The 2015 Tiger Dublin Fringe festival takes place over 14 days on 7–20 September. Among a wider programme of theatre, dance, circus, comedy and live art, there is 20 diverse music and sound events taking place, at venues such as the the Spiegeltent, Abbey Theatre, Smock Alley Theate, O’Reilly Theatre, The Chocolate Factory and Project Arts Centre.

Crash Ensemble collaborating with composer and sound designer Nina Perry and Adrian Crowley, avant-garde cellist Ernst Reijseger with Bottlenote Ensemble, sound artist Holly Herndon (pictured above), Irish Youth Opera, jazz and cabaret singer Susannah De Wrixon, creative community Young Hearts Run Free, Booka Brass Band, a new work by Ailís Ní Ríain, Wallis Bird, Niamh Farrell from HamsandwicH, Thomas Bartlett and Gavin Glass – for details on all 20 shows, see below.

Stories Through Sound featuring Nina Perry, Crash Ensemble and Adrian Crowley
Members of Crash Ensemble create soundtracks for documentaries by multi-award winning radio producer and composer Nina Perry.
 Plus Adrian Crowley’s debut collection of spoken word stories, with soundscape. Spiegeltent, 9 September.
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Susannah with Strings Attached
Susannah De Wrixon connects two musical worlds as she presents new arrangements of forgotten songs. With the Delmaine String quartet and Jim Doherty (piano).
 Abbey Theatre, 9–10 September.

http://bit.ly/1MpN7t6

The Walls Have Ears
Dutch cellist Ernst Reijseger is joined by Irish musicians Seán Carpio (guitar, electronics), Shane Latimer (guitars, electronics), Seán Mac Erlaine (clarinets, processing), and Justin Carroll (keyboards) as they lead the audience from room to room with site-specific improvised music.
 13 North Great George’s Street, 9–11 September.

http://bit.ly/1UF1BGS

Booka Brass Band
Following a successful show at Vicar Street in March 2015, Booka Brass Band return to Dublin. 
Spiegeltent, 11 September.

http://bit.ly/1NsFNKg

Sklonište
Sklonište (meaning ‘shelter’) offers us an insight into the tragedy and the humour of a people determined to survive in a Sarajevo under seige in 1994 – a combination of contemporary music for solo accordion, video, photography, documentary and storytelling. Ailís Ní Ríain (music), Dermot Dunne (accordion), Sarajevo-based Jim Marshall (images).
 Smock Alley Theate 11–12 September.

http://bit.ly/1JeOlH5

Turning Pirate Mix Tape
This Fringe-special line up includes Wallis Bird, Niamh Farrell (HamsandwicH), Mama Kin, Pete Pamf, Adam Matthews, The Young Folk, Gavin Glass and Anderson. Some of Ireland’s best known musicians sing each others’ songs and their own.
 Spiegeltent, 12 September.

http://bit.ly/1MpNmEx

Irish Youth Opera presents Agrippina by Handel
Irish Youth Opera presents Handel’s Agrippina (considered Handel’s first masterpiece) with conductor Jonathan Cohen and director Oliver Mears. 
O’Reilly Theatre, 12–13 September.

http://bit.ly/1hzCrLC

Middle of the Road
Hoyle and Bourgeois & Maurice collaborate for the first time and intentionally mix dull, ‘normal’ pop music with original songs, panel discussions and powerpoint presentations in their celebration of everything ‘boring’ in life. Spiegeltent, 13 September.

http://bit.ly/1gDrFDp

Life Has Surface Noise #3
Psychogeographer and writer Karl Whitney; broadcasters, DJs and record collectors Stevie Grainger, Niall Byrne and Peter Toomey; designer Annie Atkins and surprise guests join academic and arts journalist Siobhán Kane as they explore the theme of space and how our lives in a certain city can be represented by a particular soundtrack. Presented by Young Hearts Run Free. 
Abbey Theatre, 14 September
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http://bit.ly/1L8ozVg

Sweet Pang!
American actor/MC Lady Grew defends the right for bodily autonomy as she presents a cabaret of songs created by Irish electronic music producers. 
The Chocolate Factory, 14–17 September.

http://bit.ly/1L8aEvB

Score
Breathing new life into this piece of (initially panned) Irish cinema, Breach & Quinn, encouraged by a cult following, perform Score live onstage. 
Project Arts Centre, 14 September.

http://bit.ly/1Mm5Y6R

Mx Justin Vivian Bond …And Things of THAT Nature
Under the musical direction of Thomas Bartlett with special guests, Mx Bond brings an evening of original songs from V’s albums Dendrophile and Silver Wells along with comic anecdotes about their childhood memoir Tango: My Childhood, Backwards and in High Heels.
 Spiegeltent, 15 September.

http://bit.ly/1LNEXcC

No Encore
Indie band No Encore  play their final gig covering the likes of Morrissey, Stipe, Albarn and Cocker. Written and performed by Kiara Gannon and Ciarán O’Keeffe (Best Performer nomination for An Insignificant Man at Tiger Dublin Fringe 2014).
 The New Theatre, 15 September.
http://bit.ly/1Mm67al

Boy
Through an adult, classical tenor voice, Seán Kennedy expresses a child’s perspective on the themes  of domestic violence, abandonment and love.
 Smock Alley Theatre, 15 September.
http://bit.ly/1DMJCdE

Romances
Pop auteur David Turpin, joined by an eclectic cast, presents his first new body of work since 2013’s We Belong Dead album. Featuring Tonnta Vocal Ensemble, Hunter-Gatherer, Benny Smiles, Martin McCann, Jaime Nanci, Samuel Vas-Y, Elephant, Gar Cox, Karl Knuttel, Veda Beaux Reves, with a special surprise guest.
 Projects Arts Centre, 17 September.

http://bit.ly/1WlQRyS

Holly Herndon
Regarded as leading light in contemporary music, Holly Herndon performs songs from her new album Platform.
 Spiegeltent, 17 September
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http://bit.ly/1Tu8uZ1

We Lived in Cities
A live orchestra accompanied by projected imagery and theatre, this cross-disciplinary performance focuses on the future of our ever-changing cities. A collaboration between composer BK Pepper and filmmaker Brian Benjamin Dwyer. Project Arts Centre, 18–19 September.
http://bit.ly/1L8bcBC

The Nineteenth Autumn
Young Hearts Run Free present Scotland’s Alasdair Roberts, Iceland’s Mafama, local artists Sunken Foal, Patrick Kelleher, Jet Setter and Philip Connaughton, and house DJs Daragh O’Halloran and Peter Toomey, with additional artists to be announced.
 Freemasons’ Hall, 19 September.
http://bit.ly/1h5XNjU

Christian Löffler and Lasertom

Independent promoter Homebeat welcomes the electronica of Christian Löffler to Dublin for the first time as part of Tiger Dublin Fringe. Löffler’s music blends German electronica with strokes of melancholia to create an exciting live experience. Support from Lasertom. 
Spiegeltent, 19 September.

http://bit.ly/1JVNqtS

Hootenanny!
Megan Riordan and James Walmsley present Hootenanny! on the final night of 2015 Fringe. A fun blend of music and comedy and a celebration of favourite artists from past, present and future. Co-hosted with The Evertides. Spiegeltent, 20 September
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http://bit.ly/1UF2Zt9

For more, visit http://fringefest.com/festival/whats-on/list/music