The Nialler9 Gig Guide for April 1st to 7th.
The Gig Guide is published weekly every Tuesday and features the best gigs in Dublin city, curated by Nialler9. All door times are 7:30pm/8pm unless stated. Check link for ticket prices.
Gig Guide Highlights: Lambrini Girls, New Music Dublin, Geordie Greep, Joshua Burnside, Oracle Sisters, Daniele Baldelli, Thurston Moore, Antony Szmierek, La La, CABL, Pebbledash, Trinkets, Vernon Jane, Holly MacVe, OKGiorgio.
What gigs are on in Dublin tonight?
Tuesday April 1st
Geordie Greep @ Vicar Street
Former Black Midi man’s solo album The New Sound features Steely Dan-esque jazz rock with the singer playing a smarmy character with an arch vocal delivery.
Esmeralda Road @ The Grand Social
Belfast indie fusion five-piece.
Holly MacVe @ The Workman’s Cellar
“English Rose meets Mulholland Drive Lynchian glamour.”
Divorce @ The Workman’s Club
Divorce cite a broad range of influences, from contemporary indie heavyweights like Mitski, and Big Thief, to cult icons such as Tom Waits and LCD Soundsystem.
Wednesday April 2nd
New Music Dublin Festival @ NCH
The annual festival of contemporary music runs all week. NOCTURNE
Isidore, Strand, Alex Konchar, @ The Workman’s Cellar
Conor ‘Isidore’ Fagan is a 23-year-old singer and multi-instrumentalist from Clondalkin.
ONLY HUMANS @ Crowbar
A not-for-profit live music event featuring Irish artists and raising funds for Jigsaw, an Irish charity that provides supports for adolescents struggling with mental health. Cloud rap, ambient rap, experimental rap.
okgiorgio @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Italian electronic pop artist.
Thursday April 3rd
Joshua Burnside @ Whelans
A track-by-track on the folk artist’s new album Teeth On Time. Sold Out.
New Music Dublin Festival @ NCH / The Complex
The annual festival of contemporary music runs all week. Berginald presents Bombast! | Surround Sounds: Irish forests, rivers and peatlands | Caimin Gilmore’s BlackGate | Blood of a Poet | BAN BAM New Works Premiere / Córas Trio (11pm)
Nell Mescal @ Ambassador Theatre
Seated show from pop sister of Paul.
Soft Rules, Hector Boys, MT Heads @ Sin E
Dublin post-punk band’s single release party with support from Scottish outfit Hector Boys and Alt Pop/Indie Rock four piece.
Vernon Jane @ The Grand Social
Jazz-inflected punky rock band.
CABL, Pebbledash @ Anseo
Dublin rock band play with new drummer with support from Cork shoegazers Pebbledash. Tickets on the door.
Organ Freeman featuring Michael Buckley @ Arthur’s
Dublin’s jazz organ trio with Buckley on sax.
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Friday April 4th
Antony Szmierek @ The Grand Social
Sold Out. Manchester spoken word and indie hip-hop artist.
Basht @ Whelan’s
Dublin indie band. Newest single ‘Vain’. Support: Madra Salach
Trinkets @ The Workmans Club
Irish indie 5-piece release debut I Am, You Are EP. Playing It Shy (Live at The Button Factory)
New Music Dublin Festival @ NCH / The Complex
The annual festival of contemporary music runs all week. You Heard it First | Dublin Fixations | NSO: Arvo Pärt, John Buckley, and Unsuk Chin | All Earth Once Drowned | In The Dark |
Akrobat @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Dublin-based Indie-Electronica. Support Vera.
East Coast Electrix @ The Morris Bar, Talbot Street (8pm – 12.30am)
Electro with Breakdata (takeover recs), Noisy Chilli (Smile Collective) and Data Ryder (Deep Sea Dweller)
Real Talks Art with Zach G (USA) @ Pawn Shop (7pm)
Bucharest-based American minimal house DJ and supports.
Woozy x Club Puzzy @ Yamamori Tengu (11pm)
Mia Koden, Puzzy Wrangler, Feena b2b EMA
Lucas Ogma @ The Grand Social (11pm)
Hypnotic/Minimal Techno with Nocturnal Animals, Phil Bass and more.
Saturday April 5th
Lambrini Girls @ Whelans
The Brighton noise-punk duo. Support Hotgirl.
New Music Dublin Festival @ NCH / The Complex / Pepper Canister Church
The annual festival of contemporary music runs all week. Ficino Ensemble & Lotte Betts-Dean | Refracting Light | The Blue Shroud | Thurston Moore: Guitar Explorations of Cloud Formations
David Gray @ 3Arena
Past & Present Tour. Ireland loves David Gray. A second date happens in May.
As One Fest @ The Grand Social
Heavy 11-band lineup. All profit will be donated to the Muslim Sisters of Éire.
Bo Staloch @ Bello Bar
Singer-songwriter based in Nashville.
The Tubs @ The Workman’s Cellar
British indie-pop.
Mick Flannery @ Vicar Street
Cork singer-songwriter.
QOW Trio @ Arthur’s
Multi-generational jazz band featuring saxophonist Riley Stone-Lonergan, British Jazz legend Spike Wells on drums, and multi-genre bassist and bandleader Eddie Myer.
Sleepless Beauty presents: Room 404 @ The Morris Bar (9pm)
As gender-fluid and genre-fluid, Sleepless Beauty uses this platform to feature under-rep’d DJs—each with their own unique musical flavour. Basement party.
The Shed Residents @ The Pyg
Plus LIA, JESSENOBODY, Blimp
La La @ Centre Point (10pm)
La La is a DJ and producer hailing from Glasgow, now based in London.
Daniele Baldelli & The Board of Works @ Hang Dai (11pm)
Cosmic disco icon.
Spray’s Residency @ Yamamori Tengu (11pm)
Trance prog dance with Spray B2B Spriitzz All Night Long. Two sounds, 1 Berlin-based Dublin DJ producer.
dj g2g, High Fidelity & MATHAIR @ Wigwam (11pm)
SOAP x LOST presents: a night of dub, ghetto tech and more.
Sunday April 6th
New Music Dublin Festival @ NCH
The annual festival of contemporary music runs all week. Legato | Blue Haze of Deep Time (LIVE) | Evlana Ensemble: ‘A Memory’ | RTÉ CO with Chamber Choir Ireland: Irene Buckley, Olga Neuwirth, Ed Bennett
Oracle Sisters @ The Button Factory
Paris-based trio’s music has retro-futuristic inspirations, roots in folk, Americana, rock n roll, psychedelic and soul. ‘Alouette’
Mick Flannery @ Vicar Street
Cork singer-songwriter.
Emmy Shigeta and friends @ Fidelity Bar
A guest joins Emmy this week.
Monday April 7th
Ryan Adams @ Vicar Street
Seven women including Phoebe Bridgers and ex-wife Mandy Moore accused the songwriter of abuse and sexual misconduct in 2019. The allegations hurt his career but as is the case with these kinds of tours, fully-attended live dates quietly happens without much fanfare now. Two nights Monday and Tuesday are sold out.
Peach Pit @ 3Olympia Theatre
Vancouver-based indie pop.
