Win guestlist here:
- Friday: Loah, Farah Elle, Sim Simma DJs @ The Sugar Club
- Friday: KnockanStockan Presents: New Secret Weapon, Mescalito, Beach, Robocobra Quartet & more @ Whelan’s
To enter: Email [email protected] with the gig above in the subject line and include your name in the email.
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Tuesday May 9
- Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (€5, 9pm)
Rob Burch, State Lights, Rosborough, Edisons - Deftones @ Vicar Street (€50)
heavy U.S. rock with emo tinge before it was a thing. Also Wednesday. - Cherry Glazerr @ Whelan’s (€15)
LA alt-rock.
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Wednesday May 10
- Degrees Of Light Charity launch @ Button Factory (Donation)
Sound Training Productions present: Craig Gallagher, BARQ, Farah Elle & more - Jake Clemons @ Whelan’s (€23)
Saxophonist with E Street Band and songwriter - Ian William Craig + Katie Kim @ Bello Bar (€12)
Canadian musician known for using broken tape machines.
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Thursday May 11
- District Magazine Issue 002 Launch @ The Tara Building (Free)
Music from Wastefellow - Gigonometry Presents KanDce, The Future West, Callous Crows, Liam O @ The Workman’s Club (€6)
new music showcase. Sleepless
- Buffalo Soul @ Wigwam (Free)
A Tribute To Bob Marley & The Wailers - Bob Dylan @ 3Arena (€65+)
Sold out.
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Friday May 12
- Loah, Farah Elle, Sim Simma DJs @ The Sugar Club (€10)
This Heart EP launch - Homebeat pres. Lambert @ Peppercanister Church (€22.50)
piano virtuoso
- KnockanStockan Presents: New Secret Weapon, Mescalito, Beach, Robocobra Quartet & more @ Whelan’s (€12.50)
The festival on hiatus presents a once-off lineup. - ZALI, AMÁ & Uniiquesoul @ The Front Door (Free)
New artist with debut single Can’t Stop
- Billy Ocean, Shookrah @ Vicar Street (€48)
80s pop bangers. - Daft As Punk @ The Grand Social (€16)
Tribute act. - Lyra @ Bello Bar (€12)
Cork pop as heard on Nialler9 first. - Fields @ Whelan’s (€8+)
new Irish music – 22:22 - Nightcap: Tom Trago, Orange Tree Edits, Mix & Fairbanks @ Tengu (€12+, 11pm)
Amsterdam DJ + Dublin Digital Radio’s Breen. - Welcome: Springbreak 4EVER @ Wigwam (€5, 11pm)
2nd last Welcome party. - Luigi Madonna @ Opium Rooms (€10+)
Techno. Support Techno & Cans DJs - Neon Neon w. DJ Yoda & Pat Nazemi @ The Academy (€5+, 11PM)
Turntablist and Ibiza Rocks dude on the same bill.
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Saturday May 13
- DDR: Trip The Lights All Dayer @ Jigsaw / Wigwam (€4/€7)
Platinum Ray & Educution, Eoin (Shivers), Emma Cawley, Yann Chalmers, Quiet Angry Disco Women - GCN’s Eurovision Douze Points Party @ The Sugar Club (€10, 7pm)
For the fanatics. hosted by Julian Mandrews. - RRIC: The Pacifics EP Launch @ Tivoli Backstage (€)
Retro rock w/ Razor, Berry Pickers, Alien She - The Hot Sprockets @ Opium Rooms (€13)
New song Right Spots. - Columbia Mills @ Whelan’s (€13)
Throwback rock – Never Gonna Look At You - Flipside: Benjamin Brunn (Live) @ Tengu (€8, 11pm)
German lad so he must be good?!? - Perc @ Index (€10, 11pm)
Techno, + Tommy Holohan, Eavan - Sense with DJ Boring @ Button Factory (€10+)
“lo-fi house” Winona - Under the Skin with Lerosa @ Hang Dai (Free, 10:30pm)
Disco bar vibes with a great soundsystem. - Abstract – Ellen Allien @ Opium Rooms (€15, 11pm)
German tecchno DJ favourite. BPitch Control
- Division presents Tin Man @ The Pyg (€10, 11pm)
“cult experimentalist and neo-acid expert”
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Sunday May 14
- Vinyl Love for Repeal all dayer @ South William/ Wah Wah Club (Donation on door, 2pm – late)
30+ DJs play all vinyl sets for Repeal. Happening in 8 cities simultaneously. - Vinyl & Wine presents: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill @ Liquor Rooms (€12+, 5pm)
Album playback and discussion - Laurie Anderson Residency: The Language of the Future @ NCH (€35+)
three new performances exclusively as part of her ongoing work, The Language of The Future. - I Draw Slow @ Whelan’s (€15)
Irish trad, folk, blues
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Monday May 15
- Laurie Anderson Residency: The Language of the Future @ NCH (€35+)
three new performances exclusively as part of her ongoing work, The Language of The Future. - Natalie Imbruglia @ Vicar Street
You’re singing Torn right now.
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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.
