The best gigs & clubs in Dublin this week

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Tuesday March 19th

• Anderson Paak & The Free Nationals @ Olympia Theatre (€49+)
  Touring the Oxnard LP.
• Loski @ Academy Green Room (€16+)
  British Grime MC.
• Drake @ 3 Arena (Sold Out)
  Pretty sure I’ve heard of this guy.
• Lost DJs @ Fibber Magees (10.30pm, €5+)
  For anybody left with legs to dance after the weekend.
• Dr John Cooper Clarke @ Vicar Street (Sold Out)
  Iconic working class spoken word and beat poet.

Wednesday March 20th

• The Santa Rita Concerts: Landless @ The Little Museum Of Dublin (€10+)
  Traditional Irish band in the cosy surrounds of a museum, lush.
• Touts @ Green Room (€9+)
  Derry-based punk outfit. ‘Bombscare’.
• Rosita Moulin @ The Big Romance (Free)
  Monthly residency from the head of the Midnight Disco.

Thursday March 21st

• Future Proof: Kean Kavanagh, Margie Lewis, Caz9 @ Bello Bar (€13+)
  A wicked lineup for the first Future Proof of 2019. Check out Kavanagh’s ‘Feel Me‘.
• Drake @ 3Arena (Sold Out)
  WHO?
• Alice Merton @ Whelan’s (€15+)
  German-English-Canadian Singer-Songwriter.
• Yellow Box: Pear @ NCAD (Free)
  Bringing techno to the home of Amber Leaf.
• Konspiracy: Mark Blair @ The Academy (10.30pm, €6+)
  The Academy’s new club night features Belfast house DJ.
• BIMM Midnight Hour: Classic Yellow, Hales Lake @ Whelan’s Upstairs (10pm, Free)
  Classic Yellow are a psych group that have been doing the rounds lately.
• Sally Cinnamon @ Izakaya (10.30pm, Free)
  Co-host of Loose Joints Podcast spins tunes in the basement.
• Beans On Toast @ The Academy (€15+)
  UK alternative artist who has been releasing an album on the same date for the past ten years.
• The R&B Club Drake After Party @ Wigwam (11pm, €8+)
  If you are headed to one of the umpteen Drake afterparties, make sure it’s this one.

Friday March 22nd

• Ye Vagabonds @ Whelan’s (€18+)
  Folk duo launches their new LP The Hare’s Lament.
• Maria Somerville @ Bello Bar (€11+)
  Launches her All My People LP. We liked it a lot.
• Milk Tit @ The Sound House (€7+)
  Launching their new single ‘Five Fours’.
• Drake @ 3Arena (Sold Out)
  Keke?
• Bob Gallagher Exhibition @ The Darkroom (Free)
  Irish video artist has an exhibition of the many artists he has worked with.
• Tourist @ Academy Green Room (€18+)
  British Electronic producer.
• Gabrielle @ Olympia Theatre (Sold Out)
  English singer-songwriter and R&B artist.
• Molly Sterling @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€13+)
  Irish dream pop artist. ‘Plain Static‘.
• Tadgh @ The Grand Social (€10+)
  Irish funk-pop artist.
• Róg Poets @ Bernard Shaw (Free)
  Dublin-based rap collective plays a free gig for your listening pleasure.
• Apartment Records, Kenny Hanlon @ The Big Romance (Free)
  Apt. Records head honcho spins vinyl all night.
• Hothouse: PrYmary Colours, Reveller, Dave Kerr @ Berlin D2 (Free)
  Vibrant dance music on Dame street all night.
• Sacred Skin, EV, Racheal Boyd @ Sin É (€5+)
  Three alternative indie acts from Ireland.
• Julia Louise KnifeFist, Richard Hughes, Icebear, Broken Tapes @ Anseo (Free)
  Some very experimental Irish sound artists.
• Easy Peelers: DJ Steaw @ Tengu (€6+)
  Leftfield electronica.
• Boey Audio: Alex SLK, Hasky, Sickly Sweet, DJ Mazlik @ Wigwam (10pm, €5+)
  Loads of D&B going on here.

Saturday March 23rd

• Wild Youth @ Olympia Theatre (Sold Out)
  Irish indie act.
• Sharon Van Etten @ Vicar Street (Sold Out)
  ‘Seventeen‘.
• Alborsie @ The Button Factory (€28+)
  Italian reggae artist.
• Ivan Nicolas @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€11+)
  Irish singer-songwriter.
• Ultan Conlon @ Whelan’s (€15+)
  Folky Galway native with a name like a Marvel villain.
• SWIM: Mr Myth, Royal Yellow DJ Set @ Tengu (10pm, €5+)
  New club night features DJ set from the ex-Enemies bass player.
• Secret Sound X Colours: Pusher, Fionn Kinne-Coyle, Jeffrey Bryne @ Wah Wah (10pm, €4+)
  A nice spread of house and live techno.
• Tea Party: Eclair Fi @ Tengu (10.30pm, Sold Out)
  Club night’s 2nd birthday.
• Ludus: Night Fever, Get Down Edits @ Opium (10.30pm, €8+)
  Expect plenty of disco at this one.
• Index: Roger Sanchez @ 39/40 (11pm, €16+)
  Dominican house DJ.
• Bedlam X Sense: Artwork, Marcus O’Laoire @ Button Factory (11pm, €8+)
  London native and big-time party DJ.
• 2 Fa 2 Furious @ Wigwam (11pm, €5+)
  Featuring Fio Fa and Cáit.
• Nialler9 and Gavin Elsted @ Hang Dai Chinese (Free, 10:30pm)
  All-vinyl selection.

Sunday March 24th

• Nao @ Vicar Street (€24+)
  London based singer-songwriter and producer.
• Tennyson @ Sound House (€14+)
  Alt-pop UK duo.
• I Heart Aretha @ Whelans (€16.50)
  A celebration of the life and music of The Queen Of Soul. All proceeds to Arc Cancer support.

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