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The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide – Halloween Edition

The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide – Halloween Edition

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Tuesday October 25th

Skinner / Credit: Niamh Barry

Tilt #15 / Skinner, Last Apollo, Search Results @ Button Factory
Free new music showcase. Skinner – ‘Gaslighter’

Sports Team @ Academy Green Room
UK buzz band have just released their second album on Island. ‘R Entertainment’

Open Mic Night @ All My Friends
Every Tuesday. Hosted by Jess Kavanagh

NOFOMO @ The Grand Social
New music showcase with 8 bands across 2 floors.


Wednesday October 26th

Jake Xerxes Fussell

District Presents: Subterranean Spoken Word @ Workman’s Cellar
Fomorian Vein, Sophie Furlong Tighe, Jess McKinley. Spoken word series

Jake Xerxes Fussell @ Whelan’s
Fussell’s music is informed from his time with his father Fred C. Fussell, an Alabama folklorist, curator, and photographer who took his son on the road while he was recording blues and folk songs and musicians. ‘Love Farewell’

Jerron Paxton @ The Sugar Club
A gifted multi-instrumentalist who specialises in traditional, pre-World War II music, Paxton plays the fiddle, banjo, guitar, harmonica, and piano, and his performances are filled with ballads (both sung and played), blues tunes, banjo tunes, fiddle tunes, rags, and more.


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Thursday October 27th

Sinead O’Brien

Lynch/Howard/Donohue/Scully Quartet @ Tengu
Tengu Jazz sit-down series.

Ahmed, With Love, Curtisy, DJ Rory Sweeney @ Tara Building
A showcase of Irish hip-hop.

Wild Youth @ 3Olympia Theatre
Irish pop/rock band with guests, Erica Cody And Elle Coves

Sinead O’Brien @ Whelan’s
Irish spoken word rock artist released her debut album Time Bend and Break The Bower this year. ‘Kid Stuff’

The Crayon Set @ The Workman’s Cellar
Irish band with new single ‘Love Is a Real Place’.

King Kong Company @ Vicar Street
Waterford live electro party band.

Jerron Paxton @ The Sugar Club
A gifted multi-instrumentalist who specialises in traditional, pre-World War II music, Paxton plays the fiddle, banjo, guitar, harmonica, and piano, and his performances are filled with ballads (both sung and played), blues tunes, banjo tunes, fiddle tunes, rags, and more.

Human Traffic Screening + Afterparty @ The Racket Space (8:30pm)
’90s night with screening of 1999 club film with DJ sets after from Derv, Darkmavis.

Postcodes Presents: Prozak b2b DJ Crisps @ Wigwam (11pm)
Psychedelic Trance / Progressive Trance DJ producer 


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Friday October 28th

Cruel Sister

Junior Brother @ Button Factory
Kerry folk singer-songwriter. ‘This Is My Body’

Miya Folick @ The Grand Social
Los Angeles singer-songwriter who is supporting Tove Lo does her own gig. ‘Bad Thing’

Seba Safe @ Whelans
Dublin songwriter – ‘Drip’

Cruel Sister @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Dublin’s Cruel Sister releases alt-rock single and video ‘Chihiro’ & debut EP

Charley Crockett @ The Workman’s Club
For fans of: Orville Peck, Jason Isbell, Zach Bryan

Mad Professor performs Massive Attack in Dub @ The Sugar Club
His dub reinterpretation of Massive Attack’s classic Mezzanine album.

POORHOUSE @ All My Friends
Ceilí, set dancing and more in new LGBTQIA+ venue/bar Meath Street.

Craig Smith (6th Borough Project) @ Hang Dai (10pm)
One of the best places to hear music in the city. ‘Do It To The Max’

The Strawberries Fairies & Goblins Halloween Ball @ The Sound House (9pm)
THC, E The Artist, Bull Horris, Rhyzine

Circles: Day 1 – Floorplan & Long Island Sound @ Index (10pm)
This 6th edition of Circles marks 15 years of Subject promoting in Dublin

Ngoni Egan @ Tengu (11pm)
All Night Long with Dublin-raised Halloween-based DJ/ producer. Glitch Festival set.

DJ Seinfeld @ Centre Point (11pm)
Producer of tunes like ‘U Already Know’

Gabber Eleganza @ Wigwam (11pm)
Slither x Research: Gabber Eleganza, Julia Louise Knife Fist, darkmavis

Hallows Eve Club Night @ The Bernard Shaw (11pm)
Feat. Ricky Chong, Turk & Fin and Pablo Santos


Saturday October 29th

Lumo Club 7th Birthday @ Tengu (11pm)

Halloween Soundmate 31 @ Ashtown location (2pm-Midnight)
North City party with DJs, chillout area etc over 10 hours.

Mend Closing Fundraiser @ Mend HX, 348 Harolds Cross Road
Saturday and Sunday Art Space Fundraiser for a new space with Live hardware AV electronic music raw off the synths and modulars and in 360 audio from Fran Harnett, Contour, Rian Trench. Paintings, Prints, T-shirts, Books and Records in the shop and laser and projection installations throughout the building, Free in from 12 -6 then a small fee to see the music acts til 11pm and stay on into the evening. 2 nights.

Alternating Current @ The Complex (3pm – 1am)
Dublin Digital Radio’s celebration of the experimental currents in contemporary Irish music. Featuring ELLLL, Howlbux, Maija Sofia, Polytunnel and many more.

Ye Vagabonds @ Whelan’s
Folk singer-songwriter brothers play sold out show.

Grand Theft Audio – Sounds of Vice City @ The Grand Social
A night of live music from your favourite Vice City radio stations performed by a 9 piece band, followed by a DJ.

Tove Lo @ 3Olympia Theatre
Swedish pop singer-songwriter is on a high – ‘2 Die 4’. Support from Miya Folick.

Robbie Williams @ 3Arena
Two sold out shows from the cheeky chap.

Sorry @ Academy 2
English indie rock band with the shit name. ‘There’s So Many People That Want To Be Loved’

Blood Donor, Fya Fox @ Workman’s Cellar
Former Otherkin singer Luke O’Reilly. ‘Lonely Street’.

Press Club @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Australian rock band. ‘Cancelled’

Shobsy @ The Sugar Club
Dublin artist who was formerly singer with the band State Lights, now makes music that draws from the eighties strand of Bronski Beat-esque electro-pop. ‘Vanity’

Samhain with Blue Niall @ All My Friends (9pm)
DJ vibes in new LGBTQIA+ venue/bar Meath Street.

Fright Night 80s Halloween Party @ Hang Dai (10pm)
The annual party with bossman Will Dempsey.

Lumo Club 7th Birthday @ Tengu (11pm)
We’re celebrating a big milestone for our “house party in a club” night.

Young Marco @ The Bernard Shaw (11pm)
Curveballs, rarities & oddities from the Dutch DJ master. Boiler Room x Dekmantel 2022

DJ Carlos Willengton @ Hen’s Teeth Hifi (10pm)
Hen’s Teeth is now going til 2am and celebrating with House, Disco and Balearic DJ.

Objekt, Aurora Halal @ Index (10pm)
The Midnight Disco Halloween Party

Halloween @ Pyg (11pm)
VERY SPECIAL GUESTS promised.

Main Phase @ Wigwam (10pm)
Copenhagen-born DJ/producer and co-founder of ATW Records with Interplanetary Criminal plays Jungle, Garage, 2-step and dubstep.

Real Talks Halloween @ Bad Bob’s Rooftop
The Muffin Man, Royce Larøca, Lukey, Mathäus Waximum


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Bank Holiday Sunday October 30th

Two Shell

Sunday Times @ Hen’s Teeth Hifi (2pm)
All Day Party with the Cork vinyl-playing 6+ hour set.

Mend Closing Fundraiser @ Mend HX, 348 Harolds Cross Road
Saturday and Sunday Art Space Fundraiser for a new space with Live hardware AV electronic music raw off the synths and modulars and in 360 audio from Fran Harnett, Contour, Rian Trench. Paintings, Prints, T-shirts, Books and Records in the shop and laser and projection installations throughout the building, Free in from 12 -6 then a small fee to see the music acts til 11pm and stay on into the evening. 2 nights.

ZASKA Album Launch Party @ Button Factory
With guests Tolu Makay Melina Malone, Jess Kav, Faye O’Rourke (Soda Blonde), Precious Okpaje, Carly Coonagh, J Smith, Karen Cowley + Bricknasty on Support.

Robbie Williams @ 3Arena
Two sold out shows from the cheeky chap.

Belters Only @ The Academy
Irish dance chart-toppers take over the venue for the Banker.

Samhain with Blue Niall @ All My Friends (9pm)
DJ vibes in new LGBTQIA+ venue/bar Meath Street.

Two Shell, Sputnik One @ Wigwam (11pm)
UK duo are on an Irish tour this week. ‘Home’

15 Years of Hessle Audio @ Tengu (11pm)
Ben UFO, Pearson Sound, Pangaea.

Circles: Day 2 – Richie Hawtin & SPFDJ @ Index (10pm)
This 6th edition of Circles marks 15 years of Subject promoting in Dublin

Club Comfort @ Fibber’s Basement (11pm)
Jimmo’s Mansion, a survival horror experience; Baliboc, Selky, Roo Honeychild

Grace #13 Samhain Eve Party @ The Racket Space (9pm)
Queer techno party. Lineup: Deepneue,Ayolxi, darkmavis

Boots & Kats @ The Lighthouse, Dun Laoghaire (10pm)
Intergalactic Disco Wardens make an appearance at The Top Deck for Halloween

HRLA presents: Rory Sweeney @ The Grand Social (10:30pm)
Lineup: Rory Sweeney, XXXX In Stereo, RAM. Rory plays ambient, footwork, jungle, trap, breaks and gabber.

NO Trackies NO Runners presents AAA @ The Workman’s (10pm)
Hip-hop and Afrobeat with AAA, Silent Jee, Alice and MC Daryl Bengo

Hammer [Feel My Bicep] @ The Pyg (10pm)
Belfast producer and DJ. Lineup: Hammer, Colin Perkins, Eve, Sarah Mooney

Barry Can’t Swim @ Centre Point (11pm)
Edinburgh-born, London-based producer. ‘Sonder’


Monday October 31st

The Stranger Things Upside Down Party

Robert Plant Presents – Saving Grace @ 3Olympia Theatre
Saving Grace, the musical collective featuring former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant is on an Irish tour this month.

Negro Impacto, Ahmed With Love, Curtisy, DeCarteret, BrickNasty, E The Artist, Lychee @ The Workman’s Club
Halloween night.

Slither: Halloween Night @ Index
No rest for the wicked. Lineup: Special Guest, Yours Truly, Collie, Rathaus

Monsieur Pompier, Dr Mindflip, The Pumpkins @ The Thomas House
Halloween Freakout! A night of horror inspired rock and psychedelia

Basht, Trophy Wife @ The Grand Social
Rock and indie halloween night.

Laufey @ Whelan’s
Los Angeles-based singer, composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist whose jazz songs about young love and self-discovery are filled with wonder and wanderlust. Raised between Reykjavík and Washington D.C.

The Stranger Things Upside Down Party @ Wigwam (10:30pm)
District Magazine presents a second themed party after the Lost Lane event sold out. Music from the world of Stranger Things, 80s classics, Disco classics, Electro anthems with Nialler9 DJing for sure.


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