Cork Arts Theatre's most successful play in 24 years will return this week. Written by Tom Dudzick, 'Over The Pub' returns to Cork Arts Theatre this Thursday and runs until Saturday 28 August. This beguiling family comedy has been adapted by director Dolores Mannion from the original play 'Over the Tavern'.

The Besnard Lakes, another Montreal collective fronted by husband-and-wife duo Olga Goreas and Jace Lasek, are bringing their majestic, sprawling vision of dense guitar- based orchestral music to Cork this week. The band are a feted four-piece centred around the atmospheric songs of Lasek and Goreas, whose expansive sound draws from numerous aspects of rock 'n' roll history.

Gig of the week:
N-Dubz @ the Savoy on Thursday 19 August at 8pm
The gig is sold out since before the originally scheduled gig in April, but this is a chance to see a pop act in a relatively small arena before they go supernova…or implode in a chaotic mess of feuding, fighting and drug use.

San Francisco's Tussle share some similarities with some of their Californian psychedelic brethren like Wooden Shjips, but they make motorik, polyrthymic music that has more of an electronic edge. The band has released three albums since they began in 2001. The most recent album was the beloved by blogger's 'Cream Cuts' in 2008.

When you lose something close to you, it's often only after the worst has happened that you realise the full effect of that absence. Last December the doors at Plugd Records closed for the last time at their place on Washington St. The closure of the Kino Cinema and Plugd was a huge blow to Cork. Thankfully Plugd will be back again shortly and proprietors Jim Horgan and Albert Twomey explain why

Despite being the son of the great folk polemicist and Bob Dylan's hero, Arlo Guthrie has managed to forge a significant career for himself. Like his father Woody, Arlo is a natural-born storyteller whose hilarious tales and anecdotes are woven seamlessly into his performances. He is also an accomplished musician, playing the piano, six and twelve-string guitar, harmonica and a dozen other instruments.

White Feather Theatre Company presents an evening with a difference this week. 'Laundry and Bourbon…Chit Chat and Chardonnay' is a short play about some truly desperate housewives, followed by a post-show chat hosted by Shonagh Lyons. Shonagh will be joined by Wexford actresses Olga Conway and Rebecca Hadrill, who take to the stage in American playwright James McClure's witty one act comedy, 'Laundry and Bourbon' for one night only.

This month's moon party at An Realt Dearg features the talents of Leipzig native Kassem Mosse, who makes his Irish debut at Lightning Moon party. Kassem Mosse is no stranger to the nether regions of ambient techno. Through a series of celebrated singles on Mikrodisko and Workshop, Mosse has carved out a unique time-warped sound that many have tagged as too slow for traditional techno but too sparse for house.

Beloved of teenagers, the controversial British grime group N-Dubz are due to play their rescheduled gig in the Savoy next Thursday. Their gig last April was cancelled due to difficulties getting a flight during the crisis caused by the Icelandic volcano. The group is as well known for getting in trouble as for its music.

"It's a very simple idea," he says. "Make 100 dogs in an open way and get people to come along and help. We are based here in the Camden Palace Hotel as an open workshop." The 100 life sized brown papier mache dogs were constructed from largely recycled materials. This was done by the help of a core group of artists set up by Tom Campbell and volunteers who came to open dog making workshops.