Win Free entry:
- Wednesday: The Redneck Manifesto @ Whelan’s
- Saturday: Lumo Club @ Yamamori Tengu
To enter: Email [email protected] with the gig above in the Subject line you’re entering for along with your full name 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 February 14
- Carla Dal Forno, Somerville @ The Grand Social (€12.50)
Australian psychedelic folk singer/songwriter. As featured in the latest Loose Joints podcast. - Songs for Lovers @ Arthurs (€10+)
Chet Baker Tribute by The Charlie Moon Quintet. - Purple Hearts Night: Young Earth, The Girl Talk & more @ The Workman’s Club (€5)
a charity gig in Aid of Cystic Fibrosis Ireland. - Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (€5, 9pm)
New music night. Gráinne Hunt and more.
- Black Pope @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10)
Cork rock’n’roll
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Wednesday February 15
- Love Dies: feat. Jafaris and more @ The Sugar Club (€8)
Live cypher. Each artist will have 3 minutes accompanied by a house band. Jafaris new single. - Band Of Horses @ Vicar Street (€33.50)
Still evidently popular indie rock band. - The Redneck Manifesto @ Whelan’s (Sold Out, WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS)
Get prepping. Irish tour this week.
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Thursday February 16
- Word Up Collective #12 @ Bello Bar (€5)
Super Silly, Tebi Remix, King David and more. - The Redneck Manifesto @ Whelan’s (Sold Out)
Get prepping. Irish tour this week. - The Klares @ Academy 2 (€6.30)
Emerging indie band. - Shogunz Of Stank @ The Bowery (Free)
fronted by Mick Pyro. A night of Soul Funk & Blues. - Good Name: Percolator @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
Kraut-leaning rock band. - Birds of Olympus, Cat Dowling @ The Grand Social (€7)
Psychedelic indie rock SXSW-bound.
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Friday February 17
- Girl Band, Rusangano Family, Lynched & more @ Vicar Street (€30)
Proceeds to Pieta House. DJ sets by James Vincent McMorrow Geoff Travis (Rough Trade) & Aisling O’Riordan. - Craig Gallagher @ Whelan’s (€13)
Singer-songwriter in the Gavin James/ Ed S mode. - Dinah Brand, The Run-Ons, Babybeef @ Bello Bar (€10)
Fundraiser for Canal Way Educate Together school. - Phases First Birthday @ South William (Free,10pm)
Wah Wah South William Launch - DJ Bone @ Index (€10, 11pm)
Detroit techno – new venue in Voodoo Lounge. - Techno & Cans: Under Black Helmet @ Hangar (€10, 11pm)
Dark beautiful techno. - Debut at Mutate presents Tensal @ The Wiley Fox (€10, 10:30pm)
Techno, Unthank and Jack Dunne.
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Saturday February 18
- Alex Smyth, Cinema, Kevyn, VLLNS @ Bello Bar (€6)
Launch of the Utopian Dream EP. - Negative Creeps @ Button Factory (€20)
Nirvana tribute. - Karl Blau @ Whelan’s (€15)
Country-leaning indie singer-songwriter. - Lumo Club @ Tengu (€7+, 10:30pm, WIN A PAIR OF PASSES )
Monthly eclectic club night with Nialler9, Gavin Elsted & Simon Roche. Spotify playlist. - The Bug feat. Miss Red @ Opium Rooms (€12, 11pm)
Dancehall, dub aggressive electronica. - Sense with Friend Within @ Button Factory (€15, 11pm)
UK house DJ and Disclosure buddy. - Terrence Parker [3 Hour Set] @ Wigwam (€12+, 10.30pm)
Turntablist house music. - Division presents Archie Hamilton @ The Pygmalion (€10, 10pm)
Latest tracks. - Four/Four Presents: Baltra @ Hangar (€10, 11pm)
Fade Away.
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Sunday February 19
- Tegan & Sara @ Vicar Street (€33.50)
Canadian pop sisters. - The Very Round Robin @ The Sugar Club (€15)
Ronan O’Snodaigh, Roesy and Ye Vagabonds - Drake @ 3Arena (€85)
Easy D. 1/2 nights. + DVSN, Young Thug. - Sleigh Bells, Loris @ Whelan’s (€19)
Bombastic firework rock. - The Revenge @ The Pygmalion (€5, 11pm)
Disco edit DJ/producer.
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Monday February 20
- Drake @ 3Arena (€85)
Easy D. 1/2 nights. + DVSN, Young Thug. - A$AP Ant (ASAP MOB) @ Button Factory (€8, 11pm)
Drake After Party
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Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
