Ticket giveaways:
- Saturday: Young Hearts Run Free: The Nineteenth Autumn featuring Alaisdair Roberts, Sunken Foal, Iceland’s Mafama @ Freemason’s (€22, WIN TICKETS)
- Saturday: Boxed Off Festival @ Fairyhouse, Co. Meath (Enter here)
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.
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Tuesday Sept 15
- Great Lake Swimmers @ The Button Factory (€15)
[indie] Canadian Folk rock - Sweet Pang! Lady Grew @ The Chocolate Factory (€14, 8:30pm)
[Dublin Fringe] Pole-dancing whilst rapping and singing, American actor/MC Lady Grew presents a cabarave of songs created by electronic music producers.Til Thursday - Mx Justin Vivian Bond …And Things of THAT Nature! @ The Spiegeltent (9pm, €26)
[Fringe Fest] With musical director Thomas Barlett and guests
- Ruby Sessions: Corner Boy / Basciville / Dan Owen / Lucy Peach @ Doyle’s (€6, 9pm)
[Acoustic / folk] In aid of the Simon Community.
Wednesday Sept 16
- Mama Kin, Anderson @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€11)
[Soul] Australian soulstress.
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Thursday Sept 17
- Holly Herndon @ Spiegeltent (€20, 9pm)
[Dublin Fringe] Electronic composer. Presented by U:mack & Science Gallery. - Romances: The Late David Turpin @ Project Arts Centre (€16, 9pm)
[Fringe Fest] Featuring Tonnta Vocal Ensemble, Hunter-Gatherer, Benny Smiles, Martin McCann, Jaime Nanci, Samuel Vas-Y, Elephant, Gar Cox, Karl Knuttel, Veda Beaux Reves, with a special surprise guest. - Lady Lamb, Best Boy Grip @ The Grand Social (€15)
[Folk/pop] Spat Out Spit. American alt-singer songwriter
- Jeffrey Lewis & Peter Stampfel @ The Hub (€16)
[Folk] Playing songs from their joint album. - Radiomade live Curated by The Co-Present @ Berlin café (Free)
[New Irish ] feat: Not Monsters, Stephen Young and The Union and Steven Sharpe - Anderson @ Abners Brown (Free, 9pm)
[Singer/songwriter] He’ll be hawking his album in person again. - Seamus Begley @ Whelan’s (€15)
[Trad] Dingle Singer, accordionist and storyteller. - The Wood Burning Savages, Phazam Haze @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€5)
[Rock] Northern Irish raucous noise. - Good Name: Thumper @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
[new Irish ] Lonerism Freak!
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Friday Sept 18
- Culture Night Guide – 12 things to see.
[Special] - Spirit Of Folk @ Dunderry Park, Meath (€40 per day, €70 for weekend)
[Festival ] Elephant, Rhob Cunningham, Na Tonnta, My Tribe Your Tribe and more. - The Discotekken Amphibious Party @ The Sugar Club & more (€10-€20, 6pm)
[Moving party] BBQ, Jaws screening, DIP DJs and a splash tour. - No Boundaries @ The Academy (€15, 9pm)
[Fundraiser/charity] for refugee crisis feat Kormac Live, Le Galaxie, Ghostboy, The North Sea, Buffalo Woman, Kelly-Anne Byrne and more. - Dublin Tropical Culture Night @ The Generator Hostel (Free)
[Djs] Worldly music of beats and bass. - #rabbleRuckus8: Redacted On Culture Night @ Jigsaw, Belvedere Court (€12, 10:30pm, BYOB)
[DJs] Simon Conway and Giles Armstrong. Video promo - Maud In Cahoots @ The Grand Social (€10)
[Pop] New single Cure For The Crazy. support from Cut Once - U:MACK Presents New Secret Weapon @ Button Factory (€12.50)
[Rock] support: Travis oak / Vernon jane / Slackers Symphony / Not Monsters - Singularity presents: Eliphino / Effy / Rosbeg @ Hangar (€5/€10, 10:30pm)
[Dance] Third birthday. - Abstract presents Dj Sneak, Charles Webster @ Opium Rooms (€10, 11pm)
[Dance] OG House music producer namechecked by Daft Punk. - Midnight Hour: Lie Ins, Shrug Life @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Midnight, Guestlist)
[Indie] Popical Island indie rock.
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Saturday Sept 19
- Spirit Of Folk @ Dunderry Park, Meath (€40 per day, €70 for weekend)
[Festival ] Mick Flannery, Inni-K,Carriages, Bunoscionn and more. - Anderson @ Tower Records (1pm, Free)
[Launch] Of the album Patterns premiering here this week. - Canalphonic End Of Summer Party @ Rathmines (1pm til late, Free)
[new Irish]Buskers and venue gigs featuring I Am Niamh, The Dodgy Few, Participant, Mongrel State, Kicking Bird… - Boxed Off Festival @ Fairyhouse, Co. Meath (€54.50 or WIN)
[Festival] 4 stages of dance music featuring Daniel Avery, Nina Kraviz, DJ Deece and more - Young Hearts Run Free: The Nineteenth Autumn @ Freemason’s (€22, WIN TICKETS)
[Fringe Fest] Featuring Scotland’s Alasdair Roberts (Drag City); Iceland’s rising stars Mafama; and local luminaries Sunken Foal, Patrick Kelleher, Jet Setter, Philip Connaughton; and house DJ’s Daragh O’Halloran and Peter Toomey; - CODES, Slow Riot @ Whelan’s (€10)
[Alt-rock] New album from Dublin electro-rock band. New track And Arrows And Aarrows. - This Is How We Fly & Lynched @ Pepper Canister Church (€15)
[Tradition now ] National Concert Hall event. - Balthazar @ The Academy Green room (€14)
[indie-rock] Belgian band. Bunker - Retro Revival Indie Club w/ Sissy + Exploding Eyes + Kate’s Party & Shrug Life @ Sweeneys (€5, 9pm)
[Garage rock] Lo-Fi Garage Punk, pop-punk and more. - Able Archer, Choir Invisibles, The Stoles, The Choir Invisible @ The Mercantile (€10)
[Fundraiser] For Syrian Refugee crisis. - Shit Robot @ The Pygmalion (€5/€10, 9pm)
[Dance] DFA disco don + Decent Perks on support. - Homebeat: Christian Löffler and Lasertom @ Spiegeltent (€20, 9pm)
[Fringe Fest] windswept, widescreen yet polished German electronica - Mike Skinner and Mutkage present Tonga @ Hangar (€10+, 11pm)
[Dance] The Streets’ man bass party on tour. Sample. - Mother – Florence Olivier (Live) with DJs Ghostboy & Rocky @ Copper Alley (€10, 11pm)
[Club] Launch of Warriors single. - Sleaford Mods @ District 8 (€18)
[Punk] Elemental guttural punk. - Retro Electro Radio presents DJ Pressure @ Pacino’s (€10, midnight)
[Dance] a mixture of oldskool and brand new House & Techno spread over 2 rooms… - Job Jobse & Cinnaman B2B @ Opium Rooms (€10, 11pm)
[Dance]Dutch double header. - Vision Collector Presents DJ Pete @ Button Factory (€10, 11pm)
[Dance] German techno.
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Sunday Sept 20
- Soda: Manma Saor @ The Bernard Shaw (Free, 6pm)
[DJ] The Big Blue Podcast series. - Boxed Off Wrap Party w/Surprise International Guest @ The Grand Social (4pm, €5-€10)
[Afterparty] TBA.
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Monday Sept 21
- Rest.
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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.
