The best gigs & clubs in Dublin this week
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Monday April 9th
- Dua Lipa @ The Olympia Theatre (Sold Out)
English singer-songwriter who also plays a sold out show on April 10th. ‘New Rules’
Tuesday April 10th
- Ruby Sessions: Bryde @ Doyle’s Bar (€7)
A night in aid of the Simon Community - Laoise @ Whelan’s (Sold Out)
Galway-native singer-songwriter. ‘Rich’ - Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith @ The Sugar Club (€20+)
American composer, performer and electronic producer
Wedneday April 13th
- Go see Isle of Dogs?
Thursday April 12th
- Distortion: A Free Party ar Berlin @ Berlin – D2 (Free)
Distortion residents DJs Conor, Rob & Mat playing from 6pm - Marcus O’Laoire @ The Button Factory (€4+ 8:30pm)
Dublin DJ playing a six hour set to celebrate his birthday
Friday April 13th
- Crazy Town, Accidents In The Workplace, Pretty Little Enemy @ The Bowery (€16+)
American rap rock band.‘Butterfly’ - Eve Belle @ The Project Arts Centre (€10)
Donegal native singer-songwriter. ‘Boy From The Blue’ - Goat Girl @ The Grand Social (€12.50+)
Indie-rock four-piece. ‘The Man’ - Columbia Mills, Orchid Collective, Outsider @ The Button Factory (€15)
Indie band fresh from the release of their debut album A Safe Distance To Watch - Delorentos, Brass Phantoms @ Whelan’s (Sold Out)
Dublin alternative 4-piece band also pay a sold out show on April 14th. ‘In The Moment’ - The Hop House: Telephones, Yankari Afrobeat Collective (Live), Watermelon DJs @ The Bernard Shaw (€12)
Also featuring art installations and food from Hang Dai, the Big Blue Bus and Brazilian Kitchen - Joris Voorn @ District 8 (€18+, 11pm)
Dutch DJ and producer. ‘Boiler Room set’ - Lpm, Rosso, Purple Ice @ Hangar (€8, 10:30pm)
Presented by Doubleu - Subconscious: Radikal Guru, Cian Finn, Worries Outernational, Rub A Dub Hi-Fi @ Wigwam (€8, 11pm)
Polish dub artist and Galways singer/MC
Saturday April 14th
- Tara X Repeal: Saint Sister, Wyvern Lingo, Loah, Denise Chaila, Grace Wilentz, Niamh Beirne @ The Tara Building (€5+)
Female artists coming together for Repeal - A Guide To Contemporary Human Music Vol. 1: Paddy Hanna, Sinead White, Autre Monde, Junior Brother @ The Workman’s Club (€10)
A new night presented by Strange Brew - My Tribe Your Tribe @ Sin É (Free)
Irish indie-electro band - Katie Kim and Radie Peat (Lankum) @ The Pepper Canister Church (Sold Out)
A night of musical stories as part of MusicTown - Francesco Turrisi @ The Fumbaly Stables (€12)
Italian pianist celebrating the launch of his new album Northern Migrations - Southern Fold, Frankenstein Bolts, Birdwoman @ The Underground (Free)
Kilkenny alternative-folk group - The Hot Sprockets @ The Button Factory (€11+)
Dublin-based indie-soul band. ‘Cold Cold Sweat’ - Division X Game Over: Rossko, Smythy, Laughing Man @ Pyg (€10+)
House and techno DJ and producer - Visionist, Pedro Maia @ The Chocolate Factory (€15+)
London-based experimental composer presented by Grayscale - Tinfoil, Defekt, Sunil Sharpe, Fran Hartnett, Unthink, Endrift @ Index (€15+ 10:30pm)
Tinfoil launching their On A Roll album presented by Subject and Techno & Cans - Dusky @ District 8 (€17+, 11pm)
English electronic music duo
Sunday April 15th
- Fenne Lilly, True Tides @ The Sound House (€13+)
20-year-old English singer-songwriter. ‘On Hold’ - Fixity, Nervvs, The Sound Today @ Thomas House (€7)
Cork-based improv jazz band - Down In The City: Scullion, Iarla Ó Lionáird & Paula Meehan @ The Sugar Club (€25)
Songs, stories and collaborations - Moscoman, Mix & Fairbanks, Kev Struttin @ Pyg (€6)
Berlin DJ and producer plays the Secret Solstice Festival launch party
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