Highlights: Gigs in the Iveagh Gardens, BRUUUUCE, Edward Sharpe, Lone album launch, JD Sampson Mother DJ set, Nighthawks in Guinness Storehouse and Spilly Walker and friends in The Joinery.
This is the weekly list of recommended Dublin gigs taking place over the next seven days published every Tuesday. All times are 7.30/8pm unless stated. Feel free to recommend events not present in the comments below. If you’re looking for tickets to sold out gigs try #ticketfairy on Twitter.
Tuesday July 17th
- Punch Brothers @ Whelan’s (€16.50)
- Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band @ The RDS (€86-€96)
- Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros @ Olympia Theatre (€25)
- Ruby Sessions @ Doyles (€6, 9pm)
Wednesday July 18th
- Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band @ The RDS (€86-€96)
- Rufus Wainwright @ The Iveagh Gardens (€44)
- CES Night For Haiti with Tierannisaur & guests @ The Grand Social (€10)
Thursday July 19th
- The Art Of Rap documentary screening feat. live satellite linkup with London premiere feat. director Ice T @ The Lighthouse (€9, 7pm)
- The Fall @ Button Factory (€24.50)
- Heritage Centre, Bouts @ Whelan’s (Free)
- September Girls, The #1s @ The Odessa Club (€5)
- Forward/Slash: Margie Lewis (live), Nanu Nanu @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
- Musicmaker: The Young Folk, Radioactive Granma @ Hard Rock Café (Free)
Friday July 20th
- Communion: Cry Monster Cry @ Academy 2 (€10, 7pm)
- U Live: Kara Kara, Brian Carton, White Collar Boy DJ @ U Bar (Free)
- Crayonsmith, Ginnels, Owensie & DJs Squarehead, No Monster Club & Magic Pockets @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10)
- The Waterboys, The Unthanks & Katie Kim @ Iveagh Gardens (€44)
- Dublin Afrobeat Ensemble @ The Odessa Club (€10)
- Sidetracked @ The Dark Horse Inn (9pm, Free)
- Spilly Walker, School Tour, Diamond Dagger @ The Joinery (€8, BYOB)
- The Candidates (last ever show) @ The Grand Social (11pm, Free)
Saturday July 21st
- PIAS Nites: Lisa Hannigan, Other Lives, Cathy Davey, Champs @ Iveagh Gardens (€35, 4pm)
- Nighthawks:Little Xs For Eyes, Fiach, Pearse McGloughlin, Vyvienne Long and Ellie McMahon, comedy and more @ Guinness Storehouse (€17.50)
- Dan Hegarty Presents: Sleep Thieves, Kantor Tzar Kollectif, In Valour @ Twisted Pepper (€8)
- Meljoann, Ed Devane, LionFX, iLex @ King 7, Capel Street (€5 before midnight, €8 after)
- Cheeverstown: The Annulments w/ support from Two Whistles and At Elbow & Foot @ Unitarian Church (€10)
- Mother: JD Sampson DJ set @ Mother Copper Alley (€10, 11pm)
- Hidden Agenda & Nightflight: Francois K @ The Button Factory ( €10, 11pm)
- Lone (album launch party), Barry Redsettaz, Merchantsville & more @ Twisted Pepper (€12, 10.30pm)
Sunday July 22nd
- 12 Sundays: Amen Brother’s History of Funk @ The Bernard Shaw (All day, Free)
- Stag’s Head Raw Sessions: Hidden Highways @ The Stag’s Head (€8)
- Michael Winslow (Police Academy) @ Whelan’s (€21.50)
Monday July 23rd
- DRI @ The Grand Social (€16)
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.
