The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide (Dec 6th – 12th)

Highlights:  Friendly Fires, Korallreven, David Kitt performs The Big Romance, Juan Atkins,Young Hearts Run Free presents Yule, Agnes Obel & Beardyman.

A list of recommended events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. All times are 7.30/8pm unless stated. Feel free to recommend gigs in the comments as this post gets a lot of eyes every week.

Ticket giveaways:

• Saturday December 10th: Juan Atkins & more  @ Twisted Pepper

• How to enter – Email [email protected] with your preference of gig (if more than one) along with your full name, and phone number before 6pm on Thursday to be in with a chance to win.

Tuesday December 6th

• Ruby Sessions : Little Green Cars, We Cut Corners, Gypsies On The Autobahn, Leaders of Men & Luke Slott @ Doyle’s (9pm, €6)
• Rua Unplugged : The Crayon Set, Aidan Murphy @ Anseo (9pm)
• Bombay Bicycle Club @ Vicar Street (€20)
• The Very Most, Sacred Animals, Hello Moon @ The Mercantile (€5)

Wednesday December 7th

• Friendly Fires @ Olympia Theatre (€24.90)
• Leaders Of Men @ Whelan’s (€10)
• Banter review of 2011 @ Twisted Pepper (€5)
• Where The Mugic Happens @ Button Factory (Free)

Thursday December 8th

• Lisa Hannigan And James Vincent McMorrow @ The Button Factory (Meteor Choice Music Prize free gig – tickets required)
• Bitches With Wolves, Eat Me Drink Me @ The Sugar Club (€10)
• Roots Corner Meets Explosion Soundsystem @ The Grand Social (Free)
• We Were Promised Jetpacks, Bouts @ Whelan’s (€15)
• Fionn Regan @ Peppercanister Church (€20)
• Korallreven @ Twisted Pepper (€10)

Friday December 9th

• Emmy The Great And Tim Wheeler @ Tower Records (1pm)
• David Kitt performs The Big Romance, Sunken Foal @ Vicar Street (€20)
• Halves, Jennifer Evans @ Unitarian Church (€11.50)
• Lovers @ Whelan’s (€10)
• Ginnels, Rhino Magic, Desperadow @ Little Green Street Gallery (€10 / €8 without cassette)
• Mick Flannery, Marc O’ Reilly @ Whelan’s (€21.50)
• Fionn Regan @ Peppercanister Church (€20)
• Come On Live Long: Mender EP Release with Hello Moon @ Crawdaddy (€5)
• Cassette ’80s Night @Pod & Chocolate Bar (€8, 11pm)
• Daft As Punk @ Button Factory (€12, 11pm)
• Pariah @ Crawdaddy (€8, 11pm)
• Parish Nights with Donal Dineen @ The Odessa (€5)
• Dj iZem + T-Woc @ Bernard Shaw (9pm)
• HSSH & This Greedy Pig: Fatima, Alexander Nut @ Twisted Pepper (€10, 9pm)

Saturday December 10th

• Big Blue Bus relaunch: Nouveaunoise @ Bernard Shaw (2pm on, Free)
• Shaun Ryder @ The Village (€25)
• Brass For Barretstown @ Crawdaddy (€15)
• Young Hearts Run Free presents Yule (The Winking Glitter of a Frosty Dawn): Donal Lunny, Sunken Foal, Melodica Deathship, Tieranniesaur, You Kiss By The Book, Maeve Higgins, NiamhMcCormackSings, Katie Kim & more @ Co-Op Newmarket Square (€15)
• Mick Flannery, Marc O’ Reilly @ Whelan’s (€21.50)
• Beardyman @ Tripod (€10, 11pm)
• Agnes Obel @ Vicar Street (€20)
• Junior Boys, Diamond Rings  @ Twisted Pepper (€15, 8pm)
• Juan Atkins & more @ Twisted Pepper (11pm, win tickets above)

Sunday December 11th

• 12 Sundays: Fresh & Noble @ The Bernard Shaw (2pm, Free)
• The Sunday Roast: Agitate The Gravel, Theo Bard, Superblondes And Saccade @ The Mercantile
• Tríocha Bliain Ag Fás: A Musical Celebration: Martin Hayes, Donal Lunny & more @ Vicar Street (€28)
• Kaleidoscope 2nd Birthday:  David Fennessy, works by Brahm, Gershwin and Steve Reich @Button Factory (€22.50)
• T-woc, Zoiband,  A-force @ Whelan’s (€6)
• Dublin Laptop Orchestra with Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh and Nic Gareiss @ Smock Alley (€11.50)

Monday December 12th

• Musicmaker, ERIC: Meljoann, Monto, Bantum, Meltybrains?, and Adultrock @ Whelan’s (€5/€8)

Niall Byrne

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.

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