The best gigs & clubs in Dublin this week
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Monday February 25th
- Fredo @ Olympia Theatre (Sold Out)
British MC. ‘Funky Friday‘. - Sleeping With Sirens @ The Academy (€22+)
Orlando natives with a classic rock vibe.
Tuesday February 26th
- Catfish & The Bottlemen @ Olympia Theatre (Sold Out)
British indie-rock band. - Gus Gus @ The Button Factory (€21+)
Icelandic electronica band. - Laura Gibson @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€15+)
American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. - Tamino @ The Sugar Club (€13+)
Egyptian art folk artist.’Habibi‘. - Berlin Blitzkrieg @ Berlin D2 (Free)
A new late dance night running in Dame Street oasis’ basement. - Reset: Pagan, Mackcyy, Cinnte @ The Workman’s Club (11pm, €3+)
Some of the finest local selectors in for a night of shapes.
Wednesday February 27th
- Arabic Culture Night: Farah Elle, Micheal Rishmawi, Maryam Nya @ The Grand Social (€9+)
Farah Elle among the highlights of this special cultural event. - Lalala Pop Up Choir: I Have A Tribe @ Whelan’s (€10+)
A new night in which anyone can join the artist on stage to sing. Love this. - Jay Prince @ The Academy 2 (€16+)
It’s mad that someone as talented as British MC Jay Prince is playing such an intimate venue. Definitely check this out. ‘Wonder‘.
Thursday February 28th
- Sky Atlas, Classic Yellow @ The Workman’s Club (€4+)
Two up & coming Dublin rock acts. - Steely Dan @ 3Arena (€102)
Learn to play the saxophone, I play just what I feel. - Valeras, Cherym @ Whelan’s (€13+)
Pop punk from Reading natives with support from Output festival standouts. - Crowbar: Ellyd @ Crowbar (Free)
Irish singer-songwriter from West Dublin. - Alan Marshall & The Party Faithful, Badhands @ The Grand Social (€15+)
Big band rock & roll. - Midnight Disco: Cáit @ Tengu (10.30pm, €6+)
Boogie during the witching hour with one-third of the DIP collective. - Disco Anoct 06 @ Club Conradh Na Gaeilge (11pm, €5+)
What’s the Irish for banger again?
Friday March 1st
- Paj @ Bello Bar (€10+)
Six piece launch their debut single ‘Dirty Dreamer’. - The Stranglers @ Olympia Theatre (Sold Out)
We’re not sure how many original members are left in the Stranglers. Not many anyway. - Advance Base @ Sound House (€15+)
Lo-fi pop. - Petal @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€12+)
American rock band performing their Magic Gone LP. - Junk Drawer, Jake Regan @ International Bar (€5+)
Junk Drawer from the Litany Of Failures crew. - The R&B club @ Tengu (10pm, €6+)
No scrubs. - Opium X Patterns: Chrish Strusy @ Opium (10.30pm, €11+)
House music. - Loveshack: The Reflex @ The Grand Social (10.30pm, €12+)
Loveshack crew hosting big house tracks all night. - Grace 02: Gurt, Laynee, Nancy @ 39/40 (11pm, €10+)
Phone free, stress-free good vibes. LGBTQ+ friendly. - Techno & Cans: Clouds @ Wigwam (10.30pm, €11+)
About as dark as techno can get without an actual dungeon. - Midnight Hour: Post Punk Podge & The Technohippies, Drastics @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Free)
Wears an envelope and makes industrial sounds. - Notions: Kornel Kovacs @ Button Factory (11pm, €9+)
Swedish producer and ace selector. - Mansion: Ian Longo, Dom Townsend, Rob McPartland @ Twenty Two
Liverpool lads taking over the venue for the night. - Constellation: Boddika @ 39/40 (11pm, €9+)
Long-standing deep house DJ.
Saturday March 2nd
- Fatboy Slim @ 3Arena (€61+)
Right there, right then. - Sick Love @ Sound House (€12+)
Dublin pop-punk group. - Tank & The Bangas @ The Sugar Club (€25+)
Virtuoso funk group. - WGFM 14: Aoife O’Neill, DC FSLMan @ Bernard Shaw (Free)
Aoife was featured in our podcast on the give us the night campaign. - Hidden Flux: Tony Lionni @ Kaizen Bar (€7+)
Disco selector - Telephones @ Tengu (10pm, €7+)
Telephones crew always a good time. - History Of House: Danny Clockwork, Andy Manston @ Turk’s Head
House music night taking influence from the Jenny Greene philosophy on genre documentation. - Division X Culture Shock: Sonja Moonear @ Pyg (€6+)
Swiss native spins trippy house & techno. - Whats That Sound: Cinthie @ Wigwam (11pm, €11+)
The next instalment in the WTS series comes courtesy of Crystal Grooves DJ. - Index: Under Black Helmet, Inhalt der Nacht @ 39/40 (11pm, €11+)
Techno with a capital T.
Sunday March 3rd
- Kamasi Washington @ Olympia Theatre (€41+)
Jazz maestro. - BC Camplight @ The Workmans Club (€16+)
Irish indie act. - Farah Elle, Kiruu @ Rua Red (€12+)
As part of the mother tongues festival.
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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, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.