The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide // May 1st – 7th
Highlights: Bodytonic’s Beatyard Weekender, SBTRKT, Solar Bears with Letherette and SertOne, Yacht, Alabama Shakes, Matthew Dear, Kuedo, James Pants, Lapalux, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis; Last Days of 1984, Cian Nugent…
This is the weekly list of recommended gigs taking place over the next seven days in Dublin published every Tuesday. All times are 7.30/8pm unless stated. Feel free to recommend events not present in the comments below. If you’re looking for tickets to sold out gigs try #ticketfairy on Twitter.
Ticket giveaways:
- Thursday May 3rd: Yacht, Tieranniesaur, Catscars & DJs @ The Workman’s Club
- Friday May 4th: Beatyard: Forward/Slash: Volume 1 Launch: Lemonada, edit;erase, Redahan, Frankie Grimes @ Twisted Pepper
- Sunday May 6th: Solar Bears, Letherette, SertOne @ Button Factory
- How to enter – Email [email protected] along with your full name, your preference of gig and phone number before 6pm on Thursday to enter.
Tuesday May 1st
- Ruby Sessions: Wallis Bird, Ham Sandwich & more @ Doyles (€6, 9pm)
Wednesday May 2nd
- Howler @ The Academy 2 (€13)
Thursday May 3rd
- Forward/Slash: ‘Ain’t It Funky Now’ – Happy Birthday James Brown @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
- Thursdaze: Solar Taxi & more @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€6)
- Social Rising: Hanin Elias (Atari Teenage Riot), You’re Only Massive, Nanu Nanu @ The Grand Social (€5)
- Yacht, Tieranniesaur, Catscars & DJs @ The Workman’s Club (€14)
- Cian Nugent and The Cosmos 7″ launch w/ Emakousma & Bill Blood @ The Joinery (€6, BYOB)
- Beatyard: Kuedo (Planet Mu), Simon Bird, Gib Cassidy @ Twisted Pepper (€12)
- Beatyard: Junior Spesh & Subrewind: Benga & Youngman, ERIC Collective LIVE & more @ Twisted Pepper (€16)
Friday May 4th
- Beatyard: Forward/Slash: Volume 1 Launch: Lemonada, edit;erase, Redahan, Frankie Grimes @ Twisted Pepper (€10)
- Beatyard: Loud Mouth @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
- Last Days Of 1984 album launch, Logikparty, The Last Sound @ The Workman’s Club (€10)
Saturday May 5th
- Beatyard: Overhead, The Albatross @ Twisted Pepper (€8)
- Beatyard: Toejam: James Pants (Stones Throw), RBMA, All City, Eat My Shorts @ The Bernard Shaw (Details TBC)
- Retro Revival: The Urges and more @ Sweeneys (€5, 9pm)
- Silent Disco with Gugai @ The Workman’s Club (€5, 10pm)
- Alabama Shakes @ The Academy 2 (Sold Out)
- Yelawolf @ The Academy (€19)
- Mother @ Copper Alley (€5 before 11.30pm)
- Lapalux, Clu, Niall D’Arcy @ The Academy 2 (€8, 11pm)
- Beatyard: POGO: Kerri Chandler @ Twisted Pepper (€18, €5)
Bank Holiday Sunday May 6th
- Time is A Thief @ Academy 2 (2pm early gig)
- 12 Sundays @ Bernard Shaw (Free, noon til late)
- Mongo: Sunil Sharpe, Fran Harnett & lots of DJs @ The Grand Social (€)
- The Joyful Slog of Independent Music @ Button Factory (Free, 5:30pm)
- May Bank Holiday All Dayer: The Mighty Stef, The Notas, The North Sea & More @ The Workman’s Club (Free, 5pm)
- Psychonavigation Old Skool Party @ U Bar (Free, 7pm)
- Kitty Daisy & Lewis @ Whelan’s (€14)
- SBTRKT @ The Academy (Sold Out)
- Bitches Be Crazy @ The Avenue (€10, 9pm)
- Beatyard: Nighthawks feat The Gandhis, Daithi, Pat McDonnell, Marc O’Reilly @ Twisted Pepper (€13)
- Solar Bears, Letherette, SertOne @ Button Factory (€8, 11pm)
- Beatyard: Matthew Dear, Kormac AV show, Barry Redsettaz, Frankie Bingo & more @ Twisted Pepper (€15, 11pm)
Bank Holiday Monday May 7th
- The Dublin Blues Club feat. Republic of Loose’s Mick Pyro @ Leeson Lounge
- Billy Ocean @ NCH (€27-€45)
