A list of recommended events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. All times are 7.30/8pm unless stated. Feel free to recommend gigs in the comments as this post gets a lot of eyes every week.
Highlights: Ghostpoet, Le Galaxie with Three Trapped Tigers, Seams and more for free, Culture Night, Arthur’s Day, Cooly G, Dark Sky, Africa Hitech and more. Full on this week.
Ticket giveaways:
- Monday 26th: Ghostpoet @ Whelan’s
- Friday 23rd: Dark Sky, Marcus Ignored Playaz, Carnoid @ Lost Society
Email [email protected] with your full name, your choice and phone number before noon of the day of your chosen gig to be in with a chance to win.
Tuesday September 20th
- Ruby Sessions: Dave Geraghty, Tiger Cooke, Bill Coleman, Stu Larsen @ Doyle’s (9pm)
- I Draw Slow @ The Grand Social (€15)
Wednesday September 21st
- Oxfam gig in aid of Somalia @ The Workman’s Club (€10)
Thursday September 22nd
- Arthur’s Day @ various venues
- Barrygruff Presents: We Are Losers & No Monster Club @ Flanagan’s, Newbridge (Free, 9pm)
- Kila @ Crawdaddy (€10)
- Absolut Fringe: Rarely Seen Above Ground & Moths @ Absolut Fringe Club, 12 Parnell Square East (€3, 9pm first come first served)
- Ham Sandwich, Leaders of Men @ Crawdaddy (€12, 10pm)
- Junior Spesh: Cooly G, Frankie Bingo & more @ Twisted Pepper (€10, 11pm)
- Japanese Popstars DJ set @ The Village (€10)
Friday September 23rd
- Culture Night @ various venues
- Absolut Fringe presents: Ultrakugel: Twinkranes, Bruno Spoerri (SW), Samhain, Somadrone, B-Music DJs (Andy Votel, Sean Canty) @ The Workman’s Club (€14)
- Echo and The Bunnymen @ Olympia Theatre (€28)
- Parish nights with Donal Dineen @ Odessa (€5, 11.30pm)
- Dark Sky, Marcus Ignored Playaz, Carnoid @ Lost Society (€10, 11pm – win tickets above)
- Drunken Boat, Veroa, Back To The Left @ Whelan’s (€6)
- The River Fane, Cfit @ Crawdaddy (€5)
- IMRO Showcase: Ghost Estates, Danielle Harrison, IM YOUR VINYL, The Hot Sprockets @ The Grand Social (€5)
- Le Galaxie, Three Trapped Tigers, Seams, DiamondDagger (AKA Sarsparilla) , Nanobot @ Button Factory (Free, Flyer)
- Cassette ’80s night: Loreana & Vinny @ Pod Chocolate Bar (€8/6, 11pm)
- Rossi B & Luca, Lakker, A-Force, & Lady Grew, !Kaboogie DJs @ Rutalive, Capel Street (€7 , €5 before 11pm – 9pm start)
- MUD: Youngsta, Mark System & more @ Twisted Pepper (€12, 11pm)
Saturday September 24th
- We Cut Corners, The Danger Is @ The Grand Social (€10)
- Emeralds @ Whelan’s (€16.50)
- Absolut Fringe: Kormac DJ set @ Absolut Fringe Club, 12 Parnell Square East (€10)
- Yeh Deadlies @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Free before 10.30pm/ 11.30pm €10)
- Absolut Fringe: Arcadian Songbook: Serafina Steer, Katie Kim, Lispector @ The Workman’s Club (€12)
- Africa Hitech, Shed, Disco Bloodbath, Sidetracked, Luke B, C.F. Meister, Redahan and more @ Twisted Pepper (€15, 11pm)
Sunday September 25th
- 12 Sundays @ The Bernard Shaw (Free, 2pm)
- ALLIANCE: Independent Artists for Africa: And So I Watch You From Afar. Patrick Kelleher & His Cold Dead Hands. Retarded Cop. Tieranniesaur. Toby Kaar. We Are Losers. The Last Days Of 1984. Moths. Great Lakes Mystery. Sert One. Alarmist. White Collar Boy. Daithi. Angkorwat. The Former Soviet Republic. Funeral Suits. Reid. Dj Nialler9. Dj Harmless Noise & More To Be Announced @ Whelan’s (€15)
- 12 Sundays @ The Bernard Shaw (free)
- William Tyler & Cian Nugent Band @ The Joinery (€10, BYOB, 8.30pm)
- Sunday Roast @ The Mercantile (9pm, FREE)
Monday September 26th
- Ghostpoet @ Whelan’s (win tickets above)
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
I’m more than pleased with the alliance gig lineup. But will people stay from 2 till 1? Don’t want to develop listener’s fatigue…