The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // Christmas and New Year’s Eve edition
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Ticket freebies this week:
- December 19th: Shift present Die Hard @ The Sugar Club
- December 20th: Subject presents Surgeon, DJ Skirt @ The Grand Social
- December 21st: I Am The Cosmos, Terrierz, Elastic Witch DJs
- December 21st: Sense: Daithí @ The Academy
- December 30th: Happenings and Nialler9 presents: New Year’s Thieves @ The Sugar Club
How to enter – Email [email protected] with the gig above in the Subject line you’re entering for along with your full name and phone number in the body of the message. Full info on each show below. Ticket comps close this Friday.
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Monday December 16th
- Christy Moore With Declan Sinnott @ Vicar Street (€30)
[Folk] The now annual Christmas shows. Also, 22nd, 23rd, 29th and 30th.
Tuesday December 17th
- Discotekken: Halcyon Daze, & No Bread @ Bernard Shaw (Free)
[Dance] “Their music will space you out for reals,” says Louis Scully. - Villagers, Jape @ Vicar Street (Sold out)
[Folk/Rock] Conor O’Brien and band return from Awayland. - SAILS, All The Luck in the World, Pockets @ Odessa Club (9pm, €6)
[Rock] Four piece band but have two violinists, a saxophonist and trumpet player plus 2 other BIMM bands. - The Ruby Sessions Xmas Night @ Doyles (9pm, €6)
[Acoustic] TBC.
Wednesday December 18th
- Kila @ Whelan’s (€20)
[Trad] Annual Christmas show.
Windings, The Altered Hours, Princess @ Button Factory (€5)
[Rock] Three Irish indie/rock bands for a fiver. - Villagers featuring s t a r g a z e orchestra, SOAK, I Have a Tribe @ Vicar Street (€25)
[Folk/Rock] Conor O’Brien and band return from Awayland. - Homebeat: Floor Staff, Let’s Set Sail, Tickle Teeth @ House near Grand Canal Dock (Free but ticketed, BYOB)
[Composer] House show. - Workin Class Records 10 year party @ Twisted Pepper (€)
[Rap] Gi, Costello, DJ Moschops 4Real and Willa Lee. - Movements: Moon Boots @ Button Factory (€10, 10:30pm)
[Dance] Nu-disco house DJ.
Thursday December 19th
- Happenings presents The End is Nigh: Jennifer Evans, Rhob Cunningham and more @ The Fumbally (€20)
[Rock] End of year sing-song with food and guests included. - Damo Suzuki @ The Workman’s Club (€12)
[Rock] Singer best known for his membership in the German space & krautrock group Can. - Bleeding Heart Pigeons, Other Creatures @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€7)
[Rock] Newly-signed to Virgin records ,Limerick teens launch an EP about Columbine. Merry Christmas! - Shift present Die Hard @ The Sugar Club (€12 / €10 with costume)
[Film/ 80s] Film screening followed by 80s rock tribute spectacle. - Barry McCormack @ The Cobblestone (€10)
[Folk] Playing songs from his album Cut Throat Lane with his band. - Discovery Gospel Choir @ St. George and St. Thomas Church, Cathal Brugha Street (€18, WIN TICKETS)
[Choir] Discovery is an intercultural gospel choir based in Dublin city centre with 35 members, representing 16 different nationalities. Also Friday and Saturday night.
Friday December 20th
- Bell X1 @ Vicar Street (SOLD OUT)
[Rock] Closing out another successful year. - Fight Like Apes, Bouts @ Whelan’s (€15)
[Rock] The Apes gear up for a new EP and album in 2014. - The Beat @ The Academy (€21)
[Ska] “Mirror in the bathroom please talk free..” - Musical Youth Foundation @ The Sugar Club (€10)
[Vs] 2 bands The Goods vs Soul Power square off for MYF’s Christmas Fundraiser. - The Workmans Club Christmas Party: Croupier, Bantum, Carriages,Liza Flume @ The Workman’s Club (FREE)
[Irish] All Irish lineup of bands. All good too. - Gangs @ The Grand Social (€10)
[Rock] €6 with a Christmas jumper. - Play Dublin presents Clouds @ The Academy (10pm, €12.50 )
[Dance] Scottish techno act. - Big Dish Go: DJ Food @ The Sugar Club (€15/€12)
[DJs ] Solid Steel’s resident legend Plus Handsome Paddy, DJ Obese ( TheDirty Dubsters) - Subject presents Surgeon, DJ Skirt @ The Grand Social (11pm, €13/€15)
[Dance] Techno techno techno. - Damn Son: Christmas @ Damson Diner (11pm, Free)
[DJ] Sol-ta O’Claus & Gianni B2B, The Fresh Snow Prince of Kildare. - The Midnight Hour: The #1s, Womens Christmas, Jetsetter @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Free before 10:30pm, €10 after, bands on at midnight)
[Rock] Three indie-rock Dublin bands play late. - MUD: Savage Present Schlachtofbronx & RICHIE !KABOOGIE, GRETTA GUNN @ Twisted Pepper (10:30pm, €12,€10)
[DJ] Mad Decent associated DJ.
Saturday December 21st
- Delorentos play 2 gigs @ Unitarian Church (3pm), Whelan’s (8pm) – €25/€17.50 for evening show
[Rock] Acoustic set in the afternoon, electric in the evening and DJ set in The Parlour Bar after. - The Run Ons and Cryboys @ Anseo (3pm ,€5)
[Rock] Skive off from Xmas shopping. “Expect guitars, guitars, glasses, drums, bass and beer, along with a double bill of six string fuelled power pop” - Bell X1 @ Vicar Street (SOLD OUT)
[Rock] Closing out another successful year. - Human Music Xmas Party @ Rock n Roll Warehouse (€22 with bus, €10)
[Alt] Dublin Afrobeat Ensemble, North Strand Kontra Band, The Hassle Merchants and more. 15 bands and 10 DJs in a ballroom. - Big Itch Club @ Thomas House (9pm, €3.99)
[Rock] w/ Count_tornado, the objectorZ, The Pacifics & The Legendary Vicious Pricks - Mixtapes From The Underground @ Mabos (€10/€15, BYOB)
[Rap] live improvised Hip-Hop/Jazz collective plus DJs. - I Am The Cosmos, Terrierz, Elastic Witch DJs @ Twisted Pepper (€10 )
[Moody disco] The creators of my Irish album of the year close their year with a rare live show. - The Sugar Club Christmas Cracker @ The Sugar Club (€12.50/€10)
[Electronic/rock] Somadrone, Sunken Foal, David Kitt Dj Set , Tu-Ki and Cry Boys. Plus Sally Cinnamon, Dj Scope and Will Dempsey - Meltybrains?, Alarmist, Clu @ Block B (€10, BYOB)
[Rock] A warehouse gets turned into a venue with visuals and a stage built by Slipdraft. - The Hidden Agenda Xmas Party @ Button Factory (€5-€10)
[Dance] Frank B, Jon Averill, Lasertom (live), Shocko (live) - No Spill Blood @ Bello Bar (€10)
[rock] Supercharged synth rock - Spies Xmas Party @ The Grand Social (€8)
[Indie-rock] Third annual seasonal soiree. - Sense: Daithí @ The Academy (€10 11pm)
[Dance] Galway house-fiddler will be joined by all of the female musicians on his songs: Liza Flume, Raye, Senita and a fancy lighting setup. - POGO: Surge & 12Sundays present DVS1 & Horse Meat Disco @ Twisted Pepper (10:30pm, €12/€15)
[Dance] Lashing out the disco/house and techno.
Sunday December 22nd
- Shadows And Dust @ Unitarian Church ( €10)
[Folk] Sounds like ‘The Guardian’ - 12 & Bodytonic Xmas Party @ The Bernard Shaw (Free, 3pm)
[DJs/Live] Farew L Conor L. - The Gentlemen’s Academy present: All My Friends for Pieta House @ Button Factory (11pm, €5 min donation)
[Live] Sleep Thieves, Benny Smiles, a special LCD/ DFA inspired set from the Disco Brunch DJs and Colin Perkins. - Donal Dineen presents This Years Love 2013 @ The Sugar Club (€8, €10 after 10pm)
[Show] SlowPlaceLikeHome, Boxcutter, Sunken Foal , WIFE (DJ set), visual work and chat. - Forza Italo Natale Speciale @ Odessa Club (6pm, €)
[Italo] CLAY PEDRINI [Sensation Records – Milan], DJS and more, more more. Caio.
Monday December 23rd
- The Jerry Fish Electric Sideshow @ Whelan’s (€16.50)
[Show] Punk, Circus, carnival and RSAG on drums. Also Sunday. - The Radiomade Christmas party @ The Sugar Club (€10, 9pm)
[Party] Miss Kate and the Higher State, VANN MUSIC,Billy Scurry and more. - The Waterboys @ Convention Centre Dublin (€44.50)
[Classic] Present Fisherman’s Blues Revisited to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their classic album.
Tuesday December 24th
- Christmas Eve vibez.
Thursday December 26th – Stephen’s Day
- Project 003 @ Secret Warehouse (€20 plus bus €10)
[Dance] 10-hour rave with We Are Emergence. - The Bonny Men & Skipper’s Alley @ The Workman’s Club (€7)
[Folk/trad] 2 fine Irish bands. - Network #2: Paul Woolford (Special Request), Ancient Methods, Lakker, Lumigraph, Sunil Sharpe and more @ The Grand Social (€15/€12)
[Dance] Venue takeover with serious guests. Also Tu-Ki, Tr-One, Hystereo, Giles Armstrong and lots more. - Antics Reunion: The Minutes, Funeral Suits @ Button Factory (€10/€6 after midnight)
[Rock] Antics DJs til late.
Friday December 27th
- Pandora’s Box accompanied by 3Epkano @ Button Factory (€10)
[Film with live score] - The Barley Mob @ Whelan’s (€10)
[Rock] Folk rock meets Reggae meets Irish people. - The Loud Mouth Xmas Party @ Bernard Shaw (Free)
[DJs] Sam K, The Archetype and Replacah. - Bedlam and Bodytonic: Skream (Disco/house Set) @ Twisted Pepper (10:30pm, €15/€13)
[Dance] Plus Calibre, Frankie Grimes and more.
Saturday December 28th
- Something Happens @ Whelan’s (€22)
[Rock] The trip down memory lane isn’t Dunne just yet. - Con Artist presents: ConSequences#1: Samuel Kerridge, Ricky Force…Richie Kaboogie @ The Pint (9pm, €10)
[Dance] Giles Armstrong ’92 – ’96 Techno Set, Sonel. - House Of Dolls, Exploding Eyes, Cave Ghosts @ The Workman’s Club (€7)
[Rock] Irish rock bands. - Turn @ Button Factory (€13.50)
[Rock] Nostalgia rules this post-Chrimbo gig. - Big Dish Go: Altern8’s Mark Archer @ Kennedy’s Underground (11pm, €12/€15)
[Dance] One half of the UK rave duo. - Subject: Prosumer, Steffi, Space Dimension Controller @ Twisted Pepper (11pm)
[Dance] Quality post-Xmas fare. - Hidden Agenda: Detroit Swindle @ Button Factory (11pm, €12)
[Dance] Detroit inspired deep house from a Dutch duo.
Sunday December 29th
- D’Angelo Tribute with The Voodoo Allstars @ The Sugar Club (€8/€10)
[Soul] 11-piece band. support from trip-hop/ jazz producer duo Ben Bix and Feather and a hip hop set from David Kitt.
Sunday December 30th
- NYE and the City @ various places (Afternoon, free )
[Acoustic] Hard Working Class Heroes bands play around the city. Also NYE. - Happenings and Nialler9 presents: New Year’s Thieves @ The Sugar Club (€20)
[Film/music/food & more] Lisa O’Neill, Come On Live Long, Chequerboard, The Apartment, Gruel Guerilla, Donal Dineen, Ships’ Sorcha, Synth Eastwood. MEGA. - Sorcha Richardson @ Whelan’s (€10)
[Folk] New York-based folkie gets a show in while she’s home for Chrimbo.
Monday December 31st
