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: Fred Again.., Turnstile, NewDad, Signs of Life, Kumar Club, Disco Dána, Mura Masa, MONO, Call Super, Joy Crookes, Maruja, Stop the Lights!, Cinthie, Crazy P, Yunè Pinku, Dublin City Council Bram Stoker Festival.
Friday October 31st – Halloween
STOP THE LIGHTS! @ Hen’s Teeth (7pm – 12:30pm)
Kelly-Anne Byrne B2B Mark Kelly.
NewDad @ 3Olympia Theatre
Galway alt-rock indie band have released their second record Altar.
Maruja @ Whelan’s
UK-based Sligo-inspired band who combine punk, noise and cosmic jazz.
Sing Along Social presents Very Sexy CMAT Halloween party @ The Workman’s Club
CMAT bangers alongside spells from our other favourite divas – Charli XCX, Chappell Roan, Lady Gaga, Sinead O’Connor and more
Shakalak & Earthquake Hair Halloween Party @ The Grand Social
Shakalak are a 5-piece Dublin-based psychedelic electronic/hiphop band.
Fidelity x Kumar Klub: Halloween Party @ Fidelity (9pm – 1am)
Alice Ugbah, Scarlett O’Malley, Mango Dassle and more.
Late Clubs
Real Talks Art Halloween @ Bad Bob’s (6:30pm – 2:30am)
8-hours of music with Waximum, Royce LaRoca, Hera, keen and more.
Signs of Life Halloween Spooktacular 2025 @ the Sugar Club (8pm – 3am)
Discotekken presents Live bands & DJs from early to late playing deep, spiritual jazz, neo-soul & hip hop with Monsieur Pompier’s Travelling Freakshow, Oceanna, A Cosmic Tribute to Sun Ra with Pizza Jazz, DJ Hewan Mulugeta, Telephones DJs and more.
Circles: Halloween Warehouse Edition w/ Slipmatt @ The Complex (7pm – 2am)
Slipmatt [SL2] – Early 90’s Hardcore Set, Pierce Rooney, Eliza., Unthink. Visuals: AXXS
Cinthie, Crazy P & Dan Shake @ The Pyg (10pm)
Halloween at The Pyg with a big lineup.
DJ Boring @ block. (11pm)
Australian electronic Producer/DJ based in London.
SKETCH @ Hang Dai Chinese (11pm)
Neil Flynn, Boogiemann, Jay Skelly
SCARLET X Empyrean Wave presents: EMA, MAJA, Solma & stebu @ Location TBA
Dublin DIY Construct & Party collective Scarlet with Brussel’s label Emeryean Wave inviting EMA & Paris-based Solma in a undisclosed space.
HONEYPOT: Yunè Pinku, Hannah Hession & More @ Wigwam (11pm)
A big night for gay and queer women.
DART @ Index (11pm)
Irish hard-house.
Saturday November 1st
Fred Again.., Caolan Ryan, EMA, FDC DJs @ RDS Simmonscourt (4:30pm – 10:30pm)
Fred Again…’s USB series hits Dublin for the last date of the European leg.
Kwaidan @ NCH (6:30pm)
Bram Stoker Festival. Four of Lafcadio Hearn’s beloved ghost stories to life with a specially-commissioned new live score, composed by Matthew Nolan and Seán Mac Erlaine.
Turnstile @ 3Arena
Baltimore widescreen eclectic hardcore punks on the The Never Enough Tour. ‘Seein Stars / Birds’
J Smith @ Bello Bar
Irish singer-songwriter and Kojaque’s older bro releases his second album I Stood There Naked inspired by his first daughter Connie.
Sophie Moon @ Curveball
Lo-fi indie bedroom pop artist launches Stuck to the Screen album
NIGHTHAWKS @ the United Arts Club
Sold out. Jinx Lennon, Sophie Coyle, standup comedy and poetry.
Somebody’s Child @ 3Olympia Theatre
Irish indie-rock pop band. ‘Porcelain’
Willy Mason @ Whelan’s
NY singer-songwriter. ‘Oxygen’ is the big 2004 hit.
SCANRA 3 @ The Workman’s Club
Bram Stoker Festival. An immersive night of music, myth and storytelling hosted by poet and visual artist Jo Morrigan Black, live performances from Venus Patel and seanchaí Eddie Lenihan, psychedelic folk artist Elaine Malone and multi-instrumental duo Anenome.
Mono @ Button Factory
Japanese instrumental rock band.
Christy Moore @ Vicar Street
Kildare’s finest.
Jazz Sabbath @ The Sugar Club
English jazz trio. 2 shows 7pm / 10pm.
CAAMP @ National Stadium
American folk band. Support: Amanda Bergman
Aoife Nic Dhomhnaill and Liam Lonergan @ The Cobblestone
Trad. Fiddle and concertina. Mullach a’ tSí – Album Launch.
454 @ The Sound House
Florida psychedelic and plugg rapper.
Disco Dána @ Hen’s Teeth (7pm – 12.30am)
Cian Ó Cíobháin eclectic disco club night.
Late Clubs
Outkastz: Turnstile Afterparty @ Workmans Club (11pm)
DJs playin’ Punk, Hardcore, Emo & Nu Metal til 2.30am.
Mura Masa @ Centre Point (11pm)
Vibrant English electronic producer.
Call Super @ Tengu (11pm)
All Night Long // ARPO is a new project dedicated to the eclectic and euphoric craft of DJing.
Mystify x Cailín: What’s the worst that could happen? @ The Racket Space (6PM-3AM)
Free Terrace party with 20 DJs.
Reclaim the Mainframe @ Pawn Shop (7pm – 3am)
Surka, Nathan Jones, Justin Cullinan, Vicelords and more.
Sunday November 2nd
Vampyr with Reimagined Live Score @ Lighthouse Cinema
Bram Stoker Festival. Juno Cheetal (electronics) and Eimear Reidy (cello) conjure an immersive soundscape featuring theremin, autoharp, percussion, field recordings, shimmering strings, vocal harmonies and icy electronics with prerecorded choir sections
Sun Mahshene @ Sin é
Irish atmos rock band launch their new single ‘Life Is Joy’
Ocie Elliott @ The Academy
American dusty folk duo.
Monday November 3rd
Joy Crookes @ 3Olympia Theatre
English/Irish songwriter and singer. ‘Perfect Crime’
Jamie Jones: We Only Want the Earth Listening Party @ Fidelity Bar (7pm)
DJ sets from Alba and Tadgh K. Also live streamed on DDR.
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.
