The best gigs & clubs in Dublin this week
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Monday October 1st
- Vulfpeck @ The Olympia (Sold Out)
The best thing to happen to contemporary funk music since the turn of the decade. - Liza Anne @ The East Side Tavern (€13+)
Sweet American folk rock. Listen to ‘Paranoia’. - Ólafur Arnalds @ The National Concert Hall (Sold Out)
One of the best contemporary classical composers in the world.
Tuesday October 2nd
- Vulfpeck @ The Olympia (Sold Out)
The best thing to happen to contemporary funk music since the turn of the decade.
Wednesday October 3rd
- No gigs of note. Listen to our podcast?
Thursday October 4th
- The Hot Sprockets @ The Bowery (€15+)
The Soul Brothers. - Joan Shelley @ East Side Tavern (€15+)
Kentucky native brings her woozy brand of American folk to Dublin. - Toast presents DJ Boring @ Wah Wah Club (11pm, €8+)
Red hot London-based lo-fi house DJ. Check out ‘Winona’ - Index presents Lane 8 @ 39/40 (11pm, €13+)
Experimental electronic artist performs material from his new LP Little By Little. - The Midnight Disco presents Bullion, Donna @ Wigwam (11pm, €6+)
Second birthday celebration for Dublin’s glitterball themed club night.
Friday October 5th
- Ye Vagabonds, Dowry, Natalya O’Flaherty @ Drumcondra Church (SOLD OUT)
Next up in new sounds in an old place series. Some fantastic Irish folk artists. - Brian Deady @ Whelan’s (€17.50+)
Irish singer-songwriter performs material from his new album Black Diamond. - Hot Cops, Postcard Versions, Shrug Life @ Anseo (€10)
The acts from A Litany Of Failures perform their indie tunes. - The R&B Club @ Tengu (9pm, €7+)
G Funk and straight up R&B all night. - 999 Pink Invasion @ The Complex (9.30pm, €11+)
999 throw serious parties. Show up to this one wearing pink or you’re not getting in. - Hum Drum Hip Hop Club @ The Pillar Bar (10pm, Free)
The debut event for new hip-hop night. - Sarah Mooney B2B Maggie Rose @ 39/40 (11pm, €8+)
Lots of high-quality techno here. - Techo & Cans presents I Hate Models, Moduse, Sam Greenwood B2B Jake Nolan @ District 8 (11pm, €16+)
Enigmatic French techno DJ. - Earl Jeffers @ Wigwam (11pm, €10+)
Veteran selector makes his return to Abbey Street. This one is for the fans. - OSLO VI presents Nuxsense, Nealo @ The Workman’s (11pm, free)
Seven-piece Irish hip-hop group. There have been comparisons to Brockhampton.
Saturday October 6th
- Wastefellow EP launch party @ The Bernard Shaw (4pm, Free)
Celebrate the launch of Post-Human Potential with Wastefellow and his Softboy friends. - Talos @ The Academy ( €22+)
Eoin French is one of the countries premiere artists. - Octavian @ The Academy Green Room (€12+)
‘Party Here‘. - They Might Be Giants @ The Button Factory (€10+)
Long-standing American alt-rock band. - Lisa Hannigan & S T A R G A Z E @ The National Concert Hall ( €40+)
A special collaboration between orchestra collective and one of Ireland’s best singer-songwriters. - Paddy Hanna @ Whelan’s (€13+)
Irish singer-songwriter performs material from his album Frankly,I Mutate. - Kero Kero Bonito @ Whelan’s (Sold out)
London three-piece who’ve just dropped a surprise LP Time’n’Place. - Matangi / Maya / MIA @ The Sugar Club (€12.50,9:15pm)
Screening + Afterparty of the MIA film. - Telephones: Cathal, Papa Lou @ Tengu (9pm, €6+)
Another installment of one of Dublin’s finest club nights . - DJ Deece, Leo Pol @ Wigwam (11pm, €8+)
One of Kildare’s finest DJs is back with the Deece Series.
- HAAi & Bambounou @ Button Factory (€10+, 11pm)
Dance double bill. How An Australian Psych-Rocker Became London’s Best New DJ - Hidden Agenda: Recondite @ District 8 (11pm, €16+)
German techno DJ and record label head. - Post Punk Podge & The Technohippies, The Disco Participation Matrix @ Whelan’s upstairs (11.30pm, free)
Limerick based up & coming artist celebrates the launch of his EP.
Sunday October 7th
- Everything Everything @ The Olympia (€23+)
Performing material from their latest LP A Fever Dream. - Atsch @ The Sugar Club (7.30pm, €10+)
Dublin-based jazz group. Check out ‘Thu’. - The Staxx Pit @ The Bernard Shaw(free)
DDR presenter Jill Staxx and members of her show the Jazz Pit host a night of hip-hop appreciation. - Lisa Hannigan & S T A R G A Z E @ The National Concert Hall (8pm, €40+)
A special collaboration between orchestra collective and one of Ireland’s best singer-songwriters.
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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, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.