It’s the Nialler9 Dublin gig guide
Dublin Gig Guide Highlights: Curtisy, Move Slow weekender, Houseplants, Ross From Friends, The Orb, VARO, Chloe Slater, Σtella, Paranoid London, Beach Bunny, Felabration, Pretty Girl, Gregory Alan Isakov, Kelela listening party, Men I Trust, Nova Twins, Underground electronic / rap night Volume.
Tuesday October 14th
Men I Trust @ National Stadium
Canadian indie synth dream pop band play two shows.
Nova Twins @ Button Factory
The Mercury-Prize nominated alt. rock/punk duo.
Vieux Farka Touré @ The Sugar Club
Desert blues and guitarist Son of the legendary Ali Farka Touré.
Tamino @ Vicar Street
Belgian-Egyptian singer and musician. Support Searows. ‘Willow’
Finn Wolfhard @ The Academy
The kid out of Stranger Things is a musician now, father.
Cat Reynolds, Rebecca Lane and Tadgh Daly @ The Sound House
SH Rising.
Wednesday October 15th
Men I Trust @ National Stadium
Canadian indie synth dream pop band play two shows.
Spacey Jane @ 3Olympia Theatre
Australian indie-rock band.
iNNUENDO, Burglar, Pretty Please @ The Grand Social
Dublin art-rock band and pals. ‘Rosemary’
An Evening with Ruthanne @ The Sugar Club
Dublin singer-songwriter has a book out about songwriting.
Kelela – Cut 4 Me Listening Party @ The Big Romance (7pm)
Jack Colley (Baliboc) hosts a listening party for the modern electronic R&B artist’s debut mixtape.
Improv Club @ Kirkos
The Improv Club is open to all members of the public, no prior experience with improvisation or music is needed: we only ask you to bring curious ears and an open mind.
Youth Sector @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Brighton indie-rock band. ‘The Ball’
Robert Forster @ NCH
Brisbane based singer-songwriter and author and his Swedish Band.
The Next New Low, Stevie Appleby @ Whelan’s Upstairs
The band feature Brian Mooney (Trust Me I’m A Thief), pianist Daniel Luke and cellist Lizzi Murtough.
Thursday October 16th
I Dreamed I Dream, Robbie Strickland, Muckno @ Spindizzy (5:15pm)
In-store to mark Volume 5 of the A Litany Of Failures compilation series.
Chloe Slater @ Academy 2
English indie pop artist.
Tengu Jazz @ Tengu
The Hayley Kavanagh Quintet & StrangeLove (vinyl Set).
The Academic @ 3Olympia Theatre
Mullingar indie pop band. ‘Harriet’
VARO with Special Guests @ NCH
Metronome. The Dublin duo of Lucie Azconaga and Consuelo Nerea Breschi play their album The World That I Knew with Niamh Bury, Anna Mieke, Branwen, John Francis Flynn, Junior Brother and Alannah Thornburgh and contemporaries in Irish folk and traditional music, with support from Méabh McKenna. Track by track.
The Orb @ Opium
Legendary ’80s/90s ambient dub techno electronic band led by Alex Patterson. Support Marree Men (feat Gaudi and Alex Paterson).
McKinley Dixon @ The Sound House
Chicago-based rapper and singer-songwriter. ‘Magic, Alive’
Papa Romeo @ The Workman’s Club
Irish dreamy chillout, indie, jazz and rock band.
REVOLVE: Mac Steady, Softdrink Millioniare & Rory Sweeney @ The Grand Social
The venue’s new Thursday live music night.
Cormac Looby @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Tipperary singer-songwriter.
LLEAHDAVIES, LIA, Resound + more @ Wigwam (11pm)
PullUp Recordings make their debut in Dublin.
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Friday October 17th
Move Slow weekender @ Hen’s Teeth
Co-curated by HT / Rory Bowen (NTS) with uilleann piper Liam Winnet, Negro Impacto and Officer John.
Houseplants @ Button Factory
Two nights from Daithí and Paul Noonan’s electronic pop soiree project.
Σtella @ The Sugar Club
Greek artist Σtella (pronounced Stella) released an album on Sub Pop earlier this year.
House of Hibernia presents: Spotlight 2.0: The Leon Stax Equation, Rodney Paz, Lavery @ The Racket Space
A three-piece series of nights showcasing live acts from across all of Ireland. Dream pop, jazz, indie rock, and hardcore.
Chewie, girlfriend. @ The Academy
Dublin punk / rock band aka Chewing On Tinfoil play their album Marrowbone Lane In full.
Hands Up Who Wants To Die, Stratford Rise, Ana Palindrome @ Curveball
A Litany of Failures vol 5 launch with Swimsuit Issue.
Mullach a’ tSí @ Annesley House
Album Launch from Aoife Nic Dhomhnaill & Liam Lonergan, fiddle and concertina players.
Bleech 9:3 @ The Grand Social
90’s infused heavy alt-grunge.
Pink Rabbits @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Galway sports TV presenter is also singer-songwriter.
Jeremy Underground @ Fidelity Studio (9pm)
Support: Ricky Chong. French house selector.
Late Clubs
Paranoid London @ Wigwam (11pm)
Gritty electro acid music duo play Dublin and West Cork this week.
IDLES DJ set @ The Bernard Shaw (11pm)
The English rock and punk band are in town.
Ross From Friends @ Centre Point (11pm)
Bubble Love concept night. Support: Collie.
LOST: Soul Mass Transit System @ Tengu (11pm)
All Night Long from the Leeds garage duo.
Melodic: Nick Warren @ block (11pm)
UK Global Underground DJ and forme member of the electronic music duo Way Out West.
Swiftogeddon @ The Grand Social (11pm)
The Taylor Themed Club Night.
Smile Collective x Electro Chronicles @ The Racket Space (11pm)
[Bass/ electro/ breaks] Noisy Chilli, Ekata, Casper Hastings.
Strictly Wax @ Hang Dai Chinese (11pm)
[House / minimal] Cian Coburn & Slim.
Saturday October 18th
Paradisco day party @ Electric Garden (4:30pm – 2:30am)
10 hour disco party featuring LIA B2B Viki Dos Santos, Fanki, Ervin, Shauna Dee and more.
Glint @ Little Cactus, Stoneybatter (4:30pm – 10pm)
[Breakbeat / House] Eliza, Tr One, Karl Guest, Echo Potential.
Move Slow weekender @ Hen’s Teeth
Co-curated by HT / Rory Bowen (NTS) featuring Elaine Howley, Nashpaints and Fizzy Orange. Assasination Custard will host a ticketed slow food dinner on the Saturday evening at Hen’s Teeth. The evening will feature a menu of delicious slow cooked eats accompanied by music from four-piece jazz ensemble Pizza Jazz Band.
Curtisy @ Whelan’s
The Jobstown rapper continues to ignite stages and release bangers.
Biggest 90’s-00’s Disco @ 3Arena
DJ Slash!, Mark McCabe, Alice DJ, O-Zone and many more.
Houseplants @ Button Factory
Two nights from Daithí and Paul Noonan’s electronic pop soiree project.
Arcadian Nights @ The Grand Social
Punk band festival returns for its third year with Strangers With Guns, Joe Maxi, Peer Pleasure, Dash, Inner Terrestrials, Arcadian Shadows, The Nilz, The Coathanger Solution, Jobseekers and more.
Beach Bunny @ National Stadium
’90s-inspired fuzz indie rock. Support Pom Poko. ‘Just Around The Corner’
Roy Carroll, Werner Dafeldecker, John Butcher @ Kirkos
Sax, double bass, electronics.
Tom Aspaul @ The Workman’s Club
Queer disco artist. ‘Drama’
Hard Skin @ Bello Bar
English Oi! punk group
The Wu @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Dublin indie band. Support All Thumbs and Soapstar.
Tristan Rene, Smo, Martello @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Ireland-based Montreal‑born singer‑songwriter.
Afterwardness @ Curveball
Dublin experimental trio from on the Diet of Worms label “channeling the uncompromising experimental spirit of acts like Faust, Chrome, and Cabaret Voltaire. Support from 7LZ.
The Dreggs @ The Academy Green Room
Unfortunately named Aussie indie folksters.
Late Clubs
Felabration @ The Sugar Club (11pm)
Fela Kuti night with 13-piece Yankari Afrobeat Collective band.
Klubbheads, Pretty Girl, Hotline @ Wigwam (11pm)
Hard house klubhopping, house / UKG producer Pretty Girl – Higher
DSD x TIB present L.F.T (live) & Ingo Hammer (live) @ Tengu (11pm)
[Electro / EMB / New Wave ] support Lolz and Prun (Deep Sea Dweller)
ABBA Disco @ The Workman’s Club (11pm)
DJs will also be playing: Grease/ Bee Gees/ Queen / Elton John/ Earth, Wind & Fire/ Fleetwood mac and all your favourite Disco Hits
Sunday October 19th
4-Week Vinyl DJ Workshop Programme @ The Racket Space (Noon)
Mystify presents a 4-week vinyl DJ workshop programme led by Cailín, one of Ireland’s most respected vinyl DJs.
AJA @ The Purty Kitchen (2pm)
Steely Dan tribute band.
Afternoon Booze-Free Clubbing @ Wigwam (2:30pm – 4:30pm)
Reveller plays house and R&B.
Mari Froes @ The Sugar Club
Brazilian singer and songwriter.
Joshua Burkett, Magic Pockets @ Anseo
Experimental and drone night from Little Gem.
Gregory Alan Isakov @ 3Olympia Theatre
Two nights from horticulturist / indie-folk musician.
Monday October 20th
Volume Two @ The Grand Social
Underground electronic / rap night: yeire13, svhymns, two ghouls, snuzi and more.
Etta Marcus @ Whelan’s
London singer-songwriter. ‘Girls are God’s Machines’
Gregory Alan Isakov @ 3Olympia Theatre
Two nights from horticulturist / indie-folk musician.
Ceol for Catherine @ Vicar Street
The Mary Wallopers, Christy Moore, Madra Salach, Cable Boy, Emmet Kirwan Shampain, Huartan.
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, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
