows previous Twilight Thursday successes at the museum, including Tango at Twilight and a well-received Donovan tribute evening. Performances on the night will span piano, guitar, bass and voice, with DJ sets rounding out the programme.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerick.ie\/discover\/whats-on\/community\/twilight-thursdays-may\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Doors open at 8pm. Entry is free, with contributions to the People\u2019s Museum warmly welcomed.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<a onclick=\"\" class=\"gofollow\" data-track=\"MTcyLDIsMSw2MA==\" href=\"https:\/\/www.auralimerick.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" onload=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"300\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/aura-mpu.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n    Signup for the Limerick Post newsletter&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LIMERICK\u2019S Twilight Thursday series returns this week with Wave of Pixielation, a live concert and block party taking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":447707,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[228184,228185,228186,156,228187,228188,228189,228190,157,111,139,69,228191,228192,228193,228194,228195],"class_list":["post-447706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-block-party-limerick","tag-coach-house-limerick","tag-early-90s-music","tag-entertainment","tag-limerick-events-may-2026","tag-live-music-limerick","tag-mark-heng","tag-mark-p-oconnor","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-peoples-museum-limerick","tag-pery-square","tag-pixies-tribute","tag-twilight-thursday-limerick","tag-wave-of-pixielation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}