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Ticket giveaways:
- Wednesday:Beck’s Rhythm Series: Bill Laurance Project @ The Sugar Club ( €17.50)
- Friday:Beck’s Rhythm Series Taylor Mc Ferrin & Marcus Gilmore @ The Sugar Club (€12.50/€15, 11pm)
- Saturday: Sensorium: Block T’s all day 5th birthday @ Tivoli / District 8 (€22.50, 3pm – late)
- Saturday: Beck’s Rhythm Series Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde @ The Sugar Club (€20.50)
- Sunday: Happenings & Nialler9 present: Ajo Arkestra & Ciaran Lavery @ Fitzwilliam Square (3pm-6pm, €10)
How to enter ticket comps – Email [email protected] with the gig above in the Subject line you’re entering for along with your full name and phone number (for late contact) in the body of the message. Full info on each show below. Draw closes at 6pm the day before the gig or Friday 1pm latest for weekend gigs.
Tuesday June 30
- The Bellrays @ The Grand Social (€16)
[Soul/rock] Punky soulful rock R&B music - Michael Cera And Alden Penner @ Hangar (€14)
[Alt-rock] Penner of the Unicorns and Cera, awkward actor fame. - Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (9pm, €6)
[Acoustic club] Lisa Mitchell, Slow Skies, Liza Flume, Bairbre Anne.
Wednesday July 1
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- Beck’s Rhythm Series: Bill Laurance Project @ The Sugar Club ( €17.50, WIN TICKETS)
[Soul/jazz] Snarky Puppy member with 7 piece band, strings, horns, efx - Glastonbrucey @ Hangar (€6/€10, 10pm)
[Dance] Kaily, Glacial Sound, Kobina and more. Plus 2 afterparties and over 20 Djs from Bruce Willis promoters.
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Thursday July 2
- Radiomade @ Berlin café/bierhaus (free)
[New gig series] Root Down presents Conor Linnie, Lemon Cello & Damo Carroll - Beck’s Rhythm Series: Hiatus Kaiyote, Feather @ The Sugar Club (€20)
[Soul] Melbourne contemporary soul outfit with local support. - Continuous Drift Launch @ Project Arts Centre (6pm, Free)
[Installation launch] Meeting House Square sound interactive installation. - Paloma Faith @ Iveagh Gardens (€45)
[Pop] UK pop’s resident outsider. - Ladysmith Black Mambazo @ NCH (€25-50)
[Pop] African vocal gospel group - Odd Socks, This Side Up @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€7)
[new Irish] melodic folk/pop + Sligo rap. - Good Name: Shrug Life (Popical Island) & That Snaake @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
[New Irish music] Chewing Gum Breakfast. - Sober Sessions presents We Raise Bears & I am Niamh @ The Harbour Bar, Howth (€10, 9pm)
[New Irish] Irish double bill. - Niall D’Arcy @ Soder + Ko (Free, 11pm)
[DJ] Til 3 am.
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Friday July 3
- Kaleidoscope present Brass Tacks @ The Grand Social (€15)
[Jazz] Featuring performers from Dublin Brass Week. - Abstract X Subject: Magic Mountain High (Live) @ Opium Rooms (€10, 11pm)
[House/techno] a collaboration between David Moufang aka Move D and Dutch duo Juju & Jordash. - Official Dublin Outlook Launch Party 2015: Commodo @ Twisted Pepper (€10/€12, 10:30pm)
[Dance] Bass music shindig. - Beck’s Rhythm Series Taylor McFerrin & Marcus Gilmore @ The Sugar Club (€12.50/€15, 11pm, WIN TICKETS)
[Jazz/ electronic] Brainfeeder producer/multi-instrumentalist with young in-demand jazz drummer - Chimpo + Madam X @ The Wiley Fox (€10/€12, 11pm)
[Bass] Drum and bass, grime and more along with Major Grave, Bob Standard, Jimmy Penguin, PCP, Dynzer. - Handsome Paddy @ Soder + Ko (Free, 11pm)
[DJ] playing hip-hop and beyond Til 3 am.
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Saturday July 4
- Sensorium Block T’s all day 5th birthday @ Tivoli / District 8 (€22.50, 3pm – late, WIN TICKETS)
[All Day/night party] I Am The Cosmos, Bantum, Attention Bebe, Lasertom, Adultrock, SignA, Donal Dineen, Rusangano Family, Trinity Orchestra, Nialler9, Adultrock and food and DJs and visuals all day. - Retro Revival: Blades Club and more @ Sweeney’s (9pm, €6)
[Rock] Blades Club, Me + My Dog, Oh Boland, The Trash Blues. - Concrete Soup presents Dave Nuremberg & ¡NO! @ Arthur’s Pub (€TBA)
[Experimental/improv] Solo set from former Ambulance member and improv collab. - Toejam: Joints & Jams @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
[Hip-hop] 4th of July edition hip-hop edition with screenings and tunes - Musicmaker & Hipdrop Records presents: FORQ @ Whelan’s (€18)
[Jazz/] More Snarky Puppy members in town this week. Plus ZasKa. - Beck’s Rhythm Series Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde @ The Sugar Club (€20.50, WIN TICKETS)
[Rap] support from Hare Squead and Mythill Grim - Paolo Nutini, Imelda May, Alabama Shakes, Gaz Coombes @ Marlay Park (€50)
[Rock/pop] Alabama Shakes are just great. - The Building Society & Together Disco: Independance @ Hangar (€8/€10, 10pm)
[DJs] Disco and house DJs all night. - The Frames @ Iveagh Gardens (Sold out)
[Pop/rock] 25th Anniversary Shows with Booka Brass Band. - Kingston @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€5)
[new Irish] Ska-leaning six-piece band from Kilkenny - Nightflight: Jay Ru @ The Grand Social (11pm, Free)
[Dance] Disco and boogie from Waterford. - Bon Voyage Live @ The Sugar Club (11pm, €10)
[Dance] Hip house debut live show with support Deadbots, Hystereo, Arveene, DJ Scope and Rob Le Nan. - Sense: Agents Of Time @ Button Factory (€10, 11pm)
[Dance] Italian live dance trio. - Danny Daze @ Opium Rooms (€10, 11pm)
[Dance] Underground house music.
- Pogo: Bodytonic present X-Press 2 @ The Twisted Pepper (€12/€14, 11pm)
[Dance] Collaborated with David Byrne once, now a long time ago. - Audio Filth @ Pacino’s (€8, 10:30pm)
[Club] Chug/Slo-mo house and disco along with Irish debut of ‘Rich Lane’ head honcho at ‘Cotton Bud’ Records - Eamonn Barrett @ Soder + Ko (Free, 11pm)
[DJ] Til 3 am.
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Sunday July 5
- Happenings & Nialler9 present: Ajo Arkestra & Ciaran Lavery @ Fitzwilliam Square (3pm-6pm, €10, WIN TICKETS)
[ Live outdoors gig] Afrobeat in the sun and rising singer-songwriter from Antrim. - SODA: Betty @ The Bernard Shaw (Free, 4pm)
[DJ] Disco of all eras. - The Frames @ Iveagh Gardens (Sold out)
[Pop/rock] 25th Anniversary Shows with Booka Brass Band.
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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.
