Email for free entry:
- Thursday: Chali 2NA and the Funk Hunters @ The Sugar Club
How to enter free entry comps – Email [email protected] with the gig above in the Subject line you’re entering for along with your full name and phone number (for late contact) in the body of the message. Full info on each show below. Draw closes at 6pm the day before the gig or Friday 1pm latest for weekend gigs.
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Tuesday January 12
- Ruby Sessions with special guests @ Doyle’s (€6, 9pm)
[Acoustic showcase] Read my interview with Conor Ruby Sessions.
Wednesday January 13
- Liam O Maonlai, Kevin Burke & Tim Edey @ The Grand Social (€16.50-€22)
[Trad] A new trio curated by Music Network on a twelve-date national tour: . - Sturgill Simpson @ The Button Factory (€20)
[Indie/country] Solo show. KEXP performance. - Bruce Willis: Garage Anthems 2k16 @ Opium Rooms (€6/€8)
[Dance] Cult classics not bestsellers?
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Thursday January 14
- Chali 2NA and the Funk Hunters @ The Sugar Club (€20, WIN FREE PASSES)
[Rap] Jurassic 5 rapper - Good Name: Morning Veils @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
[Indie/rock] three-piece band from Cork City making folk/rock. - Ones To Watch @ Whelan’s (€5, €10 for 4 nights)
[New Irish music] Naoise Roo, Third Smoke, Travis Oaks, The Shaker Hymn and more.
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Friday January 15
- Therapy Sessions: Anderson, Katie Laffan @ The Workman’s Club (€5)
[First Fortnight] Dermot Kennedy, Lewis Kenny, Richard Brennan, Nicole Eve Rourke - Ones To Watch & State’s Faces of 2016 @ Whelan’s (€5, €10 for 4 nights)
[New Irish music] Bitch Falcon, Monster Monster, Elm, Joni and more. - Angel Haze, Talos @ The Academy Green Room (€18)
[Rapper] Back To The Woods mixtape is latest release. - Sea Pinks, Ginnels, Me & My Dog @ Bello Bar (€10)
[Awards] Skinny Wolves presents Soft Days LP launch. - Eats Everything @ District 8 (€18, 11pm)
[Dance] Bristol DJ and producer. - Sim Simma Presents: Especial Brasileiro with Jeremy Murphy & Fruitman @ Wigwam (€5-€10)
[Latin] a particular focus on samba, MPB, Brazilian funk & disco, latin and cumbia
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Saturday January 16
- The Natural History Museum @ The Sugar Club (€10 with CD album, 3pm – 6pm)
[Electronic] ‘Dada Gagol’ / Album playback on Funktion-1 and Q&A with Donal Dineen. - Seasons: Owensie, Bad Bones @ The Mart ,Rathmines (€5)
[new music] a night showcasing and promoting Irish talent, encouraging a fusion of Music, Technology and Art. - Ones To Watch @ Whelan’s (€5, €10 for 4 nights)
[New Irish music] Shrug Life, Rosa Nutty, Loop Culture and more. - Katie Laffan, Sive @ Abner Brown’s (€10, BYOB)
[Women in Music] Part of a month-long series - The Maccabees @ Olympia Theatre (€27.90)
[Indie/rock] Marks to Prove It - First Fortnight Presents The Big Gig @ Button Factory (€12)
[First Fortnightl] King Kong Company, State Lights, The Brad Pitt Light Orchestra - Tommy KD @ The Grand Social (€8)
[Rap] Listen to a snippet of his new single Homeless. - Bowie Night – Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars @ The Sugar Club (€10)
[Screening/ DJ sets] live concert documentary from 1973 Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - Mother with Colin Perkins & Nialler9 @ Copper Alley (€5 before Midnight, 11pm)
[Club] A Bowie-heavy edition. Let’s Dance. - Truss & Paula Temple @ District 8 (€15, 11pm)
[Dance] Boiler Room set. - Abstract presents Anna, Tiago Black, Eve DJs @ Opium Rooms (€10, 11pm)
[Dance] Brazilian techno and tech-house.
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Sunday January 17
- Ones To Watch @ Whelan’s (€5, €10 for 4 nights)
[New Irish music] Aine Cahill, Maria Kelly, Carron and more - Patty Griffin @ Olympia Theatre (€29)
[Singer-songwriter] American Grammy-Award winner - Henry Rollins @ Vicar Street (€28)
[Punk rock spoken word] The “Charmingly Obstinate” Tour
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Monday January 18
- Quiet night.
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