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The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide – the best gigs and clubs this week

The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide – the best gigs and clubs this week

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All door times are 7:30pm/8pm unless stated. Check links for full prices.


Tuesday August 23rd

Ichiko Aoba

Ichiko Aoba & Mary Lattimore @ Pavilion Theatre
Dún Laoghaire Folk Festival. Japanese singer and guitarist Aoba / harpist and composer Lattimore.

Amythyst Kiah @ Whelan’s
American alt-roots singer-songwriter. ‘Black Myself’.

The Fynches @ The Sound House
Band formed by Ferdia Walsh-Peelo. Part of the Summer series.

Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (8:30pm)
Acoustic night of new music. Seated. In aid of Simon Community.

Short Back & Sides, Anie Valentine @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Four-piece, indie-rock band

The Gaslight Anthem @ National Stadium
New Jersey rock band.

Pastiche, San Rocco, Dog Day Afternoon, + Amy Ellen @ The Grand Social
Part of Breaking Sound Dublin series.


Wednesday August 24th

Remi Wolf

Remi Wolf @ Opium Rooms
Eclectic funk, soul, indie, emo & pop artist. ‘Disco Man’.

Cassandra Jenkins & Iona Zajac @ Pavilion Theatre
Dún Laoghaire Folk Festival. New Yorker playing folk and ambient pop.

Aimée @ The Sound House
Irish pop artist as part of the summer series.

Natalie Moran @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Dublin based singer songwriter of electro-pop persuasions.

Paolo Nutini @ 3Olympia
The Scottish singer is still massive. Playing huge Irish outdoor shows in 2023.


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Thursday August 25th

Alt-J

Alt-J, Just Mustard @ Collins Barracks
Part of the Wider Than Pictures series this week.

Remi Wolf @ Opium Rooms
Eclectic funk, soul, indie, emo & pop artist. ‘Disco Man’.

ddr x IMMA: The Anthropocene @ IMMA Courtyard (6pm)
The programme takes the form of an outdoor broadcast, a radio show featuring live performances from the IMMA Courtyard from Edy Fung, Osaro, Aonní (Aisling Ór Ní Aodha and Colm Keadley-Tabbal) and no_matter_here (Frank Sweeney, Cóilín O’Connell and Roo Honeychild).

District x EDEN Presents: ‘ICYMI’ Listening Party and After Party @ Hen’s Teeth Free party. EDEN’s new album listening party and District DJs after.

The Liffey Swimmers Ensemble presents: The Arteries @ Bello Bar
Featuring Ella B, Greg Tisdall, Last Apollo, Typeface.

Robert Grace, Flynn, Shobsy, Dan Elliot @ The Button Factory
Eoins Night for Pieta House

Stephen Fretwell @ Whelan’s
English singer-songwriter. ‘The Long Water’.

Christy Moore @ Pavilion Theatre
Dún Laoghaire Folk Festival. Japanese singer and guitarist Aoba / harpist and composer Lattimore.

Bobbi Arlo @ The Sound House
Cool Irish pop artist. ‘Parasite’.

Ross A, Molly O’Mahony @ The Workmans Cellar
Kildare alt-folk songwriter. ‘Flowing To You, Flowing Through’


Friday August 26th

Sally C

E.R. SISTER SUN @ IMMA Courtyard (6pm)
Composer Éliane Radigue’s music played at a listening event. Part 2 at The Complex on Saturday. Ukranian fundraising event.

FLYNN @ The Sound House
Irish R&B pop artist as part of the summer series.

SBK, Emby, Curtisy, Ahmed with, Love @ The Workman’s Club
Loose Tooth and Korpse combine for the former’s 4th birthday. DJ sets from Rory Sweeney, Cian Bolger, D*MP.

Lemoncello & Clara Mann @ Pavilion Theatre
Dún Laoghaire Folk Festival. Irish folk duo. ‘Morning’.

Lowkick, Fizzy Orange, Curtisy @ The Workman’s Club
A part of the Workman’s 10+2 series.

Simply Red, Ryan Sheridan @ Collins Barracks
Part of the Wider Than Pictures series this week.

Strawberries @ The Sound House (11pm)
Queer Party with residents Bambi and Bull Horris.

B+ & T-woc @ Hang Dai Chinese (11pm)
Two recent Donal Dineen Backstory guests B2B.

Sally C @ Pygmalion (10pm)
Irish born, Berlin based DJ & Producer. Plus Colin Perkins, Jill Staxx

R3D’s House Presents: Glow in the Dark @ Tengu (11pm)
UV Party with King Leo, Silent Jee, R3D, Themainevent, Tk Sax

Shock Out Session @ The Bernard Shaw (10pm)
A dance party with music to make you jump and jack.

Sweatbox @ Here & Now Club, Index (11pm)
Sweaty gay house in the newly-named club on the quays.

RLSD Records and Atomsoul @ The Sugar Club (11pm)
Fran Hartnett – Live AV set, Snakebite616 b2b Stephen Mahoney, Kate Butler – Chill out set, Pay Hyland and more.

Seany Bee, Riggz Castillo @ The Pygmalion (11pm)
Seany B warms up before his rooftop party this Saturday.


Saturday August 27th

Dope Lemon

Caoimhín O’Raghallaigh & Méabh McKenna @ Pavilion Theatre (2pm)
Dún Laoghaire Folk Festival. Irish fiddle player with The Gloaming.

All Tvvins @ the Workman’s Club
A part of the Workman’s 10+2 series.

Liam Gallagher, The Charlatans @ Royal Hospital Kilmainham
Respect LG x.

Thin Lizzy Orchestrated @ Collins Barracks
Part of the Wider Than Pictures series this week. Feat. Jess Kav, Jack O’Rourke, Mundy, Shobsy, Tom Dunne + Wallis Bird

Panikatax, Chimers, Fierce Shook, Carpark Sci-Fi @ Bello Bar
Panikatax is an Irish punk rock and noise rock band formed in 2017 featuring Rob Walsh, Rian Trench (Solar Bears), Trevor Keogh ( New Secret Weapon) and Robert Watson (Afganiscan)

See Also

Tim Chadwick @ The Sound House
Up-and-coming Irish pop singer. ‘Tell Me That’

Ryley Walker & Gwenifer Raymond @ Pavilion Theatre
Dún Laoghaire Folk Festival. Illinois songwriter and guitarist.

Virgins, Echo Fold, Sir Marmalade, Little Known @ Fibber Magee’s
Psychotic Reaction presents rock and alternative bands.

Francesco Turrisi @ Farmleigh House
Contemporary piano composer plays his Northern Migrations show in the Phoenix Park.

Dope Lemon, Skinner @ National Stadium
Dope Lemon is Angus of Angus & Julia Stone‘s band, the Australian folk and indie pop duo)

The Rest Is History film screening @ The Sugar Club
A celebration of the early years of Jungle and Drum & Bass music + afterparty with DJs Beta 2, Don Rosco, Pablo and more

Seany B & Friends, Billy Scurry & more @ Bad Bobs Temple Bar Rooftop (9pm)
Plus Kaily / Willo / Jake Fitz

George Feely @ Bow Lane Social Club (10pm)
Free party from 10pm with the Dublin disco/house producer, who dropped a new release last week.

Not Safe For Work: R.Kitt, L. Ivory, Bé @ Bow Lane (10:30pm)
Queer and kink house-techno club night.

Daithí @ The Sound House (11pm)
Irish electronic artist plays live and late. ‘Familial’

Setaoc Mass @ Wigwam (11pm)
Techno night with support from Fuinneamh Festival founder Lucas and Aoise

DJ Voices, Laurence Kapinga, Sino @ Tengu (11pm)
Nowadays resident, co-founder of Working Women, host of Nothing in Moderation on the Lot Radio and Level Party resident.


Sunday August 28th

Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes, Uwade @ Collins Barracks
Part of the Wider Than Pictures series this week.

Trophy Wife, Blue Slate, Sarah Crean, Smythy @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Listen to a Snail Mail cover from the alt-pop artist.

A Lazarus Soul (acoustic), Arrivalists @ Pavilion Theatre
Dún Laoghaire Folk Festival. Brian Brannigan and Joe Chester perform a very special duo performance.

Cherym @ the Workman’s Club
Derry pop-punk A part of the Workman’s 10+2 series.

RUE @ The Sound House
Upcoming indie/pop singer-songwriter.

Willy Mason @ Whelan’s
American singer-songwriter with support Sophie Jamieson (Bella Union).

Theo Katzman @ Button Factory
Vulfpeck multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and producer


Monday August 29th

Wolf Alice @ 3Olympia Theatre
Monday and Tuesday shows from the English alt-pop band.

Martin Hayes @ Pavilion Theatre
Dún Laoghaire Folk Festival. Irish fiddle legend.


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