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gig Stevie Wonder Stevie is 69, has nine children
and released 23 studio albums in his career to date. He is a bona fide hitmaker of unimpeachable musical pedigree and, according to the ads, we are all invited to this “Song Party” which will be “A Celebration of Life, Love and Music”. Don’t You Worry ‘bout a Thing apart from the ticket price then. Still, to have a lived a life and not seen this Wonder seems to have really only lived a half-life. 3Arena, Tuesday July 9, €159.50 festival Fidelity Beer ye! Beer ye! So, the Whiplash boys are putting a brace on and building a brewery in Cherry Orchard. The self-proclaimed “cuckoo brewers” are the latest entrants to put down roots in the burgeoning craft brewing game. They are co-hosting Fidelity with everyone’s favourite new Northside bar The Big Romance and it’s quite a star-studded list of names on board. Have you tried Browar Stu Mostów from Wroclaw or Fuerst Wiacek from Berlin or Beerbliotek from Gothenburg? It’s also an all-in ticket which means no tokens or coupons, just five hours to imbibe to your gullet’s content. Mansion House, Saturday July 13, €62.50 for each session, 11.30am4.30pm and 6-11pm. THEATRE A Holy Show August usually means only one thing in the theatre calendar and it’s a city called Edinburgh. Before our hopefuls undertake a month of hustling and flyering, there’s some last-minute ironing out of script and performance wrinkles. A Holy Show pitches itself as “When Airplane meets Father Ted.” It is based on the actual 1981 hijacking of an Aer Lingus plane by Laurence Downey, an ex-Trappist monk. Downey doused himself in petrol, carried vials of cyanide gas and wanted the Heathrow flight diverted to Tehran. Janet Moran marshals the mirth through music, nostalgia, heroism, praying, visions, romance (maybe) sex (maybe), a special appearance by Our Lady (definitely) and maybe even be a miracle. Project Arts Centre, Thursday July 25 & Friday July 26, €18-€22 EXHIBITION To The Moon On July 20, 1969, the lads from Apollo 11 landed on the Moon making “one small step…” Now we all know about Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin but spare a thought for Michael Collins. While the boyos were bouncing about planting the flag, poor old Collins only got to fly to the moon and stay in orbit. The Evening Press declared Monday July 21 to be ‘Moonday’ on their masthead and Bishop Fulton Sheen delivered a prayer in the Carmelite Church on Whitefriar Street which was carried on the front page. You can see some of the news clippings including a ‘here’s one we made in anticipation’ RTE Guide in the National Print Museum’s acknowledgment of how the moon landing impacted upon us and was received. It is accompanied by an exhibition of second year NCAD illustration students whereby they interpret the theme of the moon into their letterpress prints. National Print Museum until July 21 (at least) 86