A list of personally recommended events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. All times are 7.30pm/8pm unless stated. Feel free to recommend gigs in the comments as this post gets a lot of hits every week.
Highlights: Janelle Monae, Austra (here’s what happened the last time I saw them), Summer Lightning II Temple Bar studios fundraiser, Block-T’s fundraiser, Wu-Tang Clan, Young Hearts Beat for Japan in the Hacienda bar, Catscars and Quarter Inch Collective’s night on Thursday (win tickets below).
Tuesday 28th June
- Ruby Sessions:The Difference Engine, Chloe, John Byrne, Clare O’Mahony @ Doyles (€6, 9pm)
- Rua Unplugged: Fia Rua, Pearse McLoughlin, Enda Reilly @ Anseo (9pm, Free)
- Boiler Room screening: Hot Flush special: Scuba, George Fitzgerald, Roska and more @ Bernard Shaw (Free)
Wednesday 29th June
- MOOG: The Irish Launch with Conor and Neil of The Cast of Cheers, Sleep Thieves, Mark Aubele of Bell X1 & more @ Musicmaker (€10)
- Janelle Monae @ Tripod (€28.50)
- Strangeways, HereWeCome: SertOne @ The Lost Society (€4-€7, 11pm)
Thursday 30th June
- Cathy Davey @ Bulmers Live Leopardstown (€15, 6.30pm)
- The Dying Seconds @ The Workman’s Club (€10)
- Quarter Inch Collective Future Bright showcase: Magic Pockets, The Last Sound and Angkorwat & more @ Crawdaddy (Email full name to [email protected] to win passes)
- Elevens @ The Odessa Club (€10, 8.30pm)
- The Walls, Bipolar Empire @ The Grand Social (€13.50)
- This Will Destroy You, We Are Losers, Friend? @ Whelan’s (€16)
- Ron Sexsmith @ The Academy (€25)
Friday 1st July
- Gateways Site Launch Party @ Glendalough House (invite, 6pm-late)
- Reader’s Wives @ The Workman’s Club (€10)
- Block T First Birthday Fundraiser: Toby Kaar, North Strand Klezmer Band, LaserTom & The Blastcrew @ Button Factory (€10, 8-2.30pm)
- Wu-Tang Clan @ Tripod (€29.50 & €33.50)
Saturday 2nd July
- Austra, Kool Thing @ Crawdaddy (€14)
- Catscars, Angkorwat, Ilex, Adult Rock, Brian Conniffe + Suzanne Walsh + Diarmuid MacDiarmada @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€12)
- Summer Lightning II: TwinKranes, Cian Nugent, Great Lakes Mystery, Angkorwat, Magic Pockets @ Temple Bar Studios & Gallery (€10, BYOB)
- Cheap Freaks, The Revellions + Moutpiece & The Razor Ball @ Sweeney’s (€5)
- Young Hearts Beat for Japan: Halves, Dónal Lunny, Spook of the Thirteenth Lock, NiamhMcCormackSings, Land Lovers @ Hacienda Bar (6pm, €10)
- Shock: Rory Phillips & Jon Averill @ Crawdaddy (Free before Midnight)
- John Daly Live, Brian Deady POGO DJs & more @ Twisted Pepper (10.30pm, €12)
Sunday 3rd July
- Sunday Roast @ The Mercantile (FREE, 9pm)
Monday 4th July
- What the Folk? @ The Workman’s Club
BIG BABY – BLOCK T’s 1st BIRTHDAY PARTY PROMO from BlockTV on Vimeo.
In The Dying Seconds by thedyingseconds
Buckle up for safety!! by Magicpockets
The Last Sound – Only The Lonely Know The Glow Is Failing by osakaRecords
AUSTRA – Beat and the Pulse (Kool Thing Remix) by k o o l t h i n g
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, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
