The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide (November 28th – December 4th)

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Highlights: CMAT, Gig for Gaza with Lankum and more, John Francis Flynn, Selló, Sorcha Richardson, BC Camplight, The Darkness, Lee Gamble, Sunil Sharpe, Electric Six, Melina Malone, Toshín, Irish Artists For Palestine.


All door times are 7:30pm/8pm unless stated. Check links for full prices.


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Tuesday November 28th

Lankum

Gig for Gaza @ 3Arena
Lankum, Damien Dempsey, The Mary Wallopers, Lisa O’Neill, Pauline Scanlon, Síle Denvir, Niamh Dunne.

Irish Artists For Palestine @ 3Olympia Theatre
20 acts: Saw Doctors, The Stunning, Mary & Frances Black, Mundy, Roisin El Cherif & more

Cosmo Pyke @ Whelan’s
English indie, jazz, and blues mixed with elements of hip hop artist. Support Moonboot.

Katie Gregson-MacLeod @ The Grand Social
Scottish singer-songwriter.

Huun Huur Tu @ The Sugar Club
Throat Singing and world music group.

Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (8:30pm)
Weekly Tuesday acoustic night in aid of Simon Community. See link for acts playing every week.


Wednesday November 29th

Sorcha

CMAT @ 3Olympia Theatre
4 nights on Dame Street to crown the release of second album Crazymad, For Me.

Stand Together: Tebi Rex, Trinkets, Wizard Fruit, Martina and The Moons and Kendino @ The Workman’s Club
Raising money for One Nation’s Gaza Emergency Appeal to help fund humanitarian aid, medical aid, food, water and more.

BC Camplight, Personal Trainer @ Whelan’s
BC spans singer-songwriter classicism, gnarly synth-pop and ‘50s rock’n’roll, and support comes from the excellent Dutch band who were a highlight of The Great Escape this year. BC also plays Other Voices.

Cursed Murphy Versus the Resistance @ The Grand Social
Playing their first ever Dublin show. Cursed Murphy is the titular project of writer Peter Murphy, and ‘Something Wicked This Way Comes’ is from the Wexford musician’s second album Republic Of Weird.

Sorcha Richardson @ NCH
The Irish singer-songwriter indie artist makes her NCH solo debut. Support Niamh Regan.

Popcaan @ The Academy
Jamaican dancehall artist.

Dublin Guitar Night @ Arthur’s
A once monthly night filled with some of the top guitar players in Ireland.

Somewhere Else @ Bow Lane Social (10pm)
Somewhere Else is a midweek club happening every Wednesday night.


Thursday November 30th

Nyssa

CMAT @ 3Olympia Theatre
4 nights on Dame Street to crown the release of second album Crazymad, For Me.

Secret Sessions VIII @ The Sound House
A lineup of secret bands series which has previously featured MOIO, Just Wondering, Decarteret and CHAMELEON. All in aid of the Musical Youth Foundation.

Grooves for Gaza @ Hen’s Teeth
Acoustic sets from Melina Malone, Toshín, Chris Wong & Danny Groenland, DJs Hewan Mulugeta & Santa Rosa, Palestinian bites from Shaku Maku, and speaker Suzan Elhajj.

Club Salty @ The Racket Space
THISISPOPBABY’s Club Salty is a new underground cabaret club happening in Dublin for three nights this December.

Thee U.F.O, Aenenome @ Anseo
Junk Funk Garbage single launch from Dublin alt-rock band.

Nyssa @ Little Whelan’s
Toronto pagan-punk-poet.

Hotgirl @ The Grand Social
Sick Sad World EP launch party

FIGHT NIGHT X Puzzy Wrangler: CLASH OF BANDS @ Yamamori Tengu (11pm)
Puzzy Wrangler, Rosita, E The Artist, Edboy, Asa Nisi Masa


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Friday December 1st

Toshín

Selló @ Button Factory
District presents the Dublin drill rap crossover artist.

CMAT @ 3Olympia Theatre
4 nights on Dame Street to crown the release of second album Crazymad, For Me.

Son Zept, Johnny Heartbreaker, Murdock, QNTMFM, D1armu1d @ Unit 44, Stoneybatter
Dublin, Belfast and Stockholm-based artists coming together at Unit44 for a night of IDM, electroacoustic and techno

Flyte @ The Workman’s Club
Flyte is the project of English songwriters Will Taylor and Nick Hill.

Toshín as Nina Simone @ The Sugar Club
Irish RnB/Soul singer presents a tribute to one of her musical heroes; Nina Simone.

Club Salty @ The Racket Space
THISISPOPBABY’s Club Salty is a new underground cabaret club happening in Dublin for three nights this December.

Pa Sheehy @ Whelan’s
Former Walking On Cars singer. 

Dar Molloy & Pete Ward @ Lucky’s (8:30pm)
Bar DJ vibes on Meath Street.

A Different Animal and January Winters @ The Pyg (10pm)
Free in double DJ header.

Coco María & Ricky Chong @ Yamamori Tengu (11pm)
Hailing originally from Mexico and now based in Europe, Coco specializes in Brazilian, South American, Central American, and Caribbean wax. Irresistible slices of forward-thinking electronic, future Latin, jazz, samba, cumbia, and all sorts of rarities from sunny, far-off places – and all mixed with her irrepressible energy and original style.

D.Dan @ Wigwam (11pm)
Berlin-based DJ and Producer, seeking the intersection between raw grooves, slippery psychedelia, and mutant-machine paranoia.

Hits Different: The New Wave of Pop @ The Grand Social (11pm)
From the team behind the phenomenon of Swiftogeddon: a club night celebrating the new wave of pop – Maisie Peters, MUNA, Olivia Rodrigo, Harry Styles, Fletcher, Renee Rapp, Sabrina Carpenter, Mimi Webb, Griff, Tate McRae, Charlie Puth, Taylor Swift, Charli XCX, Dylan and many, many more.


Saturday December 2nd

John Francis Flynn.

John Francis Flynn @ Vicar Street
Dublin folk singer’s headline show for new album Look Over The Wall, See The Sky. Support: Trá Pháidín

Melina Malone @ The Workman’s Club
Aphrodite Album Launch from the Irish neo-soul singer with a 6-piece band.

CMAT @ 3Olympia Theatre
4 nights on Dame Street to crown the release of second album Crazymad, For Me.

Vision Collector: CLAIRVOYANT @ Fade Street Studios (6pm – 1am)
Pineal Navigation & Doug Cooney B2B for 7 hours.

Slow Pup @ The Workman’s Club
Wisconsin-bred, Chicago-based four-piece indie rock band.

Nick Waterhouse @ The Grand Social
American singer-songwriter and record producer from Los Angeles.

Electric Six @ The Academy
FIRE 20th Anniversary Tour. This band sell out every year.

Club Salty @ The Racket Space
THISISPOPBABY’s Club Salty is a new underground cabaret club happening in Dublin for three nights this December. Plus Saturday night Cracked Lips After Party.

Lou @ Lucky’s (8:30pm)
Bar DJ vibes on Meath Street.

Baddie & Booboo Present The Playground @ Hen’s Teeth
Xulfer Dica & Spooklet’s series with music from Baddie & Booboo, Mooncup, Mercorn and K8olo.

15 Years of Lunar Disko Records @ Pawn Shop (11pm)
Cignol [LIVE], Phil Long & Shane O’Meara, Lunar Disko DJs.

LCY B2B Lee Gamble @ Wigwam (11pm)
LCY (FKA as L U C Y) is a London based, Bristol born musician and visual/audio artist and DJ. Gamble’s new album Models features dreamy hazy electronic tracks.

Sunil Sharpe’s Residency @ Yamamori Tengu (11pm)
with Sunil All Night Long

Mother @ Lost Lane (11pm)
Weekly old-school club night for disco-loving LGBTQ+ family & their friends.

James Hype @ Index (11pm)
DJ & Producer from Liverpool.

La French Touch: Venga @ Wigwam (11pm)
Techno French touch DJ.

Player @ Workman’s Cellar (11.30pm)
Ghetto tech DJ presented by Hidden Love.


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Sunday December 3rd

DOOM

DOOM’s Bistro Book Launch @ Hen’s Teeth
An unofficial cookbook inspired by the music of MF DOOM, launchws at Hen’s Teeth on Sunday December 3rd.

Alfi @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Collaborative project of musicians Fiachra Meek, Ryan McAuley and Alannah Thornburgh. Featuring an unusual line-up of harp, five string banjo and uilleann pipes.

The Darkness @ 3Olympia Theatre
UK rock band.

As December Falls @ The Grand Social
Four piece pop-punk band from Nottingham.

The House of Love @ The Academy
English alternative rock band formed in 86.

Go_A @ Opium
Ukraine folk-electronic band

DC Dolls, Cutthroat and Thanks Mom @ The Sound House
Over 14s all-ages show.

Gem Beag @ Anseo
Experimental alt music night.


Monday December 4th

The Joy @ The Sound House
Debut Irish show from the South African band, who also play Other Voices.

Da∂I Freyr @ 3Olympia Theatre
Iceland pop band.


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