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.
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.
