Mór Disco resurrected: Clubbers have lots to look forward to over Easter 

I guess the day itself kinda sneaks up on you for a couple of reasons. Firstly, Good Friday no longer commands the same attention it used to do. I guess for many years it was simple the night where you couldn’t go to the pub, let alone the club. But now, to many, it’s just a regular Friday just like any other. Secondly, now that it is a Friday like any other – it’s now nine years since the licensing laws were changed around it – no one actually refers to it as Good Friday anymore. At least no one outside religious circles.

Credit then, of sorts, to the good people of the Good Room, who clearly have their retro antennae attuned to all things Old Ireland. Unless they weren’t being ironic and kitch, but on the weekend they choose to resurrect Mór Disco, who can tell?

Promoting club music outside the mainstream, Galway club night Ar Ais Aris bring Dublin-via-Utrecht DJ duo and familiar Cork visitors Puzzy Wrangler to the Savoy alongside Cork heads Bill Karnation and Macalla.

Macalla promises genre-diverse, weird, danceable selections rooted in dub, bass, garage, and breakbeats, while Bill Karnation will no doubt be delivering a live set. After releasing two albums on experimental Dublin label Unbend Leg Out, the Cork-based Kerry native released Guided Automation, an immediate and irresistible collection of old skool electro that glories in its use of analogue kit, on Limerick’s P*ss & Perfume label. With regular appearances on Éist Radio and the Cork Improvised Music Club, Bill Karnation (not his real name) promises a brand new set.

It’s been almost a year since Puzzy Wrangler played Cork. Since their beginning in 2022, this DJ double act known for their love of all things genre bending, curating sets featuring everything from oldskool hard house and junglist breaks to UK bass and garage.

Doors are at 8pm. Tickets are from €12 through Eventbrite. Entrance via Drawbridge Street.

After last Friday’s free gig with Ashes in the Pav, Cee-m-Cee returns to Dali tomorrow night to represent his Carmina club night in a double header with Looptown, who will be represented by Charlie Crab. It’s described as two dear friends, two different perspectives, and a shared passion for dub, electronica, and club-oriented dance. Doors open at 9pm and it runs until 1am. Tickets can be purchased in advance via the Resident Advisor website.

Saturday at the Savoy sees the return of the legendary ’90s club night Mór Disco. DJs Angi and Stevie G spun disco, funk, Soul and boogie. It was so popular that it surprised me to be reminded that it was a Tuesday night club. Such was the audience of fun-loving revellers, it felt like the weekend.

Saturday also sees the return of Glasgow house legend DJ Harri of the city’s clubbing institution Sub Club. From his roots in the ’90s alongside Slam and Soma Records, Harri is synonymous with the flagship SubCulture night and his five year London residency with Kenny Hawkes at Plastic People was regarded as one of the best house nights of the 90s. It’s another unerringly discerning booking from the EndUp crew having put on nights with Prosumer, DJ Deep, Jimpster and Isaac Carter.

Harri will be supported at the Pav by EndUp residents. Doors 10pm and admission is €11.30.