HIP-HOP
Yasiin Bey (Mos Def)
Vicar Street, Dublin 7.30pm €35.50/€33.50 facebook.com/mosdef
Most of us will know Yasiin Bey as Mos Def, one of hip-hop's most righteous stars and a man who has another career as an actor in TV shows and films like Dexter, Be Kind Rewind, House and many more. Tonight, he comes armed with a microphone for a show which marks the release 15 years on of his seminal Black On Both Sides album. What's fascinating about the album today is just how on-point it still sounds. Some messages never go out of fashion.
THEATRE
Show
Triskel Arts Centre, Cork. various times €10/€8 theatredevelopmentcentre.com
The title of this mini-festival from the Theatre Development Centre at Cork's Triskel may sound a little "meta", but, for emerging artists, it's more usefully read as an imperative: Show us what you've got. Now in its second year, this week of new works begins with BrokenCow's Prospect House, a story of a woman trapped in prostitution, and Outset Ensemble's intriguing Light Song (left), puppet theatre inspired by the stories of female lighthouse keepers in early 20th-century America. [--------]
ROCK
Meteor Choice Awards: 10th Year Anniversary Gigs
Róisín Dubh 8pm Adm free (ticket required from meteor.ie/music)
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Choice Music prize, this triple-headliner features former winners Villagers (who won in 2012 with Awayland), Delorentos (who were winners last year with Little Sparks, and Jape (the only artist to have won the Meteor Choice Music Prize twice, for Ritual in 2008 and Ocean Of Frequency in 2011).
