The 25 best gigs & clubs in Dublin city this week

Wednesday August 16

• Ballet Átha Cliath @ The Sugar Club (€10)
  Short film screening with Cloud Castle Lake & Davy Kehoe live.

Thursday August 17

•  Ailie Blunnie @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10)
  Leitrim singer-songwriter
  
• Old Hannah  @ The Sound House (Free)
  Dublin Quays Festival show. Folk and blues band.

Friday August 18

• Super Silly, Jordan Adetunji @ The Workman’s Club (Free)
  Live Dublin R&B band. Dublin Quays Festival show.
• Souletiquette Culture: Emmavie (UK), Hendrick Lane, The Eclectics @ The Sugar Club (€10)
  90s Hip Hop & RnB, Soul, Future Beats, Trap, Baile Funk and more.
• Me & My Dog, Maria Kelly & Spoungebob Eyelashes @ The Sound House (Free)
  Dublin Quays Festival show.
  
• Orchid Collective + Little One @ The Workman’s Club (Free)
  Dublin Quays Festival show. OC EP + Little One single.
• Get Down Edits @ Pygmalion (€5, 11pm)
  Waterford disco edits duo.
• Lime & Fancy: Summertime Love @ Wigwam (Free, 10:30pm)
  80s and 90s pop night.
• Sim Simma Carnival Special w/ Hipsters Don’t Dance @ Tengu (€12, 10pm)
  Dancehall, Soca, Afropop and more
• Bleaching Agent @ Hangar (11pm, €10)
  House duo + Techno & Cans x Operator +Phat 90s anthems in room 2
• Format: B @ District 8 (€18, 11pm)
  German tech-house group

Saturday August 19

• DIP all day @ Dalymount (€5, 4pm)
  Cáit, Enda and Robbie playing a day party in Dalymount Park.
• Paul Alwright, Creative Crime @ The Bowery (€12.50)
  Artist FKA Lethal Dialect debuts some new material.
• Squarehead & Joolz Jones @ Sin É (Free)
  Alt/rock. New single Waves.
• Hvmmingbyrd, EllyD, Kicking Bird @ The Sound House (Free)
  Dublin Quays Festival show. GOZO single. 
• Retro Revival: Birds of Olympus, Fiction Peaks, ARitualSea @ The Grand Social (Free)
  New Irish music night. Part of Dublin Quays Festival.
• District Magazine: Neighbourhood Watch Party @ Wah Wah Club (€9)
  Day & Night Party w/ Kojaque, Huva, Nuxsense & more
• 045 Recordings presents Phare  @ Wigwam (€5+, 10:30pm)
  ‘Higher’ EP Launch – title track. + 045 DJs Gavin Elsted, Mix & Fairbanks, Conor C
• Melodic Daze presents: Peter Schumann, Colin Perkins, EVE, Toast @ Tengu (€10, 10:30pm)
  Great local lineup & Berlin DJ.
• Papaya – with Pear @ The Grand Social (€10, 11pm)
  House, disco and techno night. Dublin Quays Festival.
• Human Error presents: DJ Haus @ Button Factory (€10, 11pm)
  Unknown to Unknown head honcho plays house. Quelle suprise.

Sunday August 20

• U:Mack present Boris @ Whelan’s (€16)
  Japanese rock show.
  
• Too Many Zooz @ The Sugar Club (€20)
  Also Saturday. Brass house band.

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Monday August 21

• We-Bloom Presents – Auxilary Phoenix, Rabble Babble, Jooce @ The Workman’s Club (Free)
  Monthly new music night.

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