Highlights: Bodytonic’s Beatyard Weekender, SBTRKT, Solar Bears with Letherette and SertOne, Yacht, Alabama Shakes, Matthew Dear, Kuedo, James Pants, Lapalux, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis; Last Days of 1984,  Cian Nugent…

This is the weekly list of recommended gigs taking place over the next seven days in Dublin published every Tuesday. All times are 7.30/8pm unless stated. Feel free to recommend events not present in the comments below. If you’re looking for tickets to sold out gigs try #ticketfairy on Twitter.

Ticket giveaways:

• Thursday May 3rd: Yacht, Tieranniesaur, Catscars & DJs @ The Workman’s Club
• Friday May 4th: Beatyard: Forward/Slash: Volume 1 Launch: Lemonada, edit;erase, Redahan, Frankie Grimes @ Twisted Pepper
• Sunday May 6th:  Solar Bears, Letherette, SertOne @ Button Factory
• How to enter - Email freebies@nialler9.com along with your full name, your preference of gig and phone number before 6pm on Thursday to enter.

Tuesday May 1st

• Ruby Sessions:  Wallis Bird, Ham Sandwich & more @ Doyles (€6, 9pm)

Wednesday May 2nd

• Howler @ The Academy 2 (€13)

Thursday May 3rd

• Forward/Slash: ‘Ain’t It Funky Now’ – Happy Birthday James Brown @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
• Thursdaze: Solar Taxi & more @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€6)
• Social Rising: Hanin Elias (Atari Teenage Riot), You’re Only Massive, Nanu Nanu @ The Grand Social (€5)
• Yacht, Tieranniesaur, Catscars & DJs @ The Workman’s Club (€14)
• Cian Nugent and The Cosmos  7″ launch w/ Emakousma & Bill Blood @ The Joinery (€6, BYOB)
• Beatyard: Kuedo (Planet Mu), Simon Bird, Gib Cassidy @ Twisted Pepper (€12)
• Beatyard: Junior Spesh & Subrewind:  Benga & Youngman, ERIC Collective LIVE & more @ Twisted Pepper (€16)

Friday May 4th

• Beatyard: Forward/Slash: Volume 1 Launch: Lemonada, edit;erase, Redahan, Frankie Grimes @ Twisted Pepper (€10)
• Beatyard: Loud Mouth @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
• Last Days Of 1984 album launch, Logikparty, The Last Sound @ The Workman’s Club (€10)

Saturday May 5th

• Beatyard: Overhead, The Albatross @ Twisted Pepper (€8)
• Beatyard: Toejam: James Pants (Stones Throw), RBMA, All City, Eat My Shorts @ The Bernard Shaw (Details TBC)
• Retro Revival: The Urges and more @ Sweeneys (€5, 9pm)
• Silent Disco with Gugai @ The Workman’s Club (€5, 10pm)
• Alabama Shakes @ The Academy 2 (Sold Out)
• Yelawolf @ The Academy (€19)
• Mother @ Copper Alley (€5 before 11.30pm)
• Lapalux, Clu, Niall D’Arcy @ The Academy 2 (€8, 11pm)
• Beatyard: POGO: Kerri Chandler @ Twisted Pepper (€18, €5)

Bank Holiday Sunday May 6th

• Time is A Thief @ Academy 2 (2pm early gig)
• 12 Sundays  @ Bernard Shaw (Free, noon til late)
• Mongo: Sunil Sharpe, Fran Harnett & lots of DJs @ The Grand Social (€)
• The Joyful Slog of Independent Music @ Button Factory (Free, 5:30pm)
• May Bank Holiday All Dayer: The Mighty Stef, The Notas, The North Sea & More @ The Workman’s Club (Free, 5pm)
• Psychonavigation Old Skool Party  @ U Bar (Free, 7pm)
• Kitty Daisy & Lewis @ Whelan’s (€14)
• SBTRKT @ The Academy (Sold Out)
• Bitches Be Crazy @ The Avenue (€10, 9pm)
• Beatyard: Nighthawks feat The Gandhis, Daithi, Pat McDonnell, Marc O’Reilly @ Twisted Pepper (€13)
• Solar Bears, Letherette, SertOne @ Button Factory (€8, 11pm)
• Beatyard: Matthew Dear, Kormac AV show, Barry Redsettaz, Frankie Bingo & more  @ Twisted Pepper (€15, 11pm)

Bank Holiday Monday May 7th

•  The Dublin Blues Club feat. Republic of Loose’s Mick Pyro  @ Leeson Lounge
• Billy Ocean @ NCH (€27-€45)