What gigs and club nights are on this week in Dublin city?
It’s the Nialler9 Dublin gig guide
Monday September 1st
DIIV, Theatre @ Button Factory
American indie alt rock band.
L1NKN P4RK @ Whelan’s
Tribute band.
Song Cycle @ Whelan’s
Singer songwriter night.
Hayden Pedigo @ The Grand Social
Instrumental artist from Amarillo, Texas, known for his unique blend of Americana, psychedelia, and fingerstyle guitar.
Salon Rógaire: Cairdeas @ Winding Stair Bookshop
Róisín nic Ghearailt hosts Maria Kelly, Maija Sofia, Dafe and Clíona Malin Éamon Somers for an evening of prose and ceol on the theme of friendship.
Tuesday September 2nd
Blondshell, Westside Cowboy @ Button Factory
American indie rock singer, songwriter and musician. ‘Event Of A Fire’
Dope Lemon @ National Stadium
Australian artist Angus Stone.
Food House, Vatican Jail @ The Workman’s Club
Hyperpop US duo. ‘ride’
Meg Mac @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Australian pop singer who had a number one there. ‘He Said No’
Wednesday September 3rd
Barry Sutton @ Little Whelan’s
He of The La’s / Cast.
Teenage Dads @ The Grand Social
Australian indie rock band.
Thursday September 4th
Brìghde Chaimbeul @ Whelan’s
Eminent Scottish experimental piper. Enthusiastic Eunuch show. Support Bea Brennan and Minced Oath.
Rainbow Girls @ Upstairs At Whelans
California old-style three-piece singing group.
Junior Brother Listening Party @ The Big Romance
The End album party.
Onion Boys, NonSense, Dirty Marmalade, Sudden Impact @ The Workman’s
Sky Rocket Promotions present Na Mothúcháin: Acoustic Acts / DJ and Visual Art details.
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Friday September 5th
Dublinitgirl_vs_Dartlinediva: Rap Battle Royale @ Smock Alley Theatre (6pm)
[Dublin Fringe Festival] Sept 5, 7th to 10th. This show is a queer feminist discourse expressed through the highly sexualised and highly confrontational language of a twenty first century rap battle.
D8 Dublin Soul Weekender @ Commercial Rowing Club, Inchicore (7pm – 11pm)
Soul music from the 60s & 70s all played on original vinyl.
Reviving Gaza Benefit @ Whelan’s
With Steve Wall, Naoise Dolan, Caoi De Barra, Ollie Cole, Seamus and Caoimhe Ui Fhlatharta, Burnchurch and more.
Against All Certainty – A Celebration of Michael D. Higgins @ NCH
Featuring Niamh Bury, Myles O’Reilly + Ronan Ó Snodaigh, Martin Hayes, Mary Coughlan, Paul Brady, Imelda May, Muireann Bradley, Andy Irvine & Brían Mac Gloinn, Seán Boylan, Paula Meehan, Sebastian Barry, God Knows, Ryan Tubridy, Panti Bliss, Olwen Fouéré and National Symphony Orchestra Ireland conducted by David Brophy.
ELLYD @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Dublin pop singer-songwriter releases debut album Tomorrow Be Kind on this day.
Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band @ The Workman’s Club
Debut for Americana-noir sensation.
Unstuck, Mark + Luke, Local Noise @ Fibber Magees
Three guitar / rock bands from Sky Rocket Promotions.
RAW: YourCuzMarcus, Binmen and Avenue 68 @ The Sound House
Rising Artist Watch series with exciting grassroots acts.
Sky/Memory: Glasshouse Music and more @ Dublin Castle – Chapel Royal (8:30pm)
[Dublin Fringe Festival] Plus Jenn Ní Mhordha (Gweynn) & Soria Reilly. A live music performance and sonic meditation on memory and the Irish sky. Rooted in research by artist Jenn Ní Mhordha, and created with Maeve Kelly and Soria Reilly, this evocative concert invites audiences into a ritual of sound and sky – where memory drifts, lingers, and transforms.
Crawler @ Project Arts Centre (9:15pm)
[Dublin Fringe Festival] Irish choreographer Jessie Thompson and musician Jason McNamara present a show described as a mix of live music, drums, electronics and dance.
Slow Focus @ Egan’s (10pm)
Free in. Low BPM Disco vibes.
HONEYPOT presents: OK Williams & Rhyzine @ Tengu (11pm)
HONEYPOT is a Dublin club night + community ran by and for gay girls and friends. OK Williams is known for her high energy club sets which masterfully travel through genres – freeform blends of bassy floor busting tracks live alongside blissful synth-heavy house, with techno, jungle and electro also weaved into the mix.
Smille Collective presents Kontronatura @ The Racket Space (11pm)
São Paulo DJ fuses Baile Funk, Kuduro, Dembow, and Techno into high-energy, trance-inducing sets.
Éirewaves with Byron Yeates, CULT, Chris Flannigan, David Jackson @ Wigwam (11pm)
(ART)IFICIAL presents Ireland-themed electronic night also featuring Roo Honeychild and Lorcan Kelly.
Fatima Hajji @ Index (11pm)
Spanish techno artist.
Influence @ block (11pm)
Nikolina, Sikoti & Victor Krum.
Saturday September 6th
DAY FEVER @ The Academy
All day 30s+ clubbing from Vicky McClure.
Clash Of The Quays II: Lokomania @ The Complex
[Dublin Fringe Festival] Music and wrestling. One night. One ring. Ahmed, With Love, Sloucho, VaticanJail, Julia Louise Knifefist, Lil Skag, Curtisy, and Kibo.
The Redneck Manifesto @ Button Factory
Irish instrumental rockers are back with a new album Grushy.
Jinx Lennon @ The Four Provinces, Kimmage
Dundalk DIY punk artist. ‘What Else’
Ducks Ltd @ Bello Bar
Toronto band make inviting and frenetic guitar pop for when life feels overwhelming.
Sygh, Bad Mothers Union, Mark + Luke @ Anseo
Dublin noise and alt-rock bands.
George Clanton @ Whelan’s
Baggy indie vibes from an American. ‘I Been Young’
Taiyō, Fosfín, Sweltr, Shallo @ LATROUPE Jacobs Inn
Four alt-rock bands.
Let’s Get Serious 2025 @ The Grand Social
Paranoid Visions, TV Smith, Yer Mum, Molly Vulpyne Band and more. Punk and rock.
RAW: Saibhin, Theatre, Circa @ The Sound House
Rising Artist Watch series with exciting grassroots acts.
Sky/Memory: Glasshouse Music and more @ Dublin Castle – Chapel Royal (8:30pm)
[Dublin Fringe Festival] Plus Jenn Ní Mhordha (Gweynn) & Soria Reilly. A live music performance and sonic meditation on memory and the Irish sky. Rooted in research by artist Jenn Ní Mhordha, and created with Maeve Kelly and Soria Reilly, this evocative concert invites audiences into a ritual of sound and sky – where memory drifts, lingers, and transforms.
Crawler @ Project Arts Centre (9:15pm)
[Dublin Fringe Festival] Irish choreographer Jessie Thompson and musician Jason McNamara present a show described as a mix of live music, drums, electronics and dance.
Silverglass @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Instrumental electronic post-rock.
Aoife Ni Canna @ Egan’s (10pm)
Free in. House music likely.
Melodic: Too Many DJs @ Tengu (11pm)
The annual PCRF Fundraiser features 30 minute sets from loads of DJs including Eve, Mulljoy, Ruth Kavanagh, Surka, eboro, Ste Flynn, Saz, January Winters and more.
Omar+ @ Index (11pm)
Producer of R&B for the ravers. Body Language with Piri.
Stretch presents: polyp All Night Long @ Daylight (11pm)
Irish future-focused and genre-agnostic DJ “Blending nostalgia with an adoration for global underground dance music and internet subculture, they create sets punctured by rushes of noise and sutured by ambient waves.”
Colin Benders Live @ Wigwam (11pm)
Modular synth performer with roots in jazz hip-hop. Plus Ayolxi, Posterboy.
Beyhive @ Curveball (10:30pm)
Beyoncé all night long.
Sunday September 7th
Sonidero @ Hen’s Teeth (2pm – 8pm)
An event full of dancing to salsa and cumbia music from legendary Latin American groups and singers with guest DJs.
Problem Patterns @ The Grand Social
Belfast-based DIY feminist queerpunk quartet launch for Boring Songs For Boring People EP. ‘Classic Rock Has Become My Prison’.
Greg Freeman, Burglar, Sean Trelford @ The Workman’s Club
American alternative country musician.
Dublinitgirl_vs_Dartlinediva: Rap Battle Royale @ Smock Alley Theatre (7:15pm)
[Dublin Fringe Festival] Sept 5, 7th to 10th. This show is a queer feminist discourse expressed through the highly sexualised and highly confrontational language of a twenty first century rap battle.
Ríoghnach Connolly and Honeyfeet @ Whelan’s
Scottish folk singer and wonky pop band.
Crawler @ Project Arts Centre (9:15pm)
[Dublin Fringe Festival] Irish choreographer Jessie Thompson and musician Jason McNamara present a show described as a mix of live music, drums, electronics and dance.
Monday September 8th
Far Caspian, Delivery Service @ The Grand Social
Fermanagh man Joel Johnston is a Leeds-based indie musician who records and performs all his own music, two albums at this point, performed live as a six-piece – with a third called Autofiction just out.
Nick Mulvey @ Vicar Street
English musician, singer and songwriter, founding member of the band Portico Quartet.
Crawler @ Project Arts Centre (9:15pm)
[Dublin Fringe Festival] Irish choreographer Jessie Thompson and musician Jason McNamara present a show described as a mix of live music, drums, electronics and dance.
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.
