The best gigs & clubs in Dublin this week? It’s the Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide – running for over 15 years every week.
Dublin Gig Guide Highlights: Lumo Club, Haunted Dancehall, Gilla Band, U.S. Girls, Blawan, Mind Enterprises, Bold Love, Saul Williams & Carlos Niño, Pillow Queens, Sloucho, Elaine Mai, Ghostwoman, Richard Hawley, Glasshouse perform Jóhann Jóhannsson, Leon Vynehall, Booka Shade, Danilo Plessow, Gillian Welch, TILT with Vaticanjail and more.
Tuesday October 21st
Pillow Queens @ National Concert Hall
Celebrating the 5th Anniversary of In Waiting, playing the indie rock album in full.
Daniel Herskedal Trio @ The Sugar Club
Norwegian composer and brass virtuoso. Music Network event.
The New York Salsa Company @ Whelan’s Upstairs
The second album from Dublin project The New York Salsa’s Company, led by Adam Smyth (Tribal Dance) is concerned with darker psychedelic rock sounds over his previous project’s noise rock style.
Cherym @ The Grand Social
Derry pop punk band.
TILT: Vaticanjail, Nuxsense, Telekura @ Button Factory
Free in live music night. #35.
Jessica Winter @ The Academy
Indie alt pop artist from London.
Wednesday October 22nd
Bold Love @ The Workman’s Club
Dublin six-piece indie pop band just released their Dancing & Loving EP.
Slow Crush, Som, Virgins @ The Grand Social
Belgian shoegaze band and similar support.
Isla de Caras @ The Grand Social
Argentinian pop rock band.
Richard Hawley @ 3Olympia Theatre
Sheffield singer-songwriter.
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings @ Vicar Street
American folk duo. @ 2 nights.
TroyOkay, Kapayja, The Ravs, The District, Eyejust @ The Sound House
RAW Rising Artist Watch.
Queer Led Trad Sessions @ The Big Romance
2 hours of trad.
PETROL Station Charity Fundraiser @ Wigwam (11pm)
Happy hardcore, hard bounce, jungle, bass, footwork — in humanitarian relief for Palestinian children.
The House of Funk: The Last Set @ Duck Theatre (11pm)
Disco, funk and soul night.
Thursday October 23rd
Mind Enterprises @ The Grand Social
Italo Disco Moderni? ‘Girls & Boys’
Booka Shade @ Opium Club
German electronic duo live set. Two nights.
YHWH Nailgun @ The Workman’s Club
New York-based experimental rockers.
Miranda Faul, Pio Hartnett @ Bello Bar
Irish Folk-Pop artist – Been Here Before Release Party.
Walshy ‘soulless’ Single Release Party @ The Big Romance
With Sleepover Club and a free beer per attendee courtesy of Ri-Ra.
Secret Sessions @ Curveball
The 14th instalment of the fully secret line-up show, which has previously featured acts such as Shiv, Cruel Sister, Qbanna, Chameleon, Jafaris, SweetLemondae, and Sarah Crean.
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings @ Vicar Street
American folk duo. @ 2 nights.
Sienna Spiro @ Ambassador Theatre
Capitol-signed singer-songwriter has a big voice. ‘Die On This Hill’
Big Sleep @ The Academy
Irish indie pop band. Support Thanks Mom. ‘Ruminate’
Bad Mothers Union, Sticky Digit, Dumb Posh Hippies Reckless Tony @ Fibber Magees
Dublin noise-rock and alternative bands.
Boy Lucid and Gweynn: Helping You Get Out of Here @ Kirkos
Presented by amach anseo, which started as a radio show on Dublin digital radio, the project now seeks to provide space for nature and music together in the physical realm.
Anna Leah @ The Academy 2
Irish indie pop artist.
Silva Snipa @ Tengu (11pm)
London DJ playing all-vinyl – old skool Drum & Bass to 90s Jungle to Techstep, to UKG.
Loose Ends: Tara Casey @ Index (11pm)
Mollie T, Dylan Shields, Alex Blake.
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Friday October 24th
Circles: Subject x Syncopated Records @ Pawn Shop (6pm – 3am)
Free in. Billy Spike Iland, EMMIE, Havik, Niall Cleary, Rhyzine, Slim, Talinho, TR One
Booka Shade @ Opium Club
German electronic duo live set. Two nights.
The Deadlians Halloween Party @ The Grand Social
The Deadlians folk rock band with support Catscars.
The Congos @ Button Factory
First headline show from Jamaican reggae band.
T4T #3: TRANSITION, BABY!: Mosh P3t, Mister Sister and Willow Leavey @ Bello Bar
Ireland’s trans and non-binary music scene represented with Ex Oh Promotions night.
The Drive, Dream Boy @ Academy 2
Irish alternative / rock band.
Knifedoutofexistence, Geheimnisknecht, Feral Torch @ Kirkos
A night of noise / experimental / synth and drone.
Late Clubs
Solidarity Sounds for Palestine: DJ Ruth Kavanagh (Mother) B2B Kelly-Anne Byrne @ Egan’s (9pm)
A fundraiser for The Lajee Centre and Families in Palestine
Leon Vynehall @ Fidelity Studio (9pm)
Sold out 4 Hour Set from the electronic songwriter producer who has just released a new album.
Ricky Chong @ Curveball (9:30pm)
C’mere to Me Dublin presents the Sligo selector.
Stretch presents: Rosita All Night Long @ Daylight (11pm)
Bass, bounce, and breaks.
Circles: Kerrie & New Jackson @ Tengu (11pm)
Irish Tresor Resident / Acid Modular Set.
Circles: Blawan @ Centre Point (11pm)
Jamie Roberts fresh from new sound-design and scuzzy electronics on new album SickElixir in the Button Factory late club.
No Scrubs @ The Workman’s Club (11pm)
90s & 00s R&B Party.
Saturday October 25th
Haunted Dancehall @ National Concert Hall (3pm – 11pm)
“A multi-room sound world of ambient, experimental club and electro-acoustic music” – The Bug presents Machine feat. Magugu, Róis, Shabaka, Andy Stott Joanne Robertson, Elaine Howley, Jasmine Wood, Saoirse Miller and more.
Gilla Band @ The Workman’s Club
Two nights from the avant punk band. DJ set after.
Elaine Mai & guests @ The Button Factory
Album launch. Track-by-track: Irish electronic producer Elaine Mai on second album For Us.
The Deep Blue @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Manchester Indie-folk four-piece. Porcelain
Cal Pacino, Danny Groenland, Tomococko @ LATROUPE Jacobs Inn Dublin
Sky Rocket Promotions showcase gig.
Burglar, Mark & Luke, Alright Then / Lerosa & t-woc downstairs @ Anseo
Anseo Anois series with Little Gem and Beamish / District.
Fangclub @ Whelan’s
Dublin alternative rock band’s first show in a while.
Glasshouse perform Jóhann Jóhannsson @ Pavilion Theatre
This special concert will span the Icelandic composer’s extraordinary life and career, featuring works from his acclaimed solo albums such as Orphée, Englabörn and Fordlandia as well as selections from his unforgettable film scores, including The Theory of Everything and Arrival.
MK @ 3Arena
English house dance artist. Support: Morgan Seatree, CamrinWatsin
Mac Steady, Avenue 68, Eppie, Mount Pyrus @ The Grand Social
GIG FOR GAZA.
Mick Flannery & Susan O’Neill @ Vicar Street
Collaborative show from Cork and Clare singer-songwriter.
Lumo Club @ Hen’s Teeth (7pm – 12.30am)
10th birthday of our club with residents Nialler9, Gav Elsted, Simon Roche. We play disco, edits, electronic, pop, Italo disco, ’80s jams, 90s/2000s dance, current bangers, curveballs and classics. Lumo Club DJs pick 5 quintessential tracks each to celebrate Lumo’s tenth birthday.
Red Bull 360: SHEE @ The Complex (8pm – Midnight)
SHEE, Sahana, Collie. Performing in a 360° surround sound A/V show.
Anamoe Drive @ Workman’s Club bar (10:30pm)
Oisín Leahy Furlong’s solo project. Sam Morrissey playing Indie & Alternative upstairs.
Late Clubs
Boots & Kats @ Opium Garden (11pm)
Vibez Emotion x Soulstice present the house duo.
Folamour @ Centre Point (11pm)
€40. French house DJ.
Dyke Night Takeover @ Tengu (11pm)
Ali, Sahana, DJ Egg, Abra Kedavre, Freya Femme + SCARLET
Fantazee presents Jon Hussey @ Hang Dai
Irish techno DJ who started out in the early ’90s.
Route 94 @ Index (11pm)
London house DJ.
Crystal Queer Club @ Fibber’s (9pm)
TROPICAL SAMHAIN with DJ Gio and more.
Danny Howard @ The Grand Social (11pm)
House and tech house with two floor lineup.
Bank Holiday Sunday October 26th
Chicken N’ Waffles presents Scary Hours @ The Market Bar (2pm – 8pm)
Hip-hop, R&B, and Afrobeats Halloween day party.
The Next New Low, White Sage, Rufus Coats and Jess Smith @ Anseo
Anseo Anois series with Little Gem and Beamish / District.
George Houston @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Donegal alt-folk artist.
Roya @ Button Factory
Danish pop duo.
Gilla Band @ The Workman’s Club
Two nights from the avant punk band.
Ghostwoman @ The Grand Social
“hypnotic spells of psych-grunge, decaying Americana and instrumental locked-horns.”
Daughters of Jerusalem @ Pavilion Theatre (2:30pm / 8pm)
Irish Artists For Palestine present Daughters of Jerusalem, also known as Banat al-Quds, is a powerful all-female Palestinian choir based in Jerusalem.
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble @ The Sugar Club
Chcago brass band of brothers.
Late Clubs
Shimmer’s Halloween Takeover @ Hen’s Teeth (6:30pm)
mooncup b2b Roo Honeychild, Governess, Lúnasa, OneCanChan, Casio, Katma, Serdih
Danilo Plessow @ Fidelity Studio (9pm)
4 Hour Set from the Motor City Drum Ensemble.
Kilimanjaro @ Pygmalion (11pm)
Late night banker with Afrohouse DJ.
SLOUCHO Invites: Oblig, PLUS ONE & Spooklet @ Wigwam (11pm)
VG lineup of electronic talent. SLOUCHO b2b Oblig and support.
DVS1 @ Wigwam (11pm)
Circles: Subject x Hidden Love x Crush Collective ; DVS1, Mode_1, Offtrack, Hidden Love, Crush Collective
Absys x Sully x Underdub @ The Racket Space (11pm)
Jungle night.
Partiboi69 @ Index (11pm)
Aussie bounce tech DJ.
Rathaus @ Wigwam (11pm)
DUNGEONS & DYKES – a night of leather, latex, and filthy camp horror.
Soundsystem Sunday @ Tengu (11pm)
Aba Shanti-I, Laetitia, Rub A Dub Massive.
Spraoi Mór with Decius (Soundsystem) @ Hang Dai Chinese (11pm)
Decius are a London-based band made up of brothers Liam and Luke May together with Quinn Whalley and Fat White Family frontman Lias Saoudi. They are signed to The Leaf Label and make music that draws on acid house, disco and techno.
Black Coffee @ The Pyg (11pm)
Afro house pioneer.
Enzo Is Burning & Murphy’s Law @ block (11pm)
London-based House DJ/Producer.
Monday October 27th
U.S. Girls @ The Grand Social
Toronto-based experimental pop artist.
Saul Williams meets Carlos Niño & Friends @ The Sugar Club
Poet/vocalist/ rapper and Sinners actor Saul Williams collaborated with recent Andre 3000 percussionist/producer Carlos Niño on a full-length album.
Fazey Ford @ Button Factory
Vancouver-based singer/songwriter. Americana, folk, and alt-country.
Steve Earle @ The Helix
Americana singer-songwriter.
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.
