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Thursday January 5th
Ones to Watch Festival @ Whelan’s
3 rooms of new music. Stage Times. Gurriers, VJ Jackson, Basht, Trophy Wife, Find-Joy & more.
Vibe for Philo: The Afters @ Button Factory
Song For While I’m Away film screening followed by Thin az Lizzy performance.
Gallowglass, Pants On Fire & Orchid Feeder @ The Sound House
3 Dublin rock bands.
CounterCulture Presents In The Cellar @ The Workman’s Cellar (11pm)
Daniel Hayes, Sullects, Matt Sorensen, the Lounge
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Friday January 6th
Niamh Regan, Sophie Doyle Ryder & Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh @ Windmill Lane Recording Studios (4pm)
Nollaig na mBan event live in the well-known recording studio.
A Celebration of Hope on Nollaig na mBan @ Smock Alley
First Fortnight music and discussion with Erica Cody, Robert Grace & more.
Women’s Christmas: Jena Keating, SweetLemondae @ The Workman’s Club
3 nights of music in aid of Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.
Ones to Watch Festival @ Whelan’s
3 rooms of new music. Stage Times. Skinner, Still Blue, Katie Phelan, Thom Southern, Of All Living Things, The Fae, Lucy Gaffney & more.
The Molotovs, Tung in Cheek @ The Grand Social
London rock’n’roll / post-punk / indie trio. Live.
New Years Sale: Everything Must go @ Wigwam (11pm)
The cheapest weekend club night with Alice, Blame Reaction, lod, Muttonhead, Pauline.
The Girl’s Room Takeover @ The Workman’s Cellar (11:15pm)
The Girl’s Room is a Dublin based nightclub event for women and nonbinary folks inspired by the experience of the girls’ bathroom on a night out. Whether we are sharing secrets, exchanging compliments or hyping each other up – the girls room is a place of connection and solidarity.
Zehnsations @ The Sound House (11pm)
Afro beats, and piano, 00’s, hip-hop and more
David Bowie’s Birthday Party @ The Workman’s Club (11:30pm)
Bowie and 80s night.
Saturday January 7th
Women’s Christmas: Jackie Beverley, Bobbi Arlo, Katie Phelan & more @ The Workman’s Club
3 nights of music in aid of Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.
Ones to Watch Festival @ Whelan’s
3 rooms of new music. Stage Times. Daire Heffernan, Post Party, Blood Donor, Last Apollo, Decarteret, Search Results and more.
Trivium @ The Helix
Orlando heavy metal band. 2 nights.
Big Queer Dance for the Small Trans Library @ Secret Location (9pm)
Cáit, Bull Horris, Pintbaby, naoisefalafel. Since March 2020, the library’s mutual aid fund has helped trans people in Ireland cover rent, bills, medical expenses, car breakdowns, groceries and everything in between.
Charlie Sparks @ Index (11pm)
UK Techno.
Hidden Love X Embedded @ So Below, 9 Eden Quay (10:30pm)
Secret Guest with Spedrik & Dylan Fogarty
Interplanetary Criminal @ Wigwam (11pm)
Co-creator of last year’s BOTA.
Mother @ Lost Lane (11pm)
Queer clubbing in the heart of Dublin, playing electro & disco every Saturday night
Syl Black and Pablo Santos @ The Pyg (10pm)
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Sunday January 8th
Women’s Christmas: Of All Living Things, Lauren Ann, Last Apollo & more @ The Workman’s Club
3 nights of music in aid of Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.
Ones to Watch Festival @ Whelan’s
3 rooms of new music. Stage Times. Sammy Copley, Kaya T, Oscar Blue, Saibh Kelly and more.
Trivium @ The Helix
Orlando heavy metal band. 2 nights.
Monday January 9th
Christy Moore @ Vicar Street
Kildare songwriter has 6 dates here in January.
Wallows, Lucy Gaffney @ 3Olympia Theatre
LA alternative rock band. ‘At the End of the Day’
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