The 25 best gigs & clubs in Dublin city this week
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Tuesday January 23rd
- Ruby Sessions with Peppy, Harry Hoban and the Brothers Kane, ELLYD, Luke McTiernan @ Doyle’s Bar (€7)
Four great acts in aid of Dublin Simon Community - Lau @ Whelan’s (€20)
Edinburgh experimental folk band play for Tradfest - Mick Flannery @ Whelan’s (Sold Out)
Cork singer-songwriter plays a charity gig for Givewell.org
Wednesday January 24th
- Wallis Bird @ Whelan’s (€21+)
Wexford native singer-songwriter plays for Tradfest - Public Service Broadcasting @ The Academy (Sold Out)
Londoner pseudonymous group play sold out show
Thursday January 25th
- Elder Island @ The Workman’s Club (€13)
Bristol dream-pop band - Handsome Paddy, Jack Thompson, Dylan Forbes, Sean Meehan @ The Button Factory (€6+)
Human Error present four great DJs - Dave McPherson, Jacob, Steven VX @ Fibber Magee’s (€10)
Former InMe member plays solo gig
Friday January 26th
- Moon Duo, Alex Smyth @ The Button Factory (€16)
Alternative-rock duo play Dublin - Spitfires @ The Workman’s Club (€15)
Four-piece indie-pop band from Watford - Soma with James McGovern @ Whelan’s (Free)
Plus all your favourite indie tunes all night - Frankenstein Bolts @ Graphic Studio Gallery, Templebar (Free)
Irish dream-pop duo play in an intimate setting - Neomadic @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
Dublin based hip-hop duo - New Jackson, Colin Perkins, Goose @ Pyg (€6)
DJ set from Dublin singer-songwriter David Kittt - UFO Club with Moomin @ Wigwam (€9+, 11pm)
Berlin-based record collector - Claptone @ District 8 (€19+, 11pm)
Berlin-based house DJ makes his District 8 debut - Nialler9 vinyl DJ set @ Hang Dai (10:30pm, Free)
Expect an array of electronic, disco, funk, new edits, old classics, hip-hop, Afrobeat and 80s pop. - Lindstrom, Luca Bacchetti @ Tengu (€11+, 11pm)
Plus sets from Paul Gill, Radu Pantea Mulljoy, Adam Tsan for Melodic’s 6th birthday
Saturday January 27th
- Aprés Skí, Neighbours DeeJay, DC @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
Where Good Friends Meet fifth instalment - Sofi Tukker @ The Button Factory (€18)
New York duo Sophie and Tucker - Hybrasil @ Pyg (€10+)
Irish DJ launches his EP - Daviis, ZaPho, Outsider @ The Grand Social (€5)
Dublin-based band play headline gig - DJ Deece @ Wigwam (€11+, 10pm)
DJ Deece celebrates the 2nd birthday of the DJ Deece series - Kettama, Karl Guest, Adamant @ Hangar (€11+, 10:30pm)
Galway electronic DJ plus support - Krystal Klear, Jimmy Rouge @ Tengu (€10+, 10:30pm)
Krystal Klear plays a five hour set for Nightcap’s first birthday
Sunday January 28th
- The Weather Station @ The Grand Social (€15)
Canadian four-piece folk band
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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.