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Ticket freebies this week:
- Thursday: Planningtorock @ Whelan’s
- Thursday: Doolittle presents: Teengirl Fantasy, Adultrock @ The Workman’s Club
- Friday: !Kaboogie’s 8th Birthday: Young Fathers, Jam City @ Twisted Pepper (10:30pm)
- Saturday: Hidden Agenda: Forest Swords @ Button Factory
- Saturday: Doolittle presents Elaine Mai, Sleep Thieves, Cat Dowling @ The Workman’s Club
- Saturday: Hidden Agenda & Nightflight: Pional (Live), Leon Vynehall @ Button Factory
How to enter – Email [email protected] with the gig above in the Subject line you’re entering for along with your full name and phone number in the body of the message. Full info on each show below. Draw closes at 6pm the day before the gig.
Tuesday February 11th
- Ruby Sessions: I Have A Tribe, Pockets, Elliot Bridge @ Doyles (€6, 9pm)
[Acoustic] The long-running night of new music awakens from its slumber.
Wednesday February 12th
- Damien Dempsey @ Button Factory (€28)
[Irish] Strong but gentle Irish singer-songwriter. - Dead Prez @ The Sugar Club (€17.50)
[Rap] Political rappers most active in the last decade. - Duke Special’s Gramophone Club @ Liquor Rooms (9pm, Free)
[DJ set] Duke Special playing 78 RPM records only. Jazz, rhythm and blues, calypso, big band.
Thursday February 13th
- Damien Dempsey @ Button Factory (SOLD OUT)
[Irish] Strong but gentle Irish singer-songwriter. - Planningtorock @ Whelan’s (€16.50, WIN TICKETS)
[Pop/rock] Janine Rostron’s gender-equality focused music is played live here for a pertinent first time. New album now streaming. - Dylan Tighe @ The Grand Social (€11.50)
[Singer-songwriter] Launch of the album Record. Support Hilary Woods. - Note Productions Curator’s Club: September Girls @ The Odessa Club (€11.50)
[Eclectic] Tony Clayton Lea-curated night. Plus talks, spoken word and more. - Doolittle presents: Teengirl Fantasy, Adultrock @ The Workman’s Club (€12, WIN TICKETS)
[Electronic] Atmospheric analogue dance music double bill.
Friday February 14th
- Catscars, Ickis Mirolo @ The Joinery (€10, BYOB)
[Alternative] Experimental electronica with DJs Skinny Wolves. - Fall in Love: Olan All City, Monto, Born Cheating @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
[DJs] Good tunes from the beat scene. - Declan O’ Rourke @ National Concert Hall (€14-€45)
[Folk] Valentine’s Themed night. - Nialler9, Handsome Paddy and Mog-Y@ Pacino’s (Free, 11pm)
[DJs] Three DJs for free in the main room, with Jungle Swingerz Valentines night special downstairs for €10. - The Greatest Love @ Crowbar, Button Factory (Free, 11pm)
[DJs] Tears on the dancefloor with a love ballads set for Valentine’s night. - Dice & Movements present Wankelmut @ Button Factory (11pm, €15)
[Dance] Berlin techno-house DJ. ‘One Day’ is his jam. - !Kaboogie’s 8th Birthday: Young Fathers, Jam City @ Twisted Pepper (10:30pm, €15, WIN TICKETS)
[Electronic/rap] 8 years of bass-heavy tunes with two international guests and MyNameIsJohn & GodKnows, Flying ButtressesRichie !K and Sixfoot Apprentice
Saturday February 15th
- Lisa O’Neill, Seamus Fogarty @ Whelan’s (€15)
[Folk] Two of the best Irish folk musicians of the moment. - Hidden Agenda: Forest Swords @ Button Factory (€12, WIN TICKETS)
[Electronic] Early show of atmospheric soundtrack-esque headnod grooves. - Life Festival Launch: Lasertom (live), RSAG, No Bread, Nialler9, All City and Rnb Club @ Twisted Pepper (Free until 10pm)
[Launch] Plus Hunt & Gather dressing up the venue, the Big Smoke BBQ, - Doolittle presents Elaine Mai, Sleep Thieves, Cat Dowling @ The Workman’s Club (€8)
[Alternative] Launch of the EDC single. Watch the cute video here. - Harmonic presents: Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip @ Vicar Street (€18.50)
[Alternative] rap/dance duo have gone from strength to strength in the last few years. - Life Festival Launch: Bleak, Jeremy Underground Paris, Shane Linehan, Pusher, Niall Dunne @ Twisted Pepper (€12/€15, 10:30pm)
[Dance] Starting early and going late. With lots more on the lineup. - Hidden Agenda & Nightflight: Pional (Live), Leon Vynehall @ Button Factory (€8/€15, 11pm, WIN TICKETS)
[Electronica] One half of John Talabot’s live show and UK producer who also goes under the name Laszlo Dancehall.
Sunday February 16th
- JDIFF: The Story Of Music @ The Church (4pm, Free but ticketed)
[Talk] Nialler9-hosted talk with directors of music documentaries. See full JDIFF List of Music movies. - Idiot Songs, Cat Dowling @ Chancery Lane Theatre (€10)
[Orchestral] The idiots take Dublin before a UK tour. Performance from Derry at the weekend. - 12 Sundays @ The Bernard Shaw (Free, 5pm til late)
[DJs/live] The Indecent Guitar Emporium play live.
Monday February 17th
- RBMA presents “What Difference Does It Make? @ The Sugar Club (Free but listed, 6:30pm)
[Screening] Premiere of the Red Bull Music Academy film about music making.
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.
