A list of personally recommended events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. All times are 7.30pm/8pm unless stated. Let me know if I missed anything of interest in the comments.
Ticket giveaways:
- A pairs of Choice Cuts presents Rakim @ The Button Factory
Email [email protected] with your full name and choice before Thursday 3pm to win Rakim tickets.
Tuesday 3rd May
- Ruby Sessions: Luke Slott, The Lynchburg Mob, Clara Rose @ Doyles (€6, 9pm)
- Rua Unplugged: Arrow In The Sky @ O Byrne’s, Bolton St. x Capel St (9pm, Free)
- Young Hearts Run Free @ The Workman’s Club (free)
- John Grant @ Button Factory (sold out)
Thursday 5th May
- Caustic Soda Pop: Catscars, Angkorwat, Ilex & more @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€6)
- Bill Callahan @ The Academy (€19.50)
- Traces of the Real photo exhibition opening @ The Workman’s Club (6pm, May 6th to July 25th)
- Kitty, Daisy & Lewis @ The Button Factory (€11.95)
- Guided By Voices Celebration Night: Voided By Ponces, Squarehead, Yeh Deadlies, The Riot Tapes, Powered By Springs and The Former Soviet Republic @ The Workman’s Club (Free)
Friday 6th May
- Cfit @ Tower Records (4pm, Free)
- The Hot Sprockets @ Tower Records (6pm, Free)
- Hal, Bipolar Empire @ Whelan’s (€10)
- Popicalia #9 – Tieranniesaur, Ginnels & Seeping Into Cinemas @ Shebeen Chic (€5)
- Max Tundra, Toby Kaar @ The Workman’s Club (€15)
- Overhead The Albatross, Former Monarchs, Turned Down Sex @ Twisted Pepper (€7)
- Choice Cuts presents Rakim @ The Button Factory (win tickets above, €20)
- Phantom’s First Friday: Ham Sandwich, New Secret Weapon, DJ Claire Beck @ The Academy (€10)
- Richie Hawtin @ Tripod (€20-29)
Saturday 7th May
- Shapes @ Tower Records (5pm, Free)
- The Ha’penny Flea @ The Grand Social (Noon-5pm, Free)
- Heft Fest: Goodtime, Sacred Animals, The Holy Roman Army, At Last An Atlas, Drunken Boat, Spook of the thirteenth lock, Norabelle, French Suspense, Cfit, Amid Ships @Whelan’s Upstairs (€5, 3pm)
- Japan Aid: Squarehead, Grand Pocket Orchestra, We Are Losers, Toby Kaar, Sacred Animals, Jogging, Shapes, No Monster Club, lots of DJs, raffle, sweet treats @ Twisted Pepper (€5 each stage or €10 for both, 7pm til late, flyer)
- Beyond Hip: @ The Pint (Free)
- The Hot Sprockets @ The Village (€10)
- Drive By Truckers, Josh T. Pearson @ The Button Factory (€20)
- Talvin Singh & Niladri Kumar, Bangsambra @ Crawdaddy (€20)
- Banquet: The Vaccines DJ set @ Tripod (€8, 11pm)
- !Kaboogie: Remarc, Ricky Force & more @ The Dark Horse (€5, 10pm)
- Ignored Playaz: Oneman, Boddika @ Kennedy’s (€8/€12, 11pm)
Sunday 8th May
- Saucy Sundays: Come On Live Long @ The Grand Social (Free)
- Dan Deacon @ Button Factory (€20)
- Noah And The Whale @ The Academy (€23)
- Sunday Roast @ The Mercantile (FREE, 9pm)
Monday 9th May
- Wallis Bird @ Whelan’s (€23)
