The best gigs, clubs & festivals in Dublin this week
by Luke Sharkey
Monday, June 10, 2019
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Monday June 10th
- Gunna @ The Academy (€25+)
American MC signed to Young Thug’s 300 Records.
Tuesday June 11th
- Midnight Oil @ Olympia Theatre (€56+)
Apparently, the bed is still burning. - Backstreet Boys @ 3Arena (Sold Out)
Boy band does a reunion tour. - Ruby Sessions: Kehli, Seba Safe, Bairbre Anne, Ultan Conlan @ Doyle’s (9pm, €7+)
Weekly singer-songwriter night in aid of the Simon Community.
Wednesday June 12th
- Elton John @ 3Arena (Sold Out)
Rocketlad.
Thursday June 13th
- Elton John @ 3Arena (Sold Out)
Rocketman night two. - Fleetwood Mac @ RDS (Sold Out)
No Lindsey Buckingham didn’t stop this gig from selling out in a flash. - Plaid @ Whelan’s (€20)
Warp electronic duo with Sunken Foal. - Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts @ The Grand Social (€15+)
Idiosyncratic American folk rock artist. - Jonny Dillon @ Bello Bar (€10)
Automatic Tasty’s guitar jams are getting released on All City. - Sophie Ellis Bextor @ Vicar Street (€46+)
‘Murder On The Dancefloor‘ - Gang Starr Foundation @ Sugar Club (€22+)
Jeru Tha Damaja and guests Group Home & Big Shug
Friday June 14th
- Mumford & Sons @ Malahide Castle (€69+)
Plus AURORA, Wild Youth, Dermot Kennedy. - Shalamar @ Vicar Street (€38+)
Guaranteed to be a memorable night. - Moot Tapes @ Bernard Shaw (Free)
Alternative dance label hosts their residency gig. - Naive Ted, Pentecostal Party @ The Sound House (€12+)
The Unscene Collective’s top record spinner plays a Dublin date. - Lawrence, Neil Flynn @ Hang Dai Chinese (10pm, €8+)
ALS & Homebeat presents dancing vibes. - Club Comfort: Baliboc @ TBA (10.30pm, €8+)
The Welcome DJ heads up the next instalment of this Dublin club night. - SPACER with Nialler9 @ Lost Lane (11pm, Free)
A Nialler9 club night with music of a euphoric nature. - Dancing Warriors @ Opium (11pm, €13+)
Sold on the name alone. - J Wax B2B Deejay Bloom @ 39/40 (11pm, €10+)
Nit Two Record owner and signee for debut Dublin show. - Melodic: Khen @ Tengu (11pm,€12+)
Israeli melodic house DJ. - OSLO: Fat Pablo @ The Workmans (11pm, Free)
Fantastic Irish psych-rock outfit.
Saturday June 15th
- Cooks But We’re Chefs @ Jam Park (2pm, €10+)
Damn fine groove. - Junior Brother @ Lost Lane (€14+)
Kerry’s finest folk artist. - Post-Party, Strawman & The Jackdaws @ The Grand Social (€5+)
Double headliner with two fine Irish alt-rock bands. - Bon Jovi, Manic Street Preachers @ RDS (€70+)
80s rock group turned anti-gentrification collective. - Mumford & Sons @ Malahide Castle (€69+)
Plus AURORA, Wild Youth, Dermot Kennedy. - Greg Clifford @ The Cobblestone (9pm, €6+)
Indie-pop from the idiom of classical guitar. - Sam Wickens, Pine The Pilcrow @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10)
Co. Down songwriter. ‘Falling’. - Nialler9 @ The Big Romance (Free)
Vinyl all-night with Lumo warmup vibes on Parnell Street. - Lumo: Vinyl Love @ Tengu (10.30pm, €7+)
It’s the 45th Lumo, that means vinyl. - Not So Secret Roof Party: Cailín @ Opium (€12+)
House music on a (hopefully) sunny rooftop. - Easy Peelers: Calum Walker, Fresh & Low @ Tengu Upstairs (10pm, €10+)
Techno upstairs. - Grey Matter Entertainment: Big Fat Resident Party @ Button Factory (11pm, €5+)
The third in this dance collective’s summer resident series. - Distortion: Roza Terenzi @ Wigwam (11pm, €10+)
‘Mwah‘ - Overmono @ Index (11pm, €12+)
Truss & Tessela teaming up to provide some UK powerhouse combination dance music.
Sunday June 16th
- Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds @ Malahide Castle (€51+)
Grim. - Bon Jovi- This House Is Not For Sale Tour @ RDS (€70+)
80s rock group turned anti-gentrification collective.
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