The best gigs in Dublin this week by day:
The Gig Guide is published weekly every Tuesday and features the best gigs in Dublin city, curated by Nialler9.
What gigs are on in Dublin tonight?
Gig Guide Highlights: Chamomile Club, Octo Octa, Sim Simma’s Last dance, Flo Dill & Rory Bowens, Kevin Drew, Will Butler, Meljoann, Lir Folk Festival, Thumper, Inni-K, Julia Louise Knifefist, Féile Na Gréine Fundraiser, Kelly Anne Byrne, Lucy (Cooper B. Handy), Nadja, Shimmer SESSION, Alba.
All door times are 7:30pm/8pm unless stated. Check links for full prices.
Tuesday July 23rd
Prozak & M4A4 Production Workshop @ The Racket Space (7pm)
UKG music production workshop.
Liberties Festival Music @ St Audeon’s (6:00pm – 9:30pm)
Three esteemed organists will take turns performing Erik Satie’s “Vexations” for three hours, a mesmerising piece known for its repetitive (840 times) and contemplative structure, creating an introspective soundscape within the church’s resonant acoustics.
Thumper @ The Workman’s Club
The Irish rock band debut new music in their only show of the year.
Suga Knuckle, Ragtags and & Co. @ The Sound House
SH Rising series.
Wednesday July 24th
Kevin Drew @ Whelan’s
The Broken Social Scene musician and singer released the album Aging last November on Arts & Crafts.
≈ @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Experimental pop singer.
Drugstore Cowboy, Zogribs, and Bodydoubles @ The Sound House
ALL AGES SHOW
Will Butler + Sister Squares @ The Grand Social
Canadian indie-rocker ex of Arcade Fire with his new band.
Thursday July 25th
Féile Na Gréine Fundraiser @ Crowbar Terrace, Button Factory
Post Punk Podge & The Technohippies, Nashpaints, Aoife Wolf.
Julia Louise Knifefist, makeshift art bar, Dux Et Rex, Runners @ Bello Bar
Headlined by producer and performer who plays noise influenced electronic music plus digital hardcore, noise, post-punk, metal bands on the bill.
Unofficial Brat @ The Cellar (8pm)
Charli XCX has set off the brat summer. Bumpin’ that brat listening party.
Mango @ Love Tempo
Smokebreaks and Handbreaks DJ in residence.
Bixiga 70 @ The Sugar Club
One of the leading instrumental groups in Brazil, blending national, African, and Latin influences.
Nadja @ The Academy 2
Nadja is a duo of Aidan Baker and Leah Buckareff, described as ambient doom, dreamsludge, or metalgaze, a signature sound which combines th atmospheric textures of shoegaze and ambient/electronic music with the heaviness, density, and volume of metal, noise, and industrial.
Dunny @ Anseo
Free in show from Meltybrains? solo musician. With Dave Barrett on support.
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Friday July 26th
The Castle @ Orlagh House (4pm)
Groove Selectas and Paradisco present 12 hour tropical party with KASS, Fanki, NM Musik, Barista Boy, Lapen & Cam Roberts.
Inni-K, Matthew Jacobson, Lucia and Maria @ The Cobblestone
3 acts drawn from folk, jazz and trad, performing separately and then together collaboratively.
Sell Everything, Artispolo, Stiky Ayano @ Crowbar Terrace, Button Factory
Dublin alternative indie band, hip-hop/indie, grunge/rap.
Meljoann, Persona @ The Workman’s Cellar
Irish/Brighton-based producer of wobbly workplace electronica and support from Laura Sheeran’s new project.
Rory Bowens & Friends with Flo Dill @ Hen’s Teeth
NTS radio night with DJ Flo Dill from The Breakfast show on the station DJing.
Rocky T Delgado @ Love Tempo
Mother DJ in residence.
Shimmer SESSION 001 @ TBA (9pm)
Ben Bix JWY, Selky, Governess, Shimmer DJs on the Rub a Dub Hi-Fi soundsystem.
Octo Octa & Bull Horris @ Tengu (11pm)
American DJ and producer Maya Bouldry-Morriso is a great and eclectic house and electronic selector.
Spraoi Mór with Richard Sen @ Hang Dai Chinese (11pm)
Do!! You!!! radio resident.
Colin Perkins & Luis Angel @ The Pyg
Free in. 21s+.
HONEYPOT x Muintearas: Trans Pride Celebration @ Wigwam (11pm)
Capricorn, polyp, Local Threat, Naoise b2b Young Jordy
Saturday July 27th
Chamomile Club @ Orlagh House (2pm – 10:30pm)
Jordan Adetunji, Strandz, Downtown, Kayoto, BXKS, EFÉ, Cosha, Aby Couilbaly Monjola, Negro Impacto, Fortune Igiebor, Fm3ii, Silent Je, Liza Soltura, Dansa
Sim Simma – The Last Dance @ Pallas Studios (3pm – 9pm / 9pm – 1am)
The Latin, dancehall and reggae collective close out 10 years with one last party and afterparty at Fidelity.
AHOUSEISDEAD @ The Workman’s Club
Formerly A-House. ‘Endless Art’
Ardú @ Button Factory
A Decade of Acapella: celebrating 10 years of a cappella singing with intricate harmonies, funky rhythms and powerful solos from Ardú’s six singers. Plus Dulciana Vocal Ensemble.
Kelly Anne Byrne @ Love Tempo
Dublin’s finest soul and disco DJ.
Laine @ Lucky’s
Gash Collective DJ in residency.
Joel Martin @ Hang Dai Chinese (11pm)
Dublin Disco All-Dayer presents Quiet Village producer and DJ. Support Pablo Fatty Fatty.
Dylan Fogarty Invites @ Yamamori Tengu (11pm)
DJ Frequency, Fayeolo, Hellokt
Stretch presents: Alba All Night Long @ TBA (11pm)
Dublin-based Spanish DJ playing Afrobeats, breaks, and Latin high energy.
IMNOTYOURMATE b2b Sean Molloy @ Wigwam (11pm)
Techno. Also with Circuit Breaker, Justin Bank
Mother @ Lost Lane (11pm)
Weekly old-school club night for disco-loving LGBTQ+ family & their friends.
The Brat Rave @ The Grand Social (11pm)
“365 party girls where you at!? Brat summer is in full swing, join Dublin Drag diva Anziety as she takes you on your brattiest rave yet!”
The meet up VOL 1 @ So Below Club (10:30pm)
Shauna Dee B2B Saz, Hippy Hun, Sean M, Eoin woods, Jake mulhall
Shannen Blessing @ The Racket Space (11pm)
Verwalten present the old school techno DJ.
Sunday July 28th
Lir Folk Festival @ The Grand Social
Across 3 stages: Ispíní na hÉireann, Katie Phelan, Cormorant Tree, Oh We’re not together, The Wran, White Noise, Seán Birkett And more to be announced…
Absenth, Joycult, DC Dolls and The Malefactors @ The Sound House
14s+ show for Women’s Aid, with all female fronted bands.
Rhyzine @ Love Tempo
Honeypot Club cofounder.
A Grand Sunday Social Skank @ The Grand Social (8:30pm)
Free in. DJ Sets from Del Bionic & Chef Behan Reggae, Rocksteady, SKA and 2tone.
Asahi Afterhours @ Tengu (11pm)
Sunday night club with E l ö , Noisy Chilli, Ortega, Pablo Santos
Monday July 29th
Young Rap @ The Sound House (5pm)
ALL AGES SHOW 14+
LADIES FIRST: Back to 1999 @ The Grand Social
New band night: The Malefactors, Baby Lemonade, Larabel, Ciúnas, Alana Dinan, Ellie Mcdonald
Song Cycle @ Whelan’s
Whelan’s weekly singer-songwriter night.
