Highlights: Nu-Mark, Ane Brun, Dry The River, Magnetic Fields, Popicalia, Joinery Fundraiser, Mossy Nolan, Wolf & Lamb / Soul Clap, TrócaireLive, Bombay Bicycle Club.
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:
- Friday April 27th: Ane Brun @ Vicar Street
- Saturday April 28th: TrócaireLive – FRED, Katie Kim and The Hot Sprockets @ The Grand Social
- 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 April 24th
- Life Support in aid of Pieta House : Delorentos, We Cut Corners, EleventyFour and Ross Breen @ The Mercantile (Free)
- The Staves @ The Sugar Club (€13)
- Ayiti Leve Kanpe; Haiti Get Back Up @ St. Andrew’s Church, Westland Row (€20)
- Mojo Gogo, You Kiss By The Book, The Eulogys @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€5)
- Ruby Sessions: Secret guest @ Doyles (€6, 9pm)
Wednesday April 25th
- Duke Special @ The Workman’s Club (€17.35)
- Dry The River @ Whelan’s (€12)
- Deserted Village Present: Okkyung Lee, David Lacey, Gavin Prior, Withering Zithering @ Twisted Pepper (€8)
Thursday April 26th
- Time Is A Thief @ Tower Records (5pm)
- 98FM’s Brand New Act 2012 @ The Workman’s Club (Free)
- Vyvienne Long @ The Odessa Club (€10)
- Mossy Nolan @ The Back Loft (€8)
- BarryGruff Presents #5: The North Sea w/ Death in the Sickroom @ Flanagan’s, Newbridge ( 8.30pm, Free)
- Banter: Attention Economy @ Twisted Pepper (€8, 8pm sharp)
- Drunken Boat album launch @ The Mercantile (€8, 9pm)
- Forward/Slash @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
Friday April 27th
- Joinery Fundraiser : Donal Dineen, Legion of Two, Patrick Kelleher & His Cold Dead Hands & The #1s @ The Grand Social (€12)
- The Ghandis, You Kiss By The Book @ Whelan’s (€10)
- Ane Brun @ Vicar Street (win tickets above)
- Love Music Hate Racism @ The Mezz (8.30pm)
- Mick Flannery, The Vanburgh Quartet @ Olympia Theatre (€23, Sold out)
- Soul Clap, Wolf & Lamb @ Button Factory (€15, 9pm)
- The MusicMaker Social @ The Mercantile (Free, 9pm)
- Riton @ Industry (€14.45, 10pm)
- Glider @ The Workman’s Club Upstairs (Free, 10pm)
- DJ Nu-Mark – Playing With Toys @ Twisted Pepper (€15)
Saturday April 28th
- Reclaim The Streets party @ The Spire (meeting point) (2pm)
- Hilfiger Denim Days: Saccade, Tarantella Fall, The Radioactive Grandma, Johnny and the Beep Beeps, RED KID and Rosa Nutty & Rory Bowens @ Hilgifer Store, Trinity Street (1pm)
- Nightflight / First Second Label @ U Bar (6pm, Free)
- TrócaireLive – FRED, Katie Kim and The Hot Sprockets @ The Grand Social (€10, win tickets above)
- The Subways, Funeral Suits, Neon Wolf @ The Academy (€14.50, win tickets)
- Russian Circles, Deaf Heaven Enemies @ Button Factory (€16)
- The Magnetic Fields @ Olympia Theatre (Win tickets)
- Popicalia #14: So Cow, No Monster Club, Skelocrats @ Tavern On The Green (€5, 9pm)
- Brazilian Blowout for Whirligig VIII @ The Workman’s Club (€18)
- Phantom Live: All The Young @ The Academy 2 (€5, 11pm)
- POGO: Subject present: Octave One (Live – 430 West, US), Dead Chickens Club @ Twisted Pepper (10,30, €15)
- Banquet’s 1st Birthday: Le Galaxie (live), Banquet DJs & friends @ The Button Factory
Sunday April 29th
- Saucy Sundays: 7 live bands @ The Grand Social (Free, 5pm)
- 12 Sundays @ Bernard Shaw (Free, noon til late)
- Listen At Lilliput @ Lilliput Press (€8)
Monday April 30th
- Bombay Bicycle Club @ Olympia Theatre (€24.90)
- The Dublin Blues Club feat. Republic of Loose’s Mick Pyro @ Leeson Lounge
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.
Is there a ticket giveaway for the Magnetic Fields?