A list of personally recommended events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. All times are 7.30pm/8pm unless stated. Feel free to recommend gigs in the comments as this post gets a lot of hits every week.
Dublin highlights: Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Tim & Eric, Tom Tom Club, De La Soul & Hypnotic Brass, Knockanstockan, Shackleton, Villagers & Beach House and Joanna Newsom.
Rest of the country highlights: Glasgowbury, Galway Arts Festival and The Cave gigs.
Ticket giveaway:
- I’ve got a pair of tickets to giveaway to De La Soul and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble @ Button Factory courtesy of Choice Cuts.
Email [email protected] with “De La Soul” as the subject, your full name, phone number and before Thursday 4pm to win.
Tuesday 19th July
- Ruby Sessions: Gypsies on the Autobahn, Little Green Cars, Jade Caswell @ Doyles (€6, 9pm)
- Rua Unplugged @ Anseo (9pm, Free)
- 10 Days In Dublin: Little Green Cars @ The Workman’s Club ( €5)
- Afrocubism @ National Concert Hall (€40, €35, €25 & €20 )
- Blondie @ Olympia Theatre (Sold out)
Wednesday 20th July
- Benjamin Francis Leftwich @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€13.50)
- Cars Love Girls @ Crawdaddy (€5)
- I Draw Slow @ The Grand Social (€10)
Thursday 21st July
- Allison Sleator, Jennifer Evans & guests @ Ranelagh Arts Centre (€5)
- Music Photography In A Digital Age: Photo Exhibition and music @ Centre For Creative Practices , Pembroke Street Lower (7pm, Free)
- John Smith, Rhob Cunningham Lisa Hannigan, Ross Turner, Gavin Glass @ The Workman’s Club (€9)
- Fionn Regan @ The Grand Social (€16)
- Nouveaunoise DJ set @ The Bernard Shaw (Free, 9.30pm)
- Vodafone Comedy Festival: Tim & Eric, Brody Stevens, MC Jarlath Regan @ Iveagh Gardens (€28)
- Electric Penguins @ Odessa (€10, 8.30pm)
- Glimmerman, Dinah Brand, Bill Blood @ Whelan’s Upstairs(€7)
Friday 22nd July
- Knockanstockan @ Blessington Lakes, Wicklow (€75)
- Tom Tom Club, Tieraniesaur @ Vicar Street (€34.60)
- We Are Losers, Rhino Magic, No Monster Club @ Shebeen Chic (€7 with a single)
- Si Schroeder, David Kitt @ The Workman’s Club (€10)
- Vodafone Comedy Festival: Tim & Eric, Reggie Watts, MC Barry Murphy @ Iveagh Gardens (€28)
- Glimmerman, Dinah Brand, Bill Blood @ Whelan’s Upstairs(€7)
- De La Soul, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble @ Button Factory (€30)
- Mia Sparrow, Percolator Split 7″ launch @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€5 /€8 with free vinyl)
- Local Produce: Encrypter, Alien Hand, Automatic Tasty, Ilex @Ruta’s, Capel Street (€8 with CD)
- MUD: Shackleton, The Infomatics & more @ Twisted Pepper (10.30pm, €12)
Low Sea @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Midnight, Club entry)Cancelled
Saturday 23rd July
- Kings Of Concrete @ Wood Quay
- Knockanstockan @ Blessington Lakes, Wicklow (€75)
- Engine Alley, Pony Club, Enda Muldoon @ Whelan’s (€16)
- Vodafone Comedy Festival: Tim & Eric, Tig Notaro, MC John Lynn @ Iveagh Gardens (€28)
- Villagers, Beach House, Lisa O’ Neill @ Marlay Park (€33.60)
- Open Arts Community Choir and Messengers with Julie Feeney @ The Ark (€8.50)
- The Joinery: Somadrone, You Can Call Me Frances, The Buzz Aldrin Allstars & more @ The Grand Social (€12)
- Tierranniesaur @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Midnight, Cub entry )
Sunday 24th July
- Kings Of Concrete @ Wood Quay
- Knockanstockan @ Blessington Lakes, Wicklow (€75)
- Sunday Roast @ The Mercantile (FREE, 9pm)
- 12 Summer Boat Party @ The Bernard Shaw (Free – guestlist)
- Vodafone Comedy Festival: Tim & Eric, Nick Thune, MC David O’Doherty @ Iveagh Gardens (€28)
- Joanna Newsom, Bert Jansch, James Vincent McMorrow @ Marlay Park (€39/€44)
Monday 25th July
- What The Folk? @ The Workman’s Club (Free)
Songs from artists playing this week
Tom Tom Club – Genius of Love (Live)
TOM TOM CLUB wordy rapping hood
New Era feat 4Real by The Infomatics
Benjamin Francis Leftwich – Pictures
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Spottie (Outkast Cover)
