What gigs are on this week in Dublin?
Dublin Gig Guide Highlights: Super Furry Animals, The Road To The Great Escape, Lumo Club, Ailbhe Reddy, Cassy, The Twilight Sad, Joey Valence & Brae, Le Boom, Disco D’Italia, The Leon Stax Equation, Fixity, Makaya McCraven, Brògeal, Chósta, Crack Cloud, Kruder & Dorfmeister.
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Tuesday May 5th
Friendship @ The Grand Social
Foggy Notions presents the Baltimore indie-folk band who make warmly melodic, music. ‘Free Association’
Tom Smith (Editors) @ Whelan’s
Editors frontman Tom Smith plays an intimate solo show at Whelan’s main stage.
bbno$ @ National Stadium
Canadian rapper and producer bbno$ plays the National Stadium on the Internet Explorer Tour. His melodic, offbeat pop-rap has racked up billions of streams.
Conan Gray @ 3Arena
Californian indie-pop artist Conan Gray brings the Wishbone World Tour to 3Arena with Esha Tewari in support. His emotionally candid songwriting and devoted Gen Z fanbase have made him a significant pop artists.
Wednesday May 6th
Super Furry Animals @ 3Olympia Theatre
Welsh indie legends Super Furry Animals return after an almost decade-long hiatus, playing their first Dublin show in years at 3Olympia and are celebrating the 20th anniversary reissue of ‘Love Kraft’. Sold out.
Kruder & Dorfmeister @ The Button Factory
Legendary Austrian downtempo duo Kruder & Dorfmeister play their first-ever Dublin show, presenting ‘The K+D Sessions Live’ to celebrate 30 years of one of the most influential albums in trip-hop and ambient house. An unmissable occasion for anyone who’s spent time with that record.
Balu Brigada @ The Academy
Swiss-German indie-pop duo. ‘Sideways’.
Ludovico Einaudi @ NCH
Solo Piano. Wildly popular Italian pianist and composer.
Cloth @ The Grand Social
Scottish twins Rachael and Paul Swinton play alternative indie rock.
Thursday May 7th
Crack Cloud @ The Grand Social
Foggy Notions presents Vancouver art-punk collective Crack Cloud. Their confrontational, politically charged post-punk blends industrial noise, melodrama and collective fury
Chósta @ Curveball
Dublin electronic artist Chósta plays an intimate set with a new full live band at Button Factory’s Curveball series – his first headline show in three years. ‘Killing Time’
Joey Valence & Brae @ 3Olympia Theatre
New York rap duo Joey Valence & Brae play 3Olympia on the Hyperyouth tour. Their frenetic, sample-heavy old-school hip-hop sound has won them a fanatically devoted following.
Brògeal @ The Academy
Scottish indie folk band.
Fixity @ Whelan’s
Avant garde music project formed by Irish multi instrumentalist and producer Dan Walsh in 2015 which moves in the worlds of psychedelic rock, minimalism, krautrock and free improvisation, featuring an ever-growing pool of collaborators. Fixity (With Strings) : ‘Assurance’ Album Launch – 10-piece band live show.
Makaya McCraven @ NCH
Perspectives series. American jazz drummer and bandleader.
Krea @ Little Whelan’s
Karen Cowley from Wyvern Lingo’s recently-new solo project.
Arabú, Politik, Sceptic and Merricat @ The Workman’s Club
Four-band bill at the Workman’s Club main room. €10.
Reluctant Bob & the Lonely Lovers, Video Blue @ Anseo
Vintage pop merchants and spoken synth indie artist Jim O’Donoghue Martin
Steve White Trio @ The Sound House
Drummer of The Style Council, Paul Weller and his new band launching his new album ‘Soul Drums’ on Acid Jazz Records.
REVOLVE ft. Strand, The Wu & Post Party DJ Set @ The Grand Social (10pm)
Weekly Thursday live alternative.music night from the venue.
Friday May 8th
Ailbhe Reddy @ The Button Factory
Dublin singer-songwriter Ailbhe Reddy plays the Button Factory. Her alt-folk songwriting – deeply personal, beautifully crafted recently released a new album called Kiss Big.
Demob Happy @ The Workman’s Club
Brighton rock trio Demob Happy play the Workman’s Club. Their fuzz-drenched, psychedelic garage rock has earned them a cult following on both sides of the Atlantic.
All Things Eve @ The Cobblestone
Indie / folk singer-songwriter originating from small-town Germany plays first headline show. Bandcamp.
Adrian Crowley @ Tengu
Foggy Notions presents Galway-born songwriter Adrian Crowley at Tengu. His chamber-folk songwriting is among the most quietly distinctive in Irish music – unhurried, literary and deeply felt. The venue doesn’t usually host these kinds of gigs.
Scustin @ Sin É
EP Release show from the Dublin pub-obsessed jazz-funkers.
Mary Black @ Vicar Street
Legendary Irish singer Mary Black on The Slán Tour.
Fiona O’Connell @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Clare musician and producer Fiona O’Connell recently featured slow-moving folkie number with commanding vocals, classical guitar, harmonies and lo-fi ambience baked in.
Jerron Paxton @ The Sugar Club
Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton is a musician from Los Angeles. He is a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, drawing his style from blues and jazz music before World War II and influenced by Fats Waller and Blind Lemon Jefferson.
Club
Disco D’Italia @ Hen’s Teeth (7:30pm – 12:30am)
Italo Disco party with Spraoi Mór.
George Fitzgerald @ Fidelity Studio (10pm – 1am)
English DJ/producer known for his euphoria-tinged electronica.
Le Boom @ Centrepoint (11pm)
Gael Gaff party. First of three shows in the venue from the electro-pop band.
Nightcap pres. Losoul, Laura Garrido, Oham, Royce Laroca @ Pawn Shop
Losoul is a regular all over Berlin in clubs such as Tresor, Panorama Bar, Renate, Hoppetosse & Club_der_visionaere where his partner in crime and on the night Laura Garrido is a local favourite.
Bat’s Womb @ at Fibber Magees (10:30pm)
Goth Club Night. Alt, 80s, post-punk. Guest DJs: Sterling Paterson & Cailin Rua
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Saturday May 9th
The Twilight Sad @ The Button Factory
Foggy Notions presents Glasgow post-rock indie band.
The Leon Stax Equation @ The Workman’s Club
Galway band playing soul music and layers in jazz, funk, rock and psychedelia launch their album.
These Charming Men @ 3Olympia Theatre
How to see The Smiths without involving Morrissey.
Dublin Modular @ Bewley’s (9pm)
DM opens Dublin Dance Festival Lates with TRACES, a site-responsive club-night takeover where live electronics, DJs, and contemporary and traditional dance collide.
Club
Lumo Club @ Hang Dai Chinese (11pm)
The Lumo crew of Nialler9, Gav Elsted and Simon Roche back together for a rare-late night party. Lumo Club is a fun-first club night. We play disco, edits, electronic, pop, Italo disco, ’80s jams, 90s/2000s dance, current bangers, curveballs and classics. Lumo is a house party-style club night in the best night spaces in Dublin that brings the soundest dancing crowd around.
Starlight presents: Dr. Banana ﾟꐕ˚ @ Tengu (11pm)
UKG-rooted DJ leads lineup with support Surferboy.
Cassy @ Fidelity Studio (9pm)
All Night Long with British-Austrian DJ, producer, and label owner known for her deep-rooted connection to house and techno, particularly for her mastery of vinyl mixing.
ddr. Party @ Flux (9pm)
Cathy Flynn and Laetitia until 1am on the RiseUp! Soundsystem.
KAD @ The Racket Space (11pm)
Belfast rising techno DJ Kerryann Denny.
Real Talks Art @ Bad Bobs Rooftop
Celebrating 11 years of the house-rooted club with also an open air day time club in Brewdog that afternoon.
Twilight Rave @ The Workman’s Club (11:30pm)
Team Edward? Team Jacob? DJs will be spinning Twilight soundtracks in full along side Dark pop, emo, indie, and 2000s bangers.
Disorder @ The Workman’s Club First Floor (11pm)
Weekly Saturday indie and alternative club night. €5 on the door.
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Sunday May 10th
Pat Metheny’s Letter from Home @ Arthur’s (4:30pm)
Groovy Sunday Jazz Masters Series album played live.
Organ Freeman @ The Big Romance (6pm)
Live Jazz every Sunday.
Bella Kay @ The Academy
Florida indie pop singer-songwriter.
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Monday May 11th
The Road To The Great Escape @ various venues
Monday 11th & Tuesday 12th May featuring Irish and international acts heading to Brighton for the new music festival that same week. Featuring Elle Coves, Jessica Baio, Em Beihold, Villanelle, Little Grandad, Babyrat, Sell Everything, Jamie McIntyre, Steinza, Dermot Henry, Heidi Curtis, Dirty Blond, Brodie Barclay, Reggie, Sugaboo, Mustbejohn.
Lucy Blue @ The Sugar Club
Irish singer-songwriter Lucy Blue celebrates her new EP Thank God with her debut headline tour. ‘Play House’
Song Cycle @ Whelan’s
Whelan’s informal weekly singer-songwriter night.
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.
