Email to be in the draw for free entry:
- Friday:Sim Simma x Sunday Times: Colm K (All Night Long) @ Wigwam
- Friday: EMBRZ, Ocho, M-Dot @ The Grand Social (€10, 11:30pm)
How to enter free entry comps – Email [email protected] with the gig above in the Subject line you’re entering for along with your full name and phone number (for late contact) in the body of the message. Full info on each show below. Draw closes at 6pm the day before the gig or Friday 1pm latest for weekend gigs.
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Tuesday March 8
- Ruby Sessions: Runabay / Son of The Hound / David King / Sionán @ Doyle’s (€6, 9pm)
[Acoustic showcase] Read my interview with Conor Ruby Sessions.
Wednesday March 9
- Women Who Rock: i am niamh , Naoise Roo , Hvmmingbyrd, Rosa Nutty, Bern and Rachael Lavelle @ The Grand Social (€10)
[Female music lineup] To coincide with Intl. Women’s Day. - In Their Thousands @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€6/€8)
[Folk/rock] Donegal band. - The Radioactive Grandma, Harbouring Oceans @ The Workman’s Club (€8/€10)
[Pop/rock] with support from Hatchlings and Alex Smyth.
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Thursday March 10
- Little Green Cars album launch party @ Tower Records (Requires album pre-order, 7pm)
[album launch party] Live performance and Q&A. - Ulrich Schnauss, Slowplacelikehome @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€13.50)
[Electronic] Two shows in one night due to demand. Late show 11.30pm availability only.
- Bitches Brew: Spines, Fox E And The Good Hands, Laura Ann Brady, Sarah Red & more @ Sin É (Donation)
[International Women’s Day fundraiser] Plus Farah Elle, Queeva, Rhiannon. - The North Sea @ Whelan’s (€8)
[Indie-rock] “gloom-tinged indie-rock” - Gigonometry: Brass Phantoms, Red Moon Bayonets, Fields, Fox Owl Crow @ The Workman’s Club (€5/€28)
[new music] Cross-genre night of new Irish music. - Tricot @ Hangar (€15)
[Rock] experimental rock band from Japan.
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Friday March 11
- Orchid Collective, Maria Kelly @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€8/€10)
[Folk/Pop] Lay As Stone is a fine single. - The Beat @ The Academy (€22.50)
[Ska] One of the biggest bands of the 2-Tone movement return
- The Academic, State Lights, Ivy Nations @ Vicar Street (€19)
[Indie/pop] Mullingar young lads are having a good time.
- IMRO Interviews HamsandwicH @ IMRO (Register, 7:30pm)
[Interview] a live performance and a special IMRO Award presentation in recognition of their recent No.1 album success.
- FutureJazzSeries003: Bill Laurance Quartet @ The Sugar Club (€20)
[Jazz] Snarky Puppy, Ropeadope // Dance and African Percussion at its heart
- Sim Simma x Sunday Times: Colm K (All Night Long) @ Wigwam (€5/€10)
[DJ] 5-hour set from the Cork DJ. - Kerri Chandler & Voyeur @ District 8 (€20, 11pm)
[Dance] House legend. Kaoz Theory Label Night
- EMBRZ, Ocho, M-Dote @ The Grand Social (€10, 11:30pm)
[Electronic] Melodic electronic. Debut headline show.
- Texture #2 – Ripperton, Replete Live, Boots & Kats @ The Sugar Club (€8, 11pm)
[Electronic] Innervisions / Maeve German dance producer plays Melodic & Homebeat’s new series.
- Bon Voyage @ Opium Rooms (€10, 11pm)
[Dance] With Arveene and Misk
- State’s Faces of March: Beach, Slow Motion Heroes, Tuath @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Freelist, Midnight)
[new music] Details from State Magazine. - Modern Magic: Automatic Tasty Live & Ghostboy @ Bar Tengu (10:30pm, €8)
[Electronic] Plus Rubio Hang Tough and Modern Magic DJs.
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Saturday March 12
- Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats @ Olympia Theatre (SOLD OUT)
[Rock’n’roll] Saturday is sold out. Jools Holland performance. - Lady Leshurr @ The Academy (€15)
[Grime]UK MC known for her Queens Speech series - Billy Ryder Jones @ Whelan’s (€14)
[Indie/rock] The Coral solo dude. - F_Festival: I Am Niamh, Spines, Bairbre Ann, Twin Headed Wolf, Hvmmingbyrd @ The Grand Social (Free)
[Female festival] Plus Kevyn and Fara Elle. - Aine Cahill @ Whelan’s (€8/€10)
[Pop] Cavan singer who debuted with Lana Del Rey-style Black Dahlia. - Bleeding Heart Pigeons @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10)
[Indie/rock] Young Limerick trio signed yo Virgin just released a fine debut. - Retro Revival Indie Club: Wizards of Firetop Mountain, The Objectorz, Slouch & Nervvs @ Sweeney’s (€6, 9pm)
[Indie/rock] Garage, rock and guitar-lead bands. - Note Productions presents OKO & Tim Berne @ The Sugar Club (€16)
[Jazz/contemporary] American saxophonist meets Dublin experimentalists. Interview.
- Burning Up @ The Grand Social (€11.30pm, Free)
[Club] Kelly-Anne Byrne’s disco club night. Guest Claire Beck. - Bodytonic & Fatty Fatty present: Rahaan @ Wigwam (€12, 11pm)
[Dance] Chicago’s Rahaan disco and electrohouse beats // has new release with Dublin’s Fatty Fatty imprint. - Send Bort to Ethiopia / Cuba @ The Sugar Club (€5-€8, 11pm)
[Fundraiser] Djs Frank B, Lumigraph, DIP, Wino Boys, Max Roche, Bort Noodle, Melly - Telephones @ Bar Tengu (€5/€10, 10pm)
[Club] Disco, soul, afrobeat, RnB, 80s Pop, House, Italo & more.
- Impromptu: ALI X @ Opium Rooms (€10, 11pm)
[Dance] Alphonse Alixander Lanza III aka Idol Hanse / Azari & III - Shadow Child, Ben Pearce @ District 8 (€15, 11pm)
[Dance] Archetype & Bedlam Presents Connected Album tour.
- Hidden Agenda & Sense: Bob Moses @ The Button Factory (€15, 11pm)
[Electronic] A rescheduled date following their cancelled appearance last November.
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Sunday March 13
- Oh Wonder, Aquilo @ Whelan’s (SOLD OUT)
[Pop] I was an early supporter of the band. - Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats @ Olympia Theatre (€23)
[Rock’n’roll] Saturday is sold out. Jools Holland performance.
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Monday March 14
- InSight #1 Adrian Mantu & Mihai Cucu @ Smock Alley (€14)
Irish Composers’ Collective and Tonnta Music are proud to present the first installment of InSight, the four-part concert series bringing together the aural and the visual.
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