The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // January 21st – 27th
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Ticket freebies this week:
- Friday: Son Lux, I Have A Tribe @ The Workman’s Club
- Saturday: Hidden Agenda: Erol Alkan + Daniel Avery @ Button Factory
How to enter – Email [email protected] with the gig above in the Subject line you’re entering for along with your full name and phone number in the body of the message. Full info on each show below. Draw closes at 6pm the day before the gig.
Tuesday January 21st
- Nathaniel Rateliff @ The Academy (€12)
[Folk] The balladeer makes the trip down from Belfast.
Wednesday January 22nd
- Temple Bar Tradfest @ Various venues (€Various)
[Trad] Every night until Sunday in venues like St. Patrick’s Church, Meeting House Square and Button Factory. - City & Colour @ Olympia Theatre (€27)
[Indie/folk] Canadian singer-songwriter. Support from Hannah Georgas. - FAUL, Wad Ad, Le Galaxie (DJ set) @ The Academy (€10)
[Dance] French DJ duo and Le Gallers Djing.
Thursday January 23rd
- Declan Sinnott @ Whelan’s (€16.50)
[Irish] Irish folk luminary. Also playing with Christy Moore at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre on Saturday. - Zervas & Pepper, Laura Elizabeth Hughes @ The Sugar Club (€13)
[Melodic pop] Sunny ‘cosmic’ folk rock music. Sounds a bit Steely Dan. - Bedlam presents Real Connoisseur @ The Sugar Club (€8, 10pm)
- [Dance] Purp and Soul producer. Plus Bedlam & Tropicana DJs
Friday January 24th
- F.L.A.M.E festival @ The Grand Social (€10.50)
[Mini festival] Bands playing include Leaders of Men, The Radioactive Grandma,The Rattling Kind and Just Mikey. - The New Mendicants @ Whelan’s (€16)
[Rock] Norman Blake Of Teenage Fanclub & Joe Pernice Of Pernice Brothers - Ahmad Jamal @ Vicar Street (€59.50, 11pm)
[Jazz] American jazz legend. - Son Lux, I Have A Tribe @ The Workman’s Club (€14.50, WIN TICKETS)
[Alternative] Ryan Lott’s eclectic music should be fun live. - MUD: Junior Spesh Present Edible feat Eats Everything & Lukas @ Twisted Pepper (11pm, €15)
[Dance] Bristol house DJ/producer. Two Charming Men and Selecta CDC’s Afro Bashment Party.
Saturday January 25th
- Popicalia: Paddy Hanna, Mumblin Deaf Ro, Knoxville Morning @ The Grand Social (€8)
[Indie] Launch of Leafy Stiletto album. - CPNHGN @ Button Factory (€10)
[Rock] Launch of debut album Inhale Exhale + Punch Face Champions and Tiny Vinyls. - John Newman @ The Academy (SOLD OUT)
[Pop] Young English quiffed singer. - Ewa Gigon @ The Joinery (9pm, €8, BYOB)
[DJs] Launch of split 7″ written about here last week. - Subject & Vision Collector Present Jerome Syndenham and Mike Starr @ Twisted Pepper (€10-€13, 10:30pm )
[Dance] American and German visitors play house and techno. - Hidden Agenda: Erol Alkan + Daniel Avery @ Button Factory (€10/€15, 11pm)
[Electronica] Well this will be mega. Erol Alkan is a premiere DJ and Avery’s Drone Logic was one of the best of 2013.
Sunday January 26th
- 12 Sundays: Bunk @ The Bernard Shaw (Free, afternoon til evening)
[DJs] Laidback Sunday DJ session with Disco DJs. - Listen at Lilliput @ Lilliput Stores (€10, BYOB)
[Improv] Experimental music space with Everything Shook, Seán MacErlaine, Sallay Garnett.
Monday January 27th
- NONE
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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.