The best gigs and club nights in Dublin this week
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All door times are 7:30pm/8pm unless stated. Check links for full prices.
Tuesday July 26th
Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (8:30pm)
Acoustic night of new music. Seated. In aid of Simon Community.
Wednesday July 27th
TraviS & Elzzz @ The Sound House
Dublin drill as part of the Jameson Connects series in the venue this month.
Search Results, Genma, Nerves @ The Workman’s Cellar
Dublin rock bands perform live. Watch: Nerves perform live from Achill Island
and he, the fool @ The Grand Social
Newly Dublin-based 9-piece music project debuting their upcoming neo-soul-influenced EP Mend Your Speech. Plus special guests: Lisa Murray Conall Molloy Cathal O’Rourke
ZASKA, Shiv, J Smith @ The Dublin Liberties Distillery
Intimate soulful performance with a mix of music from Shiv and ZASKA along with some songs they wrote together while in Paris last February, with guest J Smith.
Dog Day Afternoon, Pio Hartnett, Lisa Murray, Zeinab @ The Grand Social
Breaking Sounds night
Clutch @ The Academy
American rock band formed in 1991.
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Thursday July 28th
Trophy Wife, No Just Landlords, Sisterix @ the Workman’s Club
Ex Oh Presents Ruby Smyth’s alt-pop project. ‘Good Love’.
Rathaus @ The Sound House (10pm)
Tamisya, DJRIPT, DJ Bareback Mountain
Loose Tooth @ The Workmans Cellar (10:30pm)
EDBOY, HELLOKT and TOLENTECHNO
Friday July 29th
Irish Festivals this week:
All Together Now @ Curraghmore House, Waterford
Jungle, Self Esteem, Gilla Band, Dry Cleaning & more
Indiependence @ Mitchelstown, Cork
Rudimental, Dadi Freyr, Lyra, Stevie G and more.
IMMA Nights: More Than Reverb @ IMMA (6:30pm)
This event presents a new work by Natalia Beylis, performed live by the artist with Palestinan Theatre Maker, Amir Abualrob
Kirkos 10th Anniversary @ Unit 44 (7pm)
Tape Melt [Launch] (by Susan Geaney)
Bitch I’m Fucking Beautiful @ The Workman’s
Rap night with Curtisy, Ahmed With Love, Gaptoof & more
Vulpynes, The Lee Harveys @ The Grand Social
Garage rock duo headline. ‘Bitches Are Like Waves’
Stupid Son @ The Workmans Cellar
Dublin rock band. Heat Death.
Dublin Blues, Roots and Blues Festival @ Whelan’s
20 acts on 2 stages, spread across 5 days including Mary Stokes Band, TBL8 Brass Band.
Dreamcycles b2b Bambi All Night Long @ Tengu (11pm)
Ambient bangers?
Mutate x RLSD Records @ Wigwam Basement (11pm)
Niall Cleary, Unthink, Offtrack, Barry Greaves, Doug Cooney
DIG: Collectives: Loose Connection, Crane Club & Soul Etiquette @ The Sugar Club (11pm)
DJ Scorpio, King Leo, DJ Fillz, y2kes, COC, Sloppie, Joe Loose Connections
Saturday July 30th
Irish Festivals this week:
All Together Now @ Curraghmore House, Waterford
Nick Cave, Groove Armada, Pillow Queens, Floating Points, AE MAK, Joy O and many more.
Indiependence @ Mitchelstown, Cork
Bastille, The Academic, Bobbi Arlo, Soule, The Scratch and more.
Research Rooftop Party @ The Grand Social (2pm)
IMNOTYOURMATE, Aeron, XTC, TainT b2b Ellen, Meltx, Johno, Aoise. Wigwam later.
Kirkos Ensemble 10th Anniversary @ Unit 44 (6pm)
Series of concerts featuring pieces from the past and present from the contemporary experimental collective.
Sage., KÎND, Red Sun AlerT @ The Workman’s Cellar
Alt-rock, prog-metal and post- hardcore.
Dublin Blues, Roots and Blues Festival @ Whelan’s
20 acts on 2 stages, spread across 5 days including Mary Stokes Band, TBL8 Brass Band.
milk., Sad Boys Club @ The Academy 2
Dublin indie pop band. ‘Always On Time’
R3D’s House: Erica Cody’s Birthday @ Tengu (11pm)
Sunglasses/hats, R&B and rap.
Hilan Presents: 1-800 GIRLS @ Bow Lane Social Club (11pm)
London bass/rave producer on Shall Not Fade. Bandcamp.
Sunday July 31st
Irish Festivals this week:
All Together Now @ Curraghmore House, Waterford
Underworld, CMAT, Denise Chaila, DIIV, DJ Koze, NewDad, Jordan Rakei, King Gizzard and many more.
Indiependence @ Mitchelstown, Cork
Fatboy Slim, Becky Hill, Declan McKenna, Jenny Greene, 49th & Main, Le Boom, and more.
Kirkos Ensemble 10th Anniversary @ Unit 44 (6pm)
Series of concerts featuring pieces from the past and present from the contemporary experimental collective.
Dublin Blues, Roots and Blues Festival @ Whelan’s
20 acts on 2 stages, spread across 5 days including Mary Stokes Band, TBL8 Brass Band.
Darkoo @ Button Factory
Nigerian-born British rapper and singer. ‘Gangsta’
Everybody Loves Vinyl Returns @ Dashi
Guest: Platinum Ray plays House & Disco, Funk, Techno, and Electro and has been organising gigs for electronic labels such as Frontend Synthetics and Countersunk.
Seany B & friends Rooftop Party @ Badbob’s Rooftop (9pm)
Willo, Kaily and Jake Fitz. Expect Disco from the get go and of course house vibes then later into the night…
Mother Club @ Lost Lane (11pm)
The queer disco and electro pop party is on every Saturday or Bank Holiday Sundays with DJs including Rocky, Ruth Kavanagh, Phil Boyle and Billy Scurry.
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