The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide // August 7th – 13th
Highlights: Workman’s Block party free gigs, Theo Parrish, Sorcha Richardson, Ginnels launch, Two Inch Punch EleventyFour, Young Wonder, Forza Italo.
This is the weekly list of recommended Dublin gigs taking place over the next seven days 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.
Tuesday August 7th
- The Spirit of Folk Festival launch: Lisa O’Neill, Tucan, Bunioscionn @ The Jeanie Johnston Ship, Custom House Quay, IFSC (RSVP)
- Ruby Sessions @ Doyles (€6, 9pm)
Wednesday August 8th
- Sorcha Richardson, Slow Skies @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€7)
- Hunters Moon Fundraising quiz: Art, film and music @ The Bernard Shaw (minimum 5 per table, max 6 – €6 per person)
- Franz Nicolay (The Hold Steady), Land Lovers @ The Workman’s Club (€10)
Thursday August 9th
- EleventyFour, Robotnik, Mrs. Healy’s First Class Choir @ The Grand Social (€10)
- White Collar Boy presents: Subaltern @ The Pygmalion (9pm, Free)
- Junior Spesh: celebrating 50 years of Jamaican Independence @ Twisted Pepper (€8, 10.30pm)
Friday August 10th
- Workman’s Block Party: Katie Kim and Last Days of 1984 @ The Workman’s Club (Free)
- Ginnels Crowns launch party with Fuck Mountain, Skelocrats @ Little Green Street Gallery (BYOB, €10 with a copy of the album)
- Bingo & Gemma, Gentleboy, Nocturn & Whitty @ U Bar Basement (Free)
- DJ Izem’s Tropical @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
- Two Inch Punch, Lakker, Frankie Grimes @ Twisted Pepper (€12, 10.30pm)
Saturday August 11th
- Richter Collective popup shop @ 9 Wellington Quay (1pm -6pm)
- Workman’s Block Party: VerseChorusVerse, You Kiss By The Book, Elaine Mai and The Man Whom acoustic sets @ The Workman’s Club (Free)
- Wizards Of Firetop Mountain, Frustration, Wild Rocket, Pulled Apart @ Whelan’s (€7)
- Workman’s Block Party: Alarmist, Kid Karate, Overhead The Albatross, DJ May Kay Fight Like Apes @ The Workman’s Club (Free)
- Young Wonder, Monto @ Twisted Pepper (€10)
- Sepultura @ Academy (€25)
- The Pacifics album launch, Sisters (UK), The #1s, The Cravingz @ Sweeney’s (€5, 9pm)
- Lamont/Bailey/Wall, Men As Trees and Carthach @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€5)
- DLR presents: In aid of Pieta House: The Holy Sparks, I [heart] the monster hero, George Worrall, Earl Mustard @ The Pint Venue, Eden Quay (€8, 8.30pm)
- Mother: Le Galaxie DJs @ Copper Alley (€10, 11pm)
- Theo Parrish, Louis Scully, Dazboy, White Collar Boy, Traz @ Twisted Pepper (€12, 10.30pm)
Sunday August 12th
- Forza Italo: David Vunk and more DJs @ Odessa Club (€5 before 7pm, €7 after)
- 12 Sundays @ The Bernard Shaw (From noon, Free)
Monday August 13th
- Nothing yet.
