The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide (August 23rd – 29th)

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.

Dublin highlights: Harmless Noise Future Bright, Odd Future, Secousse Soundsystem, Egyptrixx, Kristen Hersh, The Redneck Manifesto, Kila, Young Hearts Run Free.

Ticket giveaways:

• Thursday 25th: Future Bright: Harmless Noise @ Crawdaddy
• Friday 26th: Secousse Soundsystem @ Twisted Pepper
• Saturday 27th: Kila @ Whelan’s

Email [email protected] with the gig of your choice as the subject, your full name, phone number and before Thursday at noon to win.

Tuesday August 23rd

• Ruby Sessions: Jenna Toro, The Difference Engine, The Radioactive Grandma @ Doyles (€6, 9pm)
• Boiler Room Berlin uStream screening @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
• Goodly Thousands EP launch, Ginnels, Hello Moon @ Anseo (€5)
• Odd Future @ The Academy (Sold out)

Wednesday August 24th

• Flogging Molly, The Minutes @ Olympia Theatre (€26)
• Kristin Hersh, Pugwash @ The Workman’s Club (€20)
• Alright The Captain, The Continuous Battle of Order, Avalanche Ammo @ Twisted Pepper (€10)

Thursday August 25th

• Harmless Noise Future Bright: Toby Kaar, Low Sea, Last Days of 1984, VerseChorusVerse, Bantum, Logikparty DJs, Le Galaxie DJs @ Crawdaddy (€5)
• Come On Live Long, Oko, Lamont/Bailey/Wall @ The Workman’s Club (€8)
• The Redneck Manifesto, Dinah Brand @ The Button Factory (€11)
• Dublin Laptop Orchestra @ Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Orchestra (€10)
• Junior Spesh: The Heatwave (UK) & more @ Twisted Pepper (€8, 10.30pm)

Friday August 26th

• Kila @ Whelan’s (€15, win tickets for Saturday above)
• Lorem Ipsum, Overhead the Albatross, FriendQuestionMark, Lotus Eater, DJ Colin & Merro @ The Workman’s Club (Free)
• MUD: Secousse Soundsystem: DJ Etienne Tron & Mo Laudi (of The Very Best), Jackmaster, Egyptrixx, Space Dimension Controller, DJ Izem, @ Twisted Pepper (€15, 10.30pm – Win Tickets)
• Murder Plan @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10)
• Glider with DJ Sweet Oblivion @ The Workman’s Club (Free, €10pm)

Saturday August 27th

• Record Fair @ Whelan’s (2pm, Free)
• Kila @ Whelan’s (€15, win tickets above)
• Hot Sprockets @ The Button Factory (Free)
• Katie Kim, Christof, Perc & more @ Twisted Pepper (€15, 10.30pm)

Sunday August 28th

• 12 Sundays @ The Bernard Shaw (Free, 4pm)
• Sunday Roast @ The Mercantile (9pm, FREE)
• Henrietta Game @ Whelan’s (Free)

Monday August 29th

• Luka Bloom with the Sanas Featuring Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & more @ The Grand Social (€20)
• Young Hearts Run Free: When Only Words Can Describe: Football The Heart’s Yearning: Michael D. Higgins, Micheál Ó’Muircheartaigh, Eamon Sweeney, Margie Lewis, Barry McCormack, Cian Nugent @ Unitarian Church, Stephen’s Green (€10, 8.15pm)

Honest (demo) by Goodly Thousands

Sievehead by Hello Moon

Fela Kuti – Everything Scatter (Toby’s Indigo Edit) by TobyKaar

Alex by low_sea

Waiting by ComeOnLiveLong

Niall Byrne

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.

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