The 7-day gig guide to Dublin music and events this week.
Highlights: Minimum Maximum @ Granby Park, Fleetwood Mac, Culture Night, Holy Ghost!, Elastic Witch 2nd Birthday, Tiger & Woods, Honningbarna, Trailblazery, Buffalo Woman.
If you’re looking for tickets to sold out gigs try #ticketfairy on Twitter.
Ticket freebies this week:
- Fringe Festival: Gabby Young And Other Animals @ The Workman’s Club (Tuesday)
- Bedlam 1st Birthday: Tiger & Woods @ The Grand Social (11:30pm, Friday)
- Honningbarna @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Saturday)
How to enter – Email [email protected] with the gig above in the Subject line you’re entering for along with your full name and phone number in the body of the message. Draw closes at 6pm the day before the gig.
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Tuesday September 17th
- Cuomo @ The Pearse Centre (€12, 8:30pm)
[Show] Matthew O’Dwyer’s show/play about Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo and the making of Pinkerton. Runs til Saturday. - Fringe Festival: Gabby Young And Other Animals, Eleventy Four @ The Workman’s Club (WIN TICKETS)
[Gig] Seven-piece Balkan brass, jazz and swing band led by Gabby with the operatic voice. Video - Fringe Festival: Neil Watkins, Dinner and A Show @ Dublin Whiskey Company (€30, 9pm)
[Show] Watkins performs with his band Buffalo Woman, plus food from the Fumbally crew. Runs til Friday. - Fringe Festival: Kitschcock @ Smock Alley (€13)
[Club] Pop concert and interview session. This is the introduction to the pop-protagonist XNTHONY. Shows runs til the 21st.
Wednesday September 18th
- Roger Waters @ Aviva Stadium (€69.50)
[Rock] Former Pink Floyd man brings his humongous The Wall tour to the stadium. - Dogs, Gangs and Colour//Sound @ Whelan’s (€5)
[Rock] Three relatively Irish newcomers. - Deacon Blue @ Olympia Theatre (€40)
[Rock/pop] The Glasgow band who wrote ‘Real Gone Kid’
Thursday September 19th
- Myles Manley @ Whelan’s (€10/€8)
[Alt-pop] Find out what the eccentric Mr Manley is like live and whether his promise to “flush the toilet on popular music ” rings true. Or your money back? - Heathers @ The Grand Social (€10)
[Pop] The melodic indie-folk pop twins. - The Strypes @ The Academy (SOLD OUT)
[Electro] Now certifiable UK and Irish chart placers, the revisionist Cavan boys celebrate on a school night. Support The Raglans. - Zebra: Dearly Beloved, Hassle Merchants @ Whelan’s (Free before 10:30pm or email [email protected] for guestlist )
[Rock] Lo-fi Canadian garage punk / Dublin alt-rock band.
Friday September 20th – Culture Night
- Full national Culture Night music guide.
- Ruarri Joseph @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€7)
[Acoustic] Gigstarter’s first endorsee and folk balladeer. ‘Until The Luck Runs Dry’ - Fleetwood Mac @ The O2 (Sold out)
[Rock/pop] Classic pop songs/ rock band kick off their world tour in Ireland. - Manic Street Preachers @ Olympia Theatre (€33.50)
[Rock] Still going with their 11th studio album with a title that alienates generations – Rewind The Film. - Bedlam 1st Birthday: Tiger & Woods @ The Grand Social (€15, 11:30pm, WIN TICKETS)
[Disco] Modern disco duo. - Joe Pug @ Whelan’s (€16.50)
[Folk] Chicago singer-songwriter.
Saturday September 21st
- Minimum Maximum: Tieranniesaur, Charmers, Idiot Songs, Liza Flume and Lethal Dialect @ Granby Park (Free, 3pm – 7pm)
[Outdoor] A Nialler9-presents gig for free in the afternoon with some of Ireland’s best new bands. - Elastic Witch 2nd Birthday: Patrick Kelleher, Princess, Autumns @ Elastic Witch/Twisted Pepper (Free, 3pm)
[Live] Day celebration of the birthday. See night-time event below. - All Dayer: The Harbourmaster, Ickis Mirolo, Maria Somerville, The Third Policeman, Ed Devane @ Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Chancery Lane (4pm-8pm)
[Live] Aoife Tunney curated day of live independent music. - Fallopian Tunes @ Voodoo Lounge (€6 before 10pm, €8 after)
[Electronic] Tempermental Misselayneous, Princess Siwela, Wonderbra, Cruel Creator. - Mainliner @ The Grand Social (€12)
[Rock] Featuring Japanese guitar legend Kawabata Makoto of Acid Mother Temple. - Honningbarna @ Whelan’s Upstairs (WIN TICKETS)
[Punk] Nialler9-Recommended Norwegian punks. ‘Fuck Kunst’ - Fleetwood Mac @ The O2 (Sold out)
[Rock/pop] Classic pop songs/ rock band kick off their world tour in Ireland. - The Magic Numbers @ The Peppercanister Church (€20)
[Pop] Acoustic tour for UK band. - Hothouse Flowers, Something Happens & Lir @ The Village (€21.50)
[Rock] Three “mature” Irish bands play in benefit of Lir’s legal fees.
- Lethal Dialect @ Axis Ballymun (€5, 6pm)
[Rap] After his Minimum Maximum gig, LD plays unplugged in Ballymun. - Elastic Witch 2nd Birthday: Somadrone, Diamond Dagger, Magic Pockets @ Twisted Pepper (€10)
[Eclectic] Plus DJs Cillian McDonnell (Music Is For Losers), Gib Cassidy (EW) and Kenny Halon (Apartment Records). - Hidden Agenda: Holy Ghost! DJ set, Ewan Pearson @ Button Factory (€15, 11pm)
[Dance] Recent DFA Nialler9 album of the weekers with popular UK DJ. - Garret Moore, Common Wolf @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Free before 10:30pm or Guestlist on FB)
[Alt/Pop] Release party for mini-album Cocktail.
Sunday September 22nd
- Trailblazery: Rites Of Passage @ Examination Hall, Trinity College Dublin (€16)
[Talks/performances] Speakers with performances from Ronan Ó Snodaigh and Nina Hynes & the children’s choir from St. Brigid’s School, Killester. - 12 Sundays @ The Bernard Shaw (From 1pm, Free)
[Live] Laid-back Sunday vibes with DJs Conor L and Joma. Yelp’s Backyard Bizarre starts before at 1pm with free food, drink and more. RSVP required. - The Stags Head Raw 2nd Birthday @ The Stag’s Head (€10)
[Live] Biggles Flys Again, The Chapters, The Annulments, Heritage Centre and Dan
Monday September 23rd
- The Monday Midnight Club @ Whelan’s (Free, 11pm)
[Live] Colour//Sound, Marcus Karcus and friends.
