The best gigs, clubs & festivals in Dublin this week
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Tuesday August 6th
- I Heart Elliott Smith @ Whelan’s (€15)
Celebrating the music of the songwriter on what would have been his 50th birthday - Ruby Sessions: ELKAE, Dubh Lee, Zack Winters @ Doyle’s (9pm, €7).
Acoustic showcase club in aid of the Simon Community
Wednesday August 7th
- Haiku Hands @ The Grand Social (€15+)
Indie pop trio of sisters from Australia. ‘Not About You’
Thursday August 8th
- An Electric Dream: A Night Curated By Otherkin @ The Workmans (€11+)
We Are Workman’s series. Thumper, Synk, Blushing Boy with DJs Lil Brendan (Caoimhe of Wyvern Lingo), Kate Brennan Harding (Lost & Sound DJ) - Oren Ambarchi, Declan Synnott @ The Sound House (€16.50)
Enthusiastic Eunuch presents: A composer and multi-instrumentalist whose focuses mainly on the exploration of the guitar. - Dwarves, Bonnevilles @ The Grand Social (€22+)
USA skatepunk garage band. - Russian Circles, No Spill Blood @ Button Factory (€20)
U:mack/ Aiken show.
Friday August 9th
- We’ve Only Just Begun @ Whelan’s (€15 a night, €25 for weekend)
Wyvern Lingo, Gemma Dunleavy, NNIC, Elkae, Elaine Mai, Toshin, April & more
- Lethal Dialect @ The Workmans Club (Sold Out)
We Are Workman’s series. A returning show for one of Dublin’s finest rappers. - Bleeding Heart Pigeons, Buí @ The Sound House (€10+)
Limerick alt-rock trio. - Fat Pablo @ Wigwam (10pm, Free)
six piece neo-psychedelic space band from Dublin - Modernlove @ Bello Bar (€8)
Launch of debut single Bop. - SPACER Fridays @ Lost Lane (11pm, Free)
With DJ Sleepless Beauty playing electronic and disco - The Rnb Club @ Tengu (€7+, 10pm)
Tunes by Stevie G & The Main Event. Specialising in ’90s RnB, Hip Hop, Neo-Soul & G-Funk
Jamica Suk, Maebh O’Connor @ Wigwam (11pm, €8+)
Mutate presents techno producer and DJ. Boiler Room. - Xpansion x Ying Yang: D.Dan @ 39/40 (11pm, €8+)
D. Dan has released music on labels like Lobster Theremin. Covert Operation. - Lost X Vision @ The Sound House (€5+)
Local dance collectives and DJs - Decent Perks @ Pyg (6pm, €5+)
Colin Perkins and DJ Deece on the decks.
Saturday August 10th
- Folláin: Djackulate, R.Kitt, Sean Being, Tribal Dance @ Pallas Projects (12pm, €10+)
Day Party in D8. - Solidarity Session @ Jigaw (€7+, 3pm – 7pm)
Bringing together musicians and other artists who are currently living under the system of Direct Provision, alongside a diverse mix of other Dublin-based acts. - Secret Sound Day Party @ Lock 6 (€9+)
Pusher – Indicate Records, Aeron, Cillian Goulding & more DJing. - We’ve Only Just Begun @ Whelan’s (€15 a night, €25 for weekend)
Pillow Queens, Jealous of the Birds, Roe, Cherym, Beauty Sleep, Havvk, Naoise Roo & more - AE Mak @ The Workman’s Club (€11+)
We Are Workman’s series. Fresh from their Le Boom collab. - WGFM #19: Squig & DC FSLMan All Night @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
Free in tunes in the Shaw - Fluttertone: WaxWhite @ The Grand Social (€5+)
Local hip-hop night. Double Screen DJing too. - The Black Seeds @ The Sugar Club (€20)
NZ band playing funk, soul, Afrobeat, and other eclectic elements over dub/reggae foundations. - No More Hotels: 001 @ Wigwam (€8)
Spread over two floors, the night will be a love affair with some of Dublin’s best foodies, DJs and entertainers. - Telephones : EMA & Jio @ Tengu (10pm, €6+)
Expect a broad mix of jazz, disco, soul, funk, zouk, afro, house music & whatever you’re having yourself. - dip: dreamcycles @ / Jigsaw (€10)
Dreamcycles all night long at Dip. BYOB. - DJ Assault, Cignol @ The Sound House (10.30pm, €5+)
“booty, electro-tech, ghetto house beats cut up in a furious hip-hop style.” - Nialler9 @ Hang Dai (11pm, Free)
All vinyl tunes from 1/3 of Lumo Club and 9/9’s of Nialler. - Axxs No22 @ Berlin D2 (10pm, Free)
∼New Age Techno ∼ Acid ∼ House ∼ Break Beat ∼ Electro - Red Pyg presents Lil Dave & Aaron Nolan @ The Pyg (€10)
Lil Dave is home from Berlin.
Sunday August 11th
- Homebeat: Qwasi, Anu @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
Bad Soup Records’s own qwasi and Dublin based DJ duo ANU. - We’ve Only Just Begun @ Whelan’s (€15 a night, €25 for weekend)
Soda Blonde, Ailbhe Reddy, Fia Moon, Sive, Elkin, Anna Mullarkey
